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Soundproofing a computer case? Best bets?
I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home
studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Jeff |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message
I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Your best first shot is probably to address noise at the source(s), which is/are the fans(s) in the PC case. Often the CPUt sink fan assembly can be replaced with what amounts to be bigger heatsink and a smaller-capacity fan. PC fans are often set to run at irrationally high speeds, and simply slowing them down with a product like Zalman's Fan Mate can be a good solution. First, develop a means for monitoring chip tempearature and temperature inside the case, then set reasonable limits for these temperatures and finally show down the fans until you unconditionally just barely meet your goals, even when the room gets hot around the PC. |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message
... I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Jeff Check out products available at: http://www.endpcnoise.com In particular look at the Nexus power supply, Zalman CPU cooler, SmartDrive 2002 enclosure for the hard drive and case insulation. bobs Bob Smith BS Studios we organize chaos http://www.bsstudios.com |
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I like the Enermax "Noisetaker" power supplies. They have two fans (both run
slower) and a trim pot to control their speed. And the prices is reasonable too. These are mainstream items. Richard |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message
... I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. I've done a lot of research on this lately. I think the following is the best way to achieve near silence short of spending big bucks on noise reduction furnitu Attack the problem at the source. The components that generate the most noise in a PC are the power supply, CPU fan, and case fans. Hard drives and Disc Drives are also noise culprits. Zalman (www.zalmanusa.com) makes great CPU fans that are quiet due to their large size, heatsink and slower fan rotation. For cases look at the Sontata made by Antec (http://www.antec.com/us/). They boast that the case is nearly silent. I have purchased one and it looks like a nicely constructed case but I haven't tried it yet so I can't comment about the noise level yet. If the 380Watt power supply that comes with the Sonata isn't powerful enough to handle your needs look at http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/ for reliable and quiet PSU's. As far as case fans are concerned always go with the 120mm size fans (check the specs for noise level). They generate less noise because they can push the same amount of air that the small fans do but at a slower rate of speed. Use a drive enclosure like this one http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/smartdrive2002.html to battle the hard drives. Now even after all of this your PC will still generate a little noise. If you find a computer desk that has space for a tower, pad the walls around the rear of the computer with noise absorption foam. This is the key to reduce that last bit of noise. Hope this helps. If I have forgotten something obvious feel free to comment. -- -Hev find me he www.michaelSCREWspringerROBOTS.com |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message
... I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. I swapped in a Zalman CPU cooler and a Antec power supply, and that has made a huge improvement in my old P3 system. It didn't make it silent but it got it down to pretty quiet. Sean |
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I don't mean to dispute the other replies you've received, but I chose a
decidedly less sophisticated path, which worked none-the-less. I built a sound-deadening enclosure around my PC. It was nothing fancy. It's also not perfect. But it reduces the noise produced to the point of inconsequential. The thing to remember is that much of the noise relates to keeping the CPU cool. What I did was put the main computer box under my desk. Then, allowing for sufficient cooling space, I built walls on either side of it using HEAVY and thick sound absorbing materials. I then put a curtain of VERY heavy fabric in front of this enclosure, which I close whenever I need complete silence. It works. It was cheap. And my CPU has never burned up. YMMV. Best of luck Jeff. -- Nick D. http://cultv.com http://ironia.net "Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message ... I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Jeff |
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Jeff wrote:
I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Now that modern disk drives have become really quiet, most of the noise comes from the cooling fans. I believe that you can now purchase fanless power supplies. They are simply 'more efficiently designed' and don't need forced cooling. That's one improvement. Graphics cards often have irritatingly noisy little fans. The smaller a fan is - the faster it has to turn to move any air - and graphics cards are a classic example of this problem. You probably don't need 3D games playing capable graphics for an audio workstation, so go find a fanless graphics card. If the chipset has a fan there's not so much you can do about that unless you're inventive. CPU coolers are often noisy. Again, it's often the use of small diameter fans to blame. The Zalman 'flower cooler' IIRC replaces the usual arangement using a much more efficient and quieter 80mm dia fan. All fans have the potential to be temperature controlled too, so they don't need to blow their little hearts out when they don't need to. Last option. Use bitumen tiles to 'damp' the case panels and reduce acoustic emissions.. Graham |
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Arny Krueger wrote:
"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Your best first shot is probably to address noise at the source(s), which is/are the fans(s) in the PC case. Often the CPUt sink fan assembly can be replaced with what amounts to be bigger heatsink and a smaller-capacity fan. PC fans are often set to run at irrationally high speeds, and simply slowing them down with a product like Zalman's Fan Mate can be a good solution. First, develop a means for monitoring chip tempearature and temperature inside the case, then set reasonable limits for these temperatures and finally show down the fans until you unconditionally just barely meet your goals, even when the room gets hot around the PC. arny, thanks for the advice...just wondering though, would that be about it? i've heard of those zalman fanmates, and even if i were to be nitpicky, i guess i could even get a zalman for my graphic card. what about other cooling methods? are water cooled completely silent? i've even seen how-to's on the net for completely enclosing hard drives and water cooling them.. is this overkill? jeff |
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Change PSU to something less noisy or fanless
Change CPU cooler to something bigger and effective so it can run slower Change 3D graphics card to something slower if you dont need it and if you need the 3D power, make the FAN bigger in it - theres many accessories for this. heat pipes and stuff. Place your PC inside bigger cabinet. Cool air from bottom inside cabinet and Hot air from top outside of cabinet. All air vents should be invisible and so less audible (facing to backside of computer). Some have made huge hole on another side of computer and placed something like 6.5" or larger fan but these are special fans that does cost a lot but probably not as much as special tweaking led lighting pimp my computer fans. Remember not to use these major official tweaking accessories found from markets/pc stores since those do cost and making silent cooling has been here a long time before PC was home computer. ..jukka "Pooh Bear" wrote in message ... Jeff wrote: I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Now that modern disk drives have become really quiet, most of the noise comes from the cooling fans. I believe that you can now purchase fanless power supplies. They are simply 'more efficiently designed' and don't need forced cooling. That's one improvement. Graphics cards often have irritatingly noisy little fans. The smaller a fan is - the faster it has to turn to move any air - and graphics cards are a classic example of this problem. You probably don't need 3D games playing capable graphics for an audio workstation, so go find a fanless graphics card. If the chipset has a fan there's not so much you can do about that unless you're inventive. CPU coolers are often noisy. Again, it's often the use of small diameter fans to blame. The Zalman 'flower cooler' IIRC replaces the usual arangement using a much more efficient and quieter 80mm dia fan. All fans have the potential to be temperature controlled too, so they don't need to blow their little hearts out when they don't need to. Last option. Use bitumen tiles to 'damp' the case panels and reduce acoustic emissions.. Graham |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message ... I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Jeff The quietest computer power supplies in the world are made by Silenx: http://www.silenx.com/productcart/pc/mainindex.asp Most of their supplies have fans, but they are inaudible. A special scimitar fan blade is used, in combination with fluid hydrodynamic bearings and sorbothane fan mounts. These units are completely inaudible 12" from the fan outlet, and are available with active power factor correction up to 600 watts. Interestingly, they obtain their results with fans that are only 80mm in diameter. The shape of the blade, and the thin knife-edge are key to the design. They also have fanless supplies, but fanless supplies tend to run hotter and have shorter lives than supplies with fans. In my experience, there is no advantage to a fanless supply once you've [not] heard a Silenx supply. Silenx also sells their fans separately, and I have retrofitted my computers to use Silenx fans for all ventilation tasks. If you use certain disk drive models with fluid hydrodynamic bearings, there is no need for noise damping. Among these are the Seagate ST380021A, an 80 gb unit once known as the quietest drive in the world, that's being blown out for $60 or less. Certain other drives are notably quiet, while some have audible motor whine, including later Seagates. Zalman does make a nice isolation mount for disk drives that also has heat pipes, but I see no need with the ST380021A. The most difficult problem is the CPU fan. Silenx makes a P4 cooler that I use with a 2.6 gHz unit. The fastest P4 CPUs are challenging to cool silently due to the enormous power dissipation. I'm sorry I don't have any specific advice. |
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:38:53 -0400, Jeff "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote: Arny Krueger wrote: "Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Your best first shot is probably to address noise at the source(s), which is/are the fans(s) in the PC case. Often the CPUt sink fan assembly can be replaced with what amounts to be bigger heatsink and a smaller-capacity fan. PC fans are often set to run at irrationally high speeds, and simply slowing them down with a product like Zalman's Fan Mate can be a good solution. First, develop a means for monitoring chip tempearature and temperature inside the case, then set reasonable limits for these temperatures and finally show down the fans until you unconditionally just barely meet your goals, even when the room gets hot around the PC. arny, thanks for the advice...just wondering though, would that be about it? i've heard of those zalman fanmates, and even if i were to be nitpicky, i guess i could even get a zalman for my graphic card. what about other cooling methods? are water cooled completely silent? i've even seen how-to's on the net for completely enclosing hard drives and water cooling them.. is this overkill? Water cooling is more for guys who are trying to overclock their CPU and making it run hot. It's a hassle to do & think it's unneccessary for a DAW. Al |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message
Arny Krueger wrote: "Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Your best first shot is probably to address noise at the source(s), which is/are the fans(s) in the PC case. Often the CPU sink fan assembly can be replaced with what amounts to be bigger heatsink and a smaller-capacity fan. PC fans are often set to run at irrationally high speeds, and simply slowing them down with a product like Zalman's Fan Mate can be a good solution. First, develop a means for monitoring chip tempearature and temperature inside the case, then set reasonable limits for these temperatures and finally show down the fans until you unconditionally just barely meet your goals, even when the room gets hot around the PC. thanks for the advice...just wondering though, would that be about it? I can't speak for every conceivable need. However, my recommendations are relatively inexpensive and easy to implement, If you decide to go further, your final solution could easily benefit from the groundwork you lay with them. Or, if you end up throwing away a couple of Fanmates and a $20 CPU heatsink, you're out 30 minutes or less of install time and maybe $30. I've heard of those zalman fanmates, and even if i were to be nitpicky, i guess i could even get a zalman for my graphic card. I guess so. what about other cooling methods? They cost more, take a lot more time to install. They are prone to serious difficulties if they leak. are water cooled completely silent? Nothing is completely silent but a completely passive system. If you're up for a fully-passive system, be prepared for repetitive stress injuries to the hand you use to flash your credit card. ;-) I've even seen how-to's on the net for completely enclosing hard drives and water cooling them.. is this overkill? Generally, yes they are overkill for a DAW. I haven't had hard drive noise problems for years, and this box has 3 of 'em. BTW, Fanmates are helpful even if you have a so-called quiet case. I invested in one of Antec's so-called quiet cases, but of course the case didn't include the Athlon-64 fan. I guess AMD was unsure about how their first batches of chips would do for power, so they sent out a bunch of fans that seemed like they could have easily operated a 7,200 rpm hard drive spindle. AMD must have done better on power than expected by a about country mile because the CPU chip temp was as low as the noise was high. A $5 Fanmate turned the tide of noise and now I can barely hear the system unit run, even though it's about a meter from my right ear. What I do barely hear is the big, low-speed case fan that makes a gentle whoosh. |
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I like the Enermax "Noisetaker" power supplies. They have two fans (both run slower) and a trim pot to control their speed. And the prices is reasonable too. These are mainstream items. I've you're marginally mechanically included you can modify most commerical power supplies to put a Fanmate into the loop. Another good mod is to run the PS fan off the motherboard. The easy way to do this is to replace the case fan with a generic fan with long leads. |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message ... : I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home : studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound : dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof : computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. : : Jeff Jeff: I put mine in the compartment of this desk I bought at ( ahem, sad to say, this was a long time ago and I no longer shop there but it was) Wal-Mart. It cost $100 bucks. http://philsaudio.com/images/woodridge%2017.jpg I replaced the power supply and fans in the PC with Zallman units which quieted it down quite a bit. I put dynamat on the metal panels of the PC case. I put the PC on "little feet" brand, zorbothane feet, sold to put under audio equipment. I tested with a thermometer in the cabinet and keeping the PC pushed up around the hole in the back keeps the compartment under 85 degrees F in my basement during the summer in Atlanta. Leaving space around the hole makes the compartment get a lot hotter. It is not silent, but it is about as loud as my laptop when the fan comes on. I leave space around the back so I can walk back there and hook stuff up, but if there was another blanket forming a cowling around the back I bet it would quiet it down even more. The whole desk and fans and feet thing should cost under $300 and the desk aint bad for holding two monitors. I did modify the right side to hold the rack mount stuff . It was a elliptical book shelf when I got it. Phil Abbate |
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Robert Morein wrote:
"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message ... I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Jeff The quietest computer power supplies in the world are made by Silenx: http://www.silenx.com/productcart/pc/mainindex.asp Most of their supplies have fans, but they are inaudible. A special scimitar fan blade is used, in combination with fluid hydrodynamic bearings and sorbothane fan mounts. These units are completely inaudible 12" from the fan outlet, and are available with active power factor correction up to 600 watts. Interestingly, they obtain their results with fans that are only 80mm in diameter. The shape of the blade, and the thin knife-edge are key to the design. They also have fanless supplies, but fanless supplies tend to run hotter and have shorter lives than supplies with fans. In my experience, there is no advantage to a fanless supply once you've [not] heard a Silenx supply. Silenx also sells their fans separately, and I have retrofitted my computers to use Silenx fans for all ventilation tasks. If you use certain disk drive models with fluid hydrodynamic bearings, there is no need for noise damping. Among these are the Seagate ST380021A, an 80 gb unit once known as the quietest drive in the world, that's being blown out for $60 or less. Certain other drives are notably quiet, while some have audible motor whine, including later Seagates. Zalman does make a nice isolation mount for disk drives that also has heat pipes, but I see no need with the ST380021A. The most difficult problem is the CPU fan. Silenx makes a P4 cooler that I use with a 2.6 gHz unit. The fastest P4 CPUs are challenging to cool silently due to the enormous power dissipation. I'm sorry I don't have any specific advice. WOW, that Silenx Luxurae looks amazing! now if I could only find it somewhere cheap and not for 240 USD. ouch! |
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"Jeff" "fartecho at yahoo dot com" wrote in message ...
I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. Here's another reading resource: http://www.silentpcreview.com/ |
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I built my own computer silencing desk with input and output fans running
through sound isolation baffle chambers. I don't have plans, but its pretty darn straightforward looking. You can see some pictures at http://www.gracesongmusic.com/studio_c_3.htm and http://www.gracesongmusic.com/studio_c_4.htm -lee- |
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Hey, that's pretty cool. You could probably sell those things.
I considered trying to do something like that but soon found I was too lazy to build the fans. So I built a fairly large containment area under my work table and added acoustic foam on the inside to absorb the high frequencies from the sound. It does get hot in there when I close the front, which is just a curtain that I made out of layers of heavy mover's packing cloth, but I leave it open. It's been closed for fairly long periods of time during long recordings, but I always remember to open it up between takes and I've never had any kind of problem. But again, there's a good one to three feet of open space all around the computer box in there. I don't want to post a picture because it's too embarrassingly amateurish, BUT it does work. With the curtain closed, it is quiet in here. -- Nick D. http://cultv.com http://ironia.net "Leoaw3" wrote in message ... I built my own computer silencing desk with input and output fans running through sound isolation baffle chambers. I don't have plans, but its pretty darn straightforward looking. You can see some pictures at http://www.gracesongmusic.com/studio_c_3.htm and http://www.gracesongmusic.com/studio_c_4.htm -lee- |
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PVC pipe stuffed with insulation after you run the wires through? Works on
my isolation booth, but the wall is obviously thicker. -- Nick D. http://cultv.com http://ironia.net "Garrett Cox" wrote in message om... Hey Mike (or anyone for that matter) I've been trying to work on this box for a while. The biggest snag I run into is making the wire/cable runs through the box to get to the computer. Can anyone offer up some ideas on how to pass power and interface cable's into the computer or card without opening a huge noise leak. cheers garrett (Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:znr1097841799k@trad... In article writes: Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. I have been after this problem for several years. I offer myself up to any manufacturers of "quiet" PC accessories such as fans, heat sinks, damping material, and even cases to give me their products to evaluate so that I can write The Compleat Guide to Computer Noise Reduction but so far not even a $20 fancy fan has come my way. I'm willing to invest the time in conducting experiments, but I'm not willing to put the money into solving a problem that I don't really have. You can build $1200 piece of soundproof computer furniture yourself for as little as $50, but it won't work as well, it won't look as good, and it won't give you as easy access to the computer for doing common things like turning it on or inserting a disk as the $1200 unit (which has a $200 door on it). Probably for $150, you can build one that's even quieter. Like anything else in this business you can always do something yourself cheaper than a manufacturer who's in the business of making money selling what you need. But you need to decide how you want to build it, draw up plans, purchase the materials, cut the pieces, assemble it, and make it look pretty (if you care). To some, that's worth $1000. There's at least one DIY report on the web with a list of materials, cutting diagrams, and comments on how effective it is. The Googlers will probably point you to a link or five.s |
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Jeff wrote:
I've got a PC that I (unfortunately) have to keep in my newly made home studio due to a lack of space...any suggestions for the best sound dampening/eliminating options available? Nexus in the Netherlands makes great "silent" PC products such as fans and cases, but I am not sure if they are available in the USA. Their website is he http://www.nexustek.nl Timo |
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Yeah I've thought of that but wanted something a little cleaner. Not
sure what else would work though. I want it to look like a professional computer isolation box and be very functional. I may end up with PVC pipe and a towel tho. cheers garrett "Nick" wrote in message et... PVC pipe stuffed with insulation after you run the wires through? Works on my isolation booth, but the wall is obviously thicker. -- Nick D. http://cultv.com http://ironia.net "Garrett Cox" wrote in message om... Hey Mike (or anyone for that matter) I've been trying to work on this box for a while. The biggest snag I run into is making the wire/cable runs through the box to get to the computer. Can anyone offer up some ideas on how to pass power and interface cable's into the computer or card without opening a huge noise leak. cheers garrett (Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:znr1097841799k@trad... In article writes: Somehow a piece of soundproof computer furniture for 1200 dollars just doesn't do it for me. I have been after this problem for several years. I offer myself up to any manufacturers of "quiet" PC accessories such as fans, heat sinks, damping material, and even cases to give me their products to evaluate so that I can write The Compleat Guide to Computer Noise Reduction but so far not even a $20 fancy fan has come my way. I'm willing to invest the time in conducting experiments, but I'm not willing to put the money into solving a problem that I don't really have. You can build $1200 piece of soundproof computer furniture yourself for as little as $50, but it won't work as well, it won't look as good, and it won't give you as easy access to the computer for doing common things like turning it on or inserting a disk as the $1200 unit (which has a $200 door on it). Probably for $150, you can build one that's even quieter. Like anything else in this business you can always do something yourself cheaper than a manufacturer who's in the business of making money selling what you need. But you need to decide how you want to build it, draw up plans, purchase the materials, cut the pieces, assemble it, and make it look pretty (if you care). To some, that's worth $1000. There's at least one DIY report on the web with a list of materials, cutting diagrams, and comments on how effective it is. The Googlers will probably point you to a link or five.s |
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On 18 Oct 2004 17:03:50 -0700, Garrett Cox wrote:
Yeah I've thought of that but wanted something a little cleaner. Not sure what else would work though. I want it to look like a professional computer isolation box and be very functional. I may end up with PVC pipe and a towel tho. cheers garrett The best solution is to invest in quieter components. You can spend over $2000 on a fanless case with heat pipe cooling . . . I opted for an Antec Sonata case with shock mounted drives as "quiet enough" for my purposes. Take a look at www.endpcnoise.com |
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Except for us Macintosh blokes. Saddly there is little we can do but
stuff it in a closet or an iso-box. The price you pay I guess. cheers garrett "U-CDK_CHARLES\\Charles" "Charles wrote in message news:bk8dd.1888$TU5.1099@trndny06... On 18 Oct 2004 17:03:50 -0700, Garrett Cox wrote: Yeah I've thought of that but wanted something a little cleaner. Not sure what else would work though. I want it to look like a professional computer isolation box and be very functional. I may end up with PVC pipe and a towel tho. cheers garrett The best solution is to invest in quieter components. You can spend over $2000 on a fanless case with heat pipe cooling . . . I opted for an Antec Sonata case with shock mounted drives as "quiet enough" for my purposes. Take a look at www.endpcnoise.com |
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ANTEC Noise Killer PSU Gasket for Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...999-256&depa=1 Reduce noise and vibration created by a PC power supply by up to 80%. Silicone gasket and washers for a wide variety of devices - wont harden over time and lose effeciveness like other materials. VANTEC Fan Vibration Dampener Kits, http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...999-209&depa=1 + Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future http://johnnyasia.info "When a man describes himself as a "guitarist from the future" the warning bells go off, .... But Johnny Asia really sounds like he's doing something new. .....Check the mans' music out and hear something different." - Nick Dedina, Staff Writer, Listen.com |
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On 19 Oct 2004 14:26:51 -0700, Garrett Cox wrote:
Except for us Macintosh blokes. Saddly there is little we can do but stuff it in a closet or an iso-box. The price you pay I guess. But the PPC-based MACs I've seen have much better heat sinking and quieter fans than typical PCs. Is that different depending on the model? |
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Well there was a G4 Tower the Dual 1.25 and dual 1.42's that were
pretty damn loud. They got really warm too. They were supposedly using the server power supply's on the desktop machines and just slowed them a down a little (the fans) but they were pretty noisey. I have one prior to that release but it gets noisy compared to my Dual proc G5 at work which is rediculously quiet. cheers garrett But the PPC-based MACs I've seen have much better heat sinking and quieter fans than typical PCs. Is that different depending on the model? |
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spud wrote:
pump. Been snorkeling along about 18 months now. I made syncs for both the CPU and the NS bridge out of aluminum and epoxy. It's a chain piece filled with mislabeled DVD backups. Ok, my spell check is complete, I had seven misspelled words,.. good luck. s. Eight. Sinks, not syncs. |
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