From the “I hate Noise” Dept.

Goodness: So my dual cpu computer is up and running. I feel the love.

It seems stable. I ran Prime95 (prime number search) for 9 hours yesterday, stressing both my CPUs to 100%. No problems. Left MemTest86 running on my comp when I left this morning…i takes about 5 1/2 hours to test it.

Badness: My only real big concern is that I underestimated the amount of noise that the CPU Fans would generate.

When I first started the system, I noticed that the fans seem to hit the “mechanical resonance” of my cases. My case started vibrating like mad. You could hear it downstairs because it was shaking the floor rafters. Horrible.

I’ve managed to quiet it down a bit, I reseated my CPUs, tightened my motherboard to the case, and it is now bearable. I still can’t stop the vibration though. That’s just disturbing. What is even crazier is that I’m even considering watercooling to reduce the noise.

Inevitably, I think that my motherboard mounts could be tighter too (I hand tightened them too). So when I have time, I’ll take my computer apart and tighten the mounts with some pliers.

Great, just great.

I still need to get a video card and sound card.

Cheers,

Tai