There is no such thing as true silence. If you listen carefully, you'll hear your hard drive or some coil buzz. Spinpoint Nidec FDB...I can't hear it as is if my ear is more than a few inches away, save seeks (which I have no problem with), and not doing RAID for backup or anything, I could easily ...

Awhile back, there were a couple attempts on the 'net for silencing PCs that had decent performance. The most interesting was one with a s754 system. It seems that with the s939 Winchesters doing a bit better on power, CnQ, bigger and badder heatsinks, the Antec Phantom (3yr warrantied passive? That...

Are you supposed to slide the fan in between the two heat sinks? How do you attach it? :?: :roll: Tne fan is attached via bracket to one of the sets of fins. no shroud. If the HS doesn't perform well in true silence, a nonshrouded fan on one side will not do too much good, as has been proven true i...

As already said, no tower for me.
But if it uses that same mounting mechanism...then I'll wait for Zalman (or I could go w/ a Reserator) or TR to come out with something similar.

Any ideas about when/where reviews will be popping up? If a low-speed A64 could be cooled by this w/o a fan right next to it, it really would be a good option. I don't think I've seen any HS quite that massive before (though Coolermaster's is close, and probably heavier). ...they also don't show how...

Note that with good airflow, you won't need the additional fan (I use a 5900XT @440/900, passive w/ ZM80C), and also, you can stick a fan anywhere around the card, not just where it is supposed to go. Oh yeah, and how about some pics? If I can get the money, going to a 6600GT (AGP) will be my next u...

I wouldn't play HL2, but I might check my mail, browse the web, like right now, etc., which get to being very, very slow during such tasks. I might actually schedule them and deal with that if I could actually use the machine for much during that time. Command queuing will do very little to speed up...

There are several things missing from that review--not the least of which being that most of us don't care about additional performance in a single user environment, because single user envronment has come to be defined as single TASK. Run Spybot, AdAware, a nice virus scan, etc., and see how well, ...

I don't know about doors (mine is a drawer), but for mobo mounting, I used the tray from a Enlight 7101. Not counting that, you could check out the 'skeletons' at directron.com.

hi, one question i have is how this product compares with other heatpipe/heatsink solutions for socket a such as the aerocool dp-101? also could those heat pipes hit the psu, my tisu motherobard pic is like this http://www.soyousa.com/images/products/800x600/tisu.jpg I can't answer on performance, ...

PorBleemo wrote:This looks interesting. Unfortunately the base is way too small for my liking. It looks like it could fall off of the pads and crush the core too easily.

Supposedly, it is coming with a shim.

There are heatpipes going in the proper direction for a tower case. I wouldn't be suprised if the fine width (from one side's heatpipes to another's) is not too large for the heat to be conducted through (after a point, more fin becomes useless, but I don't knw how to figure that distance out based ...

I had a PC in my room for several years. No biggie. Then I got a Duron 800, overclocked it to 1Ghz, with a noisy Enlight PSU. Then I got a Geforce2 GTS, with an itty bitty 40mm fan. Then I got a 5400RPM WD HD Caviar. Whine, whine, whine. I began in AT, and actually adding fans helped, but then that ...

Hmmm, could it be posible to fit a 120mm fan on the SI97, with an adaptor? The only issue would be the weight of the 120mm fan and adaptor.... :roll: :idea: I think that would work well if the 12cm fan was a case fan attached with a duct. Which would be a lot easier if this thing was vertical like ...

Does anyone have the circuit for a Zalman Fanmate? I am curious how a fanmate reduces the voltage of the fan without absorbing several watts in a resistor. http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/images/fan_controller/fanmate1-3.jpg It does take it in the resistor; it just has a pretty plastic box arou...

Based on previous HSs, they should work fine in a tower, as long as the heatipes are oriented horizontally. So, if your socket has the flanges on the top and bottom, you should be OK. IIRC, this is also why there are heatpipes on each side of the heatsink.

If I were making a PC for someone, I'd use this is a heartbeat. However, I'd also get a shim, just to be sure. However, if TR can be trusted to use ~600g (+fan) heatsinks that don't cover the pads, I think they can be trusted with ~280g (+fan). In any case, it all looks good to me. Not only was Sock...

<- overclocked 5900XT with a ZM80C 8) If you don't have ideal air flow, I'd not go with a power hog like the 5900. I had a fan for awhile, and now hve cables well tucked away just for the card. A 9600XT is a sure bet. A 9800 Pro that is actually an XT (most are now) would do well, too, but you'd wan...

Leadtek 5900XT here, and I'm very happy w/ the Zalman ZM80C. The ZM80D offers a better value. If you have good case air flow, it aught to work well. If not, a very quite fan nearby can do wonders. The Zalman is a PITA to install (and don't use their screwdriver--use a good #2!), but with patience, w...

Are they suspended? If they aren't, that is the biggest problem right there. Elastic suspension is absolutely amazing. My 160GB (Nidec FDB) can be heard when hard-mounted; but suspended, I cannot hear it over the noise from the AC and stuff outside (birds, bugs, cars, wind). It will always depend o...

Are they suspended? If they aren't, that is the biggest problem right there. Elastic suspension is absolutely amazing. My 160GB (Nidec FDB) can be heard when hard-mounted; but suspended, I cannot hear it over the noise from the AC and stuff outside (birds, bugs, cars, wind). It will always depend on...

The load temps look about right to me, having used a C version of the cooler, and the same video card. If you twist the two plates and heatpipe a bit so that it is more inclined to not be perfectly parallel (more a V shape than a U shape), it will help temps. I re-intsalled mine this way, as it seem...

1. Intakes are under the HDD suspension frame. Two holes for 120mm fans. If you look on the first pic, you can see the holes the filter rests above. There will be no exhaust fan, but about 2x12" spcae above the motherboard tray for air to move out the back. 2. isolating/dampening the intake fans, PS...

it wouldnt be tough to foil line the case to block emi. Telly receptions the only frustrating thing if you have an aerial nearby. Yes, but for this time, I'm just not going to worry about it. With several open PCs in a room, it becomes a real problem. I will take care of it next time, when this one...

I'm already used to AM radio having problems :). I know cordless phones won't, because I've used them around my current case, which is wide open. Put several together and there may be problems, though... If a small enough, but not noisy, desktop case presents itself when I finally need a real change...

Update 1: 09 August, 2005 Update 2: 27 August, 2005 Update 3: 02 May, 2006 Update 4: 14 May, 2006 Original post: ...because there is no computer running in it yet! The original idea: A wooden box for a case. I don't like the look of pretty much any PC case, so having it hidden would be ideal. Then m...

I BELIEVE (in suspension)! What I managed to get done today (large)(with help) The rubber bands will go bye-bye, and I'll find something more suitable (they let the drive go to odd angles, because the front and back have the same slack, but different weight to deal with), but they did good for testi...

After much Googling, this is what I've found: 1. The ALi bridges have data corruption issues. 2. The chip itself is only rated for 50C. You're putting it on top of a small space with plastic covering it...no wonder it needs that noisy little fan to get by! 3. Cypress also has such issues, but less p...

Yes (see link in the OP). Observations: -There's thin metal surrounded by thick plastic. -Turning the unit off and feeling around, the drive itself is much hotter than anything in the rear. -There's thin metal surrounded by thick plastic, and no inlet holes. Also, no place to put them. My thoughts: ...

After ripping both Led Zeppelin box sets, the last two CDs were near too hot to touch when they came out. Two discs after that, I get a warning about unsafe removal--when I didn't unplug it. If I disconnect and reconnect it, all worked fine for a few minutes, then that same error again :(. If I let ...