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Butcher · 01-02-2002, 05:52 PM

A chiller won't be more efficient than a rad and therefore won't be quieter. You'd need some major peltier wattage to cool a tbird with a chiller for starts, that means major air sinks which means major airflow - not good for quiet. For a quiet setup have a decent rad and run the fans at 5V or 7V. You want to fit the largest fans you can and run them slow - I run a single 172mm fan and it's pretty quiet at 100cfm, less noisy than my disks.

As for reducing the res size, just buy a smaller one.

01-02-2002, 05:52 PM	#2
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	A chiller won't be more efficient than a rad and therefore won't be quieter. You'd need some major peltier wattage to cool a tbird with a chiller for starts, that means major air sinks which means major airflow - not good for quiet. For a quiet setup have a decent rad and run the fans at 5V or 7V. You want to fit the largest fans you can and run them slow - I run a single 172mm fan and it's pretty quiet at 100cfm, less noisy than my disks. As for reducing the res size, just buy a smaller one. __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...