On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 21:03 +1100, Ben Donohue wrote:
Sunflower oil is OK but pure Aceite De Oliva Espanol Moro Pure Olive
oil is best. Make sure it's the 100% pure (no cholesterol) so you can
also drain it six monthly and cook some hot chips in it as well. My
Italian wife swears by it.
I
Jeff Waugh wrote:
Turns out it's quite scary when the disks go crazy in the dead of night when
the TV isn't on. :-)
I have found it helps to draw the curtains when there is a full moon. ;)
Regards
Chris
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Take a look at the Noctua range on 120m fans.
I'd also replace the GPU fan/heatsink as they are noisy even when idle.
2009/10/7 Ken Foskey fos...@tpg.com.au:
My computer is too noisy. It is not graphics because it is not used
much and when it does there is enough background noise. It is the
Have a look at your case too... I've found the same fan in a good case is MUCH
quieter.
My $200 Antec case (PS not included) is much quieter than the $60 cheapie. I'll never buy another
cheap case.
Mark Walkom wrote:
Take a look at the Noctua range on 120m fans.
I'd also replace the GPU
There are higher power internal case power supplies too have a look at the
Zalman and Silverstone offerings below, I bought a 600w silverstone a while
ago and it's single 120mm fan is quieter than my cpu fan.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-233-1.htm (no fan, but old there
is a new one
Hi Ken,
I've read that sinking it in an oil bath reduces the noise and gets rid
of the heat quite well...
Sunflower oil is OK but pure Aceite De Oliva Espanol Moro Pure Olive oil
is best.
Make sure it's the 100% pure (no cholesterol) so you can also drain it
six monthly and cook some hot
On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 14:44 +1100, Ken Foskey wrote:
My computer is too noisy. It is not graphics because it is not used
much and when it does there is enough background noise. It is the power
supply and cpu fan that kicks in with cron at 2 am in the morning.
I was thinking about adding
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Chris Johns
Sent: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 3:09 PM
To: Jeff Waugh
Cc: slug@slug.org.au
Subject: Re: [SLUG] quiet computer
Jeff Waugh wrote:
Turns out it's quite scary when the disks go crazy in the dead of night when
the TV isn't on. :-)
I have found it helps
On Thursday 08 October 2009 08:36:45 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
I've read that sinking it in an oil bath reduces the noise and gets rid
of the heat quite well...
Sunflower oil is OK but pure Aceite De Oliva Espanol Moro Pure Olive oil
is best.
Make sure it's the 100% pure (no
I'm sure that lots of people have their favorite solutions
Mine is ANTEC NSK1380 case http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAvdOd_VBnQ
I use AMD BE2350 dual core, a couple of TV cards (Twinhan and DIVICO) and a 1T
WD green caviar disk.
This server draws 30W (at the meter with a stopwatch) and you
My computer is too noisy. It is not graphics because it is not used
much and when it does there is enough background noise. It is the power
supply and cpu fan that kicks in with cron at 2 am in the morning.
I was thinking about adding fluid cooling, is this worth it or else
can I where can
quote who=Ken Foskey
My computer is too noisy. It is not graphics because it is not used much
and when it does there is enough background noise. It is the power supply
and cpu fan that kicks in with cron at 2 am in the morning.
I was thinking about adding fluid cooling, is this worth it or
larger fans are quieter than smaller fans, and much cheaper than liquid
cooling
you can also get extremely large cpu coolers that will reduce noise.
Dean
Ken Foskey wrote:
My computer is too noisy. It is not graphics because it is not used
much and when it does there is enough background
If it's mostly the 2am noise that bothers you,
the first thing you might try is turn off whatever
is scheduled at that time. Popular offenders are
prelinking and manpage indexing but there are many
other possibilities. Turn them off or move them to
say 10am in the morning when no one is
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