I'm considering the Ninja Mini for my new build. The only issue I have is about clearance with the motherboard. My motherboard is a MSI 790FX-GD70, and after "measuring" clearance with a "straw-and-tape" mock-up, I have some doubts as to if it will fit. I'm looking particularly at the Mosfets/NB he...

Hello all! Any tips and ideas, and most of all, any good mobos, please let me know. (oh, and I'm a bit weak towards AMD, but not a fanboy. If it can be proven that an Intel CPU with mobo will total lower power, I'm open to the idea:) Hi Tobias, I built a new system this past spring for exactly the ...

As a result of the rating / review that SPCR gave for the Scythe Ninja Mini CPU cooler and the Accelero S1 GPU passive cooler, I bought and installed both of these products and my system is now totally quiet after upgrading the stock CPU and GPU fans with these great devices. When I press the power ...

It is my understanding that the 1820 is not an audio card but an external breakout box that plugs into a model 1212m sound card, for which there are Linux drivers. If you installed the 1212m and then upgrade to the 1820 you will have a internally attached rear plate with the analog and MIDI connect...

when you set up, how's the room look? i mean, if you're doing even simple recording with microphones, a computer can be picked up fairly easily, pending on the mics, but my constant suggestion is a thick blanket over a table, and put the computer under the table. the ultimate in dampening, unless y...

live recording eh? what kind of software do you use for it? you also mentioned that you'd rather Ubuntu...what software would you use for that? i do live or studio recording, pending on equipment. My recording isn't very complex, so I've been using a combination of Steinberg Cubase VST, WaveLab Lit...

it looks good, and over time you'll tame the spaghetti monster inside, but nonetheless, its lookin' good. You went with an MSI board, which just makes me wonder, how do you like it? my suggestions: - just look at Gigabytes' 8600 Silent Pipe. - An Accelero S1/S2 should be compatible, but check the l...

First off I want acknowledge and thank all of the great folks and forum posters on SPCR for the product reviews and all of the other suggestions and info - it's a terrific resource. It was just the information and inspiration I was looking for in building my own silent (ok not silent but really quie...

Samsung Spinpoint series: Cool and silent at the cost of a very very very tiny bit of performance (only noticeable in benchmarks). One of the finest disks out there in my opinion. I did some research on the Samsung Spinpoint and it gets great reviews just about everywhere. But the newer WD Caviar G...

Thanks for the Samsung recommendation - I'll check it out.
What do you like most about Samsung?

I've mostly been using WB drives, but I'm open to changing.
But I will NOT use any Sony drives after their rootkit fiasco last year.

Avalanche wrote:The 650i chipset is a hot, ~1 year old budget SLI chip. It's really not the most obvious choice for a new audio recording setup. Unless it's at a good price.

yeah - that's why I'm now considering the P35 chipset as recommended by Plissken and jhhoffma.

Hi - I really do appreciate you "pushing" me to examine why I want the MSI Really like the MSI because of what I've read about their excellent passive cooling system - nearly all of the technical reviews that I've read give the MSI solution a "5" in terms of its cooling design - generally running co...

Based on the advice I received from you folks, I checked out the P35 mobos and think I'll switch to the MSI P35 Platinum board, which I like alot (I like MSI's approach to passive cooling better than other mfgs) and PCSTATS.com gives it a very good review. Plus I found a supplier (ClubIT.com) that i...

Thanks to all of you for your advice. My price range for the M/B is around $125 - $150 - that's one of the reasons I liked the P6N - NewEgg has a deal right now where I can get the P6N for $109 after discounts and rebates. Plus is has a really good passive chipset cooling solution and the solid capa...

Just want to thank all of the great folks on SPCR who contribute to the terrific advice and solid testing data on how to build a quiet PC. I've been living with a noisy old Dell 4100 series and have been thinking about building a quiet PC for awhile and, based on all of the great advice from SPCR, I...