Hello,

interesting artikel here: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8170

espcially at the nuventix website at the end.

Maarten

Hello,

It's no proof but they explaning pmr.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDis ... ersion.pdf

The hd160hj is a 1 platter 160 gb drive, so i think thats its a pmr drive.
I have one and its very quiet, and uses very low power.

Maarten

Hello,

Change, you are my melodi

Lots of old dance classics, soul...
its streaming www.soulmovement.nl

Maarten

Hello, I just installed this drive and i must say it's silent. I put it in a smartdrive 2002 copper and from 30 cm you can't here a thing. After installing win xp, drivers ect. the temp according to smart is 28 c. It's uses also very little power. Samsung say's that it uses 6,5 w at idle. It's on no...

Yep, its improved! It loads fast and smooth.
Befor the upgrade the top banner appaerd always fisrt and within a sec or 2 the rest was loaded. Now its almost at the same time on my screen.
I think its a good improvement!

maarten

hello,

maybe this one: sharkoon red shock...


http://www.sharkoon.de/enghtml/fans_cpu.htm

or coolermaster hyper L3
scythe Samurai (maybe with a other fan; 80mm x 20mm)
maarten

mesured with energy monitor 3000 (voltcraft/conrad)

idle : 110W
load : 173W (2 x cpuburn)

p4 3GHz, prescot, s478
2 x 512 MB
asus p4p800-e deluxe
nvidia 6800 LE / 256MB
watercooled, eheim 1046
seasonic s12-500
soundblaster audigy2 zs
2x 120mm fans @ 6v
lg dvd multidrive burner
plextor px116a

maarten

This looks also very quiet...

http://www.ichbinleise.de/index.php?cPa ... ca86e68e86

the sd11g5 looks really nice!

http://www.soulmovement.nl
various artists 80s and 90s soul/r&b

I will be happy with enough place for a hdd in a smartdrive/Scythe Silentbox , i think thats someting most HTPC cases misses. (5¼" drive places in stad of 3½")

Maarten

I've heard some more people with the same (i think) problem. It was not with a coolermaster ps but with the sharkoon mutech (the same as the fortron zen) At the website of sharkoon there is a warning: --IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This power supply comes up to ATX 2.0 standard and is not compatible with ...

Does anybody now if the smartdrive hdd enclosure fits into the lower hdd compartment of the P180 ?
What are the dimensions of the lower compartment ?
I like to get it realy quiet...

Thanks!!

Hello, I was wondering if it is better to mount the phantom 350 upside down? All the components are mounted to the bottom with a heat conducting layer, also the fins on the bottom are longer. In my case there is a hole above the psu (12 cm, no fan) so i thought it is better to have the bottom up :ro...