Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
Quoting Craig Sanders ([email protected]):
as Rick said, server manufacturers typically don't bother optimising
for low fan noise because most customers don't care - the servers will
be going into a noisy server room anyway.
What was disillusioning about that is that high-noise fans are also
_low-lifetime_ fans: Fans that are noisy because they are built on
cheap sleeve bearings are likely to seize up within a few years, at
which point they provide no cooling, only more heat, thus possibly
setting off a heat-buildup cascade that substantively destroys the unit.
Whilst we are discussing the noise and reliability of case fans ;
I would be interested in thoughts on CPU fans.
Following a persistently over heating CPU;
I discovered the cause seemed to be a loose misaligned heat-sink ,
which was largely due to its weight (perhaps 40mm deep and 60 mm dia);
in a cantilever load situation, whilst attached to the M/B, by very
flimsy plastic clips.
Now I am not a 'gamer' and had always considered 'water-cooling' as just
for the
'over-clockers' and the sales guy at Scorpion Tech seemed similarly
unenthused.
But what I finished up getting was a Corsair H55 Liquid Cooler
see for example.
http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-accessories/12163-corsair-cwch55-h55-universal-hydro-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler.html
This seems like a very elegant solution, the pump and heat absorber are
lightweight, sit close to the CPU and
have a very solid conection to the M/B. The radiator sits under a 120mm
case fan (non-proprietary);
and the result with a Asus P6T M/B with 20GB of RAM and Intel-i7
quad-core CPU is an almost
silent box and a CPU which is hard to push over 45 deg C
regards Rohan McLeod
ps shouldn't this be on Luv-talk ?
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