Rick Moen and Daryll Strauss contributed substantially to this article. Bruce Benson of VA Linux Systems passed on some valuable tips about noise and heat control. Thanks of course to Gary Sandine and John Pearson for building the ULB, and to Dan McGee of IBM for funding it.
Links to technical datasheets for most components are given where they're first mentioned.
Much more detail on building Linux PCs, organized in a reference rather than narrative format. I've been maintaining this document and its Usenet FAQ ancestor for longer than Linux has existed, and have been running Unix on PC hardware since very shortly after that first became possible in the mid-1980s. The HOWTO includes much more on how to buy economically than we've covered here.
This is where I priced the media and cleaning tape for the DDS4 drive.
Noise Control's English-language information page on the product.
ATI's tech support page for the Radeon
Lots of good basic material on sound, noise, and audiometry.
This is the “Decibel” definition page from a technical dictionary of acoustics. Has important links to other terms and concepts, and a table relating decibel levels to common sounds.
Another table relating comon sounds to decibel levels.
Excellent web site on choices and technologies for low-noise PCs.
This is the “Decibel” definition page from a technical dictionary of acoustics. Has important links to other terms and concepts, and a table relating decibel levels to common sounds.
A white paper from Papst, a leading manufacturer of case fans, on choosing fans for PC cooling. Has interesing formulas relating wattage to required airflow.
A detailed technical article on thermostatic fan control.
Specs, data sheets, and errata for the support chipset used on the S2464.
