Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Asus P5E3 Premium mb 2x Corsair DDR3, 667 MHz, 2048 MBytes 2x WD Velociraptor w/o icepacks, suspended Enermax Modu82+ 625W 120mm Scythe fan @800rpm on Xigmatek 1283 hs- blowing toward rear Fander FX-120 @700rpm as exhaust case fan CPU idles at ~30C, maxes out maybe low 50s. V...

I have a Samsung Syncmaster 940B from 2005 that sounds like a phaser/flanger when adjusting brightness and contrast. I have a saved txt file which tells me what setting it is quiet and looks good at, which is: Brightness 76 Contrast 62 There should IMO be a law that enforces monitor manufacturers to...

I'm very close to buying an Antec Solo. (Skip this part if you don't like storytelling) I currently have my main rig in an Antec 300, which I had to ship in my checked in baggage from Los Angeles to Stockholm (with 3 layovers). End results = the whole case is altered like a trapezoid, have to use vi...

Thanks for the reply. Replacing the fan would void the warranty, right? In any case, I've contacted Nexus themselves and they agree with you, it has to be a defective unit, and I have already gotten an RMA ready for this, just have to ship it. Gonna see if I can return it and get a Corsair 450VXEU i...

I'm building a silent computer for my mother. Spent all evening putting some bequiet! dampening pads in, and now I'm at the point of a booting system. I have the Nexus NX-4090 (v2.0) which I just bought today (together with the rest of the stuff). My case is the Antec SLK3000-B, so the PSU goes in t...

Thanks a bunch! That picture will help me a lot. What kind of elastic is that? Did you put the screws through it, or is that two separate windings around the drive at each screw section? If you do have more pictures, I'd really love to see them. I'm curious, did you cover up the top fan grill? I tak...

Hi everybody. Recently moved to Los Angeles from Sweden, and was forced to buy a new case (could only fit internal components in suitcases). I'm curious if anyone's got any good ideas on how to suspend the harddrives in this case using rubber bands. I'm not very creative on that end unfortunately. T...

To all of you who've received whining 8800's, be it GTS or GTX's: Have anyone of you returned your card for another one, and received a non-whining sample? OR... Have you applied that substance (my mind fails me to recall what it was, glue-like?) to the coil making the noise, and had it removed that...

I recently installed a Thermalright 120 Ultra with a Nexus fan, connected thru a Zalman Fanmate. In speedfan, it reads about 6-700 rpms on the fan, and from 22-28 degrees depending on how long I wait after I boot. This is idle of course. If I start Orthos to stress the CPU, it jumps IMMIDEATELY to 5...

A relative had a Zalman ZM80D-HP he's not using, and when we removed it from his old videocard we also stripped the small heatsinks (the ones that go on the video cards RAM) from the small glue-pads or whatever you wanna call them. I'm now trying to put this big blue contraption on my X800GTO and th...

I don't think there's any other solution than getting a case bigger than for example the P180, and then coming up with some sort of H.D.D Suspension system for all your 8 drives. Not that far fetched, and it's proven over and over again that while grommets may reduce vibrations somewhat, it's still ...

I've heard the nexus are pretty quiet.

I can't hear mine right now

Well this is kinda embarassing, turns out I didn't fit the CPU cooler properly :/ Fixed now. Anyways, things don't crash for me now. But I'm still getting the same temperatures on the GPU, and I've researched Rivatuner and apparantly the GPU doesn't support controlling the fan speed other than defin...

I see, well what if we look simply at the temperatures?

My case is generally about 38-40 celcius, and this environment generates 85 C on load for the GPU. Is that even reasonable?

Hi there everybody, first post for me here. Excuse the random cluster of texts, I tried to rank it in order of importance to increase chances of replies. A small reply to just a tiny bit of my post is still much appreciated! Just bought a Gainward 8800GTS, and it gives me 63 celcius core temp on idl...