Nothing's Pimp Rig

[digitaldiscipline]

whippingboy is getting a box to shame the new sil system, handcrafted by the devious gnomes at digital discipline. muahahahaaaa!

Athlon XP 2100+/266 (cooled by an Akasa Silver Mountain 2)
Chaintech 7VJL KT333 Mainboard
Turtle Bay Santa Cruz soundcard
512MB PC-2700 DDR333 DDRAM
Chaintech TI4200 128MB GT20
32x12x48 CD-RW (black. oooh, shiny!)
80GB Western Digital 7200RPM w/8MB buffer
Blow-hole equipped mid-tower case w/ 350W Antec PSU
Miscellaneous tweaks, overclocks, and general pimpitude.

Comments

whiner! < /Gaz>

[etcet.livejournal.com]

20dB? I have a phrase for you - "wireless keyboard, mouse, headphones, and monitor." cretin.

Actually, this will clock in somewhere in the 34dB range, i suspect - the 80's are all of the 28dB variety, so it's the vid card and cpu coolers that might be noisier (judicious application of sound-deadening foam has been involved here).

oh, and, yes, i -could- make a box that does all that. you're familiar with water cooling. . ..

Re: whiner! < /Gaz>

[axissilverhand.livejournal.com]

You can get 20 dB 80's, and most water cooling isn't necessarily quieter, alas. Most units use dual 80's at the top of the case, and they're NOT the quiet types. Still, I can appreciate the technology.

This is going to take:

New power supply.
New CPU cooler, probably a Zaltron fan/flower.
Hang a 1/2 speed 96mm fan over the fan.
Silent 80's.

Or, roughly $150. *Sigh* Unless you know someplace for cheap Zaltrons? ;)

Re: whiner! < /Gaz>

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Those Zalman's are nice (though, since I OC, and will be imposing my will on this rig, it's not quite up to the challenge). and they're on a par with the other second-tier HSF's out there (25-30$)

Why hang a half-speed 92 when you can take any old 120mm and run it on the 5volt rail instead? fairly quiet there (i've got one exhausting through the top of my box). Vantec and Enermax both make quiet psu's (the one in nothing's box is nice and quiet, and it's not even one of their silentpc models).

Unfortunately, complicating matters, I got a DOA mainboard, so RMA is in process now. BAH!
I don't think the cross-ship will arrive before I leave for buffalo on Thursday. FEH!

There's a german outfit that makes silence-optimized fans (i think it starts with a P, but isn't Panaflo - Pabst, I think) that have been deburred and balanced and run more slowly. and YS Tech's TMD (tip magnetic device) fans are also quieter than the standard ones, while providing better circulation due to a smaller "dead spot" under the spindle). any of those could be swapped into an H2O rig's radiator system.

or you could whip out the platinum card and go kryotech. *g*