So I stumbled across this little guy at NewEgg yesterday. I've read that Acrylic has useful sound dampening properties, and this claims to take a standard ATX PSU. Thoughts?

I've been back and forth in emails with ATI tech support regarding the power draw of the radeon 9600 series cards. Anyone who has ever gone looking on ATI or NVidia's websites will know they don't make the information readily available. Reading this thread reminded me that I was expecting a reply fr...

In regards to RAM power consumption I stumbled across this: http://www.overclockers.com/articles696/ which reminded me of this topic, so I am resurrecting it.

Looking around the site a little more I came across a design that really appeals to me; the side ducted Inwin mATX cases such as Edward Ng's Sigma. Only problem is, I plan to use an A64 in my next box and I am thinking the duct location on those Inwin cases is specific to P4 chipsets. The mATX mothe...

As I approach the problem of building my next (hopefully quiet) PC, I find I am stuck at a crucial juncture. I don't need to have a lot of "stuff" inside my computer. I use it primarily to play assorted games, cruise the web, essentially slack off. I have no need for 3.5" external bays (I have alway...