[mythtv-users] Recommendations for quiet Athlon cooling?

Marius Kjeldahl marius at kjeldahl.net
Thu Sep 4 15:24:26 EDT 2003


Not necessarily related to your problem, you might want to look at:

Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO at:

http://www.daniel.nofftz.net/linux/

It might make your Athlon run a little bit colder in the first place, at least 
while it is idle.

Marius Kjeldahl

On Thursday 04 September 2003 14:13, John Wells wrote:
> I have a box I'm converting to MythTV that has an Athlon 2200+ XP.
> Athlons are known to run hot, so when I built this box eight months ago I
> added quite a bit of fans.
>
> Now that the box is sitting beside the TV, the fan noise is *very*
> noticeable.  I currently have a Thermaltake Volcano 6 CU+ with 7000 rpm
> fan.  This is a very *loud* fan, and I feel the overall noise in the box
> would be significantly reduced if I replaced it.
>
> Can anyone recommend a low noise cooling solution for Athlons that
> actually cools?  I've heard nightmares regarding the Zalman zero-fan
> solutions, so I'm hestitant to go that route.
>
> Thanks for your input...
>
> John
>
>
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