Re: Making an older PC quieter

[Jon Payne <jgpayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did get q QuietPC PSU years ago - did the job nicely.

For the PSU I suggest you get the smallest "80plus" one you can -
the efficiency (80%+) generally means they are quiet.

Alternatively just buy a 20db fan from ebuyer and swap it for the one in
the PSU - the risk is that it doesn't push enough air and the PSU overheats
(and sets itself on fire)...

----- Original Message ----
From: JonShaw <semi.jon@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, 31 July, 2007 10:31:23 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Making an older PC quieter


I have an old Athlon PC that will become my 24x7 machine for the short
term,
it is powerful enough for what I need, but a bit noisy.  The PSU and
northbridge are the main culprits.

Quietpc.com do PSUs, does anyone have experience of their kit.  I don't
want
to scrimp on the PSU if it will be more efficient, but dopn't want to spend
vastly on my old PC if it doesn't make a different.  FWIW currently it
sucks
about 150W in normal running, so a fairly lowly quiet PSU would be fine.



Any ideas on how to tack the northbridge?  I have an old Zalman flower
cooler fan and mount which would blwo air over the heat sink but not sure
if
the board temp monitors this?  Would I find out if it was inadequate if it
kept rebooting?  Is there another way?



TIA

Jon



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