Any chance to get a zero noise iMac due to hyperacusis?
Hello, I will install a SSD instead of a HDD into my iMac.
HDD noise should diseappear but residual fan noise will remain. I know the level is considered as low and event silent for a "normal" user but it remains a problem when you suffer from severe hyperacousis and tinnitus.
Is there any chance to get a noiseless iMac device by also replacing fans or create a warm airflow from bottom to the top with another way than default fans ?
Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
Regards,
David
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Hyperacusis (also spelled hyperacousis) is a health condition characterized by an over-sensitivity to certain frequency ranges of sound (a collapsed tolerance to usual environmental sound). A person with severe hyperacusis has difficulty tolerating everyday sounds, some of which may seem unpleasantly or painfully loud to that person but not to others
door Dan
Hello, I come back with my noiseless imac project.
With ifixit instructions help, I removed the DVD device, its dedicated fan, replaced the HDD by a SSD and disconnected the HDD fan. Here is the current temp and fan under normal use:
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GPU is a few degrees higher.
For the remaining CPU Fan noise which is lower and certainly not audible for regular users, I thought to use a Peltier-like electrical exchange heater technology, cold side sticked on the CPU and a heat dissipator sticked on the warm side appearing outside the imac case through an unique big hole a little larger thans the dissipator size.
Do you think it could work ?
Thanks
door Level370
I'm not sure that would work here as you have the current heat exchanger mounted on the CPU so you will have a hard time mounting it without disrupting it. The other factor here is you have a chimney effect within the iMac (it was designed this way on purpose). Creating a large hole within the back case will likely interfere with this. So in both cases you likely won't gain any improvement in cooling (in fact you could make it worse).
door Dan