If only I could find somewhere to buy a lazer platinum in the UK I'd have looked at one already. Are Kingwin not selling in Europe (or at least not the UK)? As it is I guess I'm sticking with my ageing HX520. Given how long i've had it, I'm impressed it's still regarded relatively well.

I'd be interested in a review of the HuntKey Jumper / R90 (as reviewed on Anandtech in May 2011) as its an 80+ gold PSU for only £40 which is a lot less than most other highly efficient PSUs. It's "only" 300W - which makes it ideal for lower powered PCs. The anandtech review is pretty reasonable but...

from the anandtech performance preview: In most of our benchmarks the performance advantage over Atom isn't huge, yet using Brazos is much better than using an Atom based machine. It all boils down to one thing: single threaded performance. Atom can make up for its deficiencies by executing a lot o...

So there's a number of things which make these new AMD chips more interesting regardless of their raw performance. But if all you want is to multi-threaded number-crunching or to play videos (but only to your device's integrated display or VGA), an Atom will do the job for a good bit less money. I'...

mmm... i'd prefer a mini-itx, i've always wanted one :) i just hope general usage is fast and responsive, my atom powered netbook can be frustrating at times. mini-ITX would be ideal for a system mounted on the back of the monitor, but as I have a rack full of amps for my home-cinema and would like...

Shame miniITX only supports 1 expansion slot. Anyone know if there are any microATX fusion boards on their way anytime soon? i.e. the equivalent of these miniITX boards (with CPU included) but in microATX size Yess. Asus has one coming -- fanless. There will be others. fantastic, cheers Mike. i alr...

Shame miniITX only supports 1 expansion slot.

Anyone know if there are any microATX fusion boards on their way anytime soon? i.e. the equivalent of these miniITX boards (with CPU included) but in microATX size

OK, we've got a range of interesting opinions, but still no hard numbers being offered... Take a look at the System Measurements chart for the SFF Gaming System Lawrence built. See how the power usage changes with airflow/temps? Regarding VRM heatsinks: I think it's a your-mileage-may-vary situatio...

OK, we've got a range of interesting opinions, but still no hard numbers being offered... on the heatsink testing methodology it says that power consumption is measured (to give an idea of efficiency of VRMs) but I don't see any numbers on any of the reviews! Which is a shame. Even if it turns out t...

I`m not sure if higher resistance would translate into lower power draw in practice, the power supply feeding the cpu would make sure it gets those 5/50/whatever amps the cpu needs. Higher resistance would result in higher power draw because of energy loss and also because the on board power supply...

The following thought/question occurred to me earlier, and I haven't been able to find an adequate answer. It's the sort of thing I'd expect to find on SPCR, so I wondered if anyone has any thoughts... a simple physics experiment shows that increasing the temperature of a wire increases resistance, ...

have you checked out the Silverstone GD04? No, I hadn't spotted it - cheers! It's by far the best candidate I've seen. Any reason in particular for an ATX case? Various reasons... Mainly that I have a freeview PCI-E card, a freesat PCI card, a Leadtek analogue PCI card, an Audigy PCI card and a HD3...

Hi folks, Am after opinions on a case for a HTPC. I really like the look of the slim desktop type HTPC cases (e.g. the Lian-Li PC-C39, CoolerMaster Media 260, Antek NSK2480, Silverstone Milo series and LC11). The problem with most of these cases however is that they're too slim for full-height expan...

By the way, is the system stable with your NB-mod? I'm planning on doing the same when I get my hands on one of those A8N-SLI. Cheers for the feedback! Yeah the system is rock solid with the NB mod. I'm going to put an 80mm panaflo on the inside of the case door anyway - to guarantee positive case ...

Cheers for the detailed reply! I'm definatley going to have a go at the CPU duct. Not sure yet about PSU - if i play some games and the case warms up then the PSU fans increase a bit, and then it bugs me after i stop playing while it cools down again, so i may do a PSU duct too. I've got the system ...

7. Are the following mods worth the effort?... PSU duct from grill in the top of the stacker case - keeps PSU airflow seperate - PSU doesn't get hot so the fans never spin above minimum speed CPU Duct to rear 120mm nexus fan HardDrive on "Quiet mode" with hdd utility if option exists - whats the noi...

6. The Enermax fan controller is already irritating - it goes into "warning" mode when the fans are at less than 1000rpm, it doesn't give a voltage boost at power-up to make sure they start, and it prevents accurate rpm readings being passed to the motherboard, and hence i get a bios warning at powe...

All advice / opinions welcome. I'm especially looking to answer the following questions, so bare them in mind too :) 1. Is it worth getting some AcoustiPack or similar, and if so where can i get sheets big enough for a Stacker? (PS - I'm in the UK, not the US) 2. Should I suspend the DM10 in some ki...

Current mods: Replaced chipset cooler (see above) replaced compound with Ceramique on chipset and cpu Removed all internal fan grills including PSU bottom-fan grill Replaced external fan grill (part of case) with better grill Some cable-gami attempted with cable-ties and gaffa tape all 3 120mm fans ...

OK. I'm interested in any tips that people can offer on how I can make my existing system any quieter... So, the details of the system... Athlon64 3000+ Winchester Crucial Ballistix PC4000 DDR500 2x512mb SB Audigy 2 Leadtek TV2000 XP Deluxe DM10 300Gb S-ATA 2 optical drives 1 floppy + card reader 2 ...

P.S. - Anyone got any ideas why I can't post a new topic? I get a HTTP400 bad request error

Update: Had to split my new topic into multiple posts to get it to submit successfully. See http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... 150#149150

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OK guys. All the stuff came - its all working great. The quietest PC I've encountered yet, and I haven't even really started modding yet! 1. The MSI 6600GT PCI-E that I got IS surprisingly quiet for a fan-based model. 2. The zalman northbridge cooler fits very easily (altho i only have 1 GPU I can e...

I've got 3 120mm Nexus fans - and at 600-700rpm the only noise you can hear is the sound of the air moving if you put your ear within a few inches of them. Amazingly quiet. Worth every penny of the UK£12 i paid for each of them

Ambitious! Sounds like an excellent project though. I assume you mean you would epoxy the heatpipe onto some kind of copper block that would be mounted on the northbridge using the normal mounting holes, rather than epoxying anything onto the NB itself?! Direct epoxy onto the NB would leave the mod ...

Is the NEC 3520 any quieter than the 3500? My DVR-A08 still hasn't come, and the A09 is due out in Europe at the end of January, but the 3520 is available now, and much cheaper (Kelkoo works). I'm torn again. Quieter? I don't think so. I installed a 3500A about 6 weeks ago for someone and I didn't ...

No no, SPCR isn't a retailer so there's no problem - unless you're a vendor in which case you should keep advertising to the Deals, Vendors & Classifieds board :) I'm only a vendor of useful information :) And it's vended for free :) Welcome to SPCR! Well - not exactly :P I've been a regular visito...

I got it from Ebuyer in the UK. Currently £43.47 for the black version. Plenty (610) in stock at the moment. I would have thought other places would have it too. It doesn't do bit-setting out-of-the-box but you can flash it with the IO-DATA Firmware (it works, I have done) which auto-bit-sets all + ...

meglamaniac, you seem to be looking at a system almost identical to mine! So I thought I'd give you some thoughts... Firstly, how did you get an A3 Super Tornado in the UK?!?! Did you import one? I think the new PCI-E nForce4 boards may need ATX 2.0 PSU's, worth checking the SuperTornado will do the...