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Fanless Athlon 64 ...

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Not sure as to how valid it is, but ill post it anyway as this could be highly interesting...

It appears they've just build a cooler that has a large surface area, enough to cool the cpu using ambient air.

Fanless Athlon 64
 
Linky needs fixin'

Not many pictures of it. I still think you need a case fan blowing over it to cool it off though.
 
My next architecture will definitely be hammer. They're putting out what? 30-50watts on their low end chips? The prescott on .09u are running over 100watts. I'm into quiet PCs so this is the deciding factor for me.
 
I'm going to go with the latest generation of A64s for their enhanced Cool n' Quiet ability.

Old = 800Mhz, 35?w, 12.x leakage
New = 1Ghz, 22w, 7.x leakage

Impressive. 🙂

-Por
 
Originally posted by: KristopherKubicki
Ive actually had a fanless A64 for a few months now. I will post my review of it in a few days.

Kristopher
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Very cool. Will be waitin' for this review

*subscribes to topic*
 
Originally posted by: KristopherKubicki
Ive actually had a fanless A64 for a few months now. I will post my review of it in a few days.

Kristopher
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and you didnt tell us 😛

but this is all very interesting, we are basicly back to one power supply fan for the whole computer and a few extra kg's of metal 😀

 
Originally posted by: KristopherKubicki
Ive actually had a fanless A64 for a few months now. I will post my review of it in a few days.

Kristopher
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:Q I want one.

 
Yeah i forgot to mention its the Zalman TNN-500A case. Very expensive - but completely fan less A64 🙂 It is kind of neat not hearing anything but the hard drive.

Kristopher
 
Originally posted by: KristopherKubicki
Yeah i forgot to mention its the Zalman TNN-500A case. Very expensive - but completely fan less A64 🙂 It is kind of neat not hearing anything but the hard drive.

Kristopher
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I think that would just make me hate the hard drive...
 
How much is one of those cases? And do they sell them anywhere? I looked for one and I'm having trouble even seeing any for sale.
 
Originally posted by: Sideswipe001
How much is one of those cases? And do they sell them anywhere? I looked for one and I'm having trouble even seeing any for sale.
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I don't think any retailers have them yet. They should be around $1200.
 
That case may be expensive, but it's cheaper than trying to run a computer in another room like some studios have to do.

High quality extenders from Gefen aren't cheap and you usually have to pick less than optimal equipment anyway.
With this box you could run any monitor or input device on a machine that has to be quiet.

 
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