From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 19 11:44:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5D7616A4CE for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:44:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shockwave.systems.pipex.net (shockwave.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE3843D2D for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:44:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark.cullen@dsl.pipex.com) Received: from ape (81-178-71-152.dsl.pipex.com [81.178.71.152]) by shockwave.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 4F35E1C00084; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:44:25 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <002601c455f2$8749e4f0$f700000a@ape> From: "Markie" To: "Dan Strick" , References: <200406182314.i5INEXwQ000467@mist.nodomain> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:42:36 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 cc: zera_holladay@yahoo.com Subject: Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:44:33 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Strick" To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 12:14 AM Subject: Re: quiet ATX mid-Towers | On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:39:25 -0700 (PDT), zera holladay wrote: | >> | > Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and | > I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or | > recommendation. My hard disks produce the most | > decibels at the most annoying frequency -- it_s not a If it's a high pitched whiny type sound that resembles a rather noisy fan.. I have been there. I had a Maxtor hard disk that did this, I sent it back (RMA'd it) and they sent me a replacement which is silent. I have also has this issue with a laptop disk aswell, an IBM Travelstar. My friend also had this issue with a Western Digital drive... he got that replaced and it's silent like his other, smaller, WD drive :o) You may be lucky and the manufacturer will replace it or you may have to buy a brand new disk (if it is the hard disk making the noise). | > bad fan. I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet | > computer is very important to me. | >> | | and on Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:10:20 -0500, Vulpes Velox responded: | >> | > ... | > | > Look around on some case modding and over clocking sites and the like. | > | > ... | >> | | When I recently assembled my new PC, I used | | www.silentmaxx.net and | www.endpcnoise.com and | | every other case and fan web site I could discover (e.g. via Google). | They were all commercial (i.e. sales) web sites, but some also offered | general advice on building quiet PCs. | | I also recommend searching for quiet-PC articles on the various hardware | guide web sites, particularly www.tomshardware.com. | | Dan Strick | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org "