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From: c60b-1eq@web-4f.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: How do I find a quiet computer?
Keywords: fan, hard disk, noise
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Date: 18 Apr 91 21:25:17 GMT
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In article <2666@lafcol.UUCP> woolleyj@lafcol.UUCP (James Woolley) writes:
>I'm looking for a 386 or 386sx that's quiet. I'd be grateful for
>suggestions, or recommendations of things to look for. I've used a
>Gateway 386 and found its fan loud and its hard disk noisy, though
>perhaps a different hard drive would be quieter? I've also used a Zenith
>386-SX and had no complaints about the hard disk but have felt the fan
>could have been quieter. 

What you need is a new power supply, not a new computer.  The two sources
of noise are the hard disk and the fan. PC Power & Cooling Co. manufactures
a 150W power supply known as the Silencer 150, which claims to be 84%
quieter than a standard 150W power supply.  They also manufacture models
which increase air flow while lowering noise (though not as much).  A few
years ago when they first starting advertising their power supplies, I
bought one of the turbo-cool models and have had no problems since.

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