Re: [Sheflug] Options for a quiet system upgrade?

[Robin Wood <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 20:15 +0000, Simon Brown wrote:
> On 15/03/09 14:17:16, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > Ah, now I used to have a dual PII box, and it too was big, loud and
> > clunky. 
> > My firewall these days is a P4, and is sits in its cupboard very
> > quietly. 
> > Maybe I should get another to be a desktop ;-)
> 
> I'll confess to having two ridiculously loud computers on my desk, a 
> Compaq XP1000 with 4 disks and a SGI Octane. With them both on I feel 
> obliged to leave the room, before I answer my phone. 
> 
> http://www.silentpcreview.com/ is probably a good place to start.
> 

The loudest thing in my case are the fans on the two graphics cards. I
really need to change them but the cost doesn't really seem worth it at
the moment.

I recommend these guys:

http://www.quietpc.com/

I asked a load of questions and got them all answered quickly before I
bought my new processor fan. Very good support.

Robin


> Simon
> 
> 
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