RE: Quietish PC

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been running two water cooled top end PC's for 1-2 years now (and
upgr=
aded components in this time). Water cooling is not bad but does require a
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fair bit of case space for the more efficient radiators/pumps. I also
found=
there is more maintenance involved (changing/topping up water) and over ti=
me, the pipes can get brittle - which is potentially a disaster waiting to
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happen! I have had a couple of accidents while changing water - but these
w=
ere my fault! ;)

I've now moved to Pentium D's and due to the huge amount of heat, decided
t=
o move one of the machines away from water cooling to a Zalman Aero Flower:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Zalman_121.html

It's significantly better performing than the old water cooler (an older
As=
etek waterchill) and it runs as quietly!

If you have the space, I'd really recommend the Aero Flower - I'm probably
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going to buy another couple for other machines :)

Paul.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of A=
ndrew Tedford
Sent: 18 April 2006 10:48
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Quietish PC

Hi all,

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Strange, I was going to post similar - asking for a quiet PC.

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Just one thing - I see that you can get water cooled PC's - does anyone
kno=
w
if that's worth a go?

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Thanks

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Andy

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-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Dean Barrett
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:23 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Quietish PC

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My 2 year old Shuttle XPC seems to have gone wrong - had a very quick power
cut then kept restarting with errors. I guessed it was the HardDrive - put
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a
new 300gig in installed XP and still having problems so guess it the MB
thats shot.

I need to replace it with a similar machine, which is near to quiet
(shuttl=
e
is not totally quiet) as its my HTPC running MainLobby in my Lounge.

Has anyone got suggestions where to find a suitable machine preferably
around the =A3500 mark. I dont think it has to have massive processing
powe=
r
as it mainly file serves, though it does play DVD's to the Plasma, and via
the SVideo output to the tv distribution system. I guess i cant rob any
parts from the old machine as i guess everything is out of date.

Any advise appreciated.



Dean.












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