Ultrabooks are getting pretty good too. I have a Samsung Series 9 and in light usage (e.g. web browsing) the fan is inaudible, unless I put my ear right up to it. About as good as the MacBook Air I use at work. However, load the CPU a bit (~40% or so) and the fan starts to ramp up slightly. Gaming i...

I used two twists for the 3.5'' drive. I can't remember for the 2.5'', might have been the same or one more twist.

I've only been using my Antec Solo for about 6 months and already the hard disk suspension elastic has gone all loose. Luckily, I noticed it while removing the front filters for cleaning. My 3.5'' disk was barely hanging on at an extreme angle. Even the elastic holding my 2.5'' SSD had gone all loos...

I just bought a few of the 203WIs.

Their idle noise is considerably higher than the 1TB F1 and F3 drives I have.

I installed the S1 on my card yesterday. The clear spacers did seem a bit too thick but I just applied some pressure and tightened the screws a bit more. The VRM heatsinks weren't suitable so I just used the RAM heatsinks on the VRMs and left the RAM chips bare. I don't think I can run the card pass...

I just received my H577FL1GD and it's pretty noisy, even with the fan at 40%. I'll try putting on the S1 this weekend, hopefully it goes without a hitch if I follow the tips here.

I'm getting one as a system drive too. Now I'm just figuring out how I can mount a 2.5'' drive in my trusty old P180.

Hi, I'm looking for a tablet PC and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on a quiet one?

Speed isn't an important factor. The major things I'm looking at are that it needs to have an active digitzer and SPDIF out.

Thanks in advance.

Are all the grommets that seem melted on the same hard drive? What about the other grommets you got with this case - even the ones you've never used? This sounds like improperly cured silicone, and I'd at least email Antec, telling them I thought that I might have faulty grommets and see if they'd ...

funny :D can you post a photo? It didn't look any different, just felt wet and sticky. As for the melting grommets, I don't know the melting point of those, but I'm sure it's a lot higher than the temperature that a hard drive would die at. If they are wet and sticky when cool, that would imply tha...

I was replacing my hard disk with a new one when I noticed that all 4 rubber grommets that the hard disk was attached to were wet and sticky. It seems like they have melted... Both sides of the grommets were like that. They have also left a sticky stain around the screw holes of the hard disk. The o...

I have bought in Rome the WD GP 1tb (286 euro) and i have tested it on an opened box usb near a Samsung HD501lj both on my desk. At idle, WD is more silent, but seeks are more noisy. I understand the low value of this report, but waiting for SPCR test.... I liked WD and i'll buy an other. I just in...

C2D E6300 @ 2.8GHz (400 x 7) 1.1625v

48 hours Orthos stable.

nici wrote:Are you sure it's not just the case resonating?

I don't think so. Otherwise the humming wouldn't have gone away if I sped up the fan and slowed it back down again.

Maybe they were badly thrashed by the postman, the boxes were a bit beat up.

Does it make the noise even when not mounted inside the case? Not sure, I haven't tested it yet. First, does the humming change volume at 12V vs ~7V? (It should change volume considerably!) Second, do you have your fans hard-mounted (using steel fan screws, for instance)? Yes, the volume of the hum...

At 12v, the noise of the wind (whoosh) masks the humming noise (though it is still audible). Actually, the humming sound sounds more like a howl now that I pay attention. With the voltage reduction cable, it is very quiet - but so is it if I reduce the voltage of the fans to 5v on the controller. Ho...

Hi, I recently bought some of the Noctua 120mm 1200RPM fans after reading all the rave reviews about it. I noticed that all 3 fans that I have produce a humming sound that is very audble at around 7v - 9v. This hum makes the fan at 7v actually louder to me than the Nexus at 12v. I'm using the fans w...

I ran a HD Tach long test:



Not sure if this is good or not though.

Ok, I've just received mine today and seems to work well so far. The seeks are much quieter than the P120 250GB that I have.

I just saw that a local distributor here has the Samsung HD501LJ for ordering. It's listed as being 500GB and having a 16MB cache. ETA is 1 November.

I tried searching on google but didn't find anything on this drive. Does anyone know more about it? Is it part of the T166 series?

When were the 16MB models released? It seems they only have the 8MB models here in Australia.

Ok, I just recently uncovered the top blow hole and the noise from the rear case fan area has dropped a lot! Maybe it was CR after all? Now I just have a filter stuck on it to prevent dust from getting in. Temps still appear to be the same so it doesn't look like the airlow path has been affected mu...

Wow, thanks! It really was the screw that was causing problems.

I did email Antec a week ago but didn't any replies. They don't have P180 panels on the spare parts catalogue at their website either.

My P180's left side panel has always been really tight and hard to remove. In fact I broke the 2 front plastic clips while trying to remove the panel a few days after I bought it. I've stuck back the clips with superglue, but now I want to remove the panels and am having trouble again. I don't want ...

I ordered mine a few months back. It came in one of those plastic hard disk containers. The seek noise is incredibly noisy, but at least it's still working. As for drive reliabiliy, we have had our fair share of Maxtor and Seagate drives gone bad at work. I don't think any one is more reliable than ...

It seems to be turbulence, if I lower the voltage to 5v it does get quieter.

And if I turn just the rear case fan off completely, it is much quieter.

Ok I've just finished migrating my system to an Antec P180. Now the loudest component in my system is the rear case fan - a Nexus 120mm running at 7v and mounted with EAR grommets (which was hard as hell to install). I have the top blow hole covered up. My question is whether removing the rear fan g...

I just got mine today, and all 4 screws for the side panels have rust on them...

Also the door bulges slightly, and the stupid magnet keeps coming loose!

I've already spent almost a whole day installing everything into this case, don't know if I'll be bothered trying to get a replacement for it.

I think the standard and easiest solution is to replace it with a Zalman NB47J, and place your video card in the lower PCI-e slot if it doesn't fit in the top one.