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- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:59 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Building a HTPC/fileserver into a wooden drawer?!!?!?!...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1941
- 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
- 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, ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:39 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: reducing Hard disk noise
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8602
- Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:49 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: reducing Hard disk noise
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8602
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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