On 29 Mar 2001, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> Oliver Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:19:19PM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > Noise. > > > -chris > > > > You might want to look at http://www.quietpc.com . They claim their CPU > > fans are practically inaudible. I ordered a SilentDrive enclosure from them > > and I'm very happy with it. > > > > Oliver > > I have no beef with quietpc.com, but FWIW their claim about the CPU > fan does not apply to my PC. I bought a Molex Radial Fin cooler from > them. It was noisier than the original Intel cooler. QuietPC replaced > the fan (free of charge) with one that draws less power. The resulting > cooler is slightly quieter than the Intel one, but still very > audible. Possibly my motherboard is deficient in the way of > temperature sensors, causing the fan to spin too fast, but it has been > this way with two motherboards already, both of them fairly standard. > > On the other hand I also bought a SilentDrive from quietpc > and it made a huge difference. I've only had it for a week though so > I'm not sure what the thermal effects on my hard drive will be. > > I've ordered a different CPU fan from PC Power & Cooling, and when > that fails as well, I'll go to radio shack and buy a $0.25 resistor to > slow down the fan a little. Sorry, It's a bit late now but I hope you ordered one in the low noise series. The one I have has the suffix -HS after the model number. I'm not sure if the low noise suffix is the same for all models. Good luck When that fails, I'll buy a G4 Cube. When > Apple goes out of business, I'll buy a Sun Ray, and put the server in > my closet. When Sun goes out of business, I'll throw out my > computers, and buy a typewriter. > > -chris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
