I have a Xigmatek 1283 in an Antec Solo case and it fit without a problem. My board is GA-EP45-UD3P.

If you have a Microcenter nearby, they are running a special on the HDT-S1283. $20 + tax after rebate.

BTW, did someone had a chance to compare 3 and 4 platter versions side by side? Is there any significant difference in noise, vibrations and speed? There's a thread in here comparing the three and four platter versions of the WD10EACS and there was a performance boost with the three platter version.

The "Great Zero Challange" (http://16systems.com/zero/index.html) has thus far gone unaccepted.

One would think any of the data recovery companies would be interested in the national attention that defeating it would bring.

Saphire put out a 4850 with a stock Zalman cooler on it and the temps seem to be much improved.

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Shemale wrote:The 8.7 driver is out, and power-play is not working properly.
The temperatures are the same and the power consumption from the wall remain the same

Thanks for testing this out. It's sad news, but I'm much happier knowing than wondering.

You stopped doing exhaust solutions, and that's when you lost me forever. I haven't followed things too closely, but was very disappointed by the SPCR reviews of the initial exhaust coolers from Arctic Cooling. They were always deemed too loud and stupidly used a transparent plasic fan for increase...

Forget NeoHE. This issue has convinced me to avoid Antec PSUs, period. (I love their cases, though.)

Antec had such up a reputation as a maker of high quality PSU units; I can't believe that this thread is still going. I expected that the most recent posts would be a year old all with the same message: "Antec fixed the problem and the new version of the PSU is flawless."

My experiences with the NeoHE PSU in the P150 have been a little different than most, it seems. I built a PC in December 2005 using this case/PSU. The MB was an Abit AN8-SLI. My PSU had a serial number of S0509... I put the system together and everything worked fine. I did some stress testing of the...

Hey, thanks for all the great responses! It's really appreciated.

I'm hardly an expert on the decoding of mpeg video, but my guess is that current dual core processors might be marginal for this task. The dual core might let the system do other things at the same time very well, but the actual decoding task would sit on one processor running too slow. I'm no expe...

I'm putting together a new system build and naturally I have some Zalman Fan Mate controllers on the list of required parts. I was reading a review of the motherboard I'm planning to get (Abit AN8-SLI) and there were some very nice looking options in the FanEQ section. It looks like the voltage can ...

Correct amount of space? What's wrong with 80/160/320/480/640GB drives?

Marketing. The average consumer would rather buy a 500GB drive than a 480GB drive even if the 480GB drive had fewer platters.

For anyone who might be interested, I replaced the drive with a 250GB Spinpoint the same day I made the first post and was greatly relieved at the absence of whine. The drive has been running well since.

There has been some speculation that Samsung is no longer using JVC motors on its newer drives. As you may know, Microcenter sells Spinpoint drives in clear plastic cases and the motor is visible. While I was there, I took inventory of what they had: 250GB SATA: 14 250GB PATA: 11 200GB PATA: 18 Tota...

raddiux wrote:I would personally rather not bother with a laptop drive because I don't want to deal with the issue of fitting it in a standard drive bay

I bet installing 2.5" drives in bays designed for 3.5" drives would make suspending them super easy.

For reference, my case is an SLK3700AMB and my current drive is an 80GB Seagate Cuda IV. I'm not 'hardcore' as I actually have the AAM on this drive set for maximum performance. Based on favorable feedback within these forums and the review of the 7K250 model, I picked up a PATA 250GB T7K250 drive. ...

Doesn't flash memory have a limited number of write cycles? You're not going to hit the 100,000 write limit with a PS2 memory card, but I could easily see that happen on a PC.

I can easily see the problems with turning the HD off, but if no running programs are using the HD, it shouldnt be an issue. Of course, actually achieving that no programs are doing that, might be a bit of a problem :) Put a CD or DVD in your optical drive for a few days and take note of how often ...

Can anyone who has the BenQ 1640 confirm it's behaviour when watching DVDs? I know many drives have a "riplock" feature that default the drive to 4X when reading DVDs in order to keep it quiet. According to the ExtremeMhz review (http://www.extrememhz.com/dw1640-p9.shtml), the DW1640 rips a DVD in ...

I wonder if the whine you are hearing could be from either: 1. The PSU or 2. The motherboard. The motherboards I've seen with failing capacitors would make a high-pitch whine when there was enough power draw on the system. But, I guess if you can attach your old 7200.7 and there is no noise with the...

If making quiet drives is a high priority for Samsung, why would they continue to use JVC motors? High-pitch whining is the worst of the worst when it comes to hard drive noise. The use of two motors like this makes it practically impossible to order a Samsung drive online as most vendors will not g...

mdubrow wrote:I had the exact opposite experience with the Hitachi 250 SATA drive. Had one for about a week, and it was so noisy I couldn't wait to get rid of it (I was building a quiet PC).

What was it about the drive that bothered you? Did it have a whiney idle sound or loud seeks...or both?

I have a P4 @ 2.1GHz. Previously I had problems playing 720p and 1080i mpeg2 clips, but since I've got PureVideo working on my 6600GT with the latest drivers and the NVidia DVD Decoder, those clips play fine. For xvid at HD resolutions, I was able to obtain smooth playback by switching from the xvid...

dentaku wrote:I've been looking and there just isn't any aftermarket coolers for the AGP GF 6600 GT.

Hmm. According to this thread, http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... 0gt+zalman, the Zalman heatpipe will work fine with a 6600GT AGP.

I sent an email to cooler master about this. This was the response:

"It will surely work with 6800 cards.

Thank you for choosing our Products!"

The AGP version of the 6600 GT also has a heatsink over the bridge chip. I have no idea if this would interfere with mounting a Zalman cooler. From the pictures, it looks like the heatsink on the bridge chip is not taller than any of the capicters on the board. If that's the case, the cooler should...

Currently the Zalman GPU heat pipe cooler does not seem to be compatible with Geforce 6 cards as this note is on the Zalman web site: "This product is not installable on an nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 6800 Ultra because they do not have 3mm holes around the GPU." Cooler Master has put out a GPU heatpipe...

There's a couple of things working against you here. First the Zalman web site states that its heatpipes are not compatible with the Geforce 6 series due to the lack of mounting holes in the correct location. Add to that the slanted design and I think the chances aren't that promising that any exist...