RE: Re: HT PC

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gigtekmediacomputers [mailto:stuartmc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 January 2005 11:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: HT PC
>
> Phil's right Zalman is the way to go for quiet CPU coolers
> but they are BIG so in a small case can be an issue.
>
> Alternatively you could look at adding a Zalman Fanmate to an
> exiting cooler to slow the fan down. BE CAREFUL YOU CAN FRY A
> CPU IF YOU SLOW IT DOWN TOO MUCH, so its your responsibility
> to check temperature. I have a 1U server fan slowed down to
> 1700 rpm in a Claritas case and it gets up to about 65C when
> decrypting or writing DVDs but it is very quiet.
>
> For silver bezels take a look at PCWorld. I saw some stick on
> brushed aluminium DVD/CD front panels in the Reading
> Component store this week, can't remember manufacturer.
>

The super flower cooler is also *BLOODY HEAVY* - I wouldn't recommend using
one in a tower case for the simple consideration of the leverage on the
motherboard! Certainly in the instructions for the flower cooler
(especially
the copper one which is heavier then the copper-aluminium one) it does say
that the heatsink should be removed if the PC is to be transported as it
exceeds the specs for the maximum permissable weight of heatsink.

Also if you use the motherboard monitoring then be aware that at the
slowest
fan speed the PC may refuse to boot unless you disable the motherboards own
protection - this is certainly the case with my HTPC which considers any
fan
speed below 1,500rpm to be a sign of a failed fan. (The super flower runs
at
about 1,300 rpm at its lowest setting.)

Phil