I couldn't stand the noise of my PC at home so my latest has a Zalman TNN 500AF case with an Athlong 64 X2 2GHz etc.
The silence is just amazing. I can hear the fridge in the kitchen again and the only way I know my computer is running is by touching - it's warm when it is running. I can listen to the HiFi while the computer is on, too.
Another advantage seems to be that the case does a wonderful job with RF shielding. We live deep in the countryside and my wife and I can again be in the dining room while the computer is on - no more intrusive noise and that feeling of a huge electronic presence is gone.
Once you have a computer with no fans, that's enough. The hard drive makes virtually no noise and the optical drive only when it's working. Of course you end up with warm and then hot CDs and DVDs after a long install....
For the first time I noticed that my second monitor makes a very slight noise when on...
Buying that Zalman has been the best thing I have done for quite a while. Just an unbelievable difference.
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I couldn't stand the noise of my PC at home so my latest has a Zalman TNN 500AF case with an Athlong 64 X2 2GHz etc.
The silence is just amazing.
I can hear the fridge in the kitchen again and the only way I know my computer is running is by touching - it's warm when it is running. I can listen to the HiFi while the computer is on, too.
Another advantage seems to be that the case does a wonderful job with RF shielding. We live deep in the countryside and my wife and I can again be in the dining room while the computer is on - no more intrusive noise and that feeling of a huge electronic presence is gone.
Once you have a computer with no fans, that's enough. The hard drive makes virtually no noise and the optical drive only when it's working. Of course you end up with warm and then hot CDs and DVDs after a long install....
For the first time I noticed that my second monitor makes a very slight noise when on...
Buying that Zalman has been the best thing I have done for quite a while. Just an unbelievable difference.