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by nzweers
Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:03 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Chimney on pc case
Replies: 1
Views: 1986

Chimney on pc case

There is a lot of heat behind my pc. A thought just occurred to me. What if you make a 2 meter chimney going straight up to the ceiling, air-tight attached to the back of your computer. That should in theory create a vacuum at the bottom of the pipe as the hot air rises and thus suck in fresh air th...
by nzweers
Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:11 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Real silence - move your PC to another room!
Replies: 126
Views: 148428

Re: Real silence - move your PC to another room!

Well, I finished moving the pc. It's real quiet here, it's perfect. I hear nothing from the pc anymore. Absolutely nothing. The only thing I hear is the transformer from my main monitor, which might be due to the crappy 'hanns-g' brand. I feel like I have more energy. I work all day behind this pc a...
by nzweers
Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:07 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Real silence - move your PC to another room!
Replies: 126
Views: 148428

Re: Real silence - move your PC to another room!

I felt really smart this weekend about deciding to move my pc to the other room. Only to read on this forum that the OP did it in 2004 already! The effect on audio is incredible. If I sit in the other room now with my pc on I just can't hear it at all! Which is the holy grail in silencing your pc :)...
by nzweers
Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:04 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
Replies: 447
Views: 1179380

I got 5 meter of elastics at a local sailor shop for 2,25 euro (!!) and suspended them in my cooler master stacker case. I also had to hang the fans in front of them because the original harddisk brackets served also as the attachments for the fans. The plus point of that the fans now actually have ...