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[Baron Von Spongebob]

mine is so quiet i forgot it had a fan, and you never hear the hard drive wirring away

It's a Mini Mac, knocs the spots off my 6 month old fujitsu PC

And theres me thinking it was a small burger and chips..

Thanks for the info..Enjoy the silence..

Talking of burger, I could just eat a big Mac, I will have to speak to Mrs Miggy as I cannot drive as yet.

There you go..Yum Yum..

[miggy]

mine is so quiet i forgot it had a fan, and you never hear the hard drive wirring away

It's a Mini Mac, knocs the spots off my 6 month old fujitsu PC

And theres me thinking it was a small burger and chips..

Thanks for the info..Enjoy the silence..

Talking of burger, I could just eat a big Mac, I will have to speak to Mrs Miggy as I cannot drive as yet.

There you go..Yum Yum..

Bugger, thats it, I have to have one with a ice cold coke.

 

[TheBoy]

mini mac is pretty quiet, but getting a bit long in the tooth.  Was slow when it was released, really showing its age now.

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Well ive been messing about with the computer..

Downloaded Speed Fan,,Configured it and cut the CPU fan speed in half.. Temperature is ok.

Changed the CPU cooler for the old one need some thermal compound now to try the Artic cooler again half the noise but no yet acceptable but getting there..

Hammer back in shed now...

[Golfbuddy]

Why not take the fan out all together and keep the PC in the Fridge.

Noise and overheating problem all solved together.

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Why not take the fan out all together and keep the PC in the Fridge.

Noise and overheating problem all solved together.

What and take the beers out of fridge..

I issue ear muffs to every visitor who i like and turn the noise up to those i dont..

[sounds2k]

it gets progressively more difficult (and more expensive) to eliminate noise the further you go. You start with hearing the power supply - change that for one with a big fan that runs slower (preferably variable speed) ... then the case fan(s), then you can end up hearing the processor fan noise, so you change that ... then you hear the graphics card fan - if not playing games you can get lower performance graphics cards that are fanless ... then you end up hearing the hard drives !!

however a low noise power supply (expect to pay £50+), case, CPU fans and a fanless graphics card will help a lot.

Mac minis also have a variable speed CPU fan - so are quiet when under no load, but get noisier if they are working hard ... they do have a fanless power supply though which helps  

[TheBoy]

Most Intel based motherboards have temp controlled cpu fans, and temp controlled chassis fans (though any decent case should not require chassis fans).

AMD CPUs, Particularly Athlon XP and Athlon64 chips generate shit loads of heat.

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Most Intel based motherboards have temp controlled cpu fans, and temp controlled chassis fans (though any decent case should not require chassis fans).

AMD CPUs, Particularly Athlon XP and Athlon64 chips generate shit loads of heat.

This is a cheap Celeron 775 CPU with only 3 pin power...No cpu fan speed control thats why i have installed speedfan..

Seems to be working, slowed fan speed and noise down running at 28-31 working temp, have not tried a cpu hungry prog yet but will put up with it until i build a new base unit..