Building a Silent Workstation
The purpose of this paper is to describe how to build a silent workstation. By silent, I mean inaudible in an office with a closed door, or in a suburban home. These are locations with fairly low background noise levels (40dBA - 45dBA). Lowering the noise level of a computer, especially a high-performance computer, to be inaudible under these conditions is a significant task. Keeping the component temperatures low enough to deliver a long life can be even more difficult.
- Components
- Assembly
- Temperatures
- Noise
- Performance
- Mounting the SSD
- Alternate Motherboards
- Alternate CPUs
- Painting it Green
- Issues Encountered
Last updated - September 3, 2009
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