Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
Quoting Craig Sanders (cas@taz.net.au):
as Rick said, server manufacturers typically don't bother optimising for low fan noise because most customers don't care - the servers will be going into a noisy server room anyway. What was disillusioning about that is that high-noise fans are also _low-lifetime_ fans: Fans that are noisy because they are built on cheap sleeve bearings are likely to seize up within a few years, at which point they provide no cooling, only more heat, thus possibly setting off a heat-buildup cascade that substantively destroys the unit.
Whilst we are discussing the noise and reliability of case fans ; I would be interested in thoughts on CPU fans. Following a persistently over heating CPU; I discovered the cause seemed to be a loose misaligned heat-sink , which was largely due to its weight (perhaps 40mm deep and 60 mm dia); in a cantilever load situation, whilst attached to the M/B, by very flimsy plastic clips. Now I am not a 'gamer' and had always considered 'water-cooling' as just for the 'over-clockers' and the sales guy at Scorpion Tech seemed similarly unenthused. But what I finished up getting was a Corsair H55 Liquid Cooler see for example. http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-accessories/12163-corsair-cwch55... This seems like a very elegant solution, the pump and heat absorber are lightweight, sit close to the CPU and have a very solid conection to the M/B. The radiator sits under a 120mm case fan (non-proprietary); and the result with a Asus P6T M/B with 20GB of RAM and Intel-i7 quad-core CPU is an almost silent box and a CPU which is hard to push over 45 deg C regards Rohan McLeod ps shouldn't this be on Luv-talk ?