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Tatsujin:
I'm seeing a lot of awesome different builds. Pretty cheap too.
So say we discard the case and go with an aquarium filled with oil. How much would that cost compared to a case?
kitamesume:
car oil would cost about 200$ to fill a small tank i guess, not a good idea imho since oil is a poor conductor of heat.
the best way to make an ultra silent rig would be to buy a box case with a top grill, fit in an oversized heatsink and remove all the fans, i guess noctua's D14 would work well with this plan.
at worst you'd be hovering at about 70c during peak continuous loads.
or, you could leave one 14cm fan in the front as an intake. noctua's fans have jumpers for >900rpm, resulting in >11dba.
Edit: btw, don't use cooking oil or veggy oil, they get moldy after a few months of being stagnant while exposed to air. i dunno about baby oil, but engine oil should work since those were made to work with mechanical equipments under heat.
also, moving components like fans have an extremely high chance of self-destructing if submerged in oil, the oil is too thick for the rotors to handle them. HDDs could fail as well if the oil gets inside chambers and soaks the platters.
Saras:
Why not just make a whole case out of aluminium/copper and connect it to the heatsink. By extension creating a huge ass heat sink?
kitamesume:
you can't transfer a huge amount of heat from a larger spot onto a smaller spot with the same speed as transferring to an equally large spot, you'll need a really thick case if you want to do that. i.e. you can't drain a large water tank through a thin hose as fast as a large hose.
the effective way to make a passive setup is use the natural tendencies of air to rise up when heated, so putting a vent at the top and a vent at the bottom would mean a passive intake at the bottom and an exhaust at the top.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 09, 2012, 05:10:31 AM ---^ theres a LGA1155 foxconn itx for 49.99$ in newegg, if you pair that up with the celeron i used you'd be running at around 10$ more over the atom with a lot more performance, so slight video editing and photoshops isn't so farfetched anymore =P
the power consumption difference isn't too much between the two.
[$49.99] Foxconn H61S LGA 1155 Intel H61 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
(click to show/hide)CPU : [$49.99] Intel Celeron G530 Sandy Bridge 2.4GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
MOBO : [$49.99] MSI H61M-P20 (G3) LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX
RAM : [$19.99] Patriot Signature 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory
HDD : [$69.99] Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKX 250GB
PSU : [$29.99] Antec Basiq BP350 350W ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply
CASE : [$21.99] APEX SK-393-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
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TOTAL : $241.94
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Celeron still uses more power, so in the end it costs more both in the short term and long term.
And you can knock $10 off that "cheapest rig evar" by going with the Atom. =P
--- Quote from: Saras on May 09, 2012, 06:24:55 PM ---Why not just make a whole case out of aluminium/copper and connect it to the heatsink. By extension creating a huge ass heat sink?
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Sounds expensive. And if you plan to run it for extended periods of time, you'd need a ton of fans, since the heat will spread evenly throughout the case, meaning heat can't be dissipated as efficiently with only your normal case fans.
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