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by Hvatum
Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:18 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Best half hight pci-e card?
Replies: 4
Views: 2718

This is the fastest card out there, the X700. You need to perform surgery if you want it to be low profile though but it will work. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131421 I'm sure some place will have it in stock but at least you know your options. I've never seen a 6600 GT l...
by Hvatum
Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:21 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Warning about Cool-Pacs (Gel-Pacs)!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 20
Views: 19959

I had the same problem with my Singularity© brand Infinite Cool© heatsinks. They are perpetually at one Kelvin above absolute zero and tend to get a lot of condensation when placed in my case. On the other hand they're pretty useful for cooling extremely hot components such as my quad core quantum-c...
by Hvatum
Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:08 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Whining Components
Replies: 128
Views: 314147

My Dell 2405 Flatscreen has a noticable whine. I would advice any silent computer users to stay far away from Dell Flatscreens, especially the 2001, 2005 and 2405 FPW models. All of them seem to have whining problems which I didn't believe until I bought one for myself and experienced it. It's very ...
by Hvatum
Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:53 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD vibration & noise reducing methods - ranked
Replies: 196
Views: 1358431

Wow! This is awesome - so inexpensive yet effective. I just setup my entire server using this method and it's now almost completely silent. I used to turn it off most of the time due to the noise but now I have no need to.

Even my loud Maxtor drive is now practically silent. Very nice.
by Hvatum
Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:12 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Seasonic S12 500 & P180 - Will the cables be long enough
Replies: 2
Views: 2204

Seasonic S12 500 & P180 - Will the cables be long enough

Hi, I'm putting together the following system, finally upgrading from my FX-53, and I decided to go dual-core since that's more useful than the few FPS an FX-57 would net me. I've already got a P180 on order and I'm trying to figure out if the cables on the Seasonic S12 500 are long enough to reach ...