shoot, thanks Neil, don't know how i overlooked the SE16's, guess i was blind sighted by green power, and the high acclaim hitachi gets over at newegg. either that or I am not spending enough time browsing SPCR :wink: , seems i should refresh my memory to what is considered silent these days as my n...

I've finally maxed my initial hdd from my current rig in an old build. and thanks to a greatly appreciated drop in mass storage prices its time for a new one, but i am torn. I love silence yet i also play games, mainly shooters so lagging is a major annoyance. The problem lies in the fact that i rea...

wow good cable routing, simple lines, awesome setup, and a backlit desk to boot!

be careful with that mobo, i bought one for my brother thinking that nForce chipset was passive as it shows in the picture but to my supprise when it showed up in the mail there was a tiny fan on it screaching away. luckily he dosent give a flying turd about having a quiet pc. You on the other hand ...

have you checked the recommended hard drives section recommended hard drives section not many 3.5 inchers but its a start, the 1/2 tb caviar se16 stands out as it is the "only high capicity drive spcr feels comfortable reccomending" a raid array like that is going to be some what loud no matter what...

nice job , really like the shrouds around the cpu and psu. just out of curiosity what is that you used for the cpu hs? just a generic hs material, or somthing you can purchase somewhere?

seriously nice job

http://www.jab-tech.com/120mm-Fans-c-81.html ^good deals on fans and shipping to canada (i think but am not positive). as for 100 dollar maxium case from ncix it might be hard to find most quiet cases may be around 100-130 best i could find was a nsk 4400 but with 3 hdd it might get a little toasty ...

if you live near a micro center i have seen the sonata III on sale there and on their website.

linky

price is a bit steep though.

thanks again, it's nice to know that i can lower my idea of reasonably priced from 180 and under to under 100. my inner cheapskate is giggling like a school girl :D . i already have 50 ft of cat5e i used when i lived at home (oddly placed router + lath and plaster + cables through ac vents = alot of...

ive heard good things about this cooler from vantec http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835110015 reviews say it is fairly quiet but a fair bit cheaper than the vf900 however if price is not your biggest concern, and silence is, vf900 fan mod or not. btw here's a link to some one w...

thanks for clearing up my confusion. networking just isnt my cup of tea if you know what i mean.
How helpful this forum is still amazes me sometimes.

vista - Visually Interesting, (yet) Still Totally Asinine

I am moving into a house with friends soon and buying a router as i/we need one. sadly networking is one of my least favorite computer related subjects. i have been looking at wireless routers with wired ports, ports for me, wireless for my notebook using friends. i want gigabit speeds but all i can...

alright, i have saved up a bit of money expecting to build a new system this fall, based around c2d or whatever amd brings to fight the c2d. now i know there are countless examples of systems based on c2d so i won't ask you to critique my rig whin i can just browse others. my problem is, as the titl...

i think i saw a a p180b on antech's b stock list a few weeks ago, http://www.antec.com/us/pro_b_stock.php , its not there now but i would keep checking up on the b stock list. the price drop for a small fix it job (maybe) is highly worth it.

nice job, how do you like the v1000? i have been looking at it and wondered how it was with dust build up.
Also, did you always have that quiet drive or did you use the stock hd mounts initially and switch later?

thanks guys, that sure is a load off my mind, with a 99 degree C cealing i guess i can rest easy . i was using a combination of speedfan and intel dcc to monitor my temps by the way, not exactly the most reliable but effective none the less.

hello, my board is an intel d865 perl witha 3.0ghz p4 cooled by a thermalright Hr-01 which works perfectly despite its only configuration turns it into a psu bbq but thats not my problem. My major concern is my northbridge now reaches temps close to my cpu temps, cpu stable at 55 C , northbridge cli...

the fin spacing on that thermal take looks rather narrow, definatly not ideal for passive cooling (less airflow can get through the fins easily) iam sure the TT makes up for it with sheer size. that size however may put a serious ammount of pressure on the motherboard. If i were you i would go for t...

I must agree with theJamppa on the hr-01's sexyness, got to love that highrise building look all shiny and whatnot. recently purchased one to cool my p4.prescott @3.0ghz works fine, no more whining stock fan with better temps. my only complaint it one that comes to all tower style hs's, lack of nort...

The article states that the disk has over 100 layers, seems like a hollogram to me. the tech doccument I posted says that using multiple layers and thousands of different angles ( i may be exaggurating*sp) differing reflections are obtained that correspond to different data. sounds like either a rip...

croddie wrote: What sort of diseases woud you have to have to generate 300Gb of medical history?

I would immagine it would have full mri immages and simillar items, a full scan of your brain would probibly take up a decent ammount of data.

prototype http://news.com.com/Maxell+focuses+on+holographic+storage/2100-1015_3-5973868.html ridiculously in depth concept http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/443/ashley.html this is stuff has been in research for years and is gearing up for consumer markets as removable storage. The sheer capaci...

EUNOS: I have a suspicion that if the fridge were 'soft mounted' - that is, sitting upon some soft material like thick rubber - a lot less vibrations would transfer across the room. Even better would be suspending it. the idea of a fridge hanging from shock cord in a kitchen made me fall out of my ...

Sorry, i was looking for silent box fans.
the fridge comment was just a rediculous suggestion based off of hunger and the fact that its right next to my desk.


So to clarify, fans = problem, scythe taconinja = hunger + ranting + silencing.

As I sit in my dorm with dual box fans and duke ellingnton competing for tonal supremeacy I think to my self, why cant box fans be manufactured by scythe, nexus, or noctura? Despite the fact that the typical cornerstore 20'' box fan costs 10$ more than a 12cm nexus, i would be willing to pay say 40-...

man those are some cramped quarters your dealing with there. plain and simple, maybe a drill a vent hole over the position of the fan for fresh incoming air and a duct around the card to stop the hot air from making its way back into your system. You also could use a small lateral/crossflow fan such...

I read a recent article in popular scence that talked about a company, startech, that created a machine which takes garbage and turns it into energy. the machine works by subjecting the trash or waste to 30,000 degree tempratures producing a gas that can be turned into hydrogen and a obsidion like g...

Ralf Hutter wrote:

mike961734 wrote: ralf is your funkadelic the same as my parliment (parliment funkadelic) with that man george clinton?

Of course.

then a "hell yeah buddy" is in order

Parliment - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication

man, everyone that i have made listed to ratatat has liked them, it never fails.

Parliament - P-funk (wants to get funked up)
off of the mothership connection

ralf is your funkadelic the same as my parliment (parliment funkadelic) with that man george clinton?