With regards to your Noctuas, are you using the same controller? If so, might I suggest setting the rpm really high on the controller (ie: 1500), let the fans spin up and stabilize, then gradually keep decreasing the rpm set speed, waiting for the rpms to settle around the target point. I notice th...

...In its defense, this thing does an exceptional job managing the fans on the low RPM end where a conventional rheostat-based controller would either stall the fans or fail to start them in the first place. It makes it very easy to determine what the lower limits of the fans are, and prevents acci...

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Just to give another experience... I've seen 4 samples of the P180 in the SPCR lab, including one very early pre-production sample. None of these have had a warped door, AFAIK. Right, but you can't deny there are apparently lots of P180 users who all got the problem. Imo, I can live with the fact t...

I think Drive-A-Way is not a solution, because it does not reduce the seek noises very much, because de disk is in contact with the aluminium. That's not fully true imo. I own a Nexus drive-a-way, and I'm pretty happy with it. The HD is never in real contact with the outher part of the box, since t...

There are no Nexus fans aviable in Europe. Are they better than Silenx iXtrema pros? I have no idea if Nexus fans are better than the ones you mention, but I suppose they are. But claiming the Nexus fans are not available in Europe is a big no-no! They are available! I don't know where you live (yo...

Hi Salameh,

first of all, welcome to SPCR. Glueing the rubber feet back on shouldn' be much of a problem to me. And regarding the door problem, mine has too. A lot of others have the same issue, and I myself find it a little disturbing too. There might be a (temporary) solution from Antec.

Well, all went pretty well so far. The computer isn't on 24/7, but I did let it on for 3 or 4 days a few weeks ago; without problems. It's a good thing I replaced the fan. It's a lot more silent, I can tell you that. And heat doesn't seem a problem at the moment. All I can say is that the PSU now ou...

the 4412F/2GL will be perfect. I don't know if it will start with that voltage however. If it doesn't start immediately it will heat up and eventually start. For y'all interest: I replaced the stock OCZ fan with the 120mm Papst F2GL. I was surprised to see that the stock, flimsy, plastic, blue leds...

Nice case... the rubber fan mounts should be on the other way around though. ;) Phew! I got mine without instructions too, but it seems like I installed them the right way then.. 50% chance! Good job Ackelind :D Bye the way: I've noticed your signature, and it says you got a Seasonic PSU. Did you g...

You mean the special long Nexus fan mounts in the back, cause that could be :D I received these fanmounts with no instruction set at all, so I had to guess a little. Ya, those. The way you have them mounted they're actually touching the case, which is not really recommended. :p Ok, I'll mount them ...

those clips on the SLK900 are for an 80MM fan, thats why they don't fit your 92mm properly. Have you tryed having the fan blow onto the SLK900? it would probably get lower temps then having it suck the air through it. Those are the biggest clips I got. Other pair of clips are even smaller. :( You t...

kloppe wrote:Nice case... the rubber fan mounts should be on the other way around though.

You mean the special long Nexus fan mounts in the back, cause that could be I received these fanmounts with no instruction set at all, so I had to guess a little.

No pictures in a dark room with all the LED's turned on? :P I like your idea of mounting the intake fan on the inside! I might do it for my BQE too (having partaly remove the hard drive rack). I always thought the location of the fan was a bad idea, being too close to the plastic bezel You got it. ...

Two topics I forgot to mention: 1) The Nexus drive-a-way is lying on the surface because airflow is passing by the top of it. If I installed it in a 5.25" bay, it would run even hotter then it is now. 2) You might be interested in some temperatures. I must say, my room is rather warm at the moment. ...

This is my first silent rig, since I started about 3 months ago, by buying the Antec 3700BQE case. Click on images to get a larger picture. Specs: * Antec SLK3700BQE with cutout fan grills, cut out HD rack, Nexus intake & outtake fan. * AMD Athlon Sempron 2600+ (1.83 Ghz standard) with Thermalright ...

Yes, well, after seeing the OCZ's Modstream review, I'm aware of that :) But it's a little late to change the PSU again, since those things cost me some money. I'll have a few pics of my case & interior online in a couple of hours, I hope, but as frankgehry says, it's not likely that I'm using over ...

My experience with my old Antec 350W SmartPower PSU, which was pre-installed in the 3700BQE case is the following: I moved this PSU to an older case, which has no case fans and a very hot CPU temperature. Because of those 2 facts, the temperature in the case is rising and is hot after some time, let...

Well, those brands of fans are hard to get in Belgium. Nexus, Papst and Enermax fans are pretty easy to find, but no Adda or Yate Loon's. You think the Nexus fan wouldn't have enough CFM's to keep this thing cool enough? Yate Loon's website reports 89 CFM for this fan, but I guess it's only running ...

Guess I'll have to open up my PSU just to make sure it's the same one. Just hate that I have to remove the motherboard to take out the PSU, but ye well.

Didn't know the 520W was reviewed by SPCR. Thanks.

Since 2 weeks, I own the OCZ Modstream 450W power supply. If I turn off all case fans, including cpu fan, I think the PSU makes too much noise for such 120mm fan. I can hardly feel some air pushing in the back, which means the fan is running slow. Still, it's too loud within my needs. Would it be po...

Hey tonka, I have the OCZ Modstream 450W. When I shut off all other case fans (cpu, intake, outtake) then I only get the sound of the PSU 120mm fan, since I have a passive cooled video card. I still think the 120mm PSU fan from OCZ is making too much noise for such a big cooler. And I just love the ...

(Ask me how I know about this. :) ) How do you know? :) I gave the front intake fan another approach. I've cutted away the HD rack so there is enough clearance in the front to mount the Nexus front fan allready inside the case, instead of outside (in the front panel actually). It has the same funct...

qviri wrote: a while back I saw a product that kept the fans in the computer going for about five minutes after the shutdown.

Guess you're talking about the Prolong from Nexus(tek).

I just got myself a new CPU heatsink, being a Thermalright SLK800 (for socket A). With the included clips, you can place any 80mm fan on it, so I've put my Papst 80mm on it. Now, since it is really easy to turn the fan around (by just removing the clips & turn the fan upside down), so it will suck a...

I'll have a look when I got the time. I'm off for a couple of hours now, might check it when i'm back. I'll overwhelm you with my questions later on

I'm pretty interested in your setup then. Possible to provide me with some pictures?

Ok, here goes. This is the damping foam in general: http://users.pandora.be/william.devos1/temp/3700BQE/01.jpg More detailed ones: http://users.pandora.be/william.devos1/temp/3700BQE/02.jpg http://users.pandora.be/william.devos1/temp/3700BQE/03.jpg Here you can see the foam touching the Zalman fan a...

Thank you for a much explaining reply. I don't actually know what type of foam it is, I don't know if it has closed or open cells, but I know it is used to isolate noise. At least that's what the included paper says. So I didn't experiment with it yet. Although the foam is allready in place I did no...

Yes, I did use the search function. All I can find related to my questions is a post that is over 2 years old.

I'm a newb if it comes to damping stuff, so a little feedback would be much appreciated. I know some people use standard egg crate damping foam too.