I've been looking at the SR107 as well, I just have 2 reservations... 1. The cost with 8 hotswap cages is a little high, about $290. Did you purchase the case with these included, or did you get them separately? I can only find them separately, for $70 or more each, plus shipping. 2. With 8 drives i...

that is an awful price for the p80 80gb, I see many around $70-$80 on pricewatch.com

Marginal, eh? The review I posted seems to suggest that having a little air flow next to it (PSU, exhaust) makes it quite usable. And since we're talking about redundancy, its funny that you post and repeat what GamingGod suggested, except more condescendingly. If you don't like this thread, let it ...

Read the article, there are no threads that tell you where to buy this thing in the US. At least I couldn't find any by searching.

I already have spent enough $$ chasing down the best heatsink, but this looks great for someone who could use a heatsink.

http://www.dansdata.com/ncu1000.htm

I finally bought this PSU...

I blew it with a hairdryer for a long time (3-5 mins?) and the fan didnt seem to speed up. It sure is quiet, but does anyone know if the fan will speed up a lot if it needs to? I think this PSU would let the case temps go too high before running at high speed.

skinnypupp wrote:Trust me, the single 80mm fan in the Thermaltake PSU is the only thing that generates any sort of noise in that system, and it is truly "dead silent". You don't have to take my word for it though...

I'm just curious, how do you know so much about this system? Do you know this guy or something?

AtomicDude512 wrote:Yeah, right. 40db is "dead silent"? According to me my system is about 30DB and IT bugs me right now...

He says he held the DB meter right next to the PSU exhaust, so presumably it would be much quieter at a more common testing position.

Some of you have probably seen this article.. is it trustworthy??? I cant imagine passive cooling a 2.8ghz p4...

Less than $100 before a PSU. And I should've mentioned, I don't like doors on the front bezel :/

Lian-Li and Coolermaster have 2 80mm intakes in their cases... my friend's lian-li is very quiet with this setup (aside from the 4 WD hds) Are there any non-wallet-blasting cases with 2 80mm intakes? Or, which cases have the best front-bezel design? With a more open front bezel, 2 rear exhausts and ...

Ahh, the probe seems to add 10C, because it says the temp outside my case is 32C.

This didnt make sense until I remembered that one of the bios updates increased the cpu temp probe reading 10C to more accurately reflect the real die temp, and this probe is plugged into the cpu probe pins.

I dont know what the PSU heatsink temps are.. I just stuck the thermal probe in the middle of the PSU, and it reads 48C.

I bought 2 18CFM NMB fans and put 1 in my PSU and 1 as a case exhaust.

My ASUS A7V (KT133) shows MB temp of 39 celcius, and a temp probe in the PSU shows the air is 48 celcius.

These are load figures.. too hot, or OK?

Bump for more information!

From looking at the volts vs. CFM vs. air pressure chart, I dont think the relation between volts and CFM is linear.

Lower voltages will drop CFM more quickly at the same air pressures.

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/app ... fba08a.pdf

KatanaMan! I am waiting eagerly to hear your experience with your PSU

I don't like the directron one. It looks like the rest of the motherboard (and the case, if it's small) will heat up (if you look at their picture). Thanks for the other link though. I found it here too ($6) ( http://new.3dcool.com/?module=product&sku=A1643 ) but they want to charge over $11 to shi...

About sealing up the back vents.. I am not sure about covering those, because maybe they're there to encourage air to flow over components back there? Does the back of your PSU get hot?

Lost a blade? Was everything packed alright?

Did you get the stock 120mm fans? Apparently they're thermally controlled, have you tested them out yet?

Anyone know if the 18CFM 80mm NMB fan can be safely used in a PSU?

There is another way to look at it. Example: 80mm fan pushing 53 CFM = 39 dBA 120mm fan pushing 55 CFM = 26 dBA Since noise is doubled ever 3 dBA, the above example shows the 120mm fan is 1/3rd as noisy as the 80mm. Granted many of us from this forum wouldn't be using fans at high CFM, but the poin...

Google decibels, its a scale. Every 10 decibels = 10 times more noise. To figure out the difference in noise of 2 fans, take 10^((louder_fan_noise - quieter_fan_noise) / 10) which will give you the number of times louder the louder fan is. To find the decibel difference that yields twice the noise, ...

pcweltz, have you received your case yet? can you give us some of your impressions compared to other cases you've had?

also, does it weigh an average amount for a steel case, or is it overly heavy?

Hm.. I am thinking about getting this case from CoolCases ... it has a different front bezel, but I think its otherwise the same. I'm concerned about the bezel over the front fan.. the review of the Macase Galaxy II says it seems restrictive. Although I do like the filter. I dont see how I can mod t...

I'm not sure if this would work on a Thermalright...

They use fan clips instead of screws. Anyone know if the clips would hold this on along with the fan?

Thermalright would have a challenge, if this fit Athlon mobos.. as it is, I think only the AX-478 and SLK-900 from Thermalright fit Intel mobos. The SLK-900 accepts 92mm fans, so a noise & performance comparison with this Zalman would be nice. While it does seem to perform well, and the fin design g...

Why oh why isnt there an aluminum version of this case?! I want 120mm fans in an aluminum case, without an acrylic front panel, or a bunch of chrome/brushed silver. The Aluminum Dragon/X-Pider/Matrix cases come so close... but the X-Pider is the only one (or the new matrix, which I've only found 1 p...

I am eyeing this PSU as well. It can be had for a bit cheaper at newegg.com, $32 shipped. At least I'm assuming they're the same? :) UPDATE: unless SilenX is measuring the dB of this fan from a different spot than the manufacturer, the stock fan in this PSU is different. 60CFM @ 39dB. Still, a cheap...