On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote: > > pete shorthose: >> > > 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=silverstone >> 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. >> >> Perhaps I missed something here but aren't the above units fanless by >> design? why add a fan? > > 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. 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. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
