soundproofing

[Peckers]

The other day I decided to soundproof my (wannabe)-server, I had previously glued some dampening material on the inside and the only intake fan run at 7V but it was still quite loud(mainly harddrives).

here's a short guide, to do this you will need something to soundproof with, a box, and a computer.

put the puter in the box, fill up/soundproof with foam/paper/cardboard/whatever you have at home.

[Peckers]

wert

[Peckers]

cut the nessesary holes and hook up the cables

[Peckers]

qwert

[Peckers]

qwerty

[Peckers]

Here it is in place. The result is an almost completely quiet computer, this is much more efficient than magic fleece, NoiseKiller etc. And as a bonus it looks real classy too!!! :D

[Peckers]

sweet

[DEEF]

Hahaha I like that idea. :D

Gonna look for the box my lian-li came in and fit my wannab PIII server in it. :toast:

[Bonbon]

also an option ; put your server in the next room , drill a hole , connect keyb mouse and monitor thrue the wall :)

[Peckers]

Originally posted by Bonbon
also an option ; put your server in the next room , drill a hole , connect keyb mouse and monitor thrue the wall :)

yep thats an option, unfortunately I live in a one room apartment..

nice avatar btw :toast:

[Crankster]

Snyggt jobbat, har 6 servers i min 1:a på 42 kvadrat... Kommer nog bli tvungen att testa :D

[Peckers]

Originally posted by Crankster
Snyggt jobbat, har 6 servers i min 1:a på 42 kvadrat... Kommer nog bli tvungen att testa :D

om du har så många burkar så är det kanske smidigare att ställa in dem i en garderob och sätta in ett par fläktar för ventilation. Känner flera som har sina datorer i garderoben faktiskt, tyvärr så är mina garderober på andra sidan lägenheten(rummet :p: ) . Det värsta med att ha datoren i en liten lägenhet måste ändå vara den torra/skabbiga luften som blir och på sommaren värmen förstås.. bäst att skriva på engelska i detta forumet förresten, de kan bli lite gramse annars ;)

[/Swedish]

[wimpie007]

maybe it would be nice for the rest of the world if you could translate that? :)

[Farbror]

Maybe =Swedish= Kanske

[Peckers]

Originally posted by wimpie007
maybe it would be nice for the rest of the world if you could translate that? :)

I wrote "no Swedish on the forums"

[danrok]

Look at the price of these manufactured units , which do the same job:
http://www.keyzone.com/tech/spectrum_soundproof_cabinets.htm

You've built one for free!

[Çhrist0ph]

has your case temp gone up at all after your "mod" ?

[=[PULSAR]=]

If your running that as your server just bury it somewhere, connect a power cable and a Ethernet cable and do work remotely its pretty fast if your doing it over a LAN. Thats what I did with my server box put it in my furness room and worked off of it remotely from a laptop in my room. I'll take a lil laptop noise over those deafening tornado fans any day of the week:D

[fr33ze]

lol, nice work Peckers. I did this to the house server about three months ago which sits underneath my bed. Been running 24/7 since i first turned it on and i've never once heard it crunching away dispite the fact it's about 2 foot from my head every night.

[SuperDude]

thats leet, keep up the ghetto mods =)

[extremecorvette]

That's good. I did this to my case and it helped.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nknause/Inside%20done.jpg

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nknause/Back%20side%20done.jpg

[longshot]

that has got to hurt the thermal's!!!!!

[extremecorvette]

Not at all, my case runs 2C over room with those fans.