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| how could you make your PC silent for a cheap price?
and taking the fans out is not an option. | |
| Boulware5 2003-09-22, 11:47 pm |
| Maybe look into liquid cooling solutions. Probably not "cheap" though. | |
| Deja-vue 2003-09-23, 12:56 am |
| I got a big Server in the Corner of my Lab.
(Win2003 Server), full Server Tower, 12 Drive-Bays, dual redundant Power-supplies, 700 Gigs on hot-swap Raid, the Works...
When i started that darn thing, it sounded like a Jet-Engine.
So i went to Home-Depot and got myself some Waterheater Insulation.
It is a roll of about half an inch insulation material, one side is Aluminumfoil; the other side is some kind of cloth-material.
Anyways, i took the Case apart, and cut the Material to fit each Panel. Then used Contact-Cement to glue the Insulation to the Panel, leaving some room on the edges to accomplish a tight fit between the Panels, as they go back together.Remember to leave some room for Air-Circulation.
This took me about 3 Hours and a mere $12.00 to finish, but oh, what a difference!
The F15 Jetfighter-roar turned into a quiet whisper, and the Temperature inside the Case only went up about 5%.
Well worth a try.
Note:
There is some pretty awesome super-quiet Power-supplies available, but i did not want to give up the hot-swap-powersuplies.
If you insist, i may post some Pictures of that Beast in the Future. | |
| jkhnwspec 2003-09-23, 6:10 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Deja-vue
If you insist, i may post some Pictures of that Beast in the Future.
I, for one, would like to see some pictures posted of this beast. Sounds intriguing. | |
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| please post some pictures that would help alot. | |
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| Deja-vue 2003-09-23, 9:25 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by SVR1
please post some pictures that would help alot.
ok, here it goes:
This is what i used:
*edit*
could not upload the Pics, here is the link to my Website instead:
Quiet Beast
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| jkhnwspec 2003-09-24, 6:11 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Deja-vue
ok, here it goes:
This is what i used:
*edit*
could not upload the Pics, here is the link to my Website instead:
Quiet Beast
Looks like you did a very good job of insulating the inside. Thanks for the pics!  | |
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| Deja-vue 2003-09-24, 1:47 pm |
| The Home-Depot link does not work for me.
There is where i picked it up.
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| azimuth40 2003-09-24, 7:29 pm |
| SRV1 those links that you are posting are not going to ever work for us. This site and many others drop a cookie with your zip code or search parameters. Without that cookie we will get the equivalent of a 404 error.
Remember that any link that asked you for special information originally will ask your browser to retrieve that information when you click on the link at a later time. | |
| azimuth40 2003-09-24, 7:33 pm |
| Here is what we see. | |
| Deja-vue 2003-09-24, 7:43 pm |
| yepp, that's what i see.
anyways, i hope the pics on my Site have helped, you must have gotten some Ideas on how to do it...
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| Tennman 2003-09-25, 9:12 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Deja-vue
I got a big Server in the Corner of my Lab.
(Win2003 Server), full Server Tower, 12 Drive-Bays, dual redundant Power-supplies, 700 Gigs on hot-swap Raid, the Works...
When i started that darn thing, it sounded like a Jet-Engine.
So i went to Home-Depot and got myself some Waterheater Insulation.
It is a roll of about half an inch insulation material, one side is Aluminumfoil; the other side is some kind of cloth-material.
Anyways, i took the Case apart, and cut the Material to fit each Panel. Then used Contact-Cement to glue the Insulation to the Panel, leaving some room on the edges to accomplish a tight fit between the Panels, as they go back together.Remember to leave some room for Air-Circulation.
This took me about 3 Hours and a mere $12.00 to finish, but oh, what a difference!
The F15 Jetfighter-roar turned into a quiet whisper, and the Temperature inside the Case only went up about 5%.
Well worth a try.
Note:
There is some pretty awesome super-quiet Power-supplies available, but i did not want to give up the hot-swap-powersuplies.
If you insist, i may post some Pictures of that Beast in the Future.
You did a real good job putting the insulation in, I may try that myself. Thinks for the info. | |
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| Deja-vue i will probably try it your way... | |
| DivxGuy 2003-09-28, 1:52 pm |
| Special low-noise power supplies and cooling fans are available, and are popular with builders of home theater PCs (HTPCs).
Exotice PC or Digital Connection should carry them.
RD |
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