The Bovine RC5 client is now available for the Playstation 2, all right!
Category: hardware
Quieting your Athlon XP or Pentium 4
From Slashdot, “How to quiet Athlon XP or P4 without fancy case”
- Remove noisy cpu and case fans.
- Get Swiftech MCX462 heatsink (CAD$85) plus Vantec Stealth fan 80 mm (CAD$20, 21 dBA) to cool it. Use Artic Silver 3 thermal compound (CAD$13/tube).
- Replace case fans and possibly power supply fan with Vantec Stealth fans.
- Avoid slot loading DVD drives (i.e. like car cd players, no tray) because noise gets out of the slot.
- Make sure your box is sitting on carpet and not wood/concrete.
- If worried about airflow, remove those bulky IDE and floppy cables and get rounded cables. (About CAD$15-20 each.)
Cool, I'll have to keep those tips in mind when I assemble my next PC (which may be around the time that Hammer comes out). [Credit: Thanks Jucius Maximus!]