passive v active

[AydST]

OK so I've recently switched from assive to active watercooling and the one big question I have is....

how do you stand it?????

I'm sat here now with my new active WC system running, PA120.3 , scythe 800rpm fans etc and I can't bear it......it's far too noisy, I might as well live next to an air field

I want my uber silent passive back (sadly now on one of the directors HTPC's but I seriously will fight him to get it back as this active cooling is awful

please save my sanity and tell me what I'm doing wrong as air cooling would be quieter!!!!!

 

[cuprasport]

add a shroud and some modded to 7v yate loons.. silence.. also you will need extra gaskets (i use 1 between fans/shroud shroud/rad rad/case) so 2 will be needed as u get 1 with the rad

 

[FarFarAway]

Get a fan controller on the fans and ramp them down to a decent speed?

 

[AydST]

done and done, gaskets, controller, can't stand the noise.

I'd rather not overclock and have silence that this!!!!!!!!

 

[Ham]

Maybe hook 2/3 PA120.3s together?

....expensive....

 

[WC Annihilus]

The Ultimate Passive Solution

 

[serialk11r]

The Ultimate Passive Solution

Yep I'm afraid that if you really can't stand that noise, meaning you are more of a silence freak than me (12V yate loon is loud for me...damn loud) then that's you're only option.

 

[ExtremeBlizzard]

Get yourself some of these trust me quites fan you will probebly find. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=373995

 

[serialk11r]

Get yourself some of these trust me quites fan you will probebly find. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=373995

Yes those are extremely quite fans but the problem is he said he had 800rpm scythes and he UNDERVOLTED them but he still thought it was loud

 

[mithrandir]

lol. I've not done watercooling, but sounds like a trade off for a cooler system is the noise.

 

[cuprasport]

air cooling is as loud if not louder as the pump is quieter than a cpu fan

 

[serialk11r]

lol. I've not done watercooling, but sounds like a trade off for a cooler system is the noise.

Yea as in any situation pretty much, in the same setup, noisier=better performance.

Undervolted 800rpm fans should be almost inaudible (to the human ear) at 1 meter distance.

 

[Allsorts]

Usually fans are the worst noise offenders so I agree with using a fan controller to undervolt all your fans (rad & case fans) as much as possible. Oh, and if your loop is not fully bled then trapped air can cause some noise too.

 

[Ham]

Oh, and if your loop is not fully bled then trapped air can cause some noise too.

Biggest. Pita. ever.

 

[Scarlet Infidel]

Sounds like im the only one who finds that every pump they try is noisy beyond belief then.