heh. sweet mike! looks like my PC i built earlier this summer, only mine is on plexi instead of wood.

Alexandrus wrote:Also good to see some people still have opinions about stuff they have never tried.

if by never, you mean in the last 10+ years, then yeah you got me pegged.

good to see the the sound absorption myth/placebo in PC's is still thriving.








cant wait for the upside-down HDD's revolution to make a comeback....

Zoide wrote:Spea

quest_for_silence wrote:

wywywywy wrote:Sounds like we have a new KING?

Likely no (TB has a pretty different approach than SPCR).

Speaking of which, there haven't been any new posts/articles on SPCR in over a month.
Is that normal, or is the site dying?

Thanks

SPCR doesnt get to take a summer vacation?

Ubiquity Access Points to me are best, its enterprise grade hardware at very accessible price points, very easy to setup software. agreed. ubiquiti's mesh is the only one ive seen that actually handles wifi handoffs without a hitch. I install about 2- 3 a week. (just make sure you have updated firm...

Thanks for the link and info. Looks like it would be a waste without PCIe 3.0 4x. personally i found it to be a waste even with 3.0 4x. these are meant to be enterprise drives, with tons users/apps accessing the drive at the same time. desktop users dont do enough simultaneous reads/writes for NVMe...

graysky wrote: I am currently using an Samsung 840 Pro connected via the SATA port. Thanks!

it will work. but you wont "feel" any actual performance increase over the 840.

@ OP:
my bet is still on lack of ups. the nas may have been lucky, had a better PSU or just on a more robust circuit....who knows.
play it safe. Its good insurance to have a ups for every "important" PC.

Ok: I asked because I was curious to know whether it was defective or not (there's a chance it was defective, because I noticed a similar odd behaviour on defective Super Flower and Seasonic units with semi-passive controllers). I found more than a few similar complaints about the noise of the fan ...

had that silverstone SFX PSU. Did you send it back for RMA procedure, or did you change it with another PSU? returned it and got; http://www.highpower-tech.com/CA/product_page.php?class=20130625152157&id=20140707151110 fan stays on all the time (which i prefer) -not silent, but quiet enough for my ...

YMMV/
had that silverstone SFX PSU, sent it back due to its fan "rumbling" as it was constantly turning on and off every minute or 2.

anyone who would want that job is certifiably insane.
our job is to pick the least crazy one -well those of US in the electoral college that is.

Nec_V20 wrote:

xan_user wrote:

edh wrote: 61C at 800rpm

ouch.
thanks to edh for distilling this thread's walls o text into one succinct post.

I would strongly suggest that you read the reply I posted to edh before continuing.

no need. "a picture is worth...."

edh wrote: 61C at 800rpm

ouch.
thanks to edh for distilling this thread's walls o text into one succinct post.

FWIW i have a low profile coolermaster that SPCR said was crap. I added 4 strips of foam between the fan and cooler, to eliminate fan vibration, and its does just as good as my shuriken @ $10 less.

quest_for_silence wrote: BTW, xan, how would you hook up the LCD monitor?

hdmi is good to ~50 feet. then you need a repeater/amp. there are also hdmi over cat 5 kits, for much longer distances.

Putting the PC in the next room isn't possible due to the cable that connects the amplifier to the PC. of course it is possible. I install/service whole home AV and PC servers in central EQ closets locations all the time. you could either get a longer "cable", or put the amp in the next room as wel...

PC on floor with pets and or country living = silence nightmare. Those who havent experinced the insides of a comp under those conditions, just dont understand. SSD: 500GB Samsung 850 Evo is my preferred 256GB SSD :) :mrgreen: @ OP, what about a wall-mounted case, or just put your case on a shelf? O...

b3nbranch wrote: I'm looking at some level VI ac/dc converters (at CUI.com),

linky to one(s) youre looking at?

...
I wonder why an SPCR member would be interested in ANY stock cooler info. period.

James213 wrote:Hi, what is the quietest case? There must be a number 1.

any case thats placed in another room, away from the user.

Lawrence Lee wrote:http://www.silentpcreview.com/AMD_Intel ... k_Coolers/

"Page not found"
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http://www.silentpcreview.com/AMD_Intel_Stock_Coolers

regular consumer wifi suckx ass. and to make things worse, AFAIK a 300n is not real dual band. non dual bands only work well with one wifi device of each frequency at a time. Id get a ubiquiti air router HP and/or a directional nanostation 2.4 and make sure you are not on the same channel as your ne...

I know that I'll have to figure out a server build allowing for drive suspension on a very limited budget. free is always cheapest. http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/download/file.php?id=1178 http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/download/file.php?id=1179 check here fro more ideas, http://www.sil...

If changing the gas in the drive is a big deal, why not have a vacuum? Surely that would give better benefit? It's not like a hard disk could not be built to withstand the forces of a partial vacuum anyway. floating heads actually require something to float on. the cushion of gas is there to keep t...

usb = 5v -so any fan(s) running off that will need to be able to start consistently at that low voltage.


I would power 2 slim 120 fans from a 12v brick, and use a fanmate for speedcontrol

damn, that book pricing is really tempting... Yeah, they are interesting drives. I'm still waiting for an understandable explanation of why the helium doesn't leave over time. As for the warranty differences, it's probably the cheap PSU in the external drives that fail before the HDD itself. It was ...

if you have empty 5.25 bays, you could duct the PSU intake, from front of case, so that it is isolated from other internal heat sources.

IMO no off the shelf case will silence that rig enough for sleeping in same room. option a/ build custom case out of wood with well insulated sound baffles option b/ swap components for ones that produce less heat (thus quieter) option c/ move pc to next room, run video, sound and usb cables through...