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Originally Posted by PurpleDiamond
I have built a custom SFF case for a HTPC and discovered that air cooling was way too noisy. As a result I have decided that it is time for me to finally build a watercooled system.
If possible I want to keep the cost down.
But it has to small.
Really small...
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Hi m8, firstly the best place for more specific help will be from
Sudhian Forums which hundreds of users have WC in their Shuttles and other SFF's.
As someone else said, get a new Mobile Athlon CPU, they are not multiplier locked which allows them to be under-clocked to reduce temperatures even further. But these run a lot cooler, typically mine is 10C less than my TBIRD 1.3 was, even at 2.2Ghz.
Watercooling is not a simple quiet install, and because of the limitation of rad size then fan noise is often worse than air-cooling because of the greater restrictions of airflow than to a conventional HSF.
Finally try and discover the sources of the noise, often vibration of fans and drives will be more noticable in an SFF, so consider mounting fans and drives on anti-vibration mounts.