One my local shops had the Samsung Spinpoint F2 Ecogreen 1.5TB HD154UI on sale for CAD 75, bought 2 of them.

Happy owner of a WD Green 1 TB EARS here, would gladly put one in my NAS as well if the 1.5 TB in there ever needed replacement. Sadly they apparently are not supported for NAS RAID usage. ShareCenter Users, We regret to inform you that we can not support Western Digital’s new Desktop disk drives...

What's a good drive for a NAS?

I need a HDD that preferably runs pretty cool and doesn't use too much power.
500GB+ 5400 or 7200 doesn't matter.

I currently have a single Hitach P7K500 in my DNS-323 but I would like to run 2 drives in Raid 1, and since the P7K500 can't be bought anymore.

Forget the Asus EAH4830 despite the oem Arctic cooling heatsink, it's very loud (More than the powercolor) and the fan speed cannot be adjusted.

Tempting but my case as low airflow and it's probably over my $200 budget. What about the Asus EAH4830? http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=255&Itemid=72 Enjoy Up to 24°C Cooler GPUs with Specially Designed Fansink The latest EAH4830 Series also comes equipped with...

Is there any HD 4830, HD 4850, 9800GT or 9800GTX that are quiet out of the box.

I don't mind if the fan ramps up a bit during gaming as long the card is close to silent when idle, like the stock HD 3850 was.

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BTC 6300 and UltraX side by side



It doesn't show on the picture but the BTC is also a bit thinner than the UltraX

Got the BTC 6300 today.
I really like it, build quality seems to be superior to my old UltraX and it also sound less hollow than the UltraX.

I will take a picture of the ultrax and BTC 6300 side by side

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Thanks, I ordered a BTC 6300 ps/2 from directron ($20.99 + shipping)

Anyone cleaned an UltraX?

I am also still interested in keyboard recommendations.

Time has come to replace my UltraX Media keyboard, after a couple of years of intensive usage it now has a couple of sticky keys. I would buy another a new one but the only place I could find one in Canada is newegg.ca and the cost of the shipping is nearly as much as the keyboard itself. Not to men...

Riffer wrote:I noticed that HIS is coming/has come out with a 4830 with the ICEQ 4 thing. I haven't found a retailer in Canada that carries it yet though.

It's available at newegg.ca

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6814161267

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I bought a Powercolor 4830, it's actually pretty noisy at idle.

I haven' t played it in a while but I remember Tetrinet was a good time waster.

Kind of weird use, if you don't mind me saying. :shock: Well we don't have a TV and have been using that setup to watch movies and a couple of TV shows for quite a while now, haven't seen a commercial break in years :). Yeah the V20 would be my first choice as well, but since they are USB I am just...

Headphones are not an option. (Already have a set of Grado SR-60)

We use the laptop on a tray to watch movies in bed, previous speakers were a set of Labtec Spin 75 and they sounded fine for our use. We don't need concert hall quality.

I need some help deciding on a new set of external speakers for my laptop, has to be a 2.0 speaker system, main use will be to watch movies and the budget for the purchase is $50 So far I have short listed the following Logitech V20 (USB) Creative I-Trigue 2200 Creative Inspire T10 Does anyone have ...

Do the S1 rev. 2 come with the same VRM heatsinks as the rev. 1 or did they improve compatibility on these as well?

Sure, I can ship to the US.

$245 US + Shipping

Palit GeForce 8800GT 512MB (1 Month old)
+ Arctic Cooling S1
+ Arctic Cooling Turbo module
+ Enzotech BCC9 Copper Ram heatsinks

SOLD

Location: Vancouver

Might want to consider Hitachi P7K500 500Gb drives as well. I bought one on boxing day, and it was an excellent surprise. It's simply put the quietest drive I have owned. Without even enabling AAM seeks are close to inaudible, the drive emit very little vibrations and stays very cool. Performance wi...

I just got a BFG 8800GT First time modding a graphics card Could someone point me in the direction of a link as to how to remove the stock fan safely/intact? Also are people getting better results w/ a 120mm yate loon or the turbo module (noise and temp drops) Thanks! The stock heatsink is really e...

Installed the P7K500 last night, and I must say I am impressed, it's the quietest HDD I have owned. Could be down to sample variance and also because I can compare it to the WD2500KS but unlike what Luminair said my P7K500 doesn't vibrate much. On the SPCR scale 1-10 (10 = no vibration) Assuming the...

We have wooden floor in the house, it's nice but seems to amplify the Hard drive vibrations transmitted to the computer case. While suspended the WD2500KS were fine, hard mounted I can hear the hum generated by the drives from the bedroom. For the P7K500 I am planning on removing the drive cage and ...

Nevermind, bought a 500GB Hitachi Deskstar P7K500

I know the Western Digital Caviar GP is the current champ when it comes to low vibration and minimal seek/idle noise but it is still a bit too pricey for me, so what's the next best thing? I am looking 500 GB and up HDD For reference I find my WD2500KS generate too much vibrations, they used to be s...

According to AC, you won't need heatsinks on the voltage regulators, just enough airflow over them. I wouldn't take that chance if you can't risk losing the money though. I am pretty sure AC did some serious testing before announcing the 8800 GT was compatible with the S1 and that no VRM heatsinks ...