Silent PC Setup - Page 2

Chai · 3rd Sep 2008, 09:59 AM

After trying to hunt for the magical iCute fan without any success, I decided to try some other fans and not to spend more than RM30 each.

Any of those so-called silent fans, especially Silverstone are off my list since they were tested by SPCR and xtremesystems. I bought a high speed Evercool fan for RM25, claimed to have "long-life bearing". So I decided to try it.

The rotor moves about if you handhold the fan, and creates some annoying tick-tacking sound. On first impression, running at full speed, it's a high speed fan, but surprisingly, the motor is near silent. So definitely a good potential fan when slowed down. So I decided to use the Abit motherboard onboard fan controller since I can adjust the voltage on the fly. At 6V (minimum on Abit), the fan is still spinning surprisingly fast, it's no where near silent at 1200rpm. So I decided to plug directly onto the 5V fan connector. Now it's much slower and quieter.

This fan is suitable for a PSU fan swap replacement, since this is a high speed fan and works well at low voltage. And it also has RPM monitoring. I will do further testing before deciding to replace my PSU fan.

iModAMD · 3rd Sep 2008, 10:25 AM

Hey guys i have an question ... there an guide on the net for make home made heatpipes with heatspreaders?

Chai · 3rd Sep 2008, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by iModAMD

Hey guys i have an question ... there an guide on the net for make home made heatpipes with heatspreaders?

What are you going to use it for? It's not easy to make.

Lacus · 4th Sep 2008, 12:02 AM

hmm, those silverstone fans are noisy? About to get 2 units to replace my casing fan

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Chai · 4th Sep 2008, 07:52 AM

If your priority is highspeed, it doesn't really matter actually.

Lacus · 4th Sep 2008, 10:18 AM

nevermind..got some information from you anyway..thanks a lot chai

Chai · 3rd Nov 2008, 10:37 PM

Sorry for digging this thread, but finally I decided to take out my camera to show my cheapo silencing HDD method!

g0tanks · 3rd Nov 2008, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Sorry for digging this thread, but finally I decided to take out my camera to show my cheapo silencing HDD method!

Nice idea! Do they get noticeably quieter? I might try this, although the HDDs will probably get a bit warmer though.

Max_87 · 3rd Nov 2008, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Sorry for digging this thread, but finally I decided to take out my camera to show my cheapo silencing HDD method!

I can't do that, no space

6 HDDs

Chai · 4th Nov 2008, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by g0tanks

Nice idea! Do they get noticeably quieter? I might try this, although the HDDs will probably get a bit warmer though.

This is one of the quietest method without using the full enclosure. Yes it will be significantly quieter, because no vibration is transferred to the case.

I copied the idea from SPCR.

3rd Sep 2008, 09:59 AM	#11 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	After trying to hunt for the magical iCute fan without any success, I decided to try some other fans and not to spend more than RM30 each. Any of those so-called silent fans, especially Silverstone are off my list since they were tested by SPCR and xtremesystems. I bought a high speed Evercool fan for RM25, claimed to have "long-life bearing". So I decided to try it. The rotor moves about if you handhold the fan, and creates some annoying tick-tacking sound. On first impression, running at full speed, it's a high speed fan, but surprisingly, the motor is near silent. So definitely a good potential fan when slowed down. So I decided to use the Abit motherboard onboard fan controller since I can adjust the voltage on the fly. At 6V (minimum on Abit), the fan is still spinning surprisingly fast, it's no where near silent at 1200rpm. So I decided to plug directly onto the 5V fan connector. Now it's much slower and quieter. This fan is suitable for a PSU fan swap replacement, since this is a high speed fan and works well at low voltage. And it also has RPM monitoring. I will do further testing before deciding to replace my PSU fan. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

3rd Sep 2008, 10:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
iModAMD Warming up Join Date: 14 Apr 2008 Location: Montr?al,Qu?bec,Canada Posts: 147 Reputation: 71 Rep Power: 2	Hey guys i have an question ... there an guide on the net for make home made heatpipes with heatspreaders? __________________ ---Stealth-Box--- Case: Antec Sonata 3 / Mobo: Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6 / CPU : AMD ATHLON X2 6000+ w/t Zalman 9700 / GPU : ATI 4850 / Ram: (4X2GB) OCZ AM2 Optimised DDR2-667 / PSU: Antec EarthWatts 500W / HDDs:4X Western Digital 250GB 2500 AAKS SATA2 (RAID 0) / Mouse:Logitech MX1000 / Keyboard: Logitech G11 / Speakers: Altec Lansing Satelite 300.1 (2.1) + Creative CS 120 (2.0)

4th Sep 2008, 12:02 AM	#14 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Location: Some gundam factory o.o Posts: 1,302 Reputation: 180 Rep Power: 4	hmm, those silverstone fans are noisy? About to get 2 units to replace my casing fan ... __________________ GUNDAM 00[Intel Xeon E3110 E0 Stock\|Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\|Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2\|4x2gb DDR2 1000Mhz OCZ SLI-Ready Edition\|Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB\|Creative X-FI XtremeMusic\|Creative Inspire P5800\|Silverstone Strider ST56F\|Acer X233H\|Keyboard=Microsoft Sidewinder X6\|Logitech MX518\|Lian Li PC-7YCF]

4th Sep 2008, 07:52 AM	#15 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	If your priority is highspeed, it doesn't really matter actually. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

4th Sep 2008, 10:18 AM	#16 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Location: Some gundam factory o.o Posts: 1,302 Reputation: 180 Rep Power: 4	nevermind..got some information from you anyway..thanks a lot chai __________________ GUNDAM 00[Intel Xeon E3110 E0 Stock\|Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\|Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2\|4x2gb DDR2 1000Mhz OCZ SLI-Ready Edition\|Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB\|Creative X-FI XtremeMusic\|Creative Inspire P5800\|Silverstone Strider ST56F\|Acer X233H\|Keyboard=Microsoft Sidewinder X6\|Logitech MX518\|Lian Li PC-7YCF]