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Originally Posted by dean.collins
what are zalman resrators made from?
also is there any reason why no one replied or do most people here no own 19" racks so it's an unusual design.
Cheers,
Dean
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I just bought a small 19" rack for mounting equipment, but I feel that I'm fairly unusual. Other than the IT/IS professionals, it cannot be common to put rackmounted hardware into your home. I'm doing it for structured wiring in my house, not really for any heavy duty computing (although I hope to put a media server in my garage eventually).
Also, it seems that many people here are more interested in fan-based systems than in pure passive. Passive systems are almost non-portable because of the bulk required to make an effective cooling system for a high-powered system.
However, for passive systems, I think it was Bladerunner that made the first REALLY effective passive cooling system. He buried a tank in his back yard and had that as his heat exchanger. It's not that it isn't done. It just isn't common to make that kind of space/noise tradeoff.
The people that are focused on noise reduction tend to congregate at SilentPcReview primarily, but there is a decent amount of exchange.
The reserator product also didn't do well in these forums (I think) because it is so expensive for what it does. The product *should* cost more like $100, not $200. It is just a transmission cooler with a small pump. Build your own and save 50%, eh? Put a nearly silent fan on it and get drastically increased performance at almost no cost in terms of noise. You'd be surprised at how much difference a little bit of air movement can make.