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Building a Silent, Air-Cooled System

Posted by Hemos on from the the-sounds-of-silence dept.

A reader:"Tired of those whining fans? Want some piece and quiet when working on your PC? Water cooling can be too expensive and too complicated to install, why not just stick to air cooling? This article describes how you can remove PC noise without turning the inside of your PC case into a small oven. Follow the road to silence while keeping an eye on the system temperature."

6 of 392 comments (clear)

  1. what rush? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't see no rush.

    btw, FP!

  2. whats that noise? it's eh0d's libido by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    non-existent... as always

  3. dell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just bought a dell after years of trying to 'silence' my box. now with this, and some cpuFreq action via powernowd - my 3.2G proc steps down to 400Mhz when it's not being used...cutting down on the heat, and thus the fans, that mcuh more.

    PCVS
    http://lefttochance.com/

  4. money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Forbes Billionaires List Top 100

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    $23.7, investments

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    9. Lawrence Ellison, California, 60, $18.4, Oracle

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    17. Bernard Arnault, France, 56, $17, LVMH

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  5. how does parent get +4 insightful by rejecting · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Obviously brain damaged.

  6. Re:So buy more expensive fans? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was hoping for more of a hack approach, not just replacing everything with its more expensive, silent counterpart.

    The Mac Mini is only $499. That isn't too expensive considering what you get for the money.