Asic miners are loud industrial beasts, 77db is considered "normal". The only "Silent miner" that ever was, was the R4 (i own one). Maybe the S7 LN previous to that, but the R4 was specifically designed to be silent, and it truly is (50db at 100%). Sadly nobody made something like it again. I'm sure a MicroBT with two boards, or sn S17, with a similar design would do wonders, oh well home use is not their target, 99% of the mining is done in warehouses where noise is not a problem.
My only hope is someone designs a mod case to recreate the R4 design with current hardware, if that fan is available somewhere, but knowing the Chinese it should be...
https://d1ueyc5nx1it61.cloudfront.net/9aec2b2d16298081722.JPGHeh heh. That would be pretty great for sure. I do have one other little trick up my sleeve I may try:
https://i.ibb.co/Vv89qN8/IMG-4610.jpgI have this huge wooden, acoustically insulated, fanned case that I originally bought for my computer when I was setting up the recording studio. Being I'm right next to a loading dock, it's rather moot and I rarely close the doors on it. Temps would get into the 90F or low 100s with the computer in there and the doors closed, so there's a good chance it won't work with the beast that the 841 is.
That said, I may still try it. (Maybe with a tube going directly from an AC unit into the fan intake of the case.) That would be a pretty major re-working of the studio, but... if I get a lot more hours out of it, it may be worth the trouble.
I have enough gear scattered about that I dont have to shift.
When I had just one miner I would simply make a change on the miners GUI on Sunday morning.
Cool. Got it. Thanks! I may fool around with some things just out of curiosity, (I'm such a sucker for automation) but that approach certainly works.
Thanks again!
