Thermalright SI-97 heatsink + Nexus 92mm fan at 5v and run your Barton at 166x11 @ 1.35 volts. I run the Thermalright SI-97 with a Nexus 92mm, and just be warned. This heatink is a COMPLETE AND TOTAL P.I.T.A. to put on. Seriously. Be aware of this. In the SLK3000B, you have to pull the power supply...

Heh, my guess would have been the VGA Silencer, the 3 Seagate drives, or the Stock case fan. Get yourself some cable ties, stop those fans and determine the answer. Sound is tricky. Just because it "sounds" like it's originating from the CPU/PSU does not actually mean that it is (and yes, I've fall...

Badger wrote:
Have you tried removing the front fan completely? It may seem odd, I know, but for a lot of people it does help.

Sorry this wasn't clear. The front fan is totally removed. The 120mm Nexus is at 5v in the rear of the case.

Here is what I've tested out so far: 1. Removed Tri-cool and replaced with 120mm Nexus from the front, running at 5v from the low-speed fan header provided from seasonic. This raises my case temperatures, and thus the CPU temperatures, considerably. It essentially makes it impossible to run my CPU f...

Let me give you the important (heat/cooling/noise involved) system specs: Athlon 2400+ @ 200x10 @ 1.65V (stock voltage I believe), using a Thermaltake SI-97 heatsink with a 92mm Nexus fan at full speed. Abit NF7-S with zalman chipset heatsink. ATI 9800 XT with VGA silencer. Antec SLK3000B case, with...

Why not tape those blowholes closed? You did all that other work to silence the machine, close those babies!

It could be the chroming? I can't imagine how anything but metal is inside that tube..

If "Reliability is of utmost importance", then you probably don't want to go with RAID-0. You obviously know a bit about computers so I'll just leave it at that. I'm going to be doing weekly backups onto external 160gb drives that I only power on for that purpose. I don't believe RAID-0 pushes the ...

I recently ordered some quiet PC parts, including a Antec SLK3000B, a Thermalright SI-97 with a Nexus 92mm, a Nexus 120mm case fan, and a Zalman northbridge heatsink. Along with my VGA silencer, the case should be FAR quieter than what I have now. Over the years my storage has grown a little out of ...

vapb400 wrote:it would definitely be advantageous to remove the chipset fan, they tend to be incredibly loud.

And for $5 for a zalman kit, it's hardly worth worrying about the cost!

I currently have the following system setup: Fong Kai FK-603 case with: generic 80mm rear case fan Antec Truepower 550w power supply with fan speed controller Abit NF7-S 2.0 with stock chipset fan Athlon XP 2400+ @ 200x10 with Vantec Aeroflow HSF 512MB Corsair XMS RAM (Going to 1 GB this week, final...