I have actually got seagates i think. ST3160023A ST3200822A HD501LJ The samsung is definitely quieter, i think the others may be louder because of age. I remember buying a samsung barracuda long ago, and it was said to be the quietest HD around, and it was quiet. I couldnt tell the difference when t...

cool
thanks for the advice i will do that wasnt sure if it was a good idea

After finding this site, it took me 2-3 weeks to build my PC to how i wanted it. Because of SPCR i decided to buy nexus fans, a p180, tried elastic HD mounting, bought a Seasonic 430w etc... This is the result of my pc atm. At first i was very dissapointed with the P180 but got it to a good level wh...

i'm having this same problem,
instead i put the scythe ninja fan on the back

I've always had it passive,

its a northbridge core so its not as hot..
should the scythe ninja be sufficient fanless?

yes, i did the only holes are the intake and the exhaust, maybe its better i put a fan in front of my heatsink, anyway i will be putting a scythe ninja in this week. Right now i have a thermaltake silent tower without its fans and a northwood 478 Pentium 4 2.8ghz http://www.drako.it/drako_catalog/im...

Hi I've been trolling these forums for a while now reading everything i can about the P180. What i found was that you can in fact mod a fan on the bottom compartment, but on the thread there was no pictures, and you couldnt put anything thicker than a 20mm fan in there. The improvements for this mod...

Hi! so i blocked off all the small holes on the case xcept the intake and exhausts AND the top blowhole. now when running my cpu it heats up over 60c What i've also done is replace all the fans with 2 scythes and 1 nexus and put a bottom fan in front of the case (taking the filter and lid off) anyon...

awesome
solution to only 2 fans for the entire computer (PSU and this)
although it looks humungus

Hi! i have an Intel D865PERL board, in the bios it has a fan control option, and i use Intel Desktop Control Panel The thing is the fan plug only has 3 pins, and my nexus fan uses that plug too, so i plugged it in. The IDCC only shows the RPM speed of the fan and has a lock icon, saying i cant contr...

Hi I've just purchased just over 500 worth of silent parts to make my life easier after over a year of sleeping next to a noisy computer. :) I'm actually making 2 machines quiet. So if anyone has any knowledge about how well they'd work or if i have uneccesary fans please let me know. Machine 1. Gig...

Great. I have purchased for 2 machines i'm making silent Seasonic S12 430 powersupplies. Thanks to this forum i didnt buy the Zalman 600watt... Anyways i've noticed on a certain website i go to that they no longer stock FANLESS PSU's. Is this because they are very inefficient? or have a high failure...

Hi!
just wondering would a powersupply life expectancy be better if it had a lot of overhead (ie. 600watt power supply working at only 250watts?)

cheers,