From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PPPo4-0007WD-9d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:23:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CEF01E0733; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f52.google.com (mail-gw0-f52.google.com [74.125.83.52]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DAEFE0733 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb11 with SMTP id 11so1706163gwb.11 for ; Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:21:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FpIGhhf9gFcsR84ERUEs5NeSU7V4HEubp8oidbWCYZ0=; b=UxgkcCbKP+uVrYusPbHbNovOdngFVmIVoKt671lT+7+kj+0XDw+2L4Ond7/feAwWIU IswT19T/IGeED0yhS7bH3JyJGvbgn5e/DunXW8C5mVrUz678Ish0XDhF2RCQgzRvWM03 V5wBSnnXx43qp1lqX+plOjbt5yxRzXaL3W0Jg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=niTo5vFgzGE8mZtJOd4+7dK6ksOdaLf1K4z3uH4zRatK2eJMAecV0Zy25Kfdc4XrK+ lvaUWHk869TChpfwDEgj34r7Ba58TaLfypsEVJ/SDwYm2LCBon8Szg6iZOJ9eU0eb5ke OrcgZC95ZfLFdNyntsLy+LIRffL2mbB3GXa04= Received: by 10.91.11.15 with SMTP id o15mr6822107agi.206.1291598515907; Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:21:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-133-127.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.133.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x31sm4823468ana.29.2010.12.05.17.21.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:21:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CFC3AB1.7020306@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:21:53 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Somewhat OT. Building a rig. Want to get opinions before spending $$$ References: <4CF0269F.9030702@gmail.com> <4CFC2581.5020805@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 88b53eb8-e3a3-463d-a1e1-704c8924b3cf X-Archives-Hash: 510afb17c1b17e924719122c8c76d48c Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Dale wrote: > > >>> Zalman's cooler is a good one but the one I listed in a prior thread is >>> cheaper. Performance is similar. This one of course doesn't need a fan >>> and will be silent. >>> >>> >>> >> I have always been skittish of a cooler with no fan. They just don't sound >> right for some reason. I guess if I saw one in action, I may feel a little >> different. I do like the large quiet fans tho. I do like to keep the noise >> to a minimum. I actually checked Toms hardware for that one too. It is >> highly rated. I have a ThermalTake Volcano 12+ on my little AMD 2500+. It >> runs cool tho. I'm running folding and have been for at least a week now >> and I'm running 87F for the CPU and the fans are ~3700 rpms. Not to bad I >> guess. I hope for something like that with the new CPU but it may run a >> little hotter since it has more cores and such. >> > They work fine if you have a lot of case cooling. If case fans die or > just shut off for some reason you can lose the processor pretty > quickly, but that's not much different than a CPU fan dieing... > > If you're looking for silence go water cooled. > > - Mark > > I agree. Fanless or not, if you lose the case cooling, you got problems real quick. I just want a efficient cooler since I run folding during the winter months. I also know that the cooler they run, the longer they last. I'm not big on water cooling. I like to look at pics where people do use water cooling but I just don't want water around my puter. I don't even put my glass close to my rig. It's not even close to my keyboard or my desk either. Weird ain't I? Dale :-) :-)