<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Richard Morton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard.e.morton@gmail.com" target="_blank">richard.e.morton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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> Richard, I would be interested to hear how you plan to modify the M350 case<br>
> for a larger/slower fan. I was hoping I could run my single-core Atom<br>
> passively-cooled, but it stutters with 1080i content after a few minutes and<br>
> I figured out it was the GPU temperature. Since placing a supposedly quiet<br>
> 40mm fan inside, the stutters are gone, but the fan[1] is too noisy.<br>
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> I originally bought this case to mount on the back of my 46" LCD TV, but I'm<br>
> thinking of storing it in a closet and running an HDMI cable through the<br>
> attic. This means I could creatively use a Dremel and cut out a hole to<br>
> top-mount a 80mm, 92mm or 120mm fan. I like the idea of a slow-moving<br>
> Scythe 120mm fan, but it might be too big.<br>
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> What do you think?<br>
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</div>Well; I am not too happy with the noise level. It looks like there is<br>
thickness to add a much larger fan, typically these are much thicker<br>
than the space available; but I found these:<br>
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<a href="http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/92mmfans/kaze-jyu-slim-1000" target="_blank">http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/92mmfans/kaze-jyu-slim-1000</a><br>
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just 2 mm thicker than the current standard unit.<br></blockquote><div><br>Wow, I like the sounds of these. They're marketed in the US by Scythe.<br>100mm (with 92mm holes):<br><a href="http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/068/sy1212sl12_detail.html" target="_blank">http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/068/sy1212sl12_detail.html</a><br>
120mm:<br><a href="http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/011/sy1025sl12x_detail.html" target="_blank">http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/011/sy1025sl12x_detail.html</a> <br></div><br>/Brian/<br>
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