Small form factor PCs
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I'm thinking of getting one but there is one question: How noisy are they ? Shuttle do a nice Athlon64 model, MSI do one (Athlone XP) with a really cool front panel but the carry bag and backpack aren't as nice as Shuttle's :( Any experiences with these ? Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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I'm thinking of getting one but there is one question: How noisy are they ? Shuttle do a nice Athlon64 model, MSI do one (Athlone XP) with a really cool front panel but the carry bag and backpack aren't as nice as Shuttle's :( Any experiences with these ? Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
I have Media Center running on the SN41G2 shuttle. It's great. Some things you need to look at. The power supply gets hot, really hot. And the fan never stops working (so it makes a lot of noise). The inside also gets really hot, and the fan is not enought to get all the air out. I used the seagate 160gig drive, it's really quiet. Any good dvd room will do. Lots of ram. I changed the heat sink for a zalman, changed the fan for a biger fan (I had to cut a bigger hole for it) and runs at low speed so it makes less nose. I also changed the gpu's heat sink. Made a hole on the side, and added a fan 80mm, it also runs at low speed (less noise). I opened the side of the power supply, and added some grill (like 1mm by 1mm grill) and attached 2 fans to it, which also run at low speed (less noise). And I took out the old power supply fan. I also added dynamat to the case. Even if you don't do any of of this, it will work great. Since I use it to watch tv, I needed it to be as quiet as posible. Now I don't even hear it running. Rodrigo.
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I have Media Center running on the SN41G2 shuttle. It's great. Some things you need to look at. The power supply gets hot, really hot. And the fan never stops working (so it makes a lot of noise). The inside also gets really hot, and the fan is not enought to get all the air out. I used the seagate 160gig drive, it's really quiet. Any good dvd room will do. Lots of ram. I changed the heat sink for a zalman, changed the fan for a biger fan (I had to cut a bigger hole for it) and runs at low speed so it makes less nose. I also changed the gpu's heat sink. Made a hole on the side, and added a fan 80mm, it also runs at low speed (less noise). I opened the side of the power supply, and added some grill (like 1mm by 1mm grill) and attached 2 fans to it, which also run at low speed (less noise). And I took out the old power supply fan. I also added dynamat to the case. Even if you don't do any of of this, it will work great. Since I use it to watch tv, I needed it to be as quiet as posible. Now I don't even hear it running. Rodrigo.
rcVu wrote: The power supply gets hot, really hot. How hot is your system getting. I have the same model with a barton 2800+, 180GB HD, and 1GB RAM running @ 109F. rcVu wrote: And the fan never stops working (so it makes a lot of noise True, but I'm used to the noise. With 6 systems running 24/7 it's actually quite relaxing:) rcVu wrote: I also added dynamat to the case. That's a really cool idea.
// Steve McLenithan
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rcVu wrote: The power supply gets hot, really hot. How hot is your system getting. I have the same model with a barton 2800+, 180GB HD, and 1GB RAM running @ 109F. rcVu wrote: And the fan never stops working (so it makes a lot of noise True, but I'm used to the noise. With 6 systems running 24/7 it's actually quite relaxing:) rcVu wrote: I also added dynamat to the case. That's a really cool idea.
// Steve McLenithan
Cluelessnes:
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.I guess one man's noise is another man's quiet. This works with my tv, I leave it running the hole day (i haven't turned off the thing for weeks). Granted, during the day i don't really hear it much. But at night, all I did was hear that humm..humm..humm.. So I had to change the fans. Which lead to changing the heat sink, which lead to adding a bigger fan, then the dynamat, then holes on the case for other fans, etc. Right now I am pretty sure I am done with all the mods. Spcecially since the hummms are gone. But you never know. I have been wanting to change the case cover for one made of copper. Lots of copper (i just love copper sheets). Rodrigo.