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by agus_c_o
Tue May 15, 2007 3:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What was your first computer?
Replies: 65
Views: 37543

a VIC 20 http://oldcomputers.net/vic20.html It was compatible with atari's joystick. i used to play rat race http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_Rat_Race then a no branded 486dx 33Mhz 4MB ram 100MB hard disk. upgraded with a creative multimedia kit (a ISA sound card and a 1x CD-ROM) DOS 5.x windos 3....
by agus_c_o
Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:03 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Help With Airflow [Picture Included]
Replies: 11
Views: 6764

you could try to softmount your HD at the 5 1/4 bays
here are some ideas
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=19147

that way you will end with a quieter and cooler computer
by agus_c_o
Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:46 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Adequate dust filter?
Replies: 12
Views: 5046

used or new? :lol:
by agus_c_o
Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:34 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

Charles wrote:I saw you had the Samsung HDD stand with some motherboard screws on a foam... Does this make less noise?
BR!
you can check this:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=8240

foam is very effective reducing vibration but elastic is better IMHO
by agus_c_o
Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:11 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

Did you ever tried mointing the HDD-s in the 5.25" drive bay areas? I also have a memory card reader in the top 3.5" bay... 8) First I am thinking of something different, than cutting the case... :? BR! No I didn’t because my case has a very open mesh at the 5.25” bay area and the hard drive noise ...
by agus_c_o
Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:18 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

Welcome to SPCR Charles
by agus_c_o
Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:09 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

How did you get rid of the 3,5" drive holder rack? I am trying to make my HDD-s more silent (2 Samsung sata).. Drill out the rivets that hold it in place. I then used a dremmel rotatory tool, to cut the sides and left just enough metal to hold the memory card reader in the floppy bay. and reinstall...
by agus_c_o
Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:27 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

Last changes: got bored and decided to try suspension: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c278/agus_c_o/lastsusp3.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c278/agus_c_o/lastsusp1.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c278/agus_c_o/lastsusp2.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c278/agus_c_o/lastsusp4.j...
by agus_c_o
Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:18 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
Replies: 447
Views: 1179543

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by agus_c_o
Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:38 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: CPU temp 10 deg lower than sys temp...is this meas. right???
Replies: 11
Views: 4982

My Abit board reports 33°c too (20°c ambient), I corroborated with a temp probe and the temperature measurement is 32°c at the chipset heat sink, so the air cooling the CPU is a lot cooler, with cool and quiet and a very efficient heat sink it is possible to have a CPU a few degrees cooler than the ...
by agus_c_o
Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:28 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: I've put a ton of work into my system, and it's not SILENT!
Replies: 13
Views: 8811

Re: I've put a ton of work into my system, and it's not SILE

An option, perhaps, is undervolting the CPU fan, but will that sufficently cool the CPU? It already isn't cool at 44-45C at idle. My case temp is usually around 32C. Your Thermaltake SI-97 heatsink should do a good job at 7 volts perhaps even at 5 with a 92mm Nexus fan. Keep in mind that abit board...
by agus_c_o
Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:56 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
Replies: 447
Views: 1179543

timmytimmytimmy wrote:How important is it to check the temps?
check this:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=7677
by agus_c_o
Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:23 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
Replies: 447
Views: 1179543

The shortcoming of this settup is the lack of airflow to the bottom of the hard drive. Watch your harddrive temps with SpeedFan or some other temp monitoring software. Change the mounting setup if the HD temp goes too high. a posible solution: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c278/agus_c_o/hd2.jpg...
by agus_c_o
Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:40 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

I don't normally smoke inside; in fact I don't like the smell ether but it’s an easy and safe source of smoke
(safe for your home not for your lungs) :lol:
by agus_c_o
Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:54 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

Thanks for your comments nici maybe worth a try, but now I’m lazy and kind of satisfied with my setup. The original goals were to make a push pull configuration with the upper front intake and the rear exhaust (I’m want to get a Scythe Ninja or a Zalman CNPS9500 an try it fan less), and the lower in...
by agus_c_o
Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:04 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

I made the following modifications: Swap the heat sink fan, I broke the zalman by mistake and wasn’t able to get a nexus 92mm silent fan, so I tried a coolermaster 80mm and I am very happy with the result, no more bearing noise. I have very low temps at 1300 rpm and at this speed the fan is almost i...
by agus_c_o
Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:45 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Calling All Good Fans!
Replies: 143
Views: 311818

am I the only one still waiting for a revision of the Recommended Fans?
by agus_c_o
Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:26 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Getting a new case, any non-Antec reccommendations?
Replies: 18
Views: 7720

I have a C5 and I am very happy with it, looks great and is very well build, I made it some mods have a look here http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=24644 but If you like the C5 you may consider centurion 530 as well, it has the 120 mm intake instead of 80 mm already and more room if y...
by agus_c_o
Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:20 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Fan Orientation & Good 120mm Fan (excl Pabst, Panflo, Ne
Replies: 13
Views: 5781

The speeds of my COOLERMASTER A12025-12CB-5BN-L1 are 5v….540 7v.…780 12v...1200 I have another coolermaster but is a A12025-12CB-4JN-L1 and has no rpm monitoring. both of them are very quiet at 7 or 5 volts, at 12v when I'm playing they are louder but not disturbing most is air noise with out motor ...
by agus_c_o
Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:51 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Need a 120 mm fan
Replies: 8
Views: 4826

I have two Panaflos L1A 120mm and they are noisy even at 5volts I although have
one Coolermaster A12025-12CB-5BN-L1 and one Coolermaster A12025-12CB-4JN-L1
and they are a lot better. hope it helps.
by agus_c_o
Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:22 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

Get rid of that Zalman heatsink and replace it with a fanless heatsink such as the Scythe Ninja. Your army of case fans would easily keep this cool... in fact, get rid of all but one of your case fans and it'd still be cool enough. Thanks for the suggestion but it is very dificult to find the Ninja...
by agus_c_o
Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:45 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 silent rig
Replies: 2
Views: 3159

Think you should have posted this in the gallery forum [Done!] Looks nice! Interesting fan placment (One above cd drive)....any reaason for putting it there? the porpouse of the upper-front intake fan is to take cool air from the front case mesh to the CPU and PSU, because if the PSU gets a little ...
by agus_c_o
Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:27 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
Replies: 447
Views: 1179543

Drive suspension: I really wanted to suspend my hard disk but it is enclosed in a cooledrive 3 so it took me a lot of effort to find the best way to do it. So I figured out that a PSU is a little bit wider than a 5 ¼ so y used the case of an old one. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c278/agus_c_o/s...
by agus_c_o
Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:57 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Suspending Enclosed HDDs
Replies: 11
Views: 6453

here is my suspended enclosed drive hope it helps http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=24644
by agus_c_o
Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:26 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 Quiet system
Replies: 20
Views: 16348

My Centurion 5 Quiet system

Hi everyone: This is my first post, and I want to thanks all of you, I have learned so much since I read in this forum and website. I am from Toluca Mexico and don’t speak English very well so forgive me if I make a lot of language mistakes. Now lets see my rig: Specs: MB: .................Abit KV8 ...
by agus_c_o
Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:45 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My Centurion 5 silent rig
Replies: 2
Views: 3159

My Centurion 5 silent rig

Edited: I took out the photos from this post (posted at testing but mrochester moved it to gallery so there was a duplicated post)
better look a this:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=24644
by agus_c_o
Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:41 am
Forum: Consumer Advocacy
Topic: IMPORTANT: Poll for those with SAMSUNG Hard Drives
Replies: 169
Views: 195183

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Hello
Noticeable whine (with case closed, about 1 meter away): No
Noticeable whine (with ear next to harddrive): No
Model Number: SP0812C
Month of purchase: 2005.06 (almost 2005.07)
Motor: JVC stamp FDB
Revision: Rev. A
Date of Manufacturing: 2005.05