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by fox
Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:44 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: cheap laptop hard drives
Replies: 5
Views: 3573

sealed deal on the samsung. anyone care to give as a quick little word on these drives, just want a quiet but cheap as hell 80gb 3.5incher from the list? (this is as an extra for my desktop collection of hard drives, got a 80gb maxtor SATA and 40gb WD in my main rig, and a spare 6gb and spare 8gb fo...
by fox
Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:13 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: cheap laptop hard drives
Replies: 5
Views: 3573

cheap laptop hard drives

OK i'm about to build a pc into my car for audio and visual treats. the pc i've got is pretty useless for silencing and making low power and heat, its a P4 with a phat MATX board and pc2100! but i got it free from work as someone just told us to bin it due to dead hard drive. so i need a new hard dr...
by fox
Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:05 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Quiet cheap 250gb+ hdd? £<70 in uk
Replies: 4
Views: 3564

the 20 quid margin was because i couldn't remember the actual price of the mobo i'd found, found it again now and its 43 GBP. but this is a cheap as possible build. the reason im spending 10 quid more for a SATA compatible mobo is because i will be using the hard drive on my main system possibly at ...
by fox
Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:59 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Building a HTPC/fileserver into a wooden drawer?!!?!?!...
Replies: 2
Views: 1941

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB Sata2

that any good, nice price £63.40 on OcUK???
by fox
Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:40 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Cheap Cool/silent/quiet/passive? cooler for 9600pro
Replies: 5
Views: 2684

Cheap Cool/silent/quiet/passive? cooler for 9600pro

As title suggests, AGP 9600pro, stock cooler broke ages ago. need a cheap replacement that is as quiet as possible, simple, oh yer and cheap and available in the UK
by fox
Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:36 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Building a HTPC/fileserver into a wooden drawer?!!?!?!...
Replies: 2
Views: 1941

Building a HTPC/fileserver into a wooden drawer?!!?!?!...

this is my plan, i have a smallish draw, its about the size of an average microATX desktop case, about 10m narrower than my compaq presario 6200 case, mobo and components fit easy. plan is: have a quiet, near silent (so it can be left on for long periods of time) not be anywhere near a fire hazard, ...
by fox
Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:10 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Passive/Silent CPU cooling for SKT A 2200+
Replies: 0
Views: 1063

Passive/Silent CPU cooling for SKT A 2200+

as title says, in an nforce 2 chipset, probably an MSI K7N2GM2-ILSR at the mo. xp2200+ probably undervolted/clocked if mobo supports/i can. i want as quiet as possible, buttttttt, and its a big one, as cool as reasonably possible as i need to keep temps low in the enclosure its going in (wooden, wil...
by fox
Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:05 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Quiet cheap 250gb+ hdd? £<70 in uk
Replies: 4
Views: 3564

Quiet cheap 250gb+ hdd? £<70 in uk

ok, im building a linux/mythtv based system, hopefully into a big draw that i don't really need near my tv and pc. shopping list so far(this is a very tight budget build) already have thorouhbread b 2200+ skt A cpu, 512-768mb ram. either or parts of my compaq case, or built into drawer for case, cho...
by fox
Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:30 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: The price you've paid for silence (in dollars)
Replies: 47
Views: 23030

I'm doing okay really; nowhere near as silent as some of you but its pretty silent in windows operation, 3d my G-card goes through the roof but still. hardware: DFI Lanparty ultra-D fan set to only be high when chipest =>55 deg AMD64 3000+ @2.45ghz Leadtek 7800GT @ 461/1171 Crucial ballistix 2gb PC4...
by fox
Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:39 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: reducing Hard disk noise
Replies: 19
Views: 8602

anyone know of how to enable AAM on a Maxtor Diamondmax plus 9 SATA drive?
by fox
Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:49 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: reducing Hard disk noise
Replies: 19
Views: 8602

go for the soft mounting i just hung mine in a few elastic bands has helped quite a lot, shame about my psus fan and gpu startup noise ruining all my work
by fox
Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:53 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Advice on Socket A 266 FSB SATA mobo for use in silent pc
Replies: 13
Views: 5334

ok SATA is not a necessity im sure i can live with some cheapo OEM HDDs from PCWorld or something (i work and get staff discount there) anyone bar stupid who has been quite helpful there recommend by experience a decent Socket A microATX feature packed mobo, SATA not requried but would be nice.??? i...
by fox
Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:07 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Advice on Socket A 266 FSB SATA mobo for use in silent pc
Replies: 13
Views: 5334

no one can recommend a decent socket A mobo, from experience thats qutie well featured and not tooo noisy? hard to believe with the people on here and their 2500+type procs
by fox
Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:13 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Advice on Socket A 266 FSB SATA mobo for use in silent pc
Replies: 13
Views: 5334

thats a bit of a wide spectrum, im not that worried about voltage opitions as long as i have the option of 0.1volt up or down. i made the thread as im looking for a recommendation by experience/knowledge on certain models as being reliable feature packed micro atx and cheap. having had the cpu fan a...
by fox
Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:10 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Advice on Socket A 266 FSB SATA mobo for use in silent pc
Replies: 13
Views: 5334

Advice on Socket A 266 FSB SATA mobo for use in silent pc

as the title says, im looking to make a quiet pc from the leftovers from my old compaq 6240 motherboard took a shit after i cleared CMOS? anyways im sick as hell of my loud but quick main system chipset/GPU/80mm case fan make a lot of noise and i've got 2 spare graphic cards,a 40gb HDD, an athlon XP...
by fox
Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:32 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Is Hiper Type R 580W SLI Ready good choise for quiet PSU?
Replies: 7
Views: 3647

Colleague at work says its the loudest part of his P4/9800pro system, i have the 480 and its about 4th loudest