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Published on 03/24/05 at 07:05
Same Aside from the fanless power supply, I do not think it is really silent PC ... Given the price, this is even a ripoff!
Hard Drive: absorbent screws are not enough to silence a hard drive, the only solution is to be suspended. In this case, even the access drives on a noisy Maxtor become imperceptible. Also the heat pipes are not used, a hard disk does not heat suffisement to justify: placed in the air flow through a well-designed case, it is always the right temperature.
Processor: If a Pentium M is actually a exclent choice as power, AMD 64 equipped with a good heater (zalman example) surmounted a Papst fan 120mm sub-volt is much more profitable.
Case: the case is interesting, with its rack format. However a Standard format can everything be the case, especially if you are handy: cut the front and rear grilles pierced in tle to replace them with round grilles (improves the flow air and quickly disturbances) Paspt place a fan (or Zalman or Noiseblocker, but I dconseille these) 120mm front and the rear extraction, all under-volt ( thanks a rhobus for example) and line the ENTIRETY of the box with insulating foam (the best is the one intended for pregnant or anechoques dirty, but the type Gdicoustic materials available in DIY stores did very well).
Make a powerful and quiet PC is the door to everyone, and do not ncssite a significant investment with the Silent PC. I frabrique you even more silent for a price divided by two or three ... Note also that several more or less known manufacturers offer boxes FULLY liabilities. And notemment pr foothills boxes based AMD 64 CPU and GPU which are reread grace heat pipes to the case of the PC, one or more faces are radiators!
For more information in French, I recommend a site that I discovered there was no time: http://www.pc-silencieux.com
Hard Drive: absorbent screws are not enough to silence a hard drive, the only solution is to be suspended. In this case, even the access drives on a noisy Maxtor become imperceptible. Also the heat pipes are not used, a hard disk does not heat suffisement to justify: placed in the air flow through a well-designed case, it is always the right temperature.
Processor: If a Pentium M is actually a exclent choice as power, AMD 64 equipped with a good heater (zalman example) surmounted a Papst fan 120mm sub-volt is much more profitable.
Case: the case is interesting, with its rack format. However a Standard format can everything be the case, especially if you are handy: cut the front and rear grilles pierced in tle to replace them with round grilles (improves the flow air and quickly disturbances) Paspt place a fan (or Zalman or Noiseblocker, but I dconseille these) 120mm front and the rear extraction, all under-volt ( thanks a rhobus for example) and line the ENTIRETY of the box with insulating foam (the best is the one intended for pregnant or anechoques dirty, but the type Gdicoustic materials available in DIY stores did very well).
Make a powerful and quiet PC is the door to everyone, and do not ncssite a significant investment with the Silent PC. I frabrique you even more silent for a price divided by two or three ... Note also that several more or less known manufacturers offer boxes FULLY liabilities. And notemment pr foothills boxes based AMD 64 CPU and GPU which are reread grace heat pipes to the case of the PC, one or more faces are radiators!
For more information in French, I recommend a site that I discovered there was no time: http://www.pc-silencieux.com