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by RIchardF
Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:12 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Electronic Noise and Tinnitus
Replies: 60
Views: 137932

Re: Electronic Noise and Tinnitus

I had the same problem, only less dramatic, with the previous machine which has completely different parts (Intel Lynnfield versus AMD FX) and a different monitor. I thought it was audible fan noise that is the source of the problem but I'm strongly thinking it's some type of ultrasonic or a high fr...
by RIchardF
Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:02 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD Wraith: Upgraded Stock Cooler
Replies: 26
Views: 51625

Re: AMD Wraith: Upgraded Stock Cooler

smilingcrow wrote:Looking forward to Zen which will actually be a relaunch of the current CPUs but priced $50 higher
Zen is a very different CPU architecture from the Bulldozer variants. It is focused purely on SMT rather than CMT, for instance.

Not only that, it is built on a 14nm process instead of a 32nm process.
by RIchardF
Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:56 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Electronic Noise and Tinnitus
Replies: 60
Views: 137932

Re: Electronic Noise and Tinnitus

I'm really annoyed because I kept spending more money making my new computer more and more quiet in the hopes of being able to have a gaming and video encoding PC that doesn't cause tinnitus. But nothing has worked. I bought a 1200W PSU to reduce the fan noise. I put together a 480mm + 360mm radiato...
by RIchardF
Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:46 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: How loud would 21 500 RPM 120mm Gentle Typhoon fans be?
Replies: 4
Views: 3961

How loud would 21 500 RPM 120mm Gentle Typhoon fans be?

If one were to set up a watercooling system with two 1080mm slimmer profile radiators and 9 of these fans on each in push configuration, would the noise be quite distinct? There would also be a 360mm radiator connected with three in push. They are rated at 5 dB each but I am wondering what will happ...
by RIchardF
Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:26 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Galvanic Corrosion for muppets: Impress your friends!
Replies: 35
Views: 98226

Re: Galvanic Corrosion for muppets: Impress your friends!

Every fitting I find is nickle plated which doesn't seem to be ideal. Does anyone know of brass compression fittings?
by RIchardF
Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:18 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: New project- cooling with copper metal foam *gaming rig*
Replies: 3
Views: 10248

Re: New project- cooling with copper metal foam *gaming rig*

Their website is gone but the concept is intriguing.

I wonder how it could be dusted, though.
by RIchardF
Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:25 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Passive Cooling vs Silent Cooling for my purposes
Replies: 25
Views: 22096

Re: Passive Cooling vs Silent Cooling for my purposes

What's interesting about audio today is how: 1) Young people are generally content to damage their hearing more than before by constantly using earbuds in noisy environments and having music going even during the school day. 2) Young people are generally content to listen to lossy compression which,...
by RIchardF
Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:13 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Ultrasonic commutator and tinnitus
Replies: 2
Views: 4918

Re: Ultrasonic commutator and tinnitus

The radiator has three fans and the GPU has two. All are ball bearing models. I don't know if any of the sleeve type fans in the system have ultrasonic commutators. The trouble with my tinnitus is that when it gets aggravated the sound lasts for weeks. So even if I turn off a fan or all of them the ...
by RIchardF
Sun Dec 06, 2015 12:25 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Passive Cooling vs Silent Cooling for my purposes
Replies: 25
Views: 22096

Re: Passive Cooling vs Silent Cooling for my purposes

My purpose is music listening trough an external USB DAC (Digital to Analog Converter, a more fancy or correct way of saying soundcard), watching movies (onboard video) and a download center. Skylake G4400T Pentium for H.265 decoding: Skylake also expands hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding ...
by RIchardF
Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:48 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Ultrasonic commutator and tinnitus
Replies: 2
Views: 4918

Ultrasonic commutator and tinnitus

from Anatomy of a Silent Fan Commutator Switching Frequency Noise is described by JMC... "The stator motion is a square wave that is switched on and off before and after the peak torque position. This motion causes a small amount of undulation in motor torque, producing an audible noise caused by th...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:23 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: PC in aquarium full of mineral oil
Replies: 136
Views: 244885

Re: PC in aquarium full of mineral oil

But then your PC isn't fully submerged in liquid, it's running on CPU/GPU blocks, the PSU fan will be audible, ect. The limit of oil is it's surface area, which scales poorly, requiring far greater oil volume to make up for the 'low' surface area. Say our CPU heatsink alone has 880 sq/in (44 fins a...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:17 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: [Quietest] 180mm Fan possible
Replies: 21
Views: 29454

Re: [Quietest] 180mm Fan possible

The AP182 woudl wreck any 120mm fan on the market, 2000rpms on a 180x32mm frame will move a ton of air, but at the expense of noise, still it would kick the pants of any 120mm in the market... well idk with the supersonic deltas... but my guess is they will. Now if you go with 180s, check phobias r...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:14 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Are PicoPSU-like supplies the best option at low loads?
Replies: 30
Views: 38075

Re: Are PicoPSU-like supplies the best option at low loads?

I bet this whole efficiency thing will change as soon as people in the US are forced to pay as much for electricity as we in Europe are paying now. Looking at fuel pricing and the impact it had on car sales in the US, I can sense a similar development. We bought a VW Passat TDI and diesel is routin...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:47 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: It is so hard finding a PSU doesn't have high pitched noise
Replies: 19
Views: 16780

Re: It is so hard finding a PSU doesn't have high pitched no

You seem to have tested a lot of the top end from all the good brands. I would probably follow with The new Corsair HXi series, there are 760/860/1000W versions, made by flextronics (if im not mistaken) It seems to me that the more high-end psu is the more possible it gets high pitched noise. If th...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:40 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Seasonic Platinum 520w (SS-520FL2) - Recommended?
Replies: 28
Views: 14758

Re: Seasonic Platinum 520w (SS-520FL2) - Recommended?

The quietest power supply with a fan at lower loads seems to be the Corsair RM 850. The only drawback is that it uses a lot of Chinese capacitors which bothers some people since it has a 5 year warranty and not a super long one like some other brands do. But, unlike most "quiet" high wattage power s...
by RIchardF
Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:08 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Best 180mm Fans, if any good ones at all?
Replies: 3
Views: 6304

Re: Best 180mm Fans, if any good ones at all?

So thats why I think about making an external sound dampening box for 2x 1080mm rads with some slow fans moving Air. I was asking about the same thing in power supplies and kept getting comments like "Why are you going to watercool when your GPU fans are going to make so much noise?" There's a guy ...
by RIchardF
Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:04 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: How accurate are product specs?
Replies: 4
Views: 3601

Re: How accurate are product specs?

Ignore CFM and decibel ratings on fan packaging. Read credible review sites' testing results. The only reason fan companies get away with lying is because no one has bothered to sue them. That's the conclusion I've come to. While there may be a select few who post accurate specs, proof is really nee...
by RIchardF
Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:59 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: [Quietest] 180mm Fan possible
Replies: 21
Views: 29454

Re: [Quietest] 180mm Fan possible

Bump for latest info. It seems weird indeed that there are two simultaneous premises: 1) Larger fans move more air with less noise 2) Fans larger than 120mm are noisier for the same amount of cooling The only answer I've seen to this conflict is that manufacturers have had more time to perfect the d...
by RIchardF
Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:30 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: PC in aquarium full of mineral oil
Replies: 136
Views: 244885

Re: PC in aquarium full of mineral oil

The only way to get the aquarium mineral oil cooling system to work with a high powered gaming pc is with a rly heavy duty pump and a pretty large heatsink like 420mm x 280mm (6x 140mm fans or 12x in push pull) or even a 420mm x 420mm (9x 140mm fans or 18x in push pull). It could still be silent th...
by RIchardF
Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:19 pm
Forum: Consumer Advocacy
Topic: Dubious Marketing
Replies: 78
Views: 157031

Re: Dubious Marketing

MikeC wrote:Never mind, some things are timeless.
Exactly. Dubious marketing will exist as long as there is profit motive.
by RIchardF
Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:06 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Multiple fanless power supplies?
Replies: 37
Views: 19290

Re: Multiple fanless power supplies?

The sweet spot continues to be an i5 for gaming, mostly because few games make use of hyperthreading or more than 4 physical cores. An overclocked Devil's Canyon i5 should work well. Get an i7 or a Haswell E 6 core if you want to speed up your video editing/transcoding. Let's say you overvolt an 84...
by RIchardF
Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:47 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Why I can't trust other websites noise evaluations
Replies: 4
Views: 11777

Re: Why I can't trust other websites noise evaluations

I seem to have annoyed some people by posting my opinion of Anandtech a while back. I wouldn't trust them for anything. Obviously I'd trust their noise evaluations a lot less than most of their stuff. Not because of the defensive opinionating of a single reviewer but because they obviously did not ...
by RIchardF
Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:44 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Electronic Whining Noise Solutions Research Project
Replies: 19
Views: 919624

Re: Electronic Whining Noise Solutions Research Project

I have a free after rebate 80 plus bronze 350 watt power supply I got from TigerDirect that has awful high-pitched whine. I think the brand is Cooler Master. But, since the initiative has been declared dead I'll hold onto it I suppose.
by RIchardF
Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:32 am
Forum: Consumer Advocacy
Topic: Dubious Marketing
Replies: 78
Views: 157031

Re:

Maybe I'm confusing definitions but to me the "silent" means no noise (ie 0dBA), with quiet meaning little noise. Maybe this is a misconception but I think it's one the industry sees and takes advantage of. No, you're quite right. Any company that calls something silent that makes noise could theor...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:43 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Multiple fanless power supplies?
Replies: 37
Views: 19290

Re: Multiple fanless power supplies?

The Corsair HX1000i might be even better, if we can take their graphs at face value: http://www.corsair.com/en-ca/hxi-series-hx1000i-high-performance-atx-power-supply-1000-watt-80-plus-platinum-certified-psu This looks like <14 dBA@ even 700W or so. Hmmm.... maybe I need to get in a test sample. I ...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:56 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Multiple fanless power supplies?
Replies: 37
Views: 19290

Re: Multiple fanless power supplies?

I suggest you don't encase any noise makers -- like 18 fans. Leave them as unenclosed as possible to avoid the air resonance effects you'll get when you enclose (or even partially enclose) any noise maker. This is interesting. It sounds like having equipment outside of a case is better than having ...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:43 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Multiple fanless power supplies?
Replies: 37
Views: 19290

Re: Multiple fanless power supplies?

Decibels don't just disappear because some other component produces more of them. Actually... they kind of do. Let's say your PSU w/ a single fan measures 12 dBA@1m. And your 18 fans -- :lol: -- measure 20 dBA@1m. The total SPL from the setup (assuming it's all more or less in one area/case) will b...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:41 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Multiple fanless power supplies?
Replies: 37
Views: 19290

Re: Multiple fanless power supplies?

If you haven't already, you should thoroughly read our Quiet ATX Gaming build guide articles. It may help you think/plan your system better. I probably have, but I'll check them out to be sure. None of the fans start ramping up at all until the GPU hits >60, which doesn't happen except when gaming....
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:27 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Multiple fanless power supplies?
Replies: 37
Views: 19290

Re: Multiple fanless power supplies?

I'm not going to respond on any more of your long reply as we'd simply be going over the same material again. It's total, total fallacy to run dual PSUs. Everyone on here is telling you that. If you don't like that answer, move on. My reply was written for people who are interested in the topics be...
by RIchardF
Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:15 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Multiple fanless power supplies?
Replies: 37
Views: 19290

Re: Multiple fanless power supplies?

unless there is an issue with electrical noise. Now that you bring up electrical noise... you do know that with those two PSUs you're going to have a separate ripple voltage on each along with all of the other kinds of power distortions. You're ruining your power quality by having 2 PSUs and a dirt...