Cooling & quiet

[rbaum]

Thanks to those that answered my previous message about high temps on my Abit board. I believe this is an ABIT issue as my case temps are fine 26-28C and the heatsink is cool to the touch even atthe base where it is in contact with the CPU. I know the heat sink is in good contact with teh CPU and I will verify the actual external CPU temp with an temp probe when I get a chance.

Currently adding an intake fan to get better ventilation and cooler HDs. My issue is that I am shooting for minimizing sounds. Do the rubber grommets between fan and case help? How about the NB passive coolers -
anyone tried it with an Abit IC7-G?

On another related topic, anyone tried to minimize noise/maximize cooling on a Shuttle XPC 51G?

Thanks in advance for any advice!
Rob

Intel P4 3.0GHz
Abit IC7-G
2 x 512MB Corsair PC3500 DDR 2PT
Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu + AS ceramique
Antec Sonata Case
Antec TruPower 430watt PSU
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (heat sink so no fan noise)
twin Maxtor Plus 9 SATA 80.0 GB drives (for video/music work)
Windows XP Professional

 

[RalfHutter]

Yes, grommet mounting a fan can help the noise, especially on a fan that's vibrating or running at higher speed. It will have less of an effect on a quieter, slower moving fan that already has less vibration.

A passive NB cooler will work fine of your board, I've seen several guys who've done just that using the Zalman NB47J. There's some pics of this over at Abit-USA forums, among other places.

 

[KenSr]

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