[wplug] Woke up this morning to a noisy machine...hard drives?

[Brandon Kuczenski]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Bryon Gill wrote:

> I imagine I'm not the only one who would like to know what brands and 
> products you've had good experiences with for quiet cooling.  I've bought 
> low-noise fans that were anything but.
>
> Bryon
>

I bought this:
http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835150023

based on reviews and hearsay.  It was replacing an almost unbelievably 
loud fan, and so anything seems nice by comparison but it really is quite 
silent.  My loudest component now is a 6-year old hard drive (tested by 
jamming screwdrivers in the fans to temporarily stall them -- probably not 
a good idea, but it works).

The sound it does make is higher-pitch.  Given the hard drive noise, I 
can't even distinguish the CPU fan noise except with the case cover off.

Ask me again in a week or two when I've had a chance to overhaul my system 
and dump the old HDD (and the unmentionable, proprietary OS).

I know, I said I'd do it weeks (months?) ago.  But I'm serious this time.

-Brandon


> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Bill Moran wrote:
>> 
>>> Russ Schneider <russ at sugapablo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, William N. Powell wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Check Cooling Fans First!
>>>> 
>>>> It might be the fan, actually.
>>>> 
>>>> If it is the fan, should I just clean it (too much dust unbalancing it) 
>>>> or
>>>> would it need a new one?  The Hank Hill in me is scremaing WD-40, but 
>>>> I'll
>>>> resist that for now.  :)
>>> 
>>> I would just replace it.  For the $10 it costs, it's not usually worth
>>> fighting with.  The problem is that when it dies, you won't _hear_ 
>>> anything,
>>> it'll be completely silent until your system overheats.
>>> 
>>> This is The Fates' way of giving you a chance to fix the problem before it
>>> gets bad.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Actually, if you're replacing the fan, consider spending a little more to 
>> get a *silent* fan.  There's a whole niche industry providing low-noise 
>> computer components and I never paid much attention until I needed a new 
>> CPU fan and decided to get a silent one for kicks (it was only $15). Major 
>> quality of life improvement.  I'm doing the power supply next, but that's a 
>> little bit more pricey (~$80).  With that, and with an upgrade to a single, 
>> new HDD to replace my two old ones, the box will be almost completely 
>> silent.
>> 
>> -Brandon
>> 
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