First post, by Mike 01Hawk
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I know to some of you purists that all the clanks, beeps, and bops are cherries on top to complete the 'original' feel of days long past...... but I'm sorta fed up with my very noisy system.
I guess it doesn't help that I've been spoiled by my Antec P180b case that I've modded to be very very quiet (all kinds of passive heat sinks + volt modded the fans to be very low rpm = quiet 😀 )
With all that said.... anyone want to give me some pointers?
The OldSchool Rig: Dell OptiPlex GXpro
- 1) Jet engine 48x CD-ROM drive
2) 230w PSU w/ a built in noisy 80mm fan
3) High pitch humming Western Digital 6 gb HD
4) Toasty Voodoo3 Vid Card
5) Toasty Pentium 200 w/ passive heatsink
6) 1 80mm back fan
As you can see, it's a very unorthodox layout w/ a riser card so the add-on cards are parallel w/ the mobo.
Here are my thoughts:
- 1) Replace the 48x CD-ROM w/ a 8x CD-ROM (already on order)
2) Either disconnect the PSU Fan, or buy a new better components fan less PSU
3) Goto a 4gb Compact Flash IDE setup = Silent = Win! (thanks Cloud for the idea / pic!)
4) Get 2 120mm fans and ditch the single back case 80mm fan. Or at the very least 1 120mm fan and a quieter 80mm fan.
Here was where I was thinking of double-sided taping the first 120mm fan. This way the Toasty Voodoo3 has plenty of air
But my problem is that back case area, it's too small to put a 120mm fan on the back of the case 🙁
So I could either A) Get a quieter 80mm fan (not happy bout that idea) or B) Put another 120mm fan RIGHT ON TOP of the Pentium heat sink or C)???
I want this puppy to be both cool and stable so I don't risk ruining the SCB-55/MPU-401AT and DB50XG that reside in this case.
Dell Optiplex Gxpro: Built solely so I could re-live my SB16 days properly with newly acquired sound pieces: MT-32, SCB-55, and DB50xg 😀