25 Jan
2009
25 Jan
'09
4:25 p.m.
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano:
On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 01:34 +0000, pete shorthose wrote:
As far as my experience go, there are no silent PSU w/fan
available. However, I've just successfully switched the
fan out of a tagan superrock (supposedly the silentest
PSU according to anandtech.com) with a downvolted fan, and
that worked. Lost warranty though, but can't hear it from
outside of the case now.
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:10:44 +0100
Esben Stien <b0ef(a)esben-stien.name> wrote:
Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc(a)cosgroves.us>
writes:
Quote:
"The price tag for this rig is estimated to be 1 Billion Dollars"
Perhaps you could interest me in a loan?
I've been considering a setup with an SSD drive and a scythe ninja II passive
heat sink. If the ninja can cool the processor without recourse to a fan then the only
noise
would come from the PSU fan. I've looked around and found quite a few PSUs with
"silent" in the name yet they seem to refer to values of silent that veer
considerably away from..
well.. silent. Does anyone know of a truly silent PSU or of any hardware mods (say to the
heat sink)
to convert one into a truly fanless (and also non explody) PSU? ... system for audio work?
http://irc.esben-stien.name/mediawiki/index.php/Computer_Silence Have not tested this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104035
Pricey, but I have successfully used this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256047&Tpk=sil…
nightjar
I would go for either of these, although they cost a bit more.
By mounting a silent 120mm fan running at 5V close to one of
these, they should probably work just fine.
26 Jan
26 Jan
6:06 a.m.
New subject: Any opinions on this ...
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:25:11 +0100 (CET)
"Kjetil S. Matheussen" <k.s.matheussen(a)notam02.no> wrote:
Perhaps I missed something here but aren't the above units fanless by design? why
add a fan?
Also, Thanks to everyone who posted info on this subject. I didn't reply because my
email client (I assume) has taken to eating duplicate posts (when anyone CCd an additional
reply
to me, only got the direct email, not the list message)
I found a review for the unit that Esben linked to:
product page: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/power/purepower/w0029/w0029.asp
review: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article185-page1.html
but it didn't fare to well. The review suggested a rated output of 300W (vs 350W
claimed)
was more realistic and that at high loads, the electronics themselves generated
considerable
noise. From there I followed links to a review of another silverstone PSU which garnered
a
more favorable review but that was rated at 300W.
So, Fernando's links detail the best options I have seen yet. The silverstone nightjar
ST45NF 450W in particular should be fine for a contemporary audio system, provided you
don't
need contemporary graphics too. (and luckily, I don't)
pete.
Have not
tested this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104035
Pricey, but I have successfully used this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256047&Tpk=sil…
nightjar
I would go for either of these, although they cost a bit more.
By mounting a silent 120mm fan running at 5V close to one of
these, they should probably work just fine.
8:13 a.m.
New subject: Any opinions on this ...
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:19:26 +0100 (CET)
"Kjetil S. Matheussen" <k.s.matheussen(a)notam02.no> wrote:
This may be good advice, particularly if you live somewhere much
hotter than the UK. However, you needn't assume the cooling efficiency
is inadequate. Just crank the central heating up to something
a little higher than the hottest temperatures you experience locally then run
it under as heavy a load as you can for as long as you need to in order to
satisfy yourself that it's safe to use sans fan. Regularly cleaning the unit
should help too. The Silverstone PSUs all seem to have a single temp
status LED and I'd imagine you'd see quite quickly if it couldn't cope
with the conditions. You could abort as soon as the warning LED lit.
I recognise that a device need not be truly silent in order to be effectively so,
and perhaps taking such a risk is unnecessary, but I've bought a fair few
"silent" or "quiet" fans in my time that were nothing of the sort.
I've also had
lots of problems with fans that seem to have (or develop) defects that cause
noise so I'd rather just be shot of the whole spinny roundy horror show.
OT now but I'm still losing list posts when there is a matching direct (CCd)
message. Anyone shed any light on this? I'm using sylpheed and have been
doing for a long time. This particular problem however is new. :(
cheers,
pete.
pete shorthose:
That was a bit unclear. If I've understood correctly,
fanless PSU's turns off if they run too hot, that's
why you might want to add a little bit of air flow
through it, especially if you run a hot CPU, etc. and
have no case fan. > > Have not tested this one:
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104035
> >
> > Pricey, but I have successfully used this one:
> >
> >
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256047&Tpk=sil…
nightjar
Contrary to the fans included with PSUs, the fans you can
buy separately can be silent, especially when downvolted
to 5V. So to ensure you don't
overheat a fanless PSU, which can happen if it's too hot,
it could be a good idea to mount a fan close to the PSU. >
I would go for either of these, although they cost a bit more.
By mounting a silent 120mm fan running at 5V close to one of
these, they should probably work just fine.
Perhaps I missed something here but aren't the above units fanless by
design? why add a fan? 
1:29 p.m.
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pete shorthose wrote:
OT now but I'm still losing list posts when there is a matching direct (CCd)
message. Anyone shed any light on this? I'm using sylpheed and have been
doing for a long time. This particular problem however is new. :(
i think i've seen the same. iirc, mailman has such a feature - maybe it
got enabled by default during an upgrade?
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