[mythtv-users] Cool ATX cases

[Shane Hetzel]

Thanks for the heatsink/fan tip. I'll go get some rubber washers this
morning yet.

I really wasn't meaning to disparage Coolermaster, though. That is a good
fan/heatsink combo. Not the most agressive cooler in the world, but pretty
quiet. It just _happens_ to be the loudest thing in my idle system, so I
pointed it out.

I actually have a couple of Vantec Stealth fans in another system in my
house, and I agree, they are really, really quiet for case fans. If it
works, I should retrofit all my case fans with rubber washers. It's worth a
few cents and a 5 mintue job, I'd say.


I'm a little more skeptical about the brown paper plan, though. Not that I
doubt the validity of the technique, but I don't like mixing insulators with
electronics. If I could find a material that conducts, I'd be happier trying
it.

-Shane


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Wildgoose" <Edward.Wildgoose at FRMHedge.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Cool ATX cases


> > By the way, that CPU fan is the loudest component in my system, and it's
the
> > quietest I could find. I have no worries about the PS fan or the case
fan.
>
> Vantec Stealth 80mm fans are the quietest thing I found so far.  Papst are
pretty good as well.
>
> Try a thin rubber washer between heatsink and fan though. This often
halves the noise levels.  To see this, try lifting the fan lightly off the
heatsink and then push it back on firmly.  Notice the difference in sound?
>
> Taping a little something on the big square top panel will probably help
as well.  Big square steel boxes seem to echo quite a lot.  Any fan noise
just comes straight out.  You don't need to get fancy, brown paper would
probably make a difference, but just something to deaden the panel (Aluminum
doesn't seem to be quite so bad based on my limited observation...)
>
> Good luck!
>
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