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Next Generation Fans
Tweaker writes "We just posted the first installment of an ongoing article dedicated to the latest designs and innovations for cooling your PC. The Next Generation Fans roundup starts off with five different models from four different manufacturers." I would have liked to have seen the dB rating for each fan- I've had some fans that really were great, provided I was wearing noise cancelling headphones while sharing a room with them. I have the Antec Tricolor fans they review in my case- they are gorgeous, but audible.
Seem to remember an article on /. about those, where they had a magnet at the tip of the blade and the "drive motor" in the four corners of the fan casing?
Anybody seen any comparative tests of those?
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How can you miss the YS tech TMD fans?
They removed the rotor from the center and put the magnets on the outside so more air blows where the CPU die is and it also is quieter.
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I have read a number of the Silent PC stories. I keep wondering why would anyone want one. Ok, I know it's just me but I like the drone of a bank of systems. My preference is to have them in my bedroom, when possible. The whitenoise helps me sleep. There's even a program I found (I think it's on freshmeat) called whitenoise which lets me add to and tweak the overall level and pitch of the background noise.
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If I actually could spell I'd have spelled it right in the first place.
Hmm, noise cancellation... How about having some local noise cancellation *inside* the box? I've got a hunch that it would work, since its a relatively small enclosed area.
Anyone ever tried this?
I think it has a lot to do with how people perceive sound. Unlike light, which when multiple wavelengths are present is perceived as a single new color, multiple wavelengths of sound are preceived as different pitches.
The thing is, for some people, the pitches are very "close together" - pitches very distant in frequency are perceived as the same pitch. These people don't mind noise because it is not so distracting... it sounds as noise.
For other people, even pitches that are relatively close in frequency sound "far apart" - they're easily distinguished from each other. These are the type of people that have perfect pitch, or perfect relative pitch. These people tend to be musicians. What others would perceive as noise, these people perceive as a complicated chord, which grabs their attention. Also, musicians train themselves to be sensitive to timbre, volume, all sorts of things. Thus, that simple computer "sound" in the background is a strange and distracting symphony, constantly playing.
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I want a reliable fan that the bearings don't go out on every year or so. Noise is a secondary issue. Are there any out there? I've started using ball bearing (rather than sleeve bearing) fans and they do last somewhat longer, but still start making grinding noises and vibrating after a year or so.
I really shouldn't have used someone else's email address for this account.
Why should the CPU or any other computing circuitry even be bothered with monitoring the fan?
Cat hair... Really!
My brother brought his PC over because it would shut down shortly after posting. I powered it up - did not hear a fan, and realized the motherboard's BIOS was shutting down the machine because the fan was not spinning. Saved the duron's life! I poked around a bit and found the CPU fan was wound up with cat hair. Power supply was in pretty tough shape too.
I cleaned stuff off, put on a better heat sink and fan, and sent him back to feed his counter strike addition.
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Most heating and air conditioning system use Centrifugal blowers because they are small powerful and quiet. It seems that this would be a good solution.