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- Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:57 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Apple iMac w/Intel Core Duo: A User's Review
- Replies: 86
- Views: 92723
While I haven't taken the plunge for a mac desktop unit yet, I am seriously tempted. Back in November I got a 15-inch PowerBook and I must say, working with OSX has been a joy. One button mouse-jokes aside, the OS has been really easy to get used to. It is very intuitive. Regarding software, there i...
- Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:41 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Looking for "quiet" speakers! Any recommendation?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8267
I know I'm stating the bleeding obvious, but the noise might be emmanating from your sound card/wiring... but then I'd be surprised if you hadn't tried unplugging the audio jack while they were connected to the mains... </waste of bytes> on a side note, I run my sound through a sony amp into a set o...
- Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:18 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: My themaltake Tsunami
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12643
I have that same case, and I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but it is a pig to silence. After acoutipack deluxe, HD suspension, replacing the fans with nexus'es and buying a quiet everything, it's tolerable. The aluminium is extremely thin, so it will resonate very much. The rubber grommets didn...
- Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:30 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
- Replies: 447
- Views: 1180446
I finally took some pictures om my HD suspension. It's really effective, but it still needs a bit of improvement... sorry for the lousy webcam pics :) http://sensei.adsl.dk/stuff/SPCR/5.jpg http://sensei.adsl.dk/stuff/SPCR/6.jpg I'll be replacing the zip-ties with some appropriately sized rubber O-r...
- Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:56 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Air Cooling or Water Cooling?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5699
- Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:22 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic Tornado - Disaster Mod - Help Please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4694
Hmmm, that does seem likely for newfies. But I don't know if noofs can afford to drink a lot, there's lots of unemployment there and the canadian gov't gouges horribly with alcohol taxes. Some english accents... hey, there's a word with a double c! ...some of them sound like they're drunk and on a ...
Nope, Polish. You know, it would hillarious if there was a dialect that sounded drunk, and there's no reason it shouldn't be possible. If the people who raised kids were often drunk eventually the language would become drunkenish. AH! I left out a possibility in my previos post. Our teachers were d...
Whats up with it being spelled with two cs? I´ve never heard of another english word being spelled with two cs.. Is there others? :?: Do not try to find some kind of logic to english spelling or you will be sorry. Yew wyl bie verree sawrri. And no my primary language isnt english, its my third one ...
- Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:55 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Slightly different Case Design
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31343
That is pure genius. Since I modded my 9700Pro with a Zalman heatpipe HS, I have been wondering how to get some airflow past it without adding too many fans. I think you hit the nail right on the head. I would seriously consider ducting the rear fan to an upright HS (Scythe Ninja comes to mind). You...
- Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:02 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Planned New System - A Concern
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4803
Regarding the S12's cable lengths: I'll let someone else speak for the length of them, but (redundant comment) a small extension cable can be found at most retailers, online or not. As for your other components, I urge you to take a peak at the sites recommended section. You might want to reconsider...
- Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:02 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: The Vicious Cycle!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 57614
If you want the easy way to silence, just get a Phantom PSU and a Reserator and a silent hdd. A samsung inside an acoustipacked case is pretty much silent. But with a setup like that theres nothing to tinker with, nothing to do. I just switched from a setup like that to a P180 and went air-cooled a...
- Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:12 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: The Vicious Cycle!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 57614
Here we go... 1.Bought a computer (my criteria at the time was that it needed to be cheap and fast, 1.4 athlon and GF2 GTS 32 mb i believe...) 2. Realized that the awful cheap cpu hs was woefully underpowered. Bought a Thermaltake something-or-other, that claimed silence (haven't we all at some poin...
- Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:09 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Zalman CNPS9500 review
- Replies: 74
- Views: 37246
- Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:23 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Anand test the iRAM
- Replies: 38
- Views: 19653
- Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:31 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Building my third computer!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2050
- Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:23 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: SLK3000B w/ 3000+ Venice XP-120 setup and 3 yate loons
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3948
- Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:23 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: HDD Elastic Suspension... Show your pics!
- Replies: 447
- Views: 1180446
- Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:49 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Got a P180 today, lower chamber fan is making ton of noise
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8111
This was actually one of my chief concerns about the p180... it's supposed to be a quiet system, yet it has 3 case fans as standard, with room for 5... with a PSU, CPU and GPU, that's 7 fans total... I like the PSU/HD duct, but managing airflow in the main chamber is not as straightforward as it cou...
- Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:37 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Should I change my 120 fans to Nexus?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4209
I'm extremely happy with my 3 nexus'es (1 case, 1 modded into psu, 1 92mm modded in my zalman 7000 CPU HS). My case is very similar to yours, except mine is made from aluminium... The most audible component in my sys atm is the nexus I have modded into my PSU, but it isn't decoupled from the chassis...
- Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:30 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Got a P180 today, lower chamber fan is making ton of noise
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8111
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:06 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: My new build... almost done!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3107
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:01 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: My new build... almost done!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3107
I'm all for tinkering, but it's so much easier and rewarding (not to mention cheaper) if you select the right components first time around If good looks are your thing, I'd just make sure that it has a front and rear 120mm fan hole... Aluminium cases are generally really hard to silence, but with so...
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:49 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: *POLL* Is your floppy dead?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 16950
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:41 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silencing a Coolermaster Stacker... or buying a P180...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8974
Regarding the fact that the stacker is aluminium: I have an aluminium case (thermaltake tsunami dream), and it resonated like hell. It has rubber grommets, but they didn't do the job. I then put acoustipack deluxe in the case, and that helped, but not nearly enough. When i suspended my 2 drives (sea...
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:29 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Got a P180 today, lower chamber fan is making ton of noise
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8111
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:23 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P180 - Optimum Airflow
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3327
Is it true that the front fan, if installed, would be the most audible? Well... not having any experience with the case, if you have the front door closed, and the case positioned to your right, it shouldn't be a problem. Depending on what kind of surface you have behind the case, I'd think the bac...
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:03 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: My new build... almost done!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3107
hope you're not expecting that to be quiet... The case is all wrong for silent running (check the recommended section), and you should go for a seasonic S12 for the PSU. And then you'll need to chose a cpu heatsink, and, probably, a GPU heatsink (those fans are usually screamers). And don't forget t...
- Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:47 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Fan recommendations for a Thermalright XP-120
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3588