Dont write off the Schooner. My brother is happy with his. He got a 10c drop on the GPU, even though he was replacing a large wind tunnel style cooler with twin fans.

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I replied in the GPU thread you posted in more detail

The schooner is a bit fiddly to put together, but my brother has just fitted one to his high end card (I'll post the brand later) His card came origionally with a twin fanned wind tunnel style cooler. After I installed my thermaltake (old model) passive cooler, he went out and got the schooner. Yes ...

According to the article, the power supply needed to pull 1400w from the wall at maximum rated DC load. That's ~11.5A (!!!). Maybe they'll include a 240V cable for plugging it into AC/dryer/etc. sockets. Sorry to flame you here, but you are wrong wrong wrong!!! Schoolboy type error in fact It only ...

Just to throw my tuppence in. Why not take a single PSU and convert it to passive operation with an external heatsink. It would be more practical. There are instructions on this site to do it. (I'm too lazy and busy to hunt, but I found it easily on a search for passive psu before) And clearly you t...

hadn't thought of that before... probably because my power cable will need to support 5A @240VAC Smile I dont think that would be necessary chylld, I think what compmouse is suggesting is to do away with the power supply altogether, Two basic types of Pickers and Taps are available: Passive and Reg...

I used to be a hi fi tester, many moons ago, and I can tell you your as we say in these parts "On to plums" on this idea. Listening rooms, concert venues etc are designed off the parrallel to prevent noise cancelling as many more clever people than me have already explained. A good example of this i...

I was reading up on these peltiers over the last few evenings, I have a 2100 palamino that I am building into a custom case. 75watts of heat to get shot of, and too much thinking time! I shyed away from them cause of the power they consume... They are apparently power gready.... So your PSU will be ...

Thought it would suit you Chylld,,, On the rug front.... You can get a really cheap rug made for you. A lot of carpet suppliers can have a carpet binded (wrong word) for you at a reasonable price. This is where they sew the edges to stop them fraying. If you have seen a carpet sample book at a shop,...

he ethernet holes are all right at baseboards-and we have a 3 yr old carpet-so-plan b would be an "accent rug"-with a 1/2" pad. . Cut a strip out of the pad-about 2-2 1/2" wide for your wiring run That I must say, is the most practical and attractive solution so far... And the simplest, I would go ...

justblair wrote: Quote: run the machine on MCE hmm, not an option as I'm a struggling musician, and this is my only machine (ie, not enough money to buy a whole nother one/new software/massive amounts of new hardware!) so I'll be cannibalising parts where possible, and besides, I'm not sure how cub...

I guess that you are looking at some serious isolation, and I reckon some case damping as well. I'm not sure those rubber isaolation pads are neccesarily going to tame that psu. I'd look at the fan to the outside of the psu with foam rubber and elastic. Perhaps look at that rubber gaskit stuff for t...

2. Camoflauge in the form of a more socially acceptable reason for a power cord- like making it appear to go to a table lamp but actually go into an internal power strip which also powers the lamp. I love that idea Andy, its not something I had thought of perhaps I could rig up a webcam to feed bac...

This is starting to sound like a Blue Peter script. Today we're going to build a computer! All you need is a shoebox, some sticky-back plastic and 'gubbins'. Here's one I made earlier... But first we are going to box up the tortoise yet again... Have been thinking about doing a case somewhere betwe...

Thanks Aleksi Yea, I have noticed it seem to be the weapon of choice the p180. I can see why, the layout allows a lot of stuff in there. And the gallery photos show that cats get skinned in so many varied ways.(And I dont just mean lack of fan grills :twisted: ) But hmm, that just doesn't make me ha...

Brilliant... That was a better answer than I could have hoped for. Two ideas I could underclock the CPU till it runs stable at a temperature I can live with, work out from software, what the heat produced is roughly in watts, and add another, and another measured in that way till I'm happy I've got ...

Doh.. Pimp, I wasn't paying attention to the left hand box, Where in Glasgow you from? Perhaps a collaborator for future projects?

JB

Pimp Daddy... Gues your a Brit, perhaps even Glaswegian? Always impressed at architectuarily (real word?) aware people. Thanks for the kind comments. Regards the USb tranmitter? Are those things legal? Thought that broadcasting FM was regulated. No actually... Who cares... Rage against the machine!!...

Yep, the first link is for the product i used. As I said, it made a little difference to resonance, but slowing the fan made a bigger difference. If you have the space then definately move it's location, I reckon that using foam, cut to shape would be better still at isolation.. I have seen a few ex...

Read the relevent articles on converting a std PSU to passive operation, and have decided to give it a go. Rather than buy heatsinks (I've had every other redundant piece of electronics in the house apart looking for a donor) I was thinking about utilising the army of 60mm Heasinks that lurk in my p...

I would do both... Its pretty cheap and easy to do either. If you isolate just the fan, there is always the possibility of hum from other components in the PSU. If you isolate the whole PSU, you may still find that the PSU case itself reverbs. One thing from my own experiance was that the PSU itself...

jb, this is pretty inspirational. I was also looking at incorporating a HTPC into existing living room furniture, so your project has given me more insights. Congrats :) Well, tell me what you come up with, and see if we cant do a little mutual inpiration?... Thats the beauty of this site... Not on...

vapb400 wrote:thats awesome man, good job.

Thanks mate...

Since you're into home automation (me too), which means you try to look for the most complicated way of solving a problem to make life simpler Smile how about using a DPST relay that is controlled by the 5V power from an unused USB port to power the monitor? I do tend to reach for the sledgehammer,...

that one has absolutely baffled me as well. i want to be able to move my coffee table from room to room (as well as make it for other people) and the variety of different floors that the power cable must run across makes it seemingly impossible to come up with a decent solution :( i'm not giving up...

Nice! My first thought was "that really looks like a hotel room" - glad to read that is exactly what you're trying to achieve. In picture 5, wire mismanagement, is that a UK version of a X-10 controlled switch? What is it controlling? Thanks Lenny, kindest comment you could make.. :D Yes, There are...

err... Point 3 makes no sense!!

i mean, I can just make another one elsewhere..

I am a muppet!

Ok, Chris... The temp is sitting ata steady 38c. Before I decoupled, it was 32c. Yes I think this is a little on the hot side, I plan to keep it decoupled, but add a heat sink soon.. My jigsaw gave up so i cant cut the metal at the moment. Hyperq you wrote "However, while not trying to pour cold wat...

It started off, as I think I said, as a bit of furniture... The computer bit sort of developed to take into account the practicalities. I've got a subwoofer in there too.

I'd do it again in an instant... only better.

Oh no, My Gf will flip if she reads this!

JB

No, it's bought from maplins. Made by Keysonic (ACK-540 ALU) Cost £49.99 although it was £39.99 when I got it. Made from aluminium, with a laptop style mousepad... Looks and feels cool, mostly I liked it though because of the size.. Everything on the build was deliberately undersized, it furthers th...

Hi All, and firstly thanks.... This Website has been an inspiration to me, and my downfall!!! I've read similar on a ton of posts.... First of all, my rig... http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blairthompson@btinternet.com/detail?.dir=a747&.dnm=32a0.jpg&.src=ph You can see I have made myself a complete...