Hello Everyone, Time to introduce you to my lastest project. I've named it "Silent Freak - The HDD mod." Aim of the project was to make all my noisy HDD's silent! And kept them cool enough so they still work ok. After thinking about many different ideas. Originally I wanted to do the complete mod wi...

well done!

Do you have any pictures? Can you take some? I would love to see some inside shots.

Nice Job

Well done!

Well nightmare66, now that I know it's going to be a performace rig. You are going to have a hard time making it quite. It can be done, it just very hard! It bascially comes down to two paths. You spend HEAPS on money on quite PC products or you fully mod your case and do a watercooling rig. It's ei...

The soon to be released Zalman Case 500a is your best bet for silence. However it is very expensive. And you will have to go for a single CPU (dual CPU's are not that great, unless your "High end" software is writen for them. Which is almost nil). I think the zalman case will cool a 64bit chip fine,...

I agree with Rusty075. I had this problem! I tried to play BF1942 about a year and half ago. It lagged so bad it was unplayable (768mb of ram). I found out that I had about 2 gigs left of a 60gig hard drive. I deleted about 10 gigs. Then the game work 100% with no lag! "My drive is 96% full" would b...

It depends what you mean by "mobility". I've taken my watercooled PC's to many lans. One solution took an extra 2 mintues. Because I need to wedge foam around the pump so it wouldn't move in the car. The case was heavy and just took a little more mussle. That's IT. My other solution is known as Silv...

Thanks for the news guys. Thanks ScrollLock for giving us a price that is not a retailers "guess." However 1800 SGD is a little higher than I hoped for. I think that Zalman have just hit over the limit most will pay for their case. I think people will pay good money for it. Myself included. But I do...

Does anyone know when the new Zalman fanless case will be released? I heard "mid March" a while ago and have heard nothing since.

I know it's aways a waiting game for new hardware. And it's always fustrating. But WHEN??? Gimmie Gimmie!!!

I modded my Xbox to fit a Papst 80mm fan inside it. Works great! And Runs cool. Although I did have to hack into the pastic of the xbox to fit it in. (Xbox comes with a custom built 70mm fan) Like everything in life. If it's too loud, MOD IT and change the fan! I wouldn't say an Xbox is as loud as a...

Here's a review of the Zalman "noiseless" case http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040115/ I am looking into buying one of these cases for my home recording studio. However it's only just been released in Korea this week. So it could take some time to reach the other parts of the world. I could hav...

Did you get the seasonic PSU in Australia? If so Where? kogi No one sells them in Australia that i'm aware of, and I did search everywhere. I ended up buying it from outpost.com (link) . $89.90 USD was the cheapest I could find. It ended up costing me around $180 AUD including all shipping costs. G...

just a random question: where's the "silver" in the system? :) (as the name suggests) The front panel has been painted silver. The 120mm fan filter is silver as with the fan bus. So basically everthing you see from the front is silver ;). Then I just came up the the name... Oh and where is the silv...

Due to more temp readings the CPU temp can actually get to 45 degress. And I'm sure I could push it a little higher on a very hot day (35 + degree day), if I push ~100% cpu load for long periods! I guess all that matters to me is a silent, working pc. Temps are still very good IMO. It still runs a l...

WayneSim -- Seems to me one of the reasons you've chosen WC is because of the hot weather that prevails in Aus. summers.[/url] I guess that is true to some degree. However I must state that to "my" ear's, 95% of fans on 5 volts annoy me. Even at 1m! Yes, i will admit i'm a freak. However I do live ...

"inaudible" PC has been my goal for at least 2 years!!! I've tried many things. And let me tell you it is extremely hard!!! IMO, Only 2 ways to make a truely silent PC. 1) Passive Water cooled rig (HEAPS of work!!!). 2) Silent Case i.e Zalman 500a (HEAPS of money!!!) It's either a lot of work or you...

Interesting setup! How about system specs and temps? CPU - P4 1.8A @ 2Ghz Mobo - Gigabyte 8IRXP Video Card - GeXcube, Radeon 9600 Pro Ram - 768mb (512+256) Samsung TCB3 HDD- Seagate 120GB, 8mb buffer (ST3120026A) Please note that temps can't be compaired to anyone elses system. Many factors influen...

I saw this on the ocau forums. i think it belongs here more, we understand the concept of silence better heheh :) i think it would be better (it's good atm, i don't doubt that at all) if you modify it so that you can more easily add a 2nd hdd and possibly if you can re-route the tubing so that you ...

Let me introduce you to my lastest "SILENT" water cooled rig. Known to me as "SilverSilence" :D. This project has taken many hours/days/months. But it's finally here and I'm very happy. It has meet my dreams of silence and has exceeded any expectations of performance. And when I say "SILENT" I mean ...

I was in the same boat ;). Two days ago I ordered a Seasonic 400watt, $89.95 USD. Yes they are 110- 240V. It automatically will change to whatever power you run to it. Don't ya love new technology! Anyways it costed $180 AU that's with including the sthipping costs . I might have to pay some GST on ...

i'm in the same boat! Totally water cooled PC. PSU's are friggin Noisy!!! I don't trust myself to water cool the PSU. So, not a lot of options. I'm thinking of getting the Seasonic silencer 400watt PSU. I know I will have to mod it. I'm thinking of attaching two large heatsinks to the 2 already on t...

Hello all... I thought add a link to a Extreme Cooling Forum Collective Sticky. This is from OCAU (overclockers Australia). Which I am a proud member :). IMO this is the best collection of infomation on water cooling. There are guides to everything. Us Aussies know how to water cool ;). It's a DIY g...

Just be careful with extending HS, as some are LIVE. Which ones? Seasonic? That is the number one question!!!! I had a look at the Seasonic PSU's. They do seem like they would be better. I reason I didn't consider them to start with was because I can get the Zalman locally. Seasonic I will have to ...

Thanks for your post Semm. I now feel welcomed, so thank you. :D I know papst fans arn't silent... But I have tested the 80mm 12db fan at 5V and at around 1M it is totally silent. It barely moves though. I may be new to these forums but don't worry about me i'm am not a "noob" with computers. I got ...

Does any one know if, and how a PSU can be run almost without airflow. SILENT is the aim!!! http://store5.yimg.com/I/siliconacoustics_1759_658462 This is a completely passive PSU sold here Cost $235 USD (PP)... :( The aim is to mod one to run like it ;). Thus I came across a pic of a Zalman ZM400A-A...