Doesn't hissing have to do with the Signal to Noise ratio of the sound card? I'd get a good sound card to get rid of the hissing. I agree. I can turn my Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Ultras full blast and if no music is playing then I won't hear a thing. Thanks to my M-Audio Revolution 5.1 I can't do this w...

Fortron Zen 400W fanless It's at newegg...how much airflow does a fanless psu need? It will depend on your case. If you have a huge, tall case then I think you could place the PSU up there and not have much to worry about airflow (as long as it gets some) but if your case is smaller then the heat f...

It's a separate adapter cable that connects to the 4 pin moles on one end and has two floppy connectors on the other end.

If you don't have it you can probably just buy one from wherever.

The fellow you mention has a P180. I didn't see a picture of his setup but I did see a picture of yours. To me it looks like you're not getting any airflow through your HR-01. If your PSU is super quiet then it's probably not adding to the airflow through the HR-01. Your hard drive seems to be doing...

I forgot I have a BS in Physics/Math! 5 percentage points difference at 100W = 5W 5W=0.005 kW In Wisconsin, the average cost of electricity was $0.11/kWh as of May, 2006 (Google search). Assuming a computer would be on 24x7, that would be 0.005 kw x $0.11/kWh for an hour x (24 x 365) hr = $4.8 for a...

I've tried both of them on my system: ... All in all they are both great power supplies but if they are available at the same price then get the HX520 beacause it's modular. That's the what I thought at first, too, but then I looked at a chart of the efficiencies of the PSUs that I have, based on S...

Guys, I actually have this case. [/size] My comments are from experience, not looking at pictures. I was wondering if you could do this for me, mate: 1. Make a conscious note of the noise coming from your 'puter 2. With just the front bezel off, make a note of how much noise there is coming from it...

Anyone had any experiance with this fan? I'm thinking of modding my GameXStream - not whisper quiet :? Power supply with one of these. I know there are fans out there that are tried and tested but SCAN computers here in the UK of which I have an account have these on the shelf and the write up look...

Hi, I'm finding my Corsair 520HX just a little bit too noisy, it's certainly not loud, however it is the loudest single component in my case. Current system consists of the following: Passive Motherboard Sapphire X1950 Pro Ultimate 250GB Western Digital Hard drive suspended Lian-Li PC60 case, 2 Pan...

What is it going to be powering? I think it will depend on that. If it's going to be basically idling, playing movies, or surfing the web, probably yes. If it's going to be gaming and you have the hardware to stress it, probably not.

man vs woman Jews vs gentiles "God followers" vs heathens Republicans vs Democrats Good vs Evil Us vs Them gangs Man vs woman only exists because men dont put seats down :mrgreen: Jews vs gentiles - I read that as Genitals Doh, I will look up gentiles another time. God followers vs heathens - Heath...

Subjectively speaking, the idle sound of the Samsung is somewhat (even side by side I could barely tell the difference, but there was a difference) quieter but its seeks much louder. I would say that the seeks of the Samsung with AAM are about the same, if not louder, than the WD without AAM enable...

Yeah, good reason not to buy computer gear from ebay, trying to get warranty replacement/repairs done is difficult, if not impossible. I love ebay and use it to buy many things, but not computer gear. Once the sale has gone through, than there is no obligation for the seller to fix any problems onc...

Couldn't agree more ! I cant think of anything else that has caused so much pain, slaughter and sorrow then religion !!! Think of all crusades from christians, all "holy wars" from muslims and so on. Damn 2 of them are responsible for milions and milions of deaths. In the name of religion, and "goo...

Not sure how I did double post.

Darn, triple post.

I'd love to hear opinions on these two drives as well. I've only seen one SPCR user (jedster) do a direct comparison. I had a WD5000KS but it ran too hot for my liking. Just sitting in an open case, with no airflow it would get to 43C in about 20 minutes, and it was not even being used! and in wint...

Does the Western Digital 3200KS have adjustable AAM, and if so, is it safe to use Hitachi Feature Tool to adjust it? Or does Western Digital offer some tool of their own? WD says on their website that they do not offer such a tool. Question Is there a way to change Acoustic Management settings on W...

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What HDD do you have and how does its noise compare to the PSU's?

Greetings, Maybe the [internal] speed control in the 800RPM Noctua's is a PWM, or it is working in a way to cause the motor to click? [Edit: however they are slowing down the the fan, it seems to be causing the clicking.] That might explain the following situation: I connected the Noctua 1200 fan t...

I think the SYBA HDD cooler suffers big time from the fact that the heat sink does not make that good contact with the HDD because most of its contact is with the paper label on the HDD. Still, I found it to be identically good as the Zalman ZM-2HC2 in my system (on bottom front of TJ08). I was temp...

Apparently Noctua fans don't like to be mounted horizontally. Try Globalwin NCB or Scythe S-Flex. why? and what bad happens to my ears when noctua is mounted horizontally? I was just checking my Noctua out and I thought worth mentioning that only when blowing up does it make the bearing grinding no...

My signature shows my system, sans mobo (probably abit QuadGT) and HSF. The question is, in an Antec SOLO (with a PSU that sucks up from its bottom), how important to airflow is the direction the HSF blows? I'm planning on 2 92mm intake fans, and 1 120mm exhaust. Given that, intuitively it seems a ...

I was looking at buying Noctua fans, but it seems there are issues with them when it comes to restrictions What issues? I have 2 Noctuas and 2 S-flex (all on 1200rpm) and 1 Ninja-plus-fan (some Adda) Could you give us your impressions of the Noctuas vs the S-Flex fans? I myself find the Noctuas to ...

Used it in two systems without any problems whatsoever. First was P150/NF7-S/XPM-3200+/6600GT, later TJ08/6100mobo/Opteron 152/7600GT.

Although the PSU works great I swapped it for a S12-430 so that the PSU would help with cooling thus allowing the case fan to spin slower.

I've noticed one of my fans, a Yate Loon D12SL, won't start up sometimes when I turn on my computer it will sit there trying to start, but won't get to spinning unless I give it a nudge, then it works fine it's plugged directly into the motherboard, so I was thinking maybe it's not getting enough p...

Well, I have had the most absurd experience with my NeoHE430. The nightly buzz is permanently gone - all from adding a sound card (M-Audio Revolution 5.1). I've read plenty of times that adding load can kill buzz in certain PSUs, but as my previous posts have elaborated, my buzzing was only at nigh...

The Lian-Li mesh covers would be perfect, unfortunately I can't find them anywhere (I don't live in the US, so ordering from performancepcs is out of the question). I'm still kinda struggling with this case and how to assemble everything. Currently I have the front completely meshed up and no optic...

Hi, I recently bought some of the Noctua 120mm 1200RPM fans after reading all the rave reviews about it. I noticed that all 3 fans that I have produce a humming sound that is very audble at around 7v - 9v. This hum makes the fan at 7v actually louder to me than the Nexus at 12v. I'm using the fans ...

Very nice! I built my TJ08 yesterday (unfortunately not running now as my PSU has to be sent back) and I _really_ like this case. It's the only reason I went mATX. The aluminium front is very well made, I think it's at least 5mm thick. What I did was remove the 3.5" cage and 2 3.5" bezels, cut some...