Remove the bottom HDD bay & suspend the 2 SD-encased HDDs side by side vertically. Ah, this is an idea I had not thought of. Now.. umm.. how about some clever ideas for safely suspending a hard drive + SmartDrive2002? Both complete units together are 7 pounds and some change (3 pounds, 8.75 ounces ...

I'm building a new (quiet) machine. There are four 5.25" bays on the D8000, and I'll have two 120 gig Barracuda 7200.7 drives in SmartDriveC Enclosures. I'll also have a Sony CD-ROM drive and a Pioneer DVD Writer. So, full house. In what order do ya think I should stack these up? Initially I'll be u...

The Pabst 4412FGL does not seem to be available from any obvious vendors in the US, unless it has other names. Maybe because you are searching for "Pabst" instead of "Papst". I'm curious, why is it sometimes spelled "Pabst" overseas? That doesn't make sense to me since it's a company name. A compan...

[quote="dago"]Both the enermax and papst 120mm fans I use have rpm-sensing 3pin connectors. I prefer the enermax. [/quote] Hm, that Enermax has a integrated pot for adjusting voltage - I wonder if the motherboard would care about that. It does seem available in the US, so I will buy it too and compa...

I guess I should explain myself.. my goal is to not have that front fan run at all in normal use. I plan to configure the case with the SilenX power supply and the JMC/jameco 120mm rheostat controlled exhaust fan. Then I will have the AOpen motherboard control the CPU fan (SLK900 + panaflow probably...

Ah-ha. More googling after eating lunch lead to: http://www.plycon.com/fans/stealth120.htm "Stealth SF1202Sl, 53 CFM @ 28 dBA, 1500 RPM, 3 Pin.RPM Sensing: Yes" The Pabst 120 is 4 wire, no RPM sensing. But that Vantec Stealth looks like it will do. Lame to answer my own question from my very first p...

Hi, I'm new! I'm still researching all my options on building a new silent machine or two. I'm intrigued by the AOpen SilentTek fan control, and I'm also interested in the D8000/CompuCase LXA19 modified by coolcases.com. These cases use 120 mm fans, and (apparently) for full functionality of the AOp...