I'm already racked and a I have covered the ten thousand extra holes they put in the server rack for more fans :) I have a path of air from front to back.
Athlons are known to burn out easy, so I bought the coolest fan I could find, not realizing it was a jet engine :) I have 2 systems with the fan and it is crazy!!! Rick Sunday, June 02, 2002, you wrote: SM> Hi, I just racked my main PC yesterday and i'm very happy with the result. SM> The 19" standard rack cost me 220 euros and it cut the PC noise by at least SM> 60 to 70%! My machine is a Bi PIII 933 with 3 HDs, a GeForce 3 et all PCI SM> ports used. It didn't made the procesors temperature change too (i was a bit SM> concerned about that too). They stay at ~42°C most of the time! I think this SM> is the best investment I've done on the noise front, well before my silent SM> power suply, the 2 so called silent Fan of my procs and the "silent" towers SM> I tried previously! SM> Hope this helps... SM> Sebastien SM> ----- Original Message ----- SM> From: "Rick Burnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SM> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SM> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:08 AM SM> Subject: [linux-audio-dev] OT CPU Fans >> Does anyone have any experience with the flower fans from QuietPC? I >> am getting sick and tired of the jet engine noise in my studio and >> before I go spending thousands of dollars on a quiet rack, I would >> rather do what I can in the computer first. I built a vocal booth to >> cut down on the noise which is does, but the sounds is driving me >> crazy when just listening to mixes and hearing this drone!!! :) >> >> Thanks, >> Rick >> >> PS If you have any other suggestions, please let me know. I have an >> Athlon 1.3 GHz (And the Power supply is quiet, I bought a special one >> for that). >> >> Rick >> >> >>
