Re: [linux-audio-user] Quiet case

On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 08:41 +0200, John Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 18:47 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 20:30 +0200, John Anderson wrote:
> > > I still think the fanless Zalman TNN cases are the ultimate (from the
> > > website Note : TNN500A's noise level is below 20dB and cannot be
> > > measured. The anechoic room used by ZALMAN has an ambient noise level of
> > > 20dB. ). But waaaay expensive.
> >
> > Yup. The latest batch of machines I built for CCRMA live in those cases.
> > A beauty... it is great to be near a cluster of them and hear nothing.
>
> Working with them, is there anything that you've found that doesn't live
> up to the information on the Zalman site?

Not that I remember (but then I don't remember much about their specs
right now), the cases we have are currently housing X2 4400 processors
and so far they are doing well. Obviously you have to heed their
warnings about proper mobos and video cards, not all of them will fit in
the case because of the heat pipes (and some processors will be above
what the case can handle).

We[*] really wanted silent machines and we considered and tested several
options - this was the one that worked best (but very expensive, of
course). The new machines match a complete renovation of our building
which was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta quake (the whole third floor
was declared off limits). It was finally fixed after a looong delay...
we moved in last August after a year and a half in temporary trailers).

-- Fernando

[*] well, I was pushing hard for that. The story I usually tell dates
back quite a few years when computers where even noisier, a big power
outage at Stanford blacked out the whole building and most of campus. It
was late evening and I was going through the building unplugging
computers and equipment with a flashlight and it was a _different_
building - the silence was just beautiful...
Received on Sun Jul 16 12:15:01 2006