Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:30:54 02/10/04
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On February 10, 2004 at 12:24:54, Keith Evans wrote: >On February 10, 2004 at 12:07:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 10, 2004 at 11:35:27, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>On February 10, 2004 at 11:22:00, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >>> >>>>On February 10, 2004 at 10:15:03, Slater Wold wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 10, 2004 at 05:50:09, Daniel Clausen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On February 09, 2004 at 18:49:45, Slater Wold wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>And got it! >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I recieved my system today, late, and am currently putting it all together. >>>>>>>I'll have some benches & what-not tomorrow. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The system: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>AMD FX51 >>>>>>>Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP-940 >>>>>>>1GB Corsair TwinX DDRAM (Registered) >>>>>>>GeForce FX 5900 Ultra >>>>>>>(5) 18GB U320 SCSI HDs >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Windows 2000 Pro >>>>>>>*&* >>>>>>>Windows 2003 Advanced Server for 64-bit Extended Systems >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Should be a lot of fun, for a few months. :) >>>>>> >>>>>>Did you get the needed earmuffs too in the package or does one have to order >>>>>>them separately? ;) >>>>>> >>>>>>I see that these comps are nice to have when it comes to comp chess, but I hope >>>>>>the market for silent PCs grows a bit in the future. Sorry for my rambling. :) >>>>>> >>>>>>Sargon (powered with a 5W (max) VIA CPU :) >>>>> >>>>>With the stock CPU cooler, it is quieter than my Dell P4. >>>>> >>>>>Remember, these CPUs are at 1.5v. They run VERY cool. >>>> >>>>But 5 SCSI hard disks are enough to simulate an earthquake. >>>> >>>>anthony >>> >>>LOL - Try _7_ case fans (2 for the HDs, 2 exhaust, 1 on top, and 2 on the side), >>>plus a 115CFM CPU cooler, plus a PS with 2 fans. Oh yea, and the motherboard >>>has a fan (nVidia chipset), and the VRM has a fan too! >>> >>>And it's still not as loud as my Dual PIII 1.0Ghz, with 2 Delta 7,200RPM CPU >>>fans... >> >> >>I think sound is overrated. My dual xeon has three cpu fans, two hard drive bay >>fans, two power supply fans, and it is not objectionable. It also has 5 X 36 >>gig 15K U320 SCSI disks, and 3 X 146 10K U320 disks. The drives are _not_ that >>noisy. They are stuck deep into the chassis in a hot-swap 8-way drive bay and I >>don't notice them. The machine is not whisper-quiet with all the fans, but the >>disk drives do not produce any vibration or excessive noise on their own... >> >>At least not these (Seagate Cheetahs) in either 10K or 15K types.. > >Dell PowerEdge 2650's (rackmount dual Xeon) are as loud as a cheap vacuum >cleaner. I can't stand to have them anywhere but in a distant server room. I >have a decibel meter at home so I could take measurements of them versus my >vacuum cleaner if you want proof ;-) > >When I had a Sun Ultra5 pizzabox I used to keep it off and just use it as a >monitor stand because it was too noisy. (That's about all those are good for >anyways.) > >If you're working in a noisy environment then you may not notice how loud these >machines are because the noise from them is masked. And of course if you're into >hobbies that involve high performance gasoline engines, then that might be a >factor. > >-K We have a rack full of 'em and ours don't sound like vacuum cleaners. My office box is a poweredge 2600, which is way bigger physically.
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