Amazingly, I read this entire thread and still do not have a good feel for the heatsink issue.

If I am attaching the S1 to a 8800GT

1. Do I need aftermarket sinks at all, or is the kit as AC says good enough for the entire thing?

2. If I do need aftermarket sinks, what are the ones to get?

If one is serious about listening to audio from optical media, they'll get a proper player. PCs just can't compare. Why? Players are silent, cheap, reliable, work out-of-the-box, have superb remote control and more often than not have better playback quality. Only advantage with an HTPC is the tric...

My PC is finally reasonably quiet. However there is this high pitched aluminum ringing that is annoying. I am almost 100% sure it is from the S-flex 120mm fan on the Ultima 90 HSF The top of the fan comes very close to the side of the case and I think that is causing the ringing. Cases is a PC-70 fr...

I don't consider myself at all experienced in overclocking - therefore, I didn't mess around too much. Here is what I'm at so far however: P35-DS3R + Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme / S-FLEX SFF21E Q6600 Ballistix PC2-6400 8x400 (3.2GHz) RAM @ DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 - 1.8v I think I lowered the Vcore som...

Just got a P35-DS3R motherboard, 2FB Crucial Ballistix memory and G0 Q6600. I have always been a stock speed guy, but have got this to do some overclocking to make the upgrade worth it. I am not changing my video card it will stay a x1900xt(HR-03), which to be honest, is still pretty fast and should...

Installed HR-03 onto my X1900XT last night. Installation was straightforward, if not a little fidgety, but I took my time and was meticulous and it was not bad. The heatsinks on the RAM did not give me any problems but I cleaned the RAM chips thoroughly with the Arctic Silver cleaner, and then used ...

After recently realizing that my PC at 64db is just a WEE bit too loud, I embarked on a quest to make my PC much quieter if not silent. In my search I found this board and think it is an awesome wealth of knowledge, and has really helped my way. I have made several initial purchases on my journey to...