the Germans finally give us something to compare:

http://www.chip.de/bestenlisten/Bestenl ... /findAll/0


last colum, higher is better

I think Noiseblocker still uses ceramic bearings (which are the alpha and omega when it comes to lifetime and noise balance). At least, that's what they did in the past. I kinda miss the papst fans as they are very available in Europe and of course the winner of the Madshrimps 120mm fan roundup, the...

I already got a reply they are forwarding the issue in my country.

they haven't solved the shortage btw, there are TONNs of crappy panels still in the channels

They solved the shortage, I don't see how anyone is getting screwed. Buying a panel over the internet is risky, but picking one up at a brick & mortar store allows you to crack the box and check the monitor out (Best Buy allowed me to anyway, and even gave me an open box deal after I was done). It ...

http://www.behardware.com/articles/667-1/samsung-226bw-a-and-s-series-the-verdict.html I bet everyone remembers the russian roulette situation with the Nidec and JVC motors on the Spinpoint drives and here it is even worse as the not tested Chimei Panels are cheap chinese crap that is sold 100 $ che...

I got the 320 GB version of the new 16MB cache Samsungs and despite it was mounted in an external enclosure, it was less audible than my old Sasmung P120 250GB (don't know if I have AAM on any of the drives). The idle seems completly silent to me for both drives.


Both drives vibrate a lot tough.

I have a HD in the 5.25 bay using Scythe HD Silencers (cheap and effective) which basically leave the HD with plenty of air around them, which I think is better than trap the heat inside a box. A box might help with the noise level tough if it's passive. Considering the results of the google HD surv...

Considering all drives will be softmounted and be the 320 GB version, which one wins in terms of performance and noise? Price is 113 vs 115 vs 121, so a non-issue. My concerns are that Samsung might screw me with a JVC motor, WD has been caught as well using crappy motors as well on the smaller driv...

I want to buy that drive as I am very pleased with the noise level of my current P120 HD (Nidec Motor). Are there different motors for the new Samsung HDs as well? Is it a good HD, not so much speedwise but from the noise level (using Scythe HD Silencer to reduce vibration, with success on the P-120...

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=7&artpage=2129&articID=421 here it was the globalwin which serves as reference below: http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=3&artpage=2153&articID=516 And it gets beaten! I assume the whole golfball blades thing works and they don't rea...

The 7900GT is totally underpowered. On the contrary, it is massive overkill for 99% of what I do. The DVD-RW... Yes it's noisy at higher speeds. I burn CDs at 8x, which is silent. The PATA cable is indeed a pain to route, and unreliable if not folded perfectly. I would be interested as well how ACs...

I know that the PC is based on an old one and therfore some compromises had to be made, but I would like to see better options mentioned as some readers might copy the system. The PSU used needed a fan mod and I think that nowadays this is not acceptable (I blame Seasonic for it). There was no part ...