widowmaker wrote:I store all my music on the 2.5.

Have you thought about making it 8 or 10min instead of 3 ? That way at least most songs should finish and the HD be read from again before it powers down. And face it, you will probably not hear the harddrive while you are playing music

Oh, i have an interesting one too. My screen, a Viewsonic VG712s has built in speakers. If i have those connected to the computer, whenever I move the mouse there's a sound, a bit like a slow rather quiet electrical shaver. If i use the same audio port with any other speakers, i get great audio. Fee...

Both of my Soltek NV400-64 mainboards, with AMD socket A processors, have a faint whine when the CPU idles. This is not a problem at all, though, because I'm folding all the time anyhow. Fold for quiet computing!!! :lol: I second that. I still have an old system with a Abit KD7-S motherboard with a...

If the drive just powers up and down twice a day or so, i doubt it will be that much of a problem. What would worry me is a 3min power down for a drive I'd use more than a few times a day. Especially if it would power up/down several times during a "use". This poses two questions for me. -Is it poss...

Thank you very much for your feedback. I ditched the asus motherboard.

In other words, adding 18dBA to the 15.5dBA at 500Hz is not valid, as it is not well above the noise floor? Also, your post make me think that the +18dBA formula is only valid at certain distances? :shock: (if it is valid, I still have seen no proof for that :wink: ) In that case, to me, the measure...

And a low db rating.....probably realistic, unlike some other brands. 500 ~ 2000 RPM (±10%) From 15.5 dB(A) Lessee here: 15.5dBA @ 500Hz. Double the RPM, add 18dBA, so 1000RPM = 33.5dBA. Double the RPM, add 18dBA, so 2000RPM = 51.5dBA. 51.5dBA? Yeh, real quiet fan. Can I ask from where you take th...

Bump.

I am also interested in these fans. Does anyone have any experience with them?

I am putting together a new system and is getting a D2C E8400 among other things. I was first thinking about getting an Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard, but I've found that the Gigabyte EP35-ds3 is only about 10€ more expensive, but newer and quite common among people in this forum. However, I have rea...

Well i doubt the psu will be a problem, i havent checked now but it at least used to be at the top of the recommended. Thanks for the advice about the fan, will look into those scythes. But I think i will try with the ninja mini, as it isnt "small" despite the name. Btw, This isnt my first quiet bui...

Hi all I have ordered a lot of new parts for my computer after some through SPCR investigation :lol: and want some opinions. - Do you think this will be quiet "enough" (I'd like to be able to sleep a couple meters away) or might I still need some sound-absorbing materials, venting or other fixes? - ...

Lucky me, i found a small shop that had them in stock. They mentioned something about being one of three or so stores in finland that had got it in the last couple of weeks or so.. so yeah, must be a supply issue. Some stores even expect next shipment as far forward as in the beginning of june! oh, ...

Yeah, ive been looking for the gigabyte, but i've had problems tracking it down, its probably too new. It's okay though, as i have found an asus 9600gt at a great price and hence get an accelero s1 with it for about the same price as a GF 9600gt from anywhere else. So i'm happy. On a side note, im a...

After checking around a bit, i've found that there shouldnt yet be any graphics card that need pci-e 2.0, so i guess my fear was uncalled for

In other words, i think i'll get the asus mobo

Okay, so i am getting some new parts, but don't know what motherboard to get. #I have and plan to use: Antec Solo (- one 120mm Tricool at the back at lowest speed ? = current setup) Seasonic S12 430W WD Caviar SE16 250GB (sata) Samsung one-or-the-other 60GB (ata) (might get rid of this) #I intend to...

I am thinking about getting a 9600GT, and want to know what brand u have that run that quiet with stock cooling?

nice setup btw

To quote myself: =P I am using it for work, movies, music, 3d-graphics and the occasional gaming. (in other words, it need to be decent allround) I am on a student budget however, and i really don't need to run the latest games at top resolution. In other words - i do occasional gaming. However, in ...

You can safely keep both the case and the psu, but I'd consider pulling the psu out and get it vacuumed properly (open it up and clean it).. CPU: E8400? RAM: 2-4GB PC6400 of some sort Mobo: lots and lots to choose between, I am partial to Asus... GPU: 8800GT 512MB with a HR03GT or an ATI 3850/3870?...

Oh, btw, I have some old cases, power supplies, and so on, meaning i could get a fully functional pc out of the old parts... (loud though)
What do you think i could get selling it?

Hello. My system is getting old, and i am thinking about upgrading. I am using it for work, movies, music, 3d-graphics and the occasional gaming. (in other words, it need to be decent allround) I am on a student budget however, and i really don't need to run the latest games at top resolution. I nee...

Just thought I'd follow up with how it went: I got the Antec Solo (or P150) with a seasonic S12 430W (the 380W was out of stock). This helped of course, i'm extremely satisfied with both. However, the graphic card stock fan became the new main source of noise, and an annoying such. I solved this by ...

Now, researching some more, i've found that the music is close to perfect when the computer is under heavy load like it was when i stability checked it with Prime95 the other day. Otherwise i got the noise during harddrive use.

Truth to be told, i switched case some days before i undervolted, as i got myself an antec solo and a new psu... so i have actually been fiddling with those connectors. It might be possible that i just didn't notice anything earlier i guess. I am quite sure the hard drive led functioned before thoug...

I accidentally found a solution to a very irritating problem i've had with the sound from this computer... and then i don't mean noise. I like using the computer for playing music - however, since some time, whenever anything was read or written to my sata harddrive, there would be noise instead of ...

Are you sure those will fit? I'm yet to find a cooler that fits the AGP 6600GT, other than the VF700. Well, according to the above links and others at least the aerocool and zalman 80D-HP should fit. Furthermore, Aerocool claims compatibility with geforce FX 6600 / 6600 GT , which i assume mean gef...

I have got a Club3D geforce 6600 agp that i wish to silence.

Many coolers have an issue with the separate hsi chip, however, as i also have a separate heatsink for it, at least the above should work. If you know of other worthy candidates, please post.

/hiower

Thanks for the feedback and links. I'll probably try out a zalman vf900. It seems the reason why it is not supported by zalman is that they don't ship a hsi heatsink with it, but as I already have one of those there shouldn't be a problem. I asked Zalman about it as well, we'll see if i get any answ...

Really? Well, i guess that depends on what you mean with "fit". With the 6600gt it just sticks out over the edge a bit, and i think it is the same with the non-gt card. As a matter of fact, at least galaxy has produced a 6600 agp card with the vf700 as stock cooling. But what about passive cooling? ...

I have got a Club3d geforce 6600 agp card with stock cooling (It has got a separate HSI heatsink) Now I wonder what the best cooling solution would be? The airflow in the current case is far from the best I believe, but I'm getting a antec p150 so that shouldn't really be a problem. A zalman vf700 i...

Thanks. Yep, i've checked the fans. The psu has quite a loud whoosh (It's constantly at full speed), while the graphics stock fan is not as loud but the noise is more of a whine. The case fans rate third. I use a fanmate with the zalman, so it is virtually silent. Oh, while at it, does anybody know ...