I would consider knocking off one of the case fans (in addition to undervolting). Ive got 2x panaflos, one for the PSU and one for the CPU. Theyre both running at 12v, but i have no extra case fans. Im going to undervolt them, hopefully my temps wont rise dramatically.

Same. havent been able to access the site since last night

Hey mike, i was watching techtv (oct15) and they were doing some stuff with voltmeters and Leo talked a bit about silentpcreview...watch the rerun! hehe great job

heres a link to the corresponding web article: http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howt ... 53,00.html

Remote desktop doesnt support 3d acceleration. I have a home lan, i tried to run warcraft/wolfenstein through remote desktop. It would give me an error, something about not being able to run Opengl (for wolfenstein). Warcraft wouldnt run either, drawing error or something Windows media player worked...

rotational speed is not the only factor in noise output. The seagate barracuda IVs run at 7200rpm, but because of their fluid bearings they are apparently virtually silent.

One final thing.. should my CPU fan be blowing onto the heatsink.. its just I'm sure i read on the site for CPU Idle to feel the heat of your CPU fan.. well my fan is blowing on it?!? I dunno should it be blowing away from it, sucking the heat out? that depends on your HSF. Ive got 2 older HSFs and...

its funny, they make the best price/performance processors, have widespread chipset support, tremendous enthusiast backing, and yet they are in financial trouble? what more does a company have to do?

mike, am i missing something here or did you reply to your own thread

laptop drives run at a lower speed, typically 4200rpm. That probably accounts for a good deal of its silence. You can try out a desktop 5400rpm drive and see if it is quieter. You should note that laptop drives are notoriously slow, you will take a huge performance penalty with that. I think anandte...

ive got the maxtor with standard bearings, not the FDB. the idle high pitched whine is driving me nuts, im looking for drive enclosures to shut it up.
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Ok im new to this fan stuff, i just wanted to straighten some things out. <br> <br>-Firstly, i found a Panaflo 80mm LOW L1A Fan. What does the "L1A" mean? Also, what relevance does the 80mm spec have? <br> <br>-How do i know which connector/tail option I should get? <br>Theres <br>"2 wire with MB Mo...

ok i want to do this mod, but i have no clue where i can get these aluminum plates. Would they have em at Home Depot by any chance? What about drilling the holes? I have no power tools so i cant do it myself.
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ive got an Alpha PAL6035 and im thinking of changing the Sanyo Denki 60mm fan to something quieter..any recommendations for an affordable alternative? I wanted to use Panaflos but theyre 80mm, ill need to get a fan adapter on top of that <BR> <BR>The Sanyo Denki's specs are: <BR>Model #109R0612H401 ...