micah@leland.Stanford.EDU (Micah Doyle) (04/08/91)
I'm in the process of buying a PC, and noticed that the (200W or so) power supply being offered seemed a bit noisy. The people at the store knew of supposedly quieter power supplies, but hadn't had any experience with them. I was hoping someone here would. Does anyone have any experience with PC power supplies specifically designed for quietness? How much quieter are they? How do you like them? How much do they cost relative to a normal power supply? Thanks for any advice anyone can offer. Micah Doyle
martin@saturn.uucp (Martin J. Schedlbauer) (04/08/91)
In article <1991Apr8.022627.4861@leland.Stanford.EDU> micah@leland.Stanford.EDU (Micah Doyle) writes: >I'm in the process of buying a PC, and noticed that the (200W or so) >power supply being offered seemed a bit noisy. The people at the >store knew of supposedly quieter power supplies, but hadn't had any >experience with them. I was hoping someone here would. Does anyone I've been looking at that myself for a while. My machine is very noisy and if you are trying to concentrate it's really annoying. However, I've found that it's not so much the power supply as it is the harddisk. If you take out your harddisk and listen to your computer it's probably failry quiet. Look in PC Magazine or other for quiet power supplies. Most work by having a thermostat that will turn on the fan only when the computer reaches a certain level of temperature. Some neweer computers left the fan out completely. Instead of cooling by removing the hot air, they employ better heat sinking and heat dissipation through the case itself. The Brick by Ergo is an example. ...Martin -- ============================================================================== Martin J. Schedlbauer | martin@saturn.UUCP | ...!ulowell!saturn!martin 8 Gilman Road | mschedlb@ulowell.edu | ...!uunet!wang!saturn!martin Billerica, MA 01862 USA | CIS: 76675, 3364 | Voice/Fax: (508) 670-2169