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"Chip" <anneonymouse@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> "Frank Jelenko" <jelenko2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I've been running a Thermaltake Silent Boost for ~ 6 mo in an Antec
>> 'quiet
>> case'.
>>
>> A couple times I've stopped the fan on the Silent Boost to see how much
>> noise it was producing. Quite frankly, I couldn't tell the difference
> with
>> the fan running or stopped. I.e., it's pretty quiet.
>
> "Quiet" is such a relative term, isn't it. I guess it depends on how much
> noise the rest of your PC is making. In my case, my Silent Boost was
> *easily* the loudest thing in the PC. Turning the fan off made a huge
> difference to the overall noise output for me. Maybe mine was faulty.
>
> To be fair, my new Thermaltake SLK900 + Pabst fan combo is not *much* more
> quiet. Marginally quieter, I would say. Its just seems ironic that a
> product with "Silent" in its name should actually be louder than an
> alternative with no "quiet" pretentions at all.
>
Right. But, isn't the Silent Boost quieter than many cpu fans? [Silent
certainly it isn't. I've noticed Zalman does the same thing with
'Noiseless']
I think I'm going to try to SLK900 and Pabst fan. The Pabst fan I'm looking
at say 12 db for sound/noise and ~ 19 cfm. Is that the same one you're
using? I was wondering if the 19cfm was enough - of course, the
Thermalright heatsink could make up the difference.
Thanks
>>
>> I was going to add some silicone washers just for yuks, but found the fan
>> screws are not standard [at least not the same as the ones for my case
> fan].
>> Heads are smaller and the screws seem closer to sheet metal screws than
>> to
>> machine screws. Net, not sure if you can replace the fan on the Silent
>> Boost.
>
> The fan is easily replaced, if you want to. You just need a normal 80mm
> fan
> with standard mounting holes and it fits just fine. Leave the metal thing
> on top, unscrew the four screws holding the Silent Boost fan, remove it
> and
> replace it with your new (normal) fan. And screw the screws back in. It
> fits perfectly: I know, because I tried it !
>
> Chip.
>
>> "Chip" <anneonymouse@virgin.net> wrote in message
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>> > "We Live For The One We Die For The One" <Mr fred@yahoo.com.au> wrote
>> > in
>> > message news:uc1t80tfavi51vefr0jllnj8j1pejk4l2m@4ax.com...
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>> >> Just need a quiet cooler, and overclocking wont be done.
>> >>
>> >> The Vantec Aeroflow was said to be quiet, not for me, it hink it was
>> >> when i bought it but now seems much louder ands it codl here now still
>> >> stuck at 46c CPU, 21 Ambient.
>> >>
>> >> Any one recommend the Silent Boost would it be quieter than the Vantec
>> >> AeroFlow ?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >
>> > Dunno if it would be quieter. Maybe. But its not that good really.
> The
>> > heatsink itself is OK I think - it seems solid enough and its all
>> > copper
>> > with lots of fins. My guess is the fan is not too special.
>> >
>> > I replaced my Silent Boost with a Thermalright SLK-900A and a
> medium-speed
>> > Pabst fan. The new combo is quieter than the Silent Boost, and it
> knocked
>> > 6C off my CPU temps!!! Perhaps the Silent Boost heatsink with the
>> > Pabst
>> > fan
>> > would have done OK.
>> >
>> > The one thing the Silent Boost does have going for it is value. Its
>> > extremely good value considering the quality of the heatsink. My combo
>> > probably cost 3x the price.... for essentially the same thing.
>> >
>> > Chip.
>> >
>> >
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