Tephras wrote:Isn't the upper hard drive bay removable on the Define Mini, but then again maybe you use those trays?

I use those trays....this machine does video editing. Video = craploads of data...TB's per shoot

Does such a creature exist?

The Asus cooler design seems best for noise, but it's 1/2" too long for my Fractal Design Mini case because of the cooler

Closest thing I've dug up is this:

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/29757 ... 2-reviewed

anyone upgrade from the R3 to the R4? Wondering if it's worth the upgrade...

Thanks for the size corrections.

Also found another possibility...the Prolimatech Samuel 17:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... ew-11.html
People have also gotten this into a GD05 w/ the DVD mount in place.

The K is smaller than the BS - that's why I went with it, so I could get low-latency RAM with heatspreaders. If the BS won't interfere with your memory, it's better than the K. Why did you order it? Posted the spec pages of the K vs. the BS above. Unless I misread it, it looks like the K is bigger ...

Scrooge wrote: It fits, and has plenty of clearance to an optical drive in that case, if you're using one.

Doh...that was a research fail...I didn't know it worked on the GD05 case...thought the Big Shuriken was the biggest that would fit.
Now I have to see if I can change my Amazon order...

@ntasvlas: no reason to hate backplates. Just didn't want to go through ripping everything out and reinstalling again :) Abula: the Thermalright unfortunately is too wide. I've got two HDD and a DVD drive in this and the widest thing that can fit is a Big Shuriken which hits memory when fully loaded...

to tear it apart again. Took about that long when I tried getting an Antex 620 water cooler in (doesn't fit BTW...it'd have to be mounted externally)-: I had to abort and install the stock cooler instead. The Scythe SCKZT-1000 Kozuti looks similar to the Big Shuriken, which means it'll hit the memor...

ok, this is driving me up the wall. I'm guessing I've got a defective stock cooler because at system startup, the BIOS reports 50C and then it goes to 58C after a few minutes. At one point, I did get it down to 29C by turning the screws on the heatsink counterclockwise and then pushing it in while t...

ok, this is driving me up the wall. I'm guessing I've got a defective stock cooler because at system startup, the BIOS reports 50C and then it goes to 58C after a few minutes. At one point, I did get it down to 29C by turning the screws on the heatsink counterclockwise and then pushing it in while t...

It mentions the Kuhler is useful is small HTPC cases where clearance is limited, then mentions the GD05 which needs the Big Shuriken and the table doesn't include test results for the Big Shuriken

And Gigabyte never seems to have ECC memory support.

Does Llano even have ECC memory support? I can't find anything on it

Thanks, all. The application is an on all the time server, so vacuuming it out is a PITA (means downtime for the server). And the room is vacuumed, but unfortunately has carpeting
I'll try a case w/ air filters first. Hopefully that'll help even w/ the stock cooler...

Anyone know what the best AM3 cooler is that won't clog w/ dust after 6 months and run 20C higher in temp?

The APC fan even kicks in if you reach about 90% of max load and then it gets really loud

I don't have buzz on mine either when it's below about 75%...

mastabog wrote: I would so use an external brick and power only the video card from it!

Won't this have grounding issues?
I.e., if you use a different power supply, the ground voltage for the video card won't be the same for the rest of your system?

Does this have the latest weird 8-pin PCI-E graphics card connector? I think they added more power pins for the giant space heaters (a.k.a. G80, SB600 :-) And the NX-8050 looks like it's the quietest. Sign me up for one if it fits into a Q-Xpack :-) Can you even get these yet? I can't find them w/ F...

Thanks, ijozic. I didn't even know Thermaltake released an AM2 adapter for their Blue Orb. I've been bugging Zalman, but they have no intention of releasing one for their CNPS7000 but now that they have competition, maybe they'll rethink it ;-) In the meantime, looks like I finally have what I need ...

If you look at the mounting mechanism, it's extremely similar to what Zalman does w/ their 7000/7700. It's a new mounting plate and screws that go into it. This only works for Socket 939 (also confirmed on Thermaltake's web site which doesn't mention AM2)...

With Socket 939, it was a no-brainer with the Zalman CNPS7000. It just fit into an X-QPack or Microfly case.. Any obvious choices for AM2 mATX motherboards yet? Most of the AM2 coolers seem to be the giant tower variety and SPCR didn't exactly give a glowing review to the Zalman CNPS8000 which I tho...

kenyee, how quiet/CFM of that Papst? This it the only thing I could dig up on Google: http://www.pcsilent.de/en_group_quiet_fans_50mm.asp The one I have is a few years old and doesn't have any of the N, etc. designations on it. It just has "TYP 612" on the back. It's pretty quiet. I use two on a du...

I have a spare Pabst "TYP 612" (60mm) if you want one...and a couple of extra Pabst 80mm 3412NGL's (80mm).
The Pabst fans are quite a bit heavier than other fans I've tried, but I bought too many.

Got a few unopened Vantec Stealth 80mm's too if you want to see how bad they are

The most recent thing I could find is from 2004 (SPCR's comparo: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article63-page2.html).

I'm wondering how the new Artic Fan 8 compares to the old Artic Pro TC and the Panasonic L1A and Pabst fans...

after an expensive lesson with it and an older system. Basically, I thought the power supply was broken, so I sent it to Seasonic for warrantee work (shipping bricks around is *NOT* cheap)-; then I bought another S12-500 to swap into a system I was building which had the same power-up issue (ironica...

Nicely done review. I didn't even know about the Scythe fans...they should make a thermistor controlled one.

Now we just need Madshrimps to do a roundup of 80mm and 92mm fans

The APC SmartUPS is silent until it uses the battery or when it roughly hits 90% of its power capacity, then a fan turns on that is a bit loud. It has true sine wave output (unlike the BackUPS and most less expensive power supplies). The biggest negative is that if the battery doesn't work any more,...

Some older systems still monitor it. I was freaked out when I had to replace a PSU in an older system and it had that bogus reading for -5V as well (the BIOS complained). On the same system, a fancy Seasonic S12-500 wouldn't power it up (turned out Seasonic doesn't support old systems any more). Upo...

out of curiosity, anyone know the MTBF for the Nexus/YateLoon? I haven't seen any specs on it.

FWIW, the Akasa Amber claims 80K hrs. It does seem to have quite a bit of wind turbulence noise, but it's totally drowned out when my BenQ DVD drive is spinning

well...I just bought one to try. The answer is yes, it works fine w/ older systems
Anyone want to buy an extra S12-500?

Anyone know if the Enermax Liberty works w/ older systems? I've got an old Abit BP6 (20-pin ATX connector) that needs a quiet power supply and the Seasonic S12-500 refuses to power it up. I RMA'd one S12-500 thinking the power supply was bad, but the 2nd one I bought still has the same symptom (fan ...