One thing missing from this case -- an internal speaker!

I think that maybe my Asus P4PE with built-in audio may be smart enough to use the external speakers though. Do most cases these days not come with speakers?

Good luck Dave! I just ordered all the components to build my new computer with. Didn't get any "silencing" products yet. I'll wait and see how it goes. It's a good thing I waited too, because I don't think the Zalman ZM80A-HP will work with my new Asus P4PE board. Looks like the DIMM slots are in t...

someone over at alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati answered the question by posting a link to a discussion board (run by Zalman, I think) The message was dated 12/9/2002 Thank you for contacting ZALMAN. - Good News - 1. TV Tuner Pack is not in the way 2. There are 2 holes on the PCB 3. No problems exis...

I had heard about a dual DVI card they had but couldn't find one for sale. I went to their useless piece of s**t web site and couldn't find any match. Does Gainward still make this card? Where can I buy one?

Just ordered the 120 Gb V from newegg.com here in the states. It's $150. The 80 Gb IV was $100. You may need to find some different suppliers. Could also be due to limited supply of the newer drive.

I went to that site but didn't see anything links called "roundups". Did you mean reviews? Anyway, I couldn't find the info. Could you post a more specific url?

Thanks!

Like Ralf, want to be like Ralf.... You've got the display I want too! Is that a Dell 1900FP? I've got my heart set on the Samsung 191T and recently figured out that the Dell 1900FP is the same thing OEM'd. This is according to newsgroup postings I've seen on the subject. Several people have mention...

Well, I just voted in my own poll, chose the Antec case. I voted with my cash yesterday and ordered it. Ralf - you've got black drives pictured in the Antec, right? I think they look fine. Your picture of the Coolermaster is leading me to post-purchase doubt. My CPU sits to my right so the Coolermas...

I've installed the fan in question in my power supply. It is quieter than the old fan. But, the old fan was dying and made horrible noises when warming up. This is my first fan replacement/noise abatement effort. So there is nothing I can compare it to. Somebody is selling the Panaflos for about $3-...

I won't be changing the colors. I'm ordering a new DVD/CDRW and a new floppy. Black is the same price. Does black look good too?

So much for not being a fanboy Ralf :D You're the one who turned me on to this case, and it's looking like the one I'll end up buying. Would you order black CD's and floppy drives for this? Yeah, I know they'll be covered, but you wouldn't be the first to call me anal. :o The slot I was referring to...

Try RamdiskNT from Cenatek. I've used it successfully on a few occasions.

You can get a Radeon 9000 PCI card with DVI output for $99 at newegg. Or, a 7500 for $77. I ran this search at newegg.com , to find them. The trick was asking for PCI and DVI as second output. The cards are ATI chips made by Powercolor. I'm in the same boat as you and wanted to build my new system t...

Anyone have any information about using the Zalman heat pipe ZM80A-HP on an ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 9700?

I believe I've seen where it works fine on a regular Radeon 9700 Pro. But the All-in-Wonder has the TV tuner near the front of the card. Don't know how it'd fit.

Help me decide on a case please. Getting ready to build a new computer with silence (and performance) in mind. I'm having trouble deciding on which case to get. I want: - high quality, solid, sturdy case - good looks, probably black - (4) external 5.25" drive bays - ease of access (easy pop off door...

Wouldn't it make more sense to go the watercooling route if your getting that complicated No. Water cooling, in my mind, is much more complicated. And expensive. This method would involve some inexpensive ducting material, a fan and a power source. Water cooling would require new water blocks, tubi...

After I totalled up all the money I'm about to spend for a new PC build I figured why not just go ahead and get a Dell. I can buy the Dell machine for the same, actually less, money as my built-it-myself. My build it myself project includes a Globalwin YCC-61F1-B case, Asus P4PE, 2.4 GHz P4, 512 Mb ...

It seems that all these small fans are a problem as far as noise goes. So, how about replacing them with one large external fan? The idea would be to put a duct on each item -- the graphics card, CPU, power supply. Each of these ducts would be routed to the outside of the case. At the end of the mas...

Can you give me a few examples of how RAID 0 performance works well for you? I use huge media files (over 1/2 GB) and sometimes need to copy them back and forth. Raid allows me to cut the time almost in half. What about other operations? For example, just day to day stuff, is it faster? Did you loa...

Can you give me a few examples of how RAID 0 performance works well for you?

Everyone talks freely about the different temps that their hard drives run at. How do you measure the hard drive temperature? Do new-ish drives have some kind of sensor and firmware built in? Or, do you need to physically place sensors on the drive? And, I'm guessing you need some kind of program li...

Serial ATA looks like the way to go now (or at least the way I want to go for my next system). A quick search a few days back did not turn up many (any) of these drives readily available for sale.

Anyone know if the SATA version Cuda V's are readily available?

Over the summer I bought a pair of Cuda IV's to go with my Abit BD7II RAID mobo. Once it all arrived I learned that in RAID 0 (two drives striped for performance -- correct me if I'm wrong) those two drives would be slower than if I had run them straight up. Seagate confirmed this. Said there was a ...

I hadn't thought of wiring it that way. I was planning that it won't fit inside the power supply. But, I was thinking I'd wire it to the feed inside the power supply, like I did with the replacement fan. Wonder which way would be best? Does the speed sensor work with this unit? That would be a benef...

OK, looks like I was looking at the wrong item on Zalman's site. I was looking at this , which is a cable adapter thingy. What I should have been looking at is this . As for the CompUSA item. Someone had posted elsewhere they got there went only to 9 volts. When I was at the store the other night I ...

Or, maybe I should use this 25 ohm, 3 watt, rheostat from RadioShack instead -- hopefully I can pick one up at a local store. I know Rusty recommended a 5 watt 100 ohm. But I'm only controlling one, and only one, fan with this thing. Will a 25 ohm give me enough reduction to make it as quiet as poss...

Thanks for the info Rusty. I wouldn't mind paying for that one pre-built at $20 bucks but I only need control for one fan plus I don't have a spare 5.25" bay. I did find this site with what looks like pretty good instructions. I'll probably build it according to the instructions there. Looks like yo...

The one I found at CompUSA looked just like this one at newegg. The only difference was the color of the packaging and the brand. The brand was PC Toys, I believe, it was yellow, red and blue. It still said Zalman in small print. The device MikeC is talking about is different. It's just a cable adap...

I could do a little soldering and drilling.

What are the specs for the reohstat? (and how do you spell it?)
Where can I buy one?