On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:37:15 -0600 (CST) "Matthew C. Dettinger" <matthew at redroot.org> wrote: > My biggest concern is sound. I would prefer to never hear the system, but > understand that there will be some hard drive use, and a power supply fan. Here is what I have found out about making a PC system quiet: - For the HD, look at the Seagate Barracuda ATA5 series.. very, very quiet. - Papst fans (the quiet ones..) wherever possible; PSU mainly, but case fans as well, should you need them. - Where you can't get a quiet fan, use a series resistor to drop the speed. Use a pot inititally to find the sound vs. heat level you can tolerate, then measure the pot and use a similar fixed resistor to replace it. - For the CPU cooling, use the Zalman 'copper flower' coolers, with the 92mm fan in 'stealth mode' (uses a supplied series resistor). Zalman parts are NICE! - Use a wide tape (I have a 2" aluminum tape) to block off the vent holes on the bottom of the PSU, if they are exposed to the world via vents in the case. - If heat becomes an issue, use more of slower fans, rather than less of faster fans. -L _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list