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On 2/26/06, aljordan@maine.rr.com  wrote:

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> Hello,

>

> system.  I am looking for a particularly quiet case, CPU fan (for Athlon

> 64), and a video card that does not need a fan (hopefully NVidia based

I very much enjoy my Antec Sonata case - have the first revision, and

will likely buy the second revision next time i build a computer; and

I second others' recommendations on the Matrox series cards - no fan,

and no messy driver setup (though your gaming friends will laugh at

you.)
I have a small 10 HP air compressor I bought from a friend a few years

ago.  I try to take each computer out to the back yard once or twice

yearly, where I blow as much dust as I can out of the fans.   While I

haven't done any real measurements, I think this cuts the noise down

to half its previous level (and stays down for a few months).

(Perhaps if I did this every day, I'd get to those negative decibel

levels!)  Then again, I'm probably just compensating for my

chain-smoking of filterless cigarettes and my steadfast refusal to

vacuum the carpet.
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