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Originally posted by jtroutma
gmat:
after reading the whole thread and thinking a bit......why dont you just add "beefier" heatsinks to a standard ATX PSU and then replace the fans with Vantec Stealths?
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Because those are fans, and make more noise than my PAPST 4412... And this is the only fan left apart from the PSU one.
Besides adding 'beefier' heatsinks would lead me to option (1).
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I mean, your 10K HDD is already your loudest component in your entire setup minus your PSU fans.
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Wrong, there's the 7.2K HDD before
(going to replace that one with a 15K3)
And the HDDs are going to be silenced anyway ,with quite an extreme solution.
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It would just make sence to me to simply increase the surface area of the PSU heat producing sources and simply use a lower rated fan.
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Read the initial goal (first post, first line)... Fanless is *no fan*, no noise. Even a PAPST or a Vantec makes noise. And yes i can hear it.
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Am I completely off my rocker here or is there something I dont know? 
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Yep. My goal is to supress fans and go 100% watercooled and passive. So adding fans is not an option to suppress fans...
Thanx