Gem
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Re: Which is better for a 100% silent PC...
I would opt for the "silent" ATX power supply with a 120mm or 140mm PSU exhaust fan. That will cool the PSU and should provide sufficient cooling to obviate the need for a case fan.
With your 2Ghz P4, a fanless cooler should work just fine, at least it does with my 2.2Ghz. It has no case fan, no heatsink fan, and only a 120mm fan on the PSU.
It is barely audible.
The CPU runs about 10F warmer under a load than it did with a fan, but still will within the processor specs.
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Friends with "fanless" power supplies say they run hot - too hot to touch. That increases the need for case fans and increases the load on the heatsink fan, which raises the noise level to what may be more than that previously generated by a PSU fan.... and around we go. |
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karlj1
join:2004-01-25
Ottawa, ON | Thanks for all the replies.
I think I'll go for a silent PSU with a fan.
I'll let you know how it goes.
K. |
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Gem
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join:2005-09-10 | Are you using a fanless cpu cooler? I found the heatsink fan made more noise than a 120mm PSU fan.
Going to a fanless cpu cooler (the tower kind with fins and heat pipes for $50 or so) created a near silent computer here. |
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