Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 20:27:56 02/10/04
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On February 10, 2004 at 12:07:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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.. I know a guy who lined the inside of his case with shag carpet, and it is very quiet. I'm just waiting for his computer to catch on fire and burn his house down.
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