Comments on: New Computer Case http://www.rueplumet.com/2007/08/05/new-computer-case/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Brad http://www.rueplumet.com/2007/08/05/new-computer-case/comment-page-1/#comment-86012 Brad Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:22:31 +0000 http://www.rueplumet.com/2007/08/05/new-computer-case/#comment-86012 Jeremy, The CPU cooler doesn't come with the fan, so you can put whatever 120mm fan you want on it. I chose one from Scythe (and actually all of the fans in the case are Scythe fans), and it's awfully quiet. I have 5 Scythe SFF21E's total in my case (one is on the CPU heatsink), and one smaller Scythe fan on the video card heatsink. Scythe has series of fans (D-F) that trade off CFM for noise level, so you can choose what suits you. I was using the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 before this cooler, and it was louder and didn't cool as well. The other things that makes it quieter now (at least to me) is that I have the Scythe fan on the CPU heatsink running full speed all the time (since it's so quiet), and so you don't have the fan spinning up and slowing down with the CPU load, which means it draws less attention to itself. Sometimes it's the the change in pitch of the fan noise as it speeds up and slows back down that's more annoying than the noise itself (my machine at work is like that). Jeremy,
The CPU cooler doesn’t come with the fan, so you can put whatever 120mm fan you want on it. I chose one from Scythe (and actually all of the fans in the case are Scythe fans), and it’s awfully quiet. I have 5 Scythe SFF21E’s total in my case (one is on the CPU heatsink), and one smaller Scythe fan on the video card heatsink. Scythe has series of fans (D-F) that trade off CFM for noise level, so you can choose what suits you.

I was using the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 before this cooler, and it was louder and didn’t cool as well. The other things that makes it quieter now (at least to me) is that I have the Scythe fan on the CPU heatsink running full speed all the time (since it’s so quiet), and so you don’t have the fan spinning up and slowing down with the CPU load, which means it draws less attention to itself. Sometimes it’s the the change in pitch of the fan noise as it speeds up and slows back down that’s more annoying than the noise itself (my machine at work is like that).

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.rueplumet.com/2007/08/05/new-computer-case/comment-page-1/#comment-85782 Jeremy Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:57:45 +0000 http://www.rueplumet.com/2007/08/05/new-computer-case/#comment-85782 12 degree differece is pretty impressive! How loud is that thing? I've had my eye on a big phat heatsink like that, need something to replace the highly efficient but highly noisy dealie I have now. 12 degree differece is pretty impressive! How loud is that thing? I’ve had my eye on a big phat heatsink like that, need something to replace the highly efficient but highly noisy dealie I have now.

]]> By: Joy http://www.rueplumet.com/2007/08/05/new-computer-case/comment-page-1/#comment-73382 Joy Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:30:59 +0000 http://www.rueplumet.com/2007/08/05/new-computer-case/#comment-73382 Oooooo nice Motherboard!!! ;) P.S. The case is pretty much exactly the same but we can pretend like it is different if you like! Oooooo nice Motherboard!!! ;)

P.S. The case is pretty much exactly the same but we can pretend like it is different if you like!

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