As i get a serious headache when watching 3d movies, i really don't like this new trend:( don't know why, but it's really bad and stays long after the film is over....

for what you describe i would just use 7-zip http://www.7-zip.org , which can encrypt files with aes 256, which is very secure. it is also open source and free. Just zip & ecnrypt the file, attach it to an email and ask the recipient to unzip and read the file. quite simple and free. edit: just make...

I use noscript, so i don't see those horrible in line ads. but i do allow scripts for silentpcreview.com, which means i see some ads on this site. I'm not against ads, but i dislike it when it disrupt my reading. I will donate money, as the content here is so good and also this makes me feel better ...

I own a dell mini9 and it's silent (no moving parts). it's a good little machine, and i'm very happy with it. Not great for prolonged typing, but other than that it does what i want it to do, without problems. I also believe that the dell mini10v is silent, but can't confirm this as i haven't tried ...

I use clonezilla as it's free, open source, boots from usb to ram and works with local discs as well as over the network to a samba share. the problem is that it's somewhat technical, but using the standard settings is easy and works great.

http://www.clonezilla.org

it's been some time since i bought a new router, but i bought a nas box recently and found that http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/ has some nice reviews of network gear.

I normally buy foam and other sound dampening materials in shops that sells car parts. It's cheaper and there's a good one close to where i live. here in denmark there's several different chains of these stores, and they all have a pretty good selection.

I can recommend www.caseking.de as they have a good selection of cases (and other hardware). Shipping to denmark is reasonable and fast.

Edit: just saw a picture of the Origen AE M10 mini-itx case and it sure looks good:)

i use an Accelero S1 Rev.2 on a 8800gt card. Without fan the card runs hot, so i added an old 80mm papst fan (amazing fans btw. bought 3 about 6 years ago and they still run quiet), connected to a zalman fanmate and running inaudible at 650 rpm. The fan sits about 3cm from the accelero and is angled...

i use this to create a ramdrive in xp: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/27/free-ramdisk-for-windows-vista-xp-2000-and-2003-server/ it's free and so far i have not had any problems with it. however i don't think it's a good idea to put your system temp folder on a ramdrive, as you can get into t...

not useless, and can in fact have quite an effect, but suspending the drive takes about the same amount of work, and gives an even greater noise reduction. I only use the rubber mounts when there is no room to suspend the drive. Links for further reading: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtop...

Nice build.
I really like that case, good size and room enough to work with.

don't know if that monitor has problems, but this http://www.silentpcreview.com/stop_lcd_whine solved the problems i had with a whining lcd monitor (viewsonic vx2255)

i have never used e-sata, but i believe it should work. Also i just remembered ubcd, a live cd witch has all kinds of tools, inclding hd utils http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

edit: i believe the ibm tool works with most hd's

the hdparm tool is builtin in linux. just run a ubuntu live cd and use it from there. no need to install anything to your hd.

edit: be carefull when using hdparm, as it aalows you to brick your hd if you aren't carefull. of particular note in this case it's important to use "M" and not "m"

in linux open a terminal and type "sudo hdparm -M 128 /dev/sdXX" just remember to replace the XX with the relevant letter and number. the 128 is quiet mode and i believe 254 is max perfomance mode.

for cpu i use handbrake, which is a open source, multithreaded x264 encoder for both linux and windows. For gpu i use nvidia's folding@home gpu enabled client, but i don't know if this is exists for linux? run both at once, and you will stress both cpu, gpu and memory enough to simulate maximum use ...

Too bad as it looks like a nice case. Not sure about this, but maybe you could twist the caps carefully of the ninja mini and gain the few mm you need? Not sure how hard that is though? but i believe i have seen pictures where this was done, so i guess it's possible.

I just measured mine and it's 12,2 cm from motherboard to the top of the heatpipe caps. Hope this helps.

lars

Thanks for all your work with this site, it has been 7 great years and i hope this great site will continue to have a great impact in the future. It certaintly had a impact for me when i found it a few years ago. Here was other people who shared my aversion to noise from computers, and tried to do s...

Seems like a decent product, but 700w is way too much. I also hope they have improved their quality control, as i had many problems with their old 450w model, both noise, heat, and bad insulation which resulted in a fryed motherboard and a nasty schock

I use a 80mm fan on my 8800gt with the ac1, as i find that it gets to hot without a fan. The fan only runs at 550 rpm, so the noise is barely audible. This small amount of airflow keeps at 38-40 degrees idle and no more than 55 degrees at full load.

i cool a 8200 with a ninja mini, so you should have no problems

i believe thermalright sells an optional bracket that allows their heatsinks to be turned around

don't know about hitachi 2.5 drives, but i have a wd 80gb 2.5 drive that is quiet, fast enough and stable. it has been running in my notebook for nearly 3 years now without problems.

thanks for the reply. think i will go with 525 instead then, altough it's quite expensive.

edit: or perhaps a corsair vx450 with a fan swap, as this is almost the same price as the enermax 425 and i really don't need that much power

Thanks! I ended up getting the 425 version for the reasons you listed above and also because it was cheaper heh.

I'm thinking i might buy this model myself, and wondered if you would share your experience with it?

i recently did the exact same and used acronis migrate easy: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/do ... grateeasy/ the trial works for 15 days and is fully functional. worked perfectly for me.

i tend to dampen the whole case, using something like this: http://www.thansen.dk/product.asp?c=238 ... 1226678725 it's really dense and stabilizes the whole case. silicone feet is then used to stop the final small amount of vibration

Not sure what's wrong, but if want to see what keeps accesing your disc then this is a good tool: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... 96645.aspx