The cooling system on G5s truly is a work of art. Those chips are HOT, but the heatsinks (yes, large, but extremely well designed and workable) do their job quite well. The fan system in a G5 is something to behold. TONS of fans for the processors, but just enough to keep those puppies from going nuclear with the tiniest amount of sound. Take the side cover off (or let it sit threre on a GSOD) to hear just how loud they can become.

I'd love to have that cooling system for a PC.

Mr. Spork

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tenneck had 1,000 monkeys type:
...I'd say that thing is as loud as any other PC, maybe louder since the front is basically just mesh.

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• Where's the beef? Pictures of the Dev. Mac running Intel - wacky,  06-08-2005 23:11 (Views: 1668; Replies: 14)
• Good old Macintosh P4 ;) [nt] - JCArchT,  06-10-2005 01:36 (Views: 1611)
• thats because it doesnt need a channeled cooling system. [nt] - Kyle,  06-08-2005 23:17 (Views: 1544)
• For the same sound level? Possibly.... - tenneck,  06-09-2005 00:51 (Views: 1582)
• My Dell at home is almost dead silent. - F700ES,  06-09-2005 18:47 (Views: 1510)
• Yeah. . . - Mr. Spork,  06-09-2005 05:29 (Views: 1463)
• lol - "tinyest amount of sound"?? - beanbag,  06-09-2005 18:38 (Views: 1506)
• Well it all depends on what you are used to - Sycraft,  06-09-2005 18:42 (Views: 1614)
• it's better than it used to be - beanbag,  06-09-2005 18:48 (Views: 1510)
• I find the sound reassuring. . . - Mr. Spork,  06-10-2005 03:01 (Views: 2085)
• GSOD??? - dormirb apap,  06-09-2005 18:28 (Views: 1624)
• For a time. . . - Mr. Spork,  06-10-2005 03:04 (Views: 1456)
• Or boot into the startup disk selection screen. Major fan time. [nt] - morkinator,  06-09-2005 19:23 (Views: 1622)
• Shame you've got to return it. A piece of computing history [nt] - ElectroSoulBastard,  06-08-2005 23:22 (Views: 1599)
• It could always be "stolen." [nt] - tenneck,  06-09-2005 00:51 (Views: 1464)

 

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