Has mainstream pc cooling technology evolved passed noisy ass fans?
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Raziaar
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Yeah, one reason I've always stayed away from it.
It's nerve wracking, to think about that.
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I know some dudes who tried to break a discontinued motherboard from MSI, and they poured water on it and pop, and it still worked.
They ended up throwing it on the ground to break it. They couldn't do it.
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Pure water/distilled water doesn't conduct. Just the stuff in unpure water does (minerals etc). Although you still want to clean it up and dry it out.
I'm running a PC with some fairly warm components. Mainly the dual core AMD CPU is always at 100% from folding@home and I have a MSI 8800GTS video card. I don't think the cooler MSI uses is the reference cooler (meaning the default cooler). Plus 3 hard drives. The hard drives are among the quietest currently sold (besides samsung's). The western digital 500 and 750 gb drives are fairly quick too. My PC just has a rear 120mm fan set to medium and a front one set to low. Having the front one set to low keeps noise coming out the front of the case to a minimum. And I have a Corsiar 520 power supply which has a single quiet 120mm fan. I didn't get a power supply that had a lot more watts than I needed so I'm not stuck with one that produces more heat and therefore fan noise. I'd say the PC is almost whisper quiet since it isn't that much louder than the regular noise level of the room.
It just depends on the parts you pick. Avoid noisy GPUs and PSUs. Smart case air flow helps. Don't want a case with side vents cause then your intake air goes right out and your CPU is sitting hot and CPU fan will spin up if set for auto. Same with GPU.
But usually people who want quiet air cooling also get a little higher temps since they slow their fans down or take some out. But thats ok. It isn't me, it's the PC that is a little warm.
I'm running a PC with some fairly warm components. Mainly the dual core AMD CPU is always at 100% from folding@home and I have a MSI 8800GTS video card. I don't think the cooler MSI uses is the reference cooler (meaning the default cooler). Plus 3 hard drives. The hard drives are among the quietest currently sold (besides samsung's). The western digital 500 and 750 gb drives are fairly quick too. My PC just has a rear 120mm fan set to medium and a front one set to low. Having the front one set to low keeps noise coming out the front of the case to a minimum. And I have a Corsiar 520 power supply which has a single quiet 120mm fan. I didn't get a power supply that had a lot more watts than I needed so I'm not stuck with one that produces more heat and therefore fan noise. I'd say the PC is almost whisper quiet since it isn't that much louder than the regular noise level of the room.
It just depends on the parts you pick. Avoid noisy GPUs and PSUs. Smart case air flow helps. Don't want a case with side vents cause then your intake air goes right out and your CPU is sitting hot and CPU fan will spin up if set for auto. Same with GPU.
But usually people who want quiet air cooling also get a little higher temps since they slow their fans down or take some out. But thats ok. It isn't me, it's the PC that is a little warm.
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Had this problem once myself, (my two case fans and SLI cards are LOUD) but remedied the problem with a simple solution.
Just load up HL2, go to a Combine computer terminal, and think about how noisy the Combine's "high-tech" computer technology is:
*beep* *beep* *beep* *boop* shhhhiiiick whirrrr
and suddenly, you'll realize how quite your computer really is. Worked for me. :thumbs:
In fact, ever since noticing this myself, I've always wished for my computer to sound as loud and cool and the one's the Combine use.
Oh yeah and BTW,
It's not at dangerous as some would believe it to be though. If there's a leak somewhere, the water would just simply drain back into the block. Unless of course there's a puncture in the hose somewhere.
Just load up HL2, go to a Combine computer terminal, and think about how noisy the Combine's "high-tech" computer technology is:
*beep* *beep* *beep* *boop* shhhhiiiick whirrrr
and suddenly, you'll realize how quite your computer really is. Worked for me. :thumbs:
In fact, ever since noticing this myself, I've always wished for my computer to sound as loud and cool and the one's the Combine use.
Oh yeah and BTW,
Water cooling is overrated. Loudness ftw! *beep* *beep* *beep* *boop* shhhhiiiick whirrrr
It's not at dangerous as some would believe it to be though. If there's a leak somewhere, the water would just simply drain back into the block. Unless of course there's a puncture in the hose somewhere.
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CO2 would be awesome, just gotta keep it pressurized and shit.
I love my air cooling. Hell, I managed to keep a quad-core and two SLIed 8800 GTSs cooled in a crappy case by taking the side and top panels off and balancing a *single* 120mm fan between the PSU and the DVD drive. Now I've got a Mountainmods case, and having eight fans is a wonderful thing. A little fan noise never hurt anyone, especially when the games I play are louder than that.
And I've got something against entrusting my electrical components to water.
And I've got something against entrusting my electrical components to water.
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One of my friends actually connected a pipe from his air-conditioning system directly into his pc case. It's pretty awesome.
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You can actually submerge your PC in an oil, looks pretty cool
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php
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The noisiest item in my computer is my DVD drive. Which hums loudly on occasion. I poke it and it shuts up. I've been considering getting a 120mm blowhole fan.
Don't want to bother with water cooling for the reasons suggested. Although my colleague is seriously talking about oil cooling. I just facepalm inside everytime he talks about hardware. The conversation starts off nice and almost-geeky, talking about cooling, fans, extras in a PC and the like. And then I ask "So what graphics card do you have?" He looks at me incredulously and goes "Um... I dunno. Can't remember". So I drop it. Then we might start talking about power supplies:
Oh really, what brand?
Um... Corsair...?
Oh really? What is that?
Oh, crossfire or SLi? Which graphics card?
And yet again, I facepalm inside.
But yeah, fans are pretty quiet nowadays.
Edit: Damn you Ryan and your shorter thus posted quicker posts!
Don't want to bother with water cooling for the reasons suggested. Although my colleague is seriously talking about oil cooling. I just facepalm inside everytime he talks about hardware. The conversation starts off nice and almost-geeky, talking about cooling, fans, extras in a PC and the like. And then I ask "So what graphics card do you have?" He looks at me incredulously and goes "Um... I dunno. Can't remember". So I drop it. Then we might start talking about power supplies:
Oh really, what brand?
Um... Corsair...?
Oh really? What is that?
Oh, crossfire or SLi? Which graphics card?
And yet again, I facepalm inside.
But yeah, fans are pretty quiet nowadays.
Edit: Damn you Ryan and your shorter thus posted quicker posts!
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It's fine, as long as you don't intend to sell it on e-bay
