has any one got any ideas about quiet fans
ive got two 50mm fans in my midi-box/pc its not a problem at gigs or out side
but ive just come in doors and they are to noisey especially when recording
the ideas ive had are
a) isolating them mounting on cork or something
b) buying some quieter fans difficult in the smaller sizes
c) adding speed control so i could turn them down when recording
d) making the cpu watercooled
i just wonderd if anybody has some ideas thanks
There are a lot of “low-noise” designs out there. Just try a little google search on this phrase. Papst fans are known to be pretty low-noise and many providers of hardware stuff give you the dB noise amount of the fans in their cataloges.
a) doesn´t change to much in 90%
b) YUP! Although difficult, that´s right
c) :-\ :-\ :-\
d) the prime super solution - although the most expensive one
Thought about bringing in one big fan (100 mm) instead of two small ones? Perhaps you can drill the case up for that? That would really bring down the noise.
Greetz!
thanks for the input
your right one big fan would be a lot better but unfortunately the case is made they are mounted on the sides which are only 60mm high one sucks and the other blows
creating flow thru they do a good job
i want to save the liquid cooling for the next one as it would be a major rebuild
so it looks like coughing up for the “quiet fans” and hoping they are better i suppose
some new fans and isolating them might work
kris
Why don’t you build a silent rack? I’m just finishing mine within the next days. It’s a lot of work but it’s worth the effort.
Greets, Roger
screaming_rab
im not shure i understand what you mean could post a pic explain a bit more
screaming_rab
im not shure i understand what you mean could post a pic explain a bit more
… sorry, didn’t read your post good enough. On the pic I see now, that you haven’t been talking about a PC-case but about fans, which are directly built into your controller.
… just forget, what I wrote. :-X
Greets, Roger
but it sounded interesting rab
i’m guessing he means a passively cooled PC (i.e. heatsinks but no fans).
Have you got some clever heatpipe arrangement running to the rack and using that as heatsink in mind?
if so, please do share…
these peltier pads look interesting anybody know anything
i’m guessing he means a passively cooled PC (i.e. heatsinks but no fans).
Have you got some clever heatpipe arrangement running to the rack and using that as heatsink in mind?
if so, please do share…
No, I really ment a silent rack to mount a PC into it.
http://www.cmlshop.de/studioneu11/index.html?lang=de&target=d83.html&lmd=39123.438657
But to talk about my SequoiaController MidiBox project: Yes I use a passively cooled microATX board with a mobile core2 duo cpu, a passively cooled ASUS graphics card, heatsink-frame for the HD etc.
For the Silentrack I’m building, I’ll make some pix this weekend and post them when I find time.
Greets, Roger
ouch! look at those prices!!
I’m assuming they represent value for money, but I can’t see how from the pics (and I only read english) can you pls give the low down?
yea whats the micro atx board your using intel core duo
i run a micro atx in my box but its an amd athlon 2.2 but its still got a normal heatsink and fan although low profile maybe if i could passively cool it i wouldnt need
the fans on the sides come on do spill the beans
kris
Watercooling isn’t always as quiet as people seem to think. You might not have any fans any more, but some of those water pumps are pretty loud. Your best bet I’d reckon is to look at some of the stuff Zalman make - be warned tho, if you passively cool your processor you’ll need a lot of airflow across the heatsink, which may mean you have to keep the noisy fans on the sides anyway 
yea it looks like stump up for some of the so called “quiet fans”
thanks for the heads up on watercooling the only experince of it ive had was with a coolermaster aquagate which was pretty good but wouldnt fit in this case
kris
yea whats the micro atx board your using intel core duo
thanks for the reply screaming_Rab
sorry to hassle you its just ive spent ages thinking about micro atx .nano itx etc so its interesting to hear about usage
how do you cool the chip and board in a normal pc case i expect
kris
You say you have two fans, one for inlet, one for exhaust?
Does this mean you have some nifty heat tunnel design?
If so, would it be possible to place the fan or fans in the centre of the duct?
I also saw mention of peltier effect devices… these take a fair whack of power, but could be helpful…?
hey
no i dont have any ducting there is a picture on the forum in midi-box of the week if you want to have a look
ive even thought about maybe junking the pc board and buying a mini mac to put in there
anyway any input is allways graciusly received
kris
ifound some fans locally that im going to give a whirl
definately sound quieter than the old ones even spun by hand
some photos for anybody interested as i didnt post many when i built (no camera)
kris
