[sdiy] new computer

[Rude 66]

i find what makes the most noise in my pc is the fan for the power supply.
i've changed my cpu cooler to a quiter one, but it didn't make a very big
difference. but 'silent' psu's are so expensive.. and 'ive looked for the
fans seperate, but i haven't found them...

then again, i used to work with ataris. the 1040's are great, no fans
whatsoever. but we used to work in a studio with a mega st and a seperate
HD, both with very loud fans. those things made so much noise it would drive
you nuts after an hour's work..

r./


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Tillman" <don at till.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] new computer


>    > Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:07:38 -0700
>    > From: Simon Gatrall <gatrall at pacbell.net>
>    >
>    > Apple is the only major computer company that has sold a lot of
>    > fanless desktop computers (original Macs, many of the early
>    > iMacs), but even they are not as consistent about this feature
>    > ("wind tunnel" G4, Xserve).
>
> I should point that a high-end Pentium chip dissipates about 80 watts
> (!!!)  while the roughly equivalent PowerPC chip (used in the
> Macintosh) dissipates about 3.2 watts.
>
> My main computer is a 17-inch Mac PowerBook.  It's very powerful and
> makes no noise at all.
>
>
>   -- Don
>
> --
> Don Tillman
> Palo Alto, California
> don at till.com
> http://www.till.com
>