I realise this is a silent pc forum but watercooling is a silent way to cool the PC, am I correct to say so? :p

I'd like to ask for dBa readings, but that is most likely out of reach for most folks

For all the Pentium 4 or AMD overclockers out there - please post your watercooled rig temps here. Please include: Temp (idle): Temp (load): CPU (i.e. P4 3.0GHz @ 3.6GHz) Vcore (i.e. 1.95v) Mobo (i.e. ABit NF7-S v2.0) RAM (i.e. PC3200 Kingmax DDR500) Latency (i.e. 11-2-2-2) Video card (i.e. ATI X800...

Aqua computer in Germany have some side cooling HDD slots which I presume fit in a 5.25" bay. At 80 Euros a pop - they ain't cheap. They got a top cooler for 40 Euros though - that looked interesting. The reason for my technical drawing was to reduce the temperature of the HDD as low as possible bec...

OMG!! That looks REALLY irreversible.

I don't want to thermal paste anything as a watercooling block should be as reusable as possible.

Its a little hard to cool the bottom as its open circuit down there not to mention there is nowhere near enough surfaces to conduct the heat. I noticed the sides of the HDD do become hot but also when I placed my hdd in suspension in the case, on warm days, the top of the hdd do become pretty hot. H...

Just to add a few things which might help: 1. COST - you gave a figure below 250 british pounds but didn't mention exactly where. Thats almost AU$700. You will have to bring the price down to AU$400-500 for it to be competitive with the other WC kits out there. Anything more expensive and the averag...

Finally decided to go watercooling....for the first time and to the max. This will include PSU, HDD, GPU and CPU. I had a look at Zero Fan Zone's website regarding his HDD cooler and thought I could improvise upon the design. http://www.ezyrc.com/picM.jpg If you can make out the pencil layout which ...

Yeah, I read that long time ago - was about to mention that but gees, thats really impractical with 25kg sandbags.

Quiet is easy - I could just seal the hard drive in foam but these things do produce heat and not little at that.

Ha ha ha - I don't know where mg1394 gets his physics idea of "a larger, more massive drive with the same whine and more mass vibrating" ? LOL :D A drive that weighs 1kg will vibrate less when it weighs 3kg - this is due to the law of conservation of energy. The same energy is used to vibrate the dr...

It seems there is no product out there to completely silence the whine of a 7200rpm drive and above. My proposed idea is rather brute and primitive and some will consider it excessively large but for the purpose of complete silence, I will tolerate the size. I was contemplating of carefully sandwich...

I'm trying to remove the stamped out grill from my PSU unit and also the stamped out grill on the case that I have. Does anyone know the simplest (yet safe :wink: ) method to perform this delicate surgery? :D Those 80mm L1A panaflos have awesome low noise levels but when there is obstruction to thei...

Does any1 know any material in Australia that is comparable to the Nasco Safety Kut rubber sheets? I can't seem to find this type of material in my local craft stores.....

So annoyed I cannot continue on my project to further silence the HDD.....

Well - here we go - just splurged on even more stuff - budget has grown to around U$200! :shock: Here's the latest purchase: * (1) Thermalright SLK-800U heatsink * (2) Rounded IDE Cables * (1) Zalman MFC-1 6 Fan Controller unit The Changes: CPU ----- The old WBK68 v1.0 heatsink was removed and the P...

Sigh......looks like the WD 120GB JB 8MB Cache model does not support SMART temp monitoring........double sigh..........

How does this program report the temperature of the HDD? I got it to load but I cannot see anywhere where I can check the temperature of the HDD. The system tray icon just shows a HDD icon. I can even set the critical temp for the HDD and monitoring intervals - but still nowhere can I see a temperat...

The problem is that a Panaflo 80mm @ 5V just doesnt cut it at the moment. I am cooling an XP1800+ CPU with a WBK 68 V1.0 hsink with an 80mm Panaflo connected to a 80-60mm fan adaptor running at 12V. The PSU unit also has a 80mm Panaflo at 12V. The Problem: idle temps with both fans at 12V is 48C for...

Anyone have any idea whats the easiest way to measure temperatures for a HDD?

Which would be quieter?

Panaflo 80mm L1A (low speed) @ 12V OR

Panaflo 120mm low speed @ 5V?

For CPU cooling of course

Yea, I got a reply back from Thermalright - boy they are very quick in their replies!

They said its best to use the 800U instead. Ah well - we'll see how that goes then

Just found out that the Thermalright SLK900U hsink may be too large for some mobos. I personally almost bought the SLK900U for my EPox 8K7A+ mobo (running XP1800+) - does anyone know if the SLK900U will fit? I am not sure whether they do refunds on hsinks at this mail order place. And to take my PC ...

* The CPU/hsink i am using atm is a Palamino XP 1800+ with a WBK68 heatsink (version 1) where I am using the L1A 80mm panaflo on a 80-60mm adaptor * I don't know how to get the case temp at all - does Motherboard monitor do it? All I know at 5V, the L1A definitely does not have enough airflow and th...

A slight problem I encountered while using the Panaflo 80mm low speed in my PSU. At 12V it runs the system air well although you all know - at an elevated noise level. We all know at 5V the panaflos are pretty much dead silent. So what it seems is that at 12V - the panaflo is moving 24cfm air throug...

I have an XP1800+ system with the following attached running from the 235W PSU: * Geforce 2 GTS Pro * Canon USB scanner * Samsung USB printer * 6-in-1 memory card reader * Logitech USB webcam * Hercules Fortissimo III soundcard * PCMCIA to PCI adapter card * USB 2.0 PCI card * 56k internal PCI modem...

My next project would be to silence this pc even more - to the point where I can sleep next to it. At the moment - its still a little loud - the annoying noise is more to the HDD than the panaflos. So going to visit those art shops and make me some rubber boxes for that WD 120GB HDD ;) Project Silen...

Well, I finally did it - pretty much silenced my pc now - but temp-wise still a mixed bag due to my cheapiness :P Here's the original setup: * AOpen HX45 case * Athlon Palamino XP1800+ CPU * Globalwin WBK68 Version 1 hsink/fan * GeForce GTS 2 Pro * Epox 8K7A+ RAID Mobo (not using RAID feature) * 512...

Dryfire: I dunno what CPUs ur talking about running 45-50C without a fan on a standard heatsink. I am currently testing my computer with the WBK68 heatsink and a crappy old 486 teeny weeny fan and it idles at 52-53C. With CS it can max at 59-60C. Regarding your 1800 - I've read that they are suppose...

I dun think he is throttling back - because first, he never mention it - and second, he even goes as far as overclocking his GPU card. (Thanks Admin for the previous discussion - I must've missed it looking at the archives) But I noticed several ppl in this forum is dissing this guy in some little w...

Is there any 5.25" bay mounted fan controller that allows the dial to start at 5V?

The ones I've seen from Vantec and Thermaltake are all starting at 7V.....

Anything out there folks?

The article on the SilentPC's menu regarding the cooling for the 2 HDDs in the *rubber boxes* - did the writer actually cooled the HDD being FULLY enclosed with a fan from the outside? My thoughts was a fan could not cool a rubber box - especially the HDD inside it - as rubber is a poor heat conduct...