I found this article to be helpful - http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-118-1.htm
But, be prepared to shell out some doh. Thanks, brandon > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steinar H. > Gunderson > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 7:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Mersenne: please recommend a machine > > > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 09:11:38AM +0000, Brian J. Beesley wrote: > > You _might_ be able to recycle the old case as well - however you will > > probably need to replace the PSU with a new one in order to > supply the power > > requirements of a P4 system. Look for PSUs rated over 300W with > dual fans - I > > particularly reccomend the Enermax PSU with rheostat fan speed control > > because it's quiet & effective, though certainly not cheap. > > While we're at it -- is it possible nowadays to get power > supplies _without_ > fans, or at least with only one? I removed my (rather noisy) SCSI disks a > month or so ago in favour of running diskless over NFS (unfortunately, I > can't get the gigabit cabling to work, so it's `only' 100mbit > ATM), so what I > have left of fans is: > > - One 12dB CPU fan (80mm -- it used to be a problem that the > CPU got hot, > think 85�C, but after getting a proper heat sink it rarely > goes over 60�C) > - One microscopic fan on the graphics card > - The two power supply fans (one 80mm and one 120mm) > > It's funny -- when the disks and the CPU cooler noise goes away, > you suddenly > start to care about the power supply, even though it is rather > quiet already. > As I barely have any equipment left in the PC anymore (an Athlon XP 1700+, > some RAM, two rather old graphics cards, a network card and a > sound card) I > don't think I'm going to need very much power either... Anybody > know what my > options are if I want a silent power supply? :-) > > /* Steinar */ > -- > Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ > _________________________________________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers > > _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
