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Emeric
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Looks like this:
http://www.pcsilent.de/en/products/zalman.asp (on the left)
Model is CNPS6000CU
Interesting device, installation was relatively easy.
The fan swivels on a bracket attached along with pci/agp cards, positioned over top of the copper flower heatsink.
I've been fighting with PC noise for some time now, this unit brings me a little closer to getting the level acceptable to me.
I was using a thermaltake volcano 7+ with a 3 position switch. I was not impressed by that unit at all, loud as hell.
The Zalman has a variable speed fan, i.e. potentiometer and can bring the RPM's down to imperceptable noise levels.
I notice now I can hear my video card fan whining away, sticking a matchstick into the fan blades stopped that, but this would be a short term solution.
I plan to either replace it with a card with no fan, or stick a bigger heatsink on it.
My powersupply is an enermax 350W with again, variable speed adjustment, it's reasonably quiet. Not perfect, but things never are.
I should mention, this is on an AMD XP 2000+ processor (works on P4's as well). The cooling solutions for AMD tend to be a bit noiser than the intel counterparts.
Overall, I'm impressed by it. Temperature range can be a bit on the high side with all RPM's set to the lowest. 53C is the current temperature, which is still well within safety zone for this chip. I can crank up the rpm's a touch when I'm not recording.
My machine isn't dead silent, but bit by bit I am improving the situation. In retrospect, I could probably have bought a liquid cooled setup for not much more. Oh well. The noisest components in my machine now are the P/S and the video card. The hard drives have all been replaced with Seagate Barracuda IV.
I recorded the PC from around 8 feet with an MXL603.
1. Before, with the thermaltake 7+
2. After, with the Zalman
3. After, with the video card fan stopped with a wooden match stick.
Download the file and rename to zip. Unzip.
I clap lightly in the files near the end, so don't have your monitors cranked full tilt until you know where it is.
Detailed instructions:
Download to somewhere you can find it, desktop perhaps.
go to start>run
type in command, and then enter
you should be in c:\windows\desktop
rename fantest.mp3 fantest.zip <enter>
Unzip it.
http://www.pcsilent.de/en/products/zalman.asp (on the left)
Model is CNPS6000CU
Interesting device, installation was relatively easy.
The fan swivels on a bracket attached along with pci/agp cards, positioned over top of the copper flower heatsink.
I've been fighting with PC noise for some time now, this unit brings me a little closer to getting the level acceptable to me.
I was using a thermaltake volcano 7+ with a 3 position switch. I was not impressed by that unit at all, loud as hell.
The Zalman has a variable speed fan, i.e. potentiometer and can bring the RPM's down to imperceptable noise levels.
I notice now I can hear my video card fan whining away, sticking a matchstick into the fan blades stopped that, but this would be a short term solution.
I plan to either replace it with a card with no fan, or stick a bigger heatsink on it.My powersupply is an enermax 350W with again, variable speed adjustment, it's reasonably quiet. Not perfect, but things never are.
I should mention, this is on an AMD XP 2000+ processor (works on P4's as well). The cooling solutions for AMD tend to be a bit noiser than the intel counterparts.
Overall, I'm impressed by it. Temperature range can be a bit on the high side with all RPM's set to the lowest. 53C is the current temperature, which is still well within safety zone for this chip. I can crank up the rpm's a touch when I'm not recording.
My machine isn't dead silent, but bit by bit I am improving the situation. In retrospect, I could probably have bought a liquid cooled setup for not much more. Oh well. The noisest components in my machine now are the P/S and the video card. The hard drives have all been replaced with Seagate Barracuda IV.
I recorded the PC from around 8 feet with an MXL603.
1. Before, with the thermaltake 7+
2. After, with the Zalman
3. After, with the video card fan stopped with a wooden match stick.
Download the file and rename to zip. Unzip.
I clap lightly in the files near the end, so don't have your monitors cranked full tilt until you know where it is.
Detailed instructions:
Download to somewhere you can find it, desktop perhaps.
go to start>run
type in command, and then enter
you should be in c:\windows\desktop
rename fantest.mp3 fantest.zip <enter>
Unzip it.
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