Hi<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/6 <a href="mailto:sonofzev@iinet.net.au">sonofzev@iinet.net.au</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sonofzev@iinet.net.au">sonofzev@iinet.net.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I use an NSK for a frontend too (actually at the moment it's both front and<br>
backend, this will change soon).. but same as Ray I have opted for 2 SATA<br>
drives.. from the distance we sit from the unit we can't hear the drives even on<br>
boot up and you can barely hear the fans when it is running... partially because<br>
I mistakenly bought the Noctua NF-P12's which got rave reviews from everywhere<br>
(except SPCR but I only saw that after I bought them).. they have a distinctive<br>
"note" about them... quiet yes, but that sound makes it meaningless... think I'll<br>
go back to Scythe or Nexus...<br>
<div></div></blockquote><div><br>I use a Noctua CPU cooler (NH-C12P) ; and it's completely silent ... even 10cm from it I can't hear much.<br><br>However, the heatsink is so efficient that I even removed the fan and it working just fine, only 2 degres extra (35 degres average vs 33 with the fan) <br>
</div></div><br>and that's in my frontend that is one 24/7...<br>