Reporting back how i got on. I've finished my build a while ago, I have been experiementing wirh linux but have gone back to windows. I have also been experimenting with fans. I've used nexus fans. I put a 120mm case fan on at 500 rpm. When I put the cpu one that is attached to the scythe ninja it d...

Further update, if anyone is interested, despite the response I got here is that I went for the gigabyte board, as I'd heard reports that the ASUS board has a northbridge heatsink which runs very hot - possibly requiring a fan under passive conditions! I will see how I get on with the fan control. T...

UPDATE: I decided to up the budget a little and now I have narrowed it down to two boards: Gigabyte motherboard GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 Express LGA775 1333 FSB £56.56 at microdirect Or: Asus P5N-D, NF750i SLI, 775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2, 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £75.32 at scan The only d...

I don't have this board - this is based on days of surfing for info but the Gigabyte EP35-DS3L and variants should be on this list. Has serial and parallel ports on back!!!! Undervolting ok Will definately support CPU SLOW fan speed control in bios and reports of it supporting one of the two system ...

Hi, yes I will probably fit another drive if its not too noisy. I probably will get an E8400 but I have other problems at the moment in choosing. I've spent most of the last week researching motherboards. And all of this weekend from waking until sleep time. I've done nothing else - my life is on ho...

Thanks for the helpful replies and info on the 4580e 2.5Ghz CPU. I have spent a few more days doing research. I decided that if I stick with the AMD route the Asus M2N-VM DVI and 4580e will be the one to go for with integrated graphics. That low price, power consumption and heat of this system is at...

Thanks for the reply. I've had a look at the TDP of both chips but I've found a few articles that say that AMD and Intel have been measuring and quoting them differently, making it hard to compare them. So I'm quite confused about it! All I do know though is that the Intel chip is almost twice the p...

Hello, after many days of research, mainly on spcr, I have come up with a spec of parts. Antec Solo £55.98 385W Enermax PRO82+ EPR385AWT £42.88 Asustek M3N78-EH AM2+ IG GeForce 8200 ATX DDR2 AUDIO LAN £49.36 (integrated graphics to save power & improve cooling - supposedly plays HD ok) AMD Athlon...

Hi guys Has anyone seen the Fujitsu-Siemens ESPRIMO P5925? It claims noise specs of 17dBA !! with CPU 90% load (Blue angel requirement). A weighted sound power level Lwad (in B) / Workplace related A-weighted sound pressure level LpAm (in dB(A)), (bystander position) (ISO9296 http://sp.fujitsu-sieme...

Thanks for the reply. I have looked into suspending the drives or standing them on foam. Problem I have is that its a Dell, so I can't remove both side panels to get proper access to put in the elastic. I have tried moving the drive to the Floppy slot. Noise was as bad, or worse. Also tried mounting...

Hi all I have just bought a new Spinpoint 250 GB SATA. I have installed it into a Dell Dimension 5000 which already had a Barrcuda fitted. In these Dell pcs there are plastic 'snap on' brackets that slide and snap into the chassis. This Dell was the quietest PC I've had .....until now. Now when the ...