Well, I guess it won't hurt to try if I can get my hands on 7200.8 this week at CompUSA, it's only 199 after 50MIR starting this sunday!

jonoc Thanks for the review and especially the pictures. I want to build a seriusly quiet rig to run it overnight in my room, the only components missing is fanless power supply (was hoping that Zalman will finally releases their fanless PSU but it's been pushed back) and Seagate 7200.8 In the absc...

i would also like to know, i read lots of 7200.8 threads but none seem to say the actual results of if its quiet or not Nobody knows, you can get some ideas from storagereview thread, but even there opinions are divided. I suppose it's way too subjective to make a qualified judgement, even here som...

jonoc Thanks for the thorough reply. But I'm still wondering, where do you put the board? Can you screw it to the case somehow or does it have its own enclosure so that you can leave it outside? Also, almost forgot, do you hear any audible coil whine or buzzing from the brick and/or board? And fina...

jonoc Hey, I've read the description of the PSU and I've got a couple of questions for you. The website says "Using provided AC Adapter is strongly recommended. Using Fanless chassis is not suggested." First, they say "provided AC adapter is strongly suggested", does this mean that for $91 you get ...

Newegg has UltraX in stock again, just ordered one. $36 bastards... :evil: yeah saw that ages ago, its really ugly imo because of the huge border bits, also its not standard keyboard layout because of the arrow keys and home keys, its like a botched notebook keyboard with a numpad stuck on the side....

It's not CPU temperatures you gotta worry about, it's HDD temperatures. They can easily reach 60 degrees celsius, which is not healthy for the drive. I don't know where you get those figures from, but it's obviously not from the given link. I actually wonder if there has ever been any cases of prob...

For more than a year now, Coolermaster also ships a notebook style (and fairly stylish) keyboard thats pretty good as well: http://www.coolermaster.com/show_pic.php?picname=http://www.coolermaster.com/product_common_images/4c8ba4d6f9e1e4ad69fdea9a538bf907.jpg Had it, still have it, trying to sell r...

Well, theoretically you can do it, because the coil whine is nothing but micro oscilations of all those coils, securing them should remove the noise. The only problem I see is locating the one that actually whines.

Digital multimiters typically are more accurate than board readings. However if it's a really crappy one I wouldn't trust it either. Your 5V rail seems to be fine, 12V is under question, 11.9 is an acceptable value, 11.7V although falls within 5% margin IMHO is not.

P4 CPU load temps of 59 degrees with no fans is pretty good (and safe) I'd say. First time I've seen this power mosfet temp check, and even if it is something to be concerned of, I haven't heard any problems in watercooling setups which would suffer as well *shrug*. It's not CPU temperatures you go...

Pity... I suppose I'll have to wait and see how quiet Silencer 5 is. My 3 hard drives are the loudest thing in the system anyway, so if it stays that way I'll probably be happy.

Edwood Now I almost regret buying Silencer 5 for my upcoming NV6800 (unlockable). Do you know if VM101 will work with current nvidia cards too? It's a possibility you know, after seeing how Gigabyte has come up with fanless 6800, the only question is if VM101 will be able to handle all 16 pipelines...

I usually squeeze a drop of paste on the center of the die and then use surgical scalpel (the kind that have a curved line, not a straight one) to spread the paste around. Then I usually try to get it as thin as possible without actually scrapping it off the die completely, if there is not enough pa...

According to this article: http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2004q4/radeon-x850xt/index.x?pg=1 It is very loud when the system boots but then becomes quieter a few seconds later. It's admirable that ATI is using a much smarter approach to video card cooling, however judjing by the pictures, the fa...

"The DFI 855GME-MGF will start shipping in North America through DFI's authorized distributors and resellers starting November 8, 2004. Each motherboard is bundled with a specially designed heatsink/fan to ensure highest compatibility." Good news, but I wonder about that heatsink, I hope it's not th...

Now I have one last issue, I get a little vibration resonance across the top panel, I know it's my trouble spot because if I lay anything on it the sound deadens instantly. So my question is, would a strip on Pax in this area do the trick or does someone have another recomendation? I think if I can...

It's all good, but I think fitting this thing in a regular SPCRer will be problematic since most of us already have an oversized CPU cooler, so this new GPU cooler+80mm fan simply might not fit. At least I don't think it will work with my Zalman7000.

I kind of like the power consumption of K8-AX at 1.0Ghz. Anyone knows how well does it stack against A-XP-M at the same frequency?

The last time I overclocked was Pentium times, P133>P150. After that I always ran at the stock speeds, although I did turn on memory optimizations on my Asus 865PE board. Right now I'm thinking into building an undervolted/undeclocked A-XP-M system with only one fan, but I'm waiting till zalman's fa...

When I started, the PSU was the loudest component... then it was the CPU, now it's the PSU again... Where does it end? Usually it ends with the hard drive being the loudest component of the system (which is why I'm so eagerly waiting for the new Seagate 7200.8 ). HDD is always the trickiest compone...

Not bad, not bad at all. And it even overclocks to an ultra level... If only it had 16 pipelines... :D I know, I know, I'm wishing for too much. But seriusoly this might be it for spcr's, the perfect card that would replace passively cooled ATI9600 in our computers. Now if only nvidia wasn't price-g...

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Rusty075 That's questionable. On one hand we have email from zalman with november as a shipping date (which we shouldn't trust completely since manufacturers dates are always too "optimistic") on the other hand we have somebody 's post (which once again we shouldn't trust completely, since it's unk...

It's a pity it's not available yet, even worse it seems it won't be available for long time. I was looking into a one-fan positive pressure system based on extremely underclocked/undervolted A-XP-M :( The only fan in the system would have been on the intake to cool HDD and this PSU would be the one ...

Well, several reasons for me... First and most important is that I hate noise. It's really hard for me to concentrate on my studies with the constant whine coming from computers, it's almost impossible to read a book too. I can't read a book in a noisy room at all, I mean I can read it, but it's rea...

Hehe that is the quickest solution ... Use Speedfan (software utility to control Fans), or use the eraser end of a pencil on the central hub of the Fan (carefully). Or use your finger :). DON'T USE YOUR FINGER. I've done that before and have gotten cut. MikeC and others have pointed out that even a...

Everything that Silenx.com sells is available somewhere else. They manufacture nothing. I, for one, choose not to reward them for lying to me by giving them money. I choose to buy elsewhere. Hm... Debates aside I liked silenx fans, any idea where I can get more of them at a lesser price? Thanks...

My 8500 fan started vibrating, screaming like a banshee, so I just took it off. During normal 2D operation GPU is completely cool, during 3D it heats up a lot, but I've been running it almost a year and a half like that with occasional gaming about 4-8 hours a week and have had no problems at all. D...

You just missed it... Dell had it for $417 just about a week ago, I think it's OOS right now...