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I'm fed up with the really noisy fans in my PC - they're driving me insane. I've had a look at a Water Cooling Kit available from Maplins, with the following equipment:
2 x Waterblocks
1 x thermal paste
9ft of ¼" silicon tubing
1 x Fill jug
4 x Different Mounting Clips
1 x Slot 1/A adaptor
3 x Slot and Socket hold down devices
1 x P4 device
1 x 12v Pump/Res
1 x Box full of hose clamps/screws.
I have no idea what this means for the welfare of my PC once installed, but I need to know, for those who've used or know more about water cooling, if the water tank/reservoir required is relatively small (ie. fits into a small room), and where the coolers will be installed ie. on the CPU, GPU, but is there a need for anywhere else?
I'm asking this as the two additional fans I have on the case produce the loudest noise, and I want to get rid of these as well.
Finally, a thing about Peltier devices - I've heard about it can channel heat so that it's very hot on one side, and cool on the other - where does this heat go without boiling the PC - would a water cooler be a good thing to use next to the Peltier device?
I hope someone can help.
2 x Waterblocks
1 x thermal paste
9ft of ¼" silicon tubing
1 x Fill jug
4 x Different Mounting Clips
1 x Slot 1/A adaptor
3 x Slot and Socket hold down devices
1 x P4 device
1 x 12v Pump/Res
1 x Box full of hose clamps/screws.
I have no idea what this means for the welfare of my PC once installed, but I need to know, for those who've used or know more about water cooling, if the water tank/reservoir required is relatively small (ie. fits into a small room), and where the coolers will be installed ie. on the CPU, GPU, but is there a need for anywhere else?
I'm asking this as the two additional fans I have on the case produce the loudest noise, and I want to get rid of these as well.
Finally, a thing about Peltier devices - I've heard about it can channel heat so that it's very hot on one side, and cool on the other - where does this heat go without boiling the PC - would a water cooler be a good thing to use next to the Peltier device?
I hope someone can help.
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Oh yeah, maybe :oP
Heh. Bit of confusion there.
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Turbonutter wrote:
> Aiii, the chameleon rules.
Pokémon!
Can't stop loving them can you Rob..?
> Aiii, the chameleon rules.
Pokémon!
Can't stop loving them can you Rob..?
Fog wrote:
> Thats the one, have you tried SuSe or Mandrake? Mandrakes pretty much
> free now, Linux Emporium sell it for £10 which is a very fair
> price although it was free on the cover of Linux Format a few months
> back :)
ARGH! MANDRAKE DIE DIE DIE NUKE GO TO HELL
As you can see I have a slight dislike for Mandrake. I'm using CD2 as a coaster right now actually. Mmm.. English Breakfast....
> Thats the one, have you tried SuSe or Mandrake? Mandrakes pretty much
> free now, Linux Emporium sell it for £10 which is a very fair
> price although it was free on the cover of Linux Format a few months
> back :)
ARGH! MANDRAKE DIE DIE DIE NUKE GO TO HELL
As you can see I have a slight dislike for Mandrake. I'm using CD2 as a coaster right now actually. Mmm.. English Breakfast....
Turbonutter wrote:
> DeltaJava wrote:
> By the way, does the title "Acoustic Damping Material"
> appeal to you?
>
> http://www.quietpc.com/powersnooze.php
>
> What do you think? Will it really "dampen" the noise, or
> just burn up everything inside after smelling of plastic?
>
>
> Nah, I've thought about this alot, I'm told it doesn't work at all.
> There was also some guy at i12 who had it, he said it was a total
> waste of money. Plus, it increases temperatures.
Guess what i actually agree with Turbo on this one, i tried this Acoustic damping material and although it did dampen the noise quiet a bit it also made the cpu and case heat go up by about 11 degrees so then i needed to put more fans in which made the system sound louder than it did before :(, this is why i chose WATER COOLING wooo hooo
c.b.
> DeltaJava wrote:
> By the way, does the title "Acoustic Damping Material"
> appeal to you?
>
> http://www.quietpc.com/powersnooze.php
>
> What do you think? Will it really "dampen" the noise, or
> just burn up everything inside after smelling of plastic?
>
>
> Nah, I've thought about this alot, I'm told it doesn't work at all.
> There was also some guy at i12 who had it, he said it was a total
> waste of money. Plus, it increases temperatures.
Guess what i actually agree with Turbo on this one, i tried this Acoustic damping material and although it did dampen the noise quiet a bit it also made the cpu and case heat go up by about 11 degrees so then i needed to put more fans in which made the system sound louder than it did before :(, this is why i chose WATER COOLING wooo hooo
c.b.
Thats the one, have you tried SuSe or Mandrake? Mandrakes pretty much free now, Linux Emporium sell it for £10 which is a very fair price although it was free on the cover of Linux Format a few months back :)
SuSe 8.0 or whatever it is now :) looks very cool, might give it a go after i've settled in with Debian (if I ever get it running :D )
SuSe 8.0 or whatever it is now :) looks very cool, might give it a go after i've settled in with Debian (if I ever get it running :D )
Aiii, the chameleon rules.
"Linux Inside"
a little image of TUX
and a Debian Logo
I might get the little SuSe thingy, little lizard or whatever it is
A) because it's cool
B) because I want to try SuSe and it wouldn't be the same without the PC badge
C) because it's green :)
a little image of TUX
and a Debian Logo
I might get the little SuSe thingy, little lizard or whatever it is
A) because it's cool
B) because I want to try SuSe and it wouldn't be the same without the PC badge
C) because it's green :)
Which ones?
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