[TriLUG] Slightly OT: Are there Really Quiet Computer Case Fans?

[William Sutton]

Real men get used to helicopter fans running 24x7 :)  I don't know what 
I'd do if my PC wasn't humming along...probably check and see if I had a 
power outage on my hands.

(On topic)  Putting the system in the closet and using VNC seems the 
simplest and most foolproof solution to me.  In any case, I have one 
system with a couple loud fans, one with very quiet fans, and (a dell) 
with no fans at all, so quiet fans aren't a complete myth.

William

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Jesse Aaron Safir wrote:

> 
> Scott,
> 
> I built a machine a few years ago with an Enlight case.  My goal was to
> make it as quiet as possible.  I bought a special "quiet" power supply and
> case fan and CPU fan.  It was still WAY too loud so now all I have at home
> is a laptop.  So..."quite fans" are probably a marketing ploy...
> 
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > My job has me working within a six feet of a dual Xeon server.  It has
> > at least five noisy fans, and sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
> >
> > I'm considering a ways to quiet this box, and one of them is to buy some
> >    fans that claim to be quiet to replace the current ones.  I have no
> > idea how much this would help - for all I know, it has them already.
> >
> > Does anyone know whether truly quiet fans exist, or is this just an
> > advertising ploy?
> >
> > Another possibility is to buy some ethernet KVM tranceivers and move the
> > machine elsewhere.  Besides the $$$ these cost, I'm short on alternative
> > space.
> >
> > If you've had a good experience with quieter fans, or have come up with
> > a better solution for this, please let me know.  Replacing the system
> > isn't an option, but I've thought about putting it in a quieter box.
> >
> > I can't scrape up enough for one of these:
> >
> >     http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040115/index.html
> >
> > But it sure would be sweet!
> >
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