the store guy told u to use a surge protector. i wonder why you didnt follow his suggestion?

I dont know if powerstrip will work on PCI cards, but if it does, you're in business.
edit: accidentally? kinda hard not to notice WIDESCREEN in big letters of some sort, or at least from the images. how about a return?

seems a bit too expensive to me although if there is no alternative ill have to get it. btw, do the nexuses have open or closed corners?

so then how about an S12-430? I factored in the DVD burner running at full speed, the hdd, 10 USB devices(didn't want to count but i have many), a soundblaster that I'll probably get soon, a 1.4v 2.5Ghz OC, 4 120mm LED fans(all low speed yate loon, 1 for SI-120, 2 for intake and exhaust, and 1 in th...

lol i wasnt sarcastic at all seriously, it really did help. However, the poster below did say that he's doing fine with a cheap 350w PSU w/16A on the 12v rail, while if I followed correctly, the guide in your sig suggests an S12-500 or an Enermax Liberty 500w. It does seem suspicious that these 500w...

thanks, that helped a lot.

I've recently been VERY confused around with PSUs. The S12 series recommended here seems awesome, but the power ratings just don't impress because an S12-430 has 14A/15A on the 12v rail and a $50 fortron has 18A on each rail. I guess it has something to do with peak power ratings and continuous ones...

i just wanted to confirm, as i did with the led version of these fans.

oh my goodness i forgot about noise, thanks for the the heads up and help guys! Can anyone recommend a UPS that has power similar to the one I picked and still pretty quiet? 45dba sounds pretty scary, but at least that's honest(i hope !!!!). It might sound to you guys that my system might be real no...

not sure where this topic was supposed to be in, so mods, please move if you'd like. First things first, here's the link to the UPS I'm looking at: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=270218 I'm not going to power anything but my actual system, not my speakers, monitors, my s...

yeah it looks like there's many variations, and the version you have might be a medium speed version, like the one that used to be @ case-mod.com thanks for the help anyways.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/12yalod1blle.html
click on enlarge picture for both of them and tell me what you think. I need to know before I buy vibration absorbers and extra top flange fan clips for an SI-120.(if it's closed corner)

did the article ever care to mention the new soft-mounts for the fan in the S12 series?

i guess scythe is becoming a little greedy and making us buy this fan with their heatsink - is it any good??

ever since the blue led yate loon 120mm fans have gone non-existent, i dont know what other fan to look for. any recommendations?

I already plan to use some 120mm led coolermasters which get very bright, but having a blue led on top, in the power supply would provide a nice angle of illumination. Some people might suggest cold cathodes, but if I wanted that, I'd do it in a heartbeat. A bar of light is a lot less cooler than le...

I was thinking about that, but it seems that most PSU's have a 2-pin fan connector and the fans I can buy online ANYWHERE have 3 or 4 pins for power. I haven't heard of such thing as a 2-pin to anypin adapter, so if you could guide me to some fan swapping in PSUs that'd be great.(I already read the ...

here's something in the 200watt range, would this be good? I'll only be hooking up the PC, not the monitor, speakers, anything like that because I haven't had any damage from that yet. I do want to be careful about internal PC components because I've heard PSUs or mobos have blown because of power o...

I was wondering because the PSUs I'm looking at either have one or the other. The UPS I was going to buy is here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16842101002 My assumption is that without PFC is greatly increases the load on the UPS meaning shorter battery life, but I don't care a...

they used to be @ case-mod.com now it's not even listed... WTF!!?!

I was shooting for modular cables also and active PFC, but that narrows it down way too much, can't find ONE that has all those. I was looking at the coolermaster real power 450w but it looks like it'll be a bit noisy. I am NOT noise conscious at all, but I do have ears and it gets hard to sleep som...

if u dont have any intake fans, it obviously is going to reach erroneously high temps. I would think those temps are shortening the life of your card.

something wrong with case airflow? perhaps dust?

I had a noisy toshiba laptop but after I cleaned out all the dust in the HUGE heatsink, the fan became pretty quiet and significantly lower temps. I don't mean just buying one of those cans and try to blow it out through the vents, take everything apart and actually take the heatsink out if you can....

wow such pretty pics!

i went to fatwallet and couldn't find the coupon code for free shipping. can anyone direct me to it?

it's obviously not the samsung drive's fault if it doesn't 'beat' when one of the seagates are removed. You should just get some softer grommets and it'll work. If you don't like suspending drives w/rubber bands, there are many other ways that are considered suspended, such as putting foam under dri...

crazypc has the sharkoon fans, but a bit steep at $12+shipping, likely almost $20 per fan. Here's the low speed version:
http://www.crazypc.com/Merchant2/mercha ... _Code=5660

whoo thx for the info. Almost bought the thing for my p150. So you recommend the gaskets for the back of the case? Or the things from jab-tech for closed corners is good? In the review, it said that there wasn't much effect when the gasket was used, but I guess it's better than hard mounting.

how good are these soft-fan mounts? http://jab-tech.com/4-Pack-Anti-Vibration-Fan-Mounts-Open-Corners-pr-3270.html are they actually helpful in reducing vibration? Or do they do nothing and I should just get the AcoustiProducts Soft Fan Mounts that were reviewed by SPCR as excellent?(they cost $20 f...