I just put together a dual 1366 system last week and got the Noctua 4U heatsink fan combos. I am only using one 92mm fan per heatsink and I'm happy with how quiet they are even at full voltage. I've run the white bladed Nexus 92mm fans as case fans in the past and have been happy with those as well.

Something easy to try is new or different SATA cables. I have had SATA cables give me errors before, even ones that seemed to work fine in the past.

I use Lightroom 1.4 for processing my 5D files (12Mp), and have a Q6600 with 4GB of ram (32-bit windows though). LR uses all the cores very well, and I actually got rid of my overclock to 3.0 back to the stock 2.4 since I was always I/O limited, even with a raptor for O/S, velociraptor for LR cache ...

Yes, its "just" a notebook drive. Ufortunately I havent been able to find any SATA ones yet. Dont think they exist. :? Hi, Newegg has 48 items that are SATA notebook drives: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=380&Description=&Type=&N=2010150380&srchInDesc=&Mi...

Thank you Conroy! I love this site.

ugh, I bought a Solo from Newegg on 11/28, and can't find where I put the rebate form. Can anyone please send me the right one? I tried contacting Newegg, and they told me "We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you. Pleas...

IF compressed air is enough to bend the shaft, then (all) fans are a total piece of junk. I didn't do anything other than compressed air. You may have blown dust/grit/junk under the hub of the fan, where it is now rubbing against the housing or perhaps even in the bearing races. I don't think compu...

Both output using an optical connection to the same amplifier input using the same cable so there were no other variables introduced. I can only put the difference down to jitter! That would be one explanation, and it is a good one, but I think at least as likely of one is that different Operating ...

I just put together a Q6600 build in an Antec solo and it is quieter than my last build, which was much quieter than a G4 mac mini that I borrowed for a few months. I don't know how the new mac minis compare to the old noise-wise, but if it is similar I wouldn't pick one on a noise basis alone over ...

I wanted an nForce professional 3400 or 3600 chipset board also, but after looking at nVidia's website and seeing only drivers for Windows 2003 server, I'm not so sure anymore. The driver section for this motherboard (with 3400) on Tyan's web site has drivers for Server 2003, Win XP (32 and 64 bit)...

I'm curious to see what others recommend since I am also looking to build myself a workstation, possibly with an Opteron 1xxx, 2xxx, or an Athlon64. I wanted an nForce professional 3400 or 3600 chipset board also, but after looking at nVidia's website and seeing only drivers for Windows 2003 server,...

I used Windows 2000 for over 5 years and only switched to XP when I built a new PC earlier this month. I think of XP as little more than an overpriced Windows 2000 service pack. If Microsoft had continued their NT naming conventions and released 2K as NT 5, then XP should have been NT 5.1, rather t...

If you don't mind getting an Intel CPU instead, you might want to look into something with their new integrated graphics, like their P35 chipset, since the video driver is open source and reportedly pretty good. Both the ATI and nVidia drivers are only available as binary blobs.

an Apple ][c! I was so jealous of my friend that also had an Apple IIc but with the 800k 3.5" floppy drive. I kept getting topped out on my 140k disks (at least you could flip them over and get another 140k). Remember taking a hole punch to make another notch on the 5.25" disks so that you could use...

We use them at work all the time and have no problems. They are one of the major players in electronics components (along with Digi-Key, etc.), not some fly by night operation if that is what you are wondering. I have been happy with the few personal orders I have placed (last one was probably in 19...

One can also cut some heatshrink tubing over the coil and shrink it against the wires, which may or may not expose the actual coil to more heat if one is worried about that kind of thing. Also bonestonne, I wouldn't consider dual Pentum II Xeons anything close to "one of the first dual processor sys...

Well, I have started a for-profit website before. I don't know how much help I can be, but you need to buy a domain name. There is one body that manages them, but there are many middlemen that will sell you one. You can buy names from Yahoo, GoDaddy, etc. Then you have the right to that name as long...

I am returning to NewEgg. Part of why I wanted to test it so thoroughly is that I am in QA, the other part is that I thought I would get dinged for return shipping and a restocking fee. Newegg doesn't charge restocking for defective mechandise, and they are crediting me for return shipping. I can't ...

Thanks for your suggestions. It is a storage drive. I already have a Raptor 74 FLC0 and a Samsung 2504C in the first two SATA channels (boot from Raptor). I tried turning off NCQ, many different things, and finally I agree with andyb that it is DOA not POS. I am starting to regret getting a normal S...

Hi, I just recieved a WD5000KS based on the review here and it is having major problems: It keeps freezing my system up for ~5-10 minutes at a time, after which I'll have a few seconds of interactivity. I tried doing a low-level format through the SATA BIOS, but it hung at 93% for about 15 hours and...

Good idea!

They beep every so often (no air horn!) while on battery I have a few APC UPSs, and one can turn the beeping option off if so inclined using the windows software (and I believe apcupsd). I ask them to power down the computers before they run out of battery power, so I would rather not be woken up f...

Hi, I remember reading that WD was going to make a single platter version of the 74 GB Raptor, I think suffixed with ADFD like the 150GB series.

Has anyone been able check one out? Can you buy them in the US yet?

Thanks
Jason

Agree about switches vs. hubs, and switches are now coming way down in price. Good reminder. Yep. I just picked up a passive 5 port D-link gigabit switch at Frys for $9.99 last week (after rebates). It's the DGS-1005D. Even not on sale, unmanaged gigabit switches seem to be in the $10/port range. I...

Hmm, that fan assembly looks much different than the inside of my GX110. Keep in mind, that I have the little bitty version, like the one shown here: http://www.pcliquidations.com/item.asp?id=1460 only mine is a socket 370, not a slot 1. The power supply is beneath the laptop-style CD-ROM. I can che...

My current choice for a stable low-power consumption music server is a coppermine 600eb, run at 100 MHz FSB (instead of 133 MHz), which results in even cooler operation. The heatsink is a massive passive one. I can also then use my favorite chipset, the 440BX at a supported clock speed. I plan on on...

Epiphane, your attention to detail and clever organization is an inspiration to myself and other silent slobs everywhere.

I also liked the way you presented the story and the photos were good.
Thanks for posting.

Jason

Hi, I have a Sun SunPCI II card which is making a racket. It has a 600 MHz coppermine Celeron, and an entire x86 system on a PCI card. The board will be mounted such that the processor will be upside-down (pins pointing towards the sky), and a 92mm undervolted case fan will be blowing across it from...

...I've tried to change the fan but OpenBoot always reports CPU error if I connect the new fan to a 4-pin molex from the power supply. The CPU fan connector like some proprietary design. Did you just cut the wires from the Delta fan and solder the new fan and a resistor into the old connector, or c...

I would be wary of APC coil buzz in addition to fan noise. I have a (fanless) 725VA unit that make some electronic noise. See the reviews here: http://ostg.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=670726/id_type=M/ut=43bcceaccba4e348 It is used for a server in the other room, so it doesn't ...