Silent but Speedy Homer Sever
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:57 am
I’ve been doing the quiet computing thing for a while, and this is my first rig I’d consider silent. It could be quieter (cutting the fan grills, more HDD dampening), but it runs 24/7 in my closet negating the need to go much further in the silencing.
Specs:
Processing:
Athlon X2 5050e
Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H (I wish I got the UD2H version). MATX G780 based MB with sideport.
2GB DDR2 1066
Intel PCI PRO/1000 GT NIC
Storage:
Momentus 7200.3 160GB boot drive
Barracuda 7200.11 1TB storage drive
2x WD15EADS 1.5TB storage drives
Basic DVD-Rom drive
Case/PSU:
ENERMAX VOSTOK matx case
Corsair VX450W PSU, modified for silence
Dynamat, acoustic foam, and egg crate foam damping.
Cooling:
Scythe Kaze Server fan controller
Scythe Karma Angle CPU cooler, passively cooled
Evercool Serpent Northbridge cooler, modified to work with the board
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F PSU fan
Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12M W/lube fill intake fan
Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12M W/lube fill rear exhaust fan
Enzotech Ram/mosfet syncs on major voltage regulation components and the sideport ram.
Software:
Windows Home Server
Cooling Control:
The cooling of the computer is controlled by a Scythe Kaze Server fan controller. It offers more adjustability then any hardware based controller I’ve seen, has analog outputs for lower noise, and is actually a PI if not a PID controller. If any of you have ever done anything with control systems, the advantage of this in a quiet apparent.
In the picture above, the controller is displaying (from left to right) CPU temperature and rear exhaust speed, northbridge temperature, HDD temperature and intake fan speed, and PSU temperature with PSU heat sync fan speed. All but the northbridge are set to “simi-autoâ€
Specs:
Processing:
Athlon X2 5050e
Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H (I wish I got the UD2H version). MATX G780 based MB with sideport.
2GB DDR2 1066
Intel PCI PRO/1000 GT NIC
Storage:
Momentus 7200.3 160GB boot drive
Barracuda 7200.11 1TB storage drive
2x WD15EADS 1.5TB storage drives
Basic DVD-Rom drive
Case/PSU:
ENERMAX VOSTOK matx case
Corsair VX450W PSU, modified for silence
Dynamat, acoustic foam, and egg crate foam damping.
Cooling:
Scythe Kaze Server fan controller
Scythe Karma Angle CPU cooler, passively cooled
Evercool Serpent Northbridge cooler, modified to work with the board
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F PSU fan
Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12M W/lube fill intake fan
Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12M W/lube fill rear exhaust fan
Enzotech Ram/mosfet syncs on major voltage regulation components and the sideport ram.
Software:
Windows Home Server
Cooling Control:
The cooling of the computer is controlled by a Scythe Kaze Server fan controller. It offers more adjustability then any hardware based controller I’ve seen, has analog outputs for lower noise, and is actually a PI if not a PID controller. If any of you have ever done anything with control systems, the advantage of this in a quiet apparent.
In the picture above, the controller is displaying (from left to right) CPU temperature and rear exhaust speed, northbridge temperature, HDD temperature and intake fan speed, and PSU temperature with PSU heat sync fan speed. All but the northbridge are set to “simi-autoâ€