I've got dual mpx 2600+ on a 50ft chain so it can't chew on my ears. The computer is in an old Digital 7000 case that's almost six feet tall, there's about 10 fans. I keep it in the bathroom. I'm not surprised that people don't spend much time in that bathroom. I think its size and noise almost give you the sense that someone's watching. :) ron --- Anthony <avan@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I have the ASUS A7M266-D with two AMD 1.0Ghz > processors. I'm quite > happy with the performance. The chips certainly are > not high end > anymore so you can get away with very very quiet CPU > fans. The real > problem is the powersupply, advertised as quiet and > at US$90. That > was a real dissapointment. Perhaps it actually is > quiet for a 400W. > > I paid under $300 for the Mobo, cpus, fans. The deal > breaker was > the PS. > > --ant > > * Robert Jonsson <robert.jonsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [Jun > 11 03 04:51]: > > onsdagen den 11 juni 2003 11.05 skrev Chris > Cannam: > > > Steve Harris wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:19:32PM +1000, > Allan Klinbail wrote: > > > >>I personally prefer the current Intel chips > because they run at a cooler > > > >>temperature so the fans required are less > noisy... > > > > > > > > Yes, I think if I was building a machine > today, I'd go for PIV for this > > > > reason, at the time I bought an Athlon XP cos > I needed to get as much FPU > > > > performace for my $ as I could. > > > > > > I have a dual 2K Athlon and although it's a very > quick machine, > > > I'm increasingly irritated by the noise > (especially as the weather > > > gets hotter and cooling requirements increase). > I've probably spent > > > as much money on various largely failed attempts > at quietening it > > > through random bits of agricultural-looking > technology as I did on > > > the processors. > > > > > > So I (rather unwillingly) have to support the > apparent consensus: > > > get a single fast Intel. > > > > Hi, > > > > Though I'm not on the cutting edge any more wrt to > CPU speed, cooling noise > > has always been one of the things I hate most > about modern computers. (Oh, > > what joy it once was, back in the Amiga days.) > > > > I have long since given up trying silence the fans > (I do it a little to keep > > it bearable) and it is most oftenly counter > productive to their purpose. > > > > My solution for several years now has been to > place the computer in an > > adjacent room, in this case a storage room. > > I just drilled a hole in the wall, just large > enough so all the cables are > > able to fit and then covered the hole as best I > could to eliminate noise > > through it. > > > > For me this has been the ideal solution, noise is > way down, close to non > > audible proportions, and cooling for the computer > is also good enough. > > > > /Robert > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
