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phide · 06-05-2006, 02:16 PM

I think the point I was trying to get across was that I thought the Yate Loons are extremely quiet even at 12V. I don't believe any of them are poor samples, unless they're all poor. I'm running my Evercools on my HE120.3 at ~8V at the moment, and that results in about the "right" noise level that doesn't aggrivate me.

Though I haven't messed around with them much, I'd imagine the Yate Loons at 5V approach the ambient noise level of a typical home. With how much airflow? 15 CFM? Even with PA rads, that's fairly low. That's the territory where hard drive noise becomes the most obtrusive part of the overall sound of a rig. The pump is also probably going to poke through with the fans being that quiet - even the old ~11W DDCs.

The Evercools might do fairly at 3V, but as it stands, I need to get air through the HE, and that's no easy task. Airflow through the rad is fairly important, since that's really the only source of intake air flow that would be distributed over the other motherboard components.

Right now, the location of the airflow couldn't be better. Sucking in through the rad from the front and generally exhausting at the back (three YLs and PSU fans) with another YL in front sucking in.

06-05-2006, 02:16 PM	#45
phide Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 41	Re: A challenge! I think the point I was trying to get across was that I thought the Yate Loons are extremely quiet even at 12V. I don't believe any of them are poor samples, unless they're all poor. I'm running my Evercools on my HE120.3 at ~8V at the moment, and that results in about the "right" noise level that doesn't aggrivate me. Though I haven't messed around with them much, I'd imagine the Yate Loons at 5V approach the ambient noise level of a typical home. With how much airflow? 15 CFM? Even with PA rads, that's fairly low. That's the territory where hard drive noise becomes the most obtrusive part of the overall sound of a rig. The pump is also probably going to poke through with the fans being that quiet - even the old ~11W DDCs. The Evercools might do fairly at 3V, but as it stands, I need to get air through the HE, and that's no easy task. Airflow through the rad is fairly important, since that's really the only source of intake air flow that would be distributed over the other motherboard components. Right now, the location of the airflow couldn't be better. Sucking in through the rad from the front and generally exhausting at the back (three YLs and PSU fans) with another YL in front sucking in.