RE: 1U PSU's/heat removal

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Tony,

CPC do this:
http://custom1.farnell.com/cpc/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=cpc+catalogue&product%5Fid=273007

A power supply specifically for the mini ITX boards. There's no picture on
the website, but there is one in the 2004 catalogue and I don't remember
seeing a fan.

Failing that, could you swap out the fan from your current PSU for a
low-noise one (Papst ?, IIRC)

All the bathroom-type extractor fans I've heard are far too noisy if you
want to work in the same room. I did consider mounting a couple of quiet PC
fans and some ducting but that project is in much the same state as many of
my others, so nothing to report yet :-(


HTH,

Tim H.

P.S. which 1U case did you get ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Butler
>
> Hi chaps,
>
> Went mad.  Bought a 19" rack from gadget junkie and bought
> the epia bits
> to build a 1U linux (yes, me - linux, go figure!)  box.  Up
> and running,
> with surprisingly little hassle - but the PSU is a noisy noisy bugger.
> There is a label on the PSU that says "with Noise Killer"
but I think
> they just mean "With Noise" :(
> Starts out quietish, but (I guess when it gets hot in there) the noise
> soon builds up -drowns out my shuttle box which I thought was noisy
> itself.
>
> Does anyone know of a source of quiet 1U PSU's?  This really is
> intrusive :(
>
> It also seems to add significantly to the heat in the room -
> what are my
> options for reasonable cost cooling the room?
> Is only about 2m x 3m, so not huge.  Don't have space for an aircon in
> there - unless I could put something in the loft and just
> have a vent in
> the ceiling?
> Would I get away with a hole in the wall behind the 19" rack,
with a
> quiet extractor fan there?
>
> Thoughts on either issue appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> T.

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