I've got a Dell 960 Small form factor and am installing a 2.5 drive in it to reduce the noise but wanted to take it a step furher and look at some additional changes. I wanted to get any suggestions for material to use to muffle noise coming out of the case. Like a material to adhere to the walls of...

Are these still available? I would like to get a Antec P180 SPCR Edition but didnt see them on the EndPCNoise site, it looked like they were selling the standard one.

Thank you for the suggestions, the NL35 250GB drive may be a good choice to look into.

I am looking for a 300+GB HD to run in a HTPC enclosure. The HTPC runs a bit warm and so I wanted to see what the current drives are that run cool. I know Maxtors run particularyly hot but wanted to see what the current cool drives are. Seagate 7200.9 300GB 16MB Seagate NL35 250GB Western Digital WD...

Thanks for the clarification. I must be out of touch, I didnt realize there are 24 and 20 pin mobos.

Upon plugging it in I noticed two interesting things. The first is that it comes with a "magic bracket" to allow installation in a ATX case. The second is that at first glance it looks like there is a 24 pin connection but quickly found that a 4 pin breaks away. So there are two 4 pin connections. W...

I have a Samsung SD-616 DVD-ROM drive in a HTPC in my living room. When you insert a DVD it spins up like its going to take off into space and keeps spinning for at least 2 min. I had heard that this was a quiet drive. I have tried the various DVD/CDD Utilites to lower the read without much success....

I might try to pry it off via Freezer Method. The heatsink I have is one of those long ones with a fan in the middle, pretty big. Flyingsherpa, I was thinking on using a fan in the same way, I have one of those arms, I just need to get a good silent fan. Ill post after I try the freezer trick. Thank...

I added a Mighty Mite HSF from 1coolpc.com about a year ago and I think I used too much adhesive and the heatsink is stuck. The fan is too loud so I am trying to find a good solution to quiet it down but I cannot take off the heatsink. The fan is 45x10mm. Any ideas?? I dont know of any quiet 45mm fa...

bluefront,

So you were able to unplug the Heatsink/fan on your 8500 and it ran ok? I would rather do that, less trouble. Maybe even underclock it for temps.

How did you monitor the temps to make sure it didnt kill your card?

Thanks!

I put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes and then used the screwdriver/credit card trick. Popped right off.

I had attached a loud Mightymite fan from 1coolpc.com awhile ago to OC the card. Was able to get 325/325!! I no longer OC.

Anyway I am going to take off MightyMite and use a PII heatsink which are pretty large. Would this cool the 8500?

Thanks!

Luminous, I just noticed I ordered the 1.0 mm. Good to know that its not too small. Laso when ordering from www.artbeads.com the free shipping can take along time. I rodered on 6/16/2004 and mine has still not arrived. Thats 10 days so far. Regarding Tying: Are you guys tying one side for each strap...

Samsung 616 are pretty quiet. There are few different variations, I have a 616T and its quiet. Many of the 616 come with Dells and Compaqs but can be bought separate.

Noticeable whine (with case closed, about 1 meter away): No Noticeable whine (with ear next to harddrive): No Model Number: SP1604N Supplier: www.zipzoomfly.com Month of purchase: 6/2004 Motor: NIDEC F0335611F FDB G Revision: Rev. A Date of Manufacturing: 2003.12 Any other relevant/interesting info:...

I need to 60mm fans to replace the two outakes on the back of a Lian Li 9300. 60mm is the largest I can use there. But I cant spend 13.00 on each fan, fan prices are ridiculous these days.

Any good and quiet 60mm fans for cheap?

Thanks!

I have a Samsung 616T in my HTPC that I got from a Dell computer. Ive seen alot of info on this board about Samung 616 drives being quiet but no refernce to the 616T. Does anyone else have one of these?? I am looking for suggestions on quieting my 616T. The spinning is what seems to be loud but any ...