The AC Silencer is cheap. It goes for ~ $22.
I saw that, surprised how cheap the aftermarket GPU coolers are. Never really bothered looking at them before, but this R350 heats up my case too much.
No way 7 case fans is quiet.
I jst removed my SFII that ran at just a tad under 6K RPM and pushed out 60dB+, by comparison my rig seems very quiet by comparison. Actually, I have every intention of putting the SFII back in at the moment(although with the chip I'm running I'll back it down to 3K RPM so it isn't too loud), probably hook up my exhaust vent for the processor too. Next year I'm thinking either peltier+water cooling or phase change if I can find a setup with GPU+CPU setups out of the box. That will quiet it down a bit and get my temps in a range I like them.
I have 1 that is rpm controlled automatically based on temp via Speedfan.
I have a few thermal probes that I can hook up for automatic speed control, but they tend to step up in drastic measures, the fan will go from ~2K to 5K(and then 6K) when a certain threshold is crossed for the processor and thecase fans don't bother me much anyway.
Ideally, I want to have to look at the case power LED to tell if the PC is turned on. 1 case fan is enough for my thermo-nuclear overclocked P4 system.
My rig is fairly riced so I have no problem on that front- huge window with tri LED case fans along with the glowing TT logo on the front. Now how do you have your rig setup to handle the excessive heat throw by the P4 and the R350 with so little cooling? You using exhaust vents and pulling the hot air out?
Your wife knows what a case temp is???
Heh, I can hand my wife a TBird Athlon and tell her I need it unlocked without saying anything else she knows what to use and how to do it. She also knows how to short the pins on a SocketA to modify the multipliers from the low to high range on her own. She can build a rig on her own without a problem at all, her father has been building his own since the 8086 days and for case temps he built a 386 back in the day with an AT case that had a LED display on the front displaying case temps(a rarity back then- he still has the case too). She's actually more conerned with the current case temps then I am, been making her nervous when she's playing through Tron 2.0 over the last few days.
I am really interested in how your dealing with your temps, are you using a heavily modified SilentPC setup? While my AGP ambient thermal probe still shows very high ambient temps, my thermal probe hooked up to the higher portion of my case stays right around 30C(I try to keep it under 30, but this board is throwing too much heat).
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