The "boiling smoke" from dry ice is made by putting dry ice in water. It is water vapor so I don't think this is a good idea. It's not water vapor. The frozen CO2 is catalysed to chang state into gas (no liquid involved)....I think it's called sublimation if i remember chemistry so long ago. anyway...

I thought about that case too, but I didn't like how it was steel (my pref is Al), the flimsy door....something about grills and the way the fan was set up....can't remember offhand, but I changed my mind after seeing some more

Mine:

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It doesn't show, but I made a custom VooDoo ensignia mouse curser

the zalman 7000 differences are thus: alcu: lightweight and under intel/amd weight limit, thus giving you the ability to pick up and move your case without worrying about breaking something. about 3-5C lhotter CPU $35 cu: WAY over the intel/amd weight limit. If you pick up and move your case often, ...

not only do they overestimate their specs (21dbs for a 65cfm fan????no!) but their cases are also kinda flimsy and cheaply made

I heard that leaves a tar smell in your case...also adds a couple 10-pound blocks to the overall weight. I prefer getting rid of audible hum and focusing on any further sounds at the source. thanks anyways (also, dynamat's too expensive for me....almost broke my wallet on the stuff for my car)

just goes to show ya, never buy off-brands from off-sites

If it does hum, could a simple rubber mat on the two sides help at all?

ok, here's the finalized system without stock fans replaced yet: KINGWIN SILVER All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, Model "KT-424-S" http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=11-170-015 Samsung 52X32X52X16 DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, Model SM-352NRNS http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?...

Apparently it does move the air by charging it (who wuddah known?): 8. How do the Ionic Breeze GP and Quadra move air without a motor or fan? A regular fan works by rotating and physically pushing air with its blades. In a typical HEPA air filter, a noisy motor will power a rotating fan that makes n...

well, these won't move any air (what I figure). You can only move charged particles, i.e. the dust. You still need a fan to get air inot the case, but wrap a netowrk of ionized wires around your fan grill and it'll repel all the dust (not the dirt, tiny rocks, stuff....it doesn't ionize unfortunately)

hmm....maybe instead of ionic-breeze wannabie, how about reversing the polarity on the anodes to repel charged dust? Creating a sort of forcefeild for dust around all fan intakes. I don't think the ionic breeze uses alot of power. Certainly not enough to shock you. I have one and I can touch all the...

Measure carefully before cutting out the 120mm hole in the back I'm actually thinking of using a hole-cutting drillbit. http://www.mytoolstore.com/ideal/iconcutt.jpg But I'm definately going to measure crefully on the screw holes. I'm pretty sure thiswould work better than a dremel or router. Defin...

it's not really silencing a printer, but putting it in a cabinet works really well.

just cut the f*** out of the back and fit in the quietest fan with the best cfm...

kinda foggy now, but there is a path

120mm or 92mm advice. I'm getting a Kingwin aluminum case that comes with 3 80mm fans (2 in front and one in back). I looked at alot of picutres and figured there would be enough room to drill a 92mm hole or a slightly square 120mm hole where the 80mm is. http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/11-1...

IC, tho I'm not particularly wooried with HDD noise/rattle just yet.

HOw about the stock fan mods? Any suggestions for a cheap isolation? rubber washers, gaskets, leave em be and save up for panalfos?

I was asking how well it would COMPARE to suspension. I always read the reviews btw

no way! damn, he beat me too it. lol, that's way cool! Now i'm definately going to make one

I'll be moving my computer around at least once a month to LANs, so the bungie idea may work against me. However: http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/xoxide/hddsilencer2.jpg will this work? It still decouples the HD from what I'm seeing. Nothing at first. Design/build a system that uses quiet co...

those melanine foam tiles seem ok. But I'd prefer to lay down something for more vibration reducing than for sound absorption. As you can see, I designed this case to be quiet at the components, the only thing I need worry about are the stock casefans (which might be replaced later, depending on ann...

what do you suggest for someone on a budget? I prefer not to get that acoustipack (dear god, $60, no thanks).

After looking over some specs and reviews, you were right. I switched to the samsung only about 10 minutes after your first post. thnx Ok, I think I have my system finalized. A big thanks to all who helped (donuts for all). I was thinking about adding a pack of pax mate and enlarging the back 8cm fa...

If you want an older machine that'll run some games (max. = UT2k4), I'd definately suggest buying a prebuilt system off ebay and then paying an extra $50-$100 making it silent. I mean, you can easily get a complete gaming rig for under $500. Add some mo money for monitor, speakers, etc.

remember the saying "Size does matter..."?

Remeber second line "...until it's so big it falls off"? <--wise thing to know

dust is a real bizatch. Still working on something better than filter (ionic breeze idea) that keeps airflow quality.

Yea, that poor zlaman. Working passively, basically. I hate to see things liek that. .....stilll, that's alot of dust

In all the benchmarks I saw on google searches, the nVidia core doesn't perform all that well. Like you said, hopefully a BIOS update will fix that. I usually don't od too much OCing but I plan to try to get the 3000+ to around 2.1- 2.15GHz. If I can find the K8V Deluxe on newegg before I buy, I'll ...

Are you still planning on getting the Lite-on drive? They make quality burns, but are quite loud from what I hear. Plextor or samsung drivers might be a better idea (and samsungs probably don't cost too much more either). It's between sony (CRX320E ) or samsung (SM-352NRNS ) right now. Both are the...

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I just read an article on BTX and thought I'd post my views.

go with the asus. Alienware uses it, gets the best reviews, need to say more?