Well, I am able to remove the bay from the case, however, the way my case is designed (the Antec 900, which is a fairly new case) is such that there is a fan right in front of the hard drive attached directly to the bay. I don't see any room to detach this "cage" to make more room for any sort of el...

I have a Seagate 7200.10 Barracuda 500gb 16mb cache SATA 3.0gb/s internal 3.5" hard drive, and it's seeking noises are driving me crazy. Idle, I think the drive is fine - I can't hear it above the 5 fans in my Antec 900 case (3x 120mm Antec TriCools all set on low, the Antec 200mm fan set on low, an...

That makes sense. So then for all practical purposes, the SPCR claim is true. Then, again, my questions: 1. Since SPCR's claim is true, then wouldn't that mean AnandTech used fans that were far too powerful and far too loud than necessary? They could have used quieter/slower fans to achieve the SAME...

HammerSandwich, from what I've read in this published SPCR, Mike Chin is claiming that more airflow DOES NOT improve cooling ability. He is claiming (although it is a simplified claim) that beyond 1100-1200 RPM, 120mm fans will not cool CPU heatsinks any more, and will in fact start detracting becau...

Well, I plan to OC my computer. That's why an idle temp of around 40C worries me. Sure, the Ninja heatsink + attached fan is super quiet right now, but it's not cooling to the best of its abilities. What I really want is to push the Ninja to its highest cooling abilities with a stronger fan, but not...

Well, that guy (the original poster) wasn't running a fan with the Ninja, and he's getting around the same CPU temps at me. This worries me greatly. With a fan, temperatures should be MUCH lower...shouldn't they? Although those other guys with fans get around the same temps as me. Then, how in the w...

It seems like you're suggesting the S-Flex over the Noctua for use with the Ninja? Because you're saying the S-Flex would be able to push air through tighter spaces? I'm curious though, where you read SPCR was coming to the consensus that Noctua fans aren't able to push air through tight spaces as w...

Sorry that this is a double post, but I couldn't post URLs/Links in my last post (since it was my 1st post here) which I needed to for reference. Here is the Ninja review: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2965&p=1 On this page: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2965&p=5 you can see how ...

Hi, this is my first post here and I have a few questions. They are summarized at the very bottom of this post for easy reference, but to understand the questions, I need to explain my thinking first. To stray from the current discussion a bit, and back into what this thread was initially about, I h...