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Numsgil:
Underclocking the CPU means it should last longer just because it doesn't get as hot and doesn't deal with as much power. But I'm not sure if you can underclock modern CPUs to the point that passive cooling systems alone will suffice.
If you're computer savvy and don't mind some really weird looking stuff you could probably open up your computer and attach a truly monsterous passive heat sink to the CPU to keep it cool. I imagine a heat sink the size of a football would probably keep your CPU cool enough. Not sure if they make those anywhere though.
jknilinux:
Well, if you're gonna go through the trouble of buying new components, why not just get a new fan?
Or, my favorite idea: Drop it in an aquarium full of vegetable oil. People have done that, no problems occurred, even the fan should still work. It'll be silent, and the fan will still work. Plus, it would be very fitting to have DB running off of a computer embedded in slime...
Numsgil:
I was skeptical about the vegetable oil till I found this link. Not sure what the long term affects are though. Would be interested to know if anyone's tried this for several years. And good luck ever trying to assemble your computer above oil again. You could probably put several motherboards in the same tank if you had a server farm of old P3's or whatever.
Testlund:
Well, I tried jknilinux suggestion by underclocking my graphics card which is what my noisy side panel fan was cooling, with the ATI Tray Tool utility.
It didn't help one bit! Even lowering the speed of both core and mem to minimum didn't even lower the temp 0.1 degrees!
Still I tried to remove the side panel/fan just to see how much the temp would go up. The default was around 37 degrees celsius and it slowly went up to 68. It rises so slowly so I don't know if it will continue to rise above what the display can show eventually, which is above 79 degrees.
I've seen videos on Youtube about oil cooling. You need fans to keep circuling the oil and I bet it will be hard on the fans. It must be difficult to get effective flow over the hardware.
Water cooling with tubes must be much more effective.
Testlund:
Alright, I'm running in IM now if anyone is interested.
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