thanks guys. was thinking of either Scythe Shuriken or Shuriken Big will need to look at what are the differences in them. forgot all about the ninja mini (discontinued) so that would be an ebay hunt :( will check the avforums also. the stock fan seems to be settling down and not ramping up as much ...

hi all, ive not been on here for a long time but cam back as just rebuilt my HTPC and need help with a quiet cpu cooler. AMD Phenon II x6 1055t cpu ASUS M5A 78L-M usb3 board 8GB ddr3 (2x4GB sticks) 1600 kingston hyper X ram Nexus NX-8050 500 watt PSU Samsung Blu-ray sata drive 320gb western digital ...

hi there, thanks all for information given. what make of 9600GT did you get to fit within your solo.?

hello all, if this has been asked before sorry to bring it back up. its been a while since i was last here. i have an antec solo case and am looking for help and advice on what graphics cards fit inside this case. as i remember long ago there being issues with some of nVidia's cards being too long t...

Hello all, Have note posted or been on here for a long time. Also yes i know this is and old m/b and chip combination, but my upgrade was put on hold. A little matter of buying a new house apparently took priority (according to the boss). I picked up an AMD AthlonXP 3200+ on ebay the other week. one...

hi, my first computer was a ZX81 then onto a Vic20 then Amiga. switched back to games consoles Atari 2600 (wood effect) then Sega Megadrive. Moved back to pc when i built me first machine using a Celeron 800 with a massive 16GB hard drive (feel the power). now getting ready to build my 3rd PC. all t...

i replaced the nb fan on my gigabyte GA-7VA with a ZM-NB47J. the original fan/thin heat sink had a pad that came of really easy.
i have plenty of air flow as now everything is fitted within a Solo case.
cheers

i know what you mean. not been part of the group for long but have seen lots of these spam posts. i just dont click on them and especially dont click on their web links. i treat them like hostile emails. im sure that there must be some way to stops these. as they are spoiling a great knowledge base ...

hi, i had a similar problem with my tower. psu covers cpu. i replaced it with The Nexus AXP-3200 SkiveTek. see link; http://www.nexustek.nl/axp3200.htm it states 19db with fan @ 2400rpm. my fan auto spin speed is 2860rpm. a bit faster than it states on the box. but temp is 5c (46c) lower than the st...

thanks for getting back with info cmthomson

thinking of this memory. what you think?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =MY-058-GL

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hi there, now that i have the silence bug, old system now as silent as i can get it (good for a AMD xp2400) now starting to put together a new system. looking at this to start with; BOARD - Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi CPU - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 Cooler - Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler G/Ca...

hi there, thanks for the recommendations link jaganath. been reading more and more on here and othere sites. also went and had a look at the TJ04 & solo side by side. given up on the wavemaster as the blue glow on the front would bug me after a while (my only reason). thinking that it will be the so...

hi, for those that gave me the advice all i can say is a big thank you. new nb heatsink fitted plus fitted new psu and cpu hs&fan. the storm below my desk is now so much quieter. but i have the 'end noise' bug now. added some sound deadoning block to the old case while i had it open. at somepoint ne...

hi there everyone, been reading through lots of past reviews and and was wonder what people though of these case. how easy they are for installing components and having a tidy install. plus your experience on their sound deaden properties. all god and bad points please. sorry if this maybe starting ...

thanks for getting back to me. i have the zalman on order from a good supplier here in helsinki. will pull the plug meantime on that noise maker screaming at me. looked at the ZM-NBF47 but dont have space, thanks for mention. once i get this i will be changing psu for a nexus nx-3500 and (stock amd)...

hello there, im new here and need some advice. i have a GA-7VA r1.0 mother board. this came with a fan on the northbridge heatsink. been searching all over to find out if it is safe to remove this and replace with a zalman ZM-NB47J heatsink or similar. at the moment i am gradually making my pc quiet...