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How to Build a Fast Air-Cooled Quiet PC

Posted by Hemos on from the faster-quieter-better dept.

msolnik writes "Tweak3D.net has posted an article over how to build yourself a fast box that doesn't sound like an airplane hanger. Its nice to find something like this - most articles are just about speed this article combines performance and usability. If your interested in building a fast pc that you don't have to put in " See my thoughts on this as well.

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  1. Other way to cool your CPU by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Though I've seen this on Slashdot before, I think this is still one of the neatest ways to cool beer and maybe adapt to your overclocked CPU.

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  2. Awww... by alfredw · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I LIKE my jet engine start-up...

    I even give it a countdown as I power up...

    "All systems, report status. Cooling 1"
    "Go!"
    "Ventral Fan"
    "Go!"
    "Fluid Pumps"
    "Go!"
    .
    .
    .

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  3. Re:for the money by ArsonSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    Depends on the productivity all that over clocked processor did for me. If I was able to run vi at 2Gigahertz while everyone else was coding at 1.5Gigahertz then I would have produced 25% more code than them. Over the course of 6 months or more that could be a lot of code.

    Its all about economics of scale and if I am going to get 25% more code write because of over clocking than I am far more profitable that the next guy period.

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  4. I like the noise. by dbCooper0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    That way - I can tell when a fan is failing well before the situation is critical - there's nothing like the noise from 3 or four boxen in close proximity, and to hear the HDs (two to four per box) as they recalibrate, seemingly from old age. Surround-Sound in a natural occurrence...

    And the fans - (one to two per processor) complement this ambience with a critical indicator to health - ie: they usually start making a hell of a racket when starting to fail - along with the power supplies' fans. Time to start checking things out before your sense of smell takes over!

    Of course, your mileage may vary.

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  5. Who the heck wants a QUIET PC? by DarklordJonnyDigital · · Score: 2, Funny
    Ah, you kids and your 'quiet' PCs. Here's a picture of my 'box', currently running at 25GHz:

    http://crazy.codetroop.com/randimg/?overclock.jpg

    I get an average framerate of a couple of thousand running Quake III.