Re: going fanless?

["Stephen Adler" <user=65@nabble.blu.org>]

 Good point... So here's the deal. 

I have an NVidia 7800gt and anytime I do something GL'ish on my PC, the 
damn fan starts whirring like crazy... driving me crazy! So I poked 
around the net and found the GeForce 8600 BSD, a fanless video card, but 
I don't know if I need to water cool it, or its heat sink is enough to 
keep it cool. 

http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/XFX_GeForce_8600_GT_Fatal1ty/

It's got these big tubes on it... (Maybe I'm just being soooo neieve...) 

What ever the case may be, I am going to put together a new system with 
a core 2 duo with some high end FSB, lots of memory (4 to 6 gigs), some 
kind of NVidia 8xxx card and a couple of monster 24" monitors. (So I 
need the video power to drive these things.) So I'm getting my self all 
worked out about how much noise this machine is going to make... 

Dan Ritter wrote: 
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 04:05:09PM -0500, Stephen Adler wrote: 
>   
>> ya... I know... I answered my own question and found this... 
>> 
>> http://computer.howstuffworks.com/liquid-cooled-pc.htm
>> 
>> Is this really the way to go to get a quiet PC? 
>>     
> 
> Maybe. 
> 
> Have you figured out what you want to accomplish? 
> 
> For example, my office machine was making too much noise for my 
> liking. Here's what I did: 
> 
> - I repositioned it so that the exhaust fan bounced air off the 
>   wall at an angle, not straight-on. 
> 
> - I moved it off to the side, about four feet away from me. 
> 
> - I tightened all the internal screws. 
> 
> - I made sure the case was fastened snugly. 
> 
> - I put a piece of soft foam (about 1/8" thick) under the rear 
>   feet. 
> 
> Now it's much quieter. None of this cost me any money, or even 
> much time. 
> 
> I also found a stand to put it under my desk, which made it much 
> quieter from where I sit, but was slightly annoying. 
> 
> -dsr- 
> 
>