Just adding two cents here. I own a PC07. I noticed in the review photos that the power supply was mounted with the fan aimed up, which is logical enough considering the vent on top of the case, but the PS07 owner's manual says that "if the power supply has a build-in (sic) 120mm fan or larger, we r...

Nice review, as usual for SPCR.

The article states that the Kabuto does not come with an LGA1366 mounting frame, but the one I bought and installed in a Core i7 system last month did include one...so maybe they've started to include one in the packaging.

Just a little note here. I am a fan of Geeks, in fact live less than a mile from them and have been a regular in their retail showroom for 4+ years. Having said that, they are one of the places where "refurbished" can mean the same thing as "used". Not saying that's the case here, necessarily, just ...

I read posts written by someone genuinely interested in the subject and who wanted so share his observations, not "a lot of self praise".

I've done some minor work (quieter system fan and hard drive) on my Sun Ultra 5, which is even older than the Ultra 60 and is a desktop rather than a tower like yours. Personally, I'd open up the case first and see if there's some simple swapping out of parts that you can do, rather than mutilate th...

I put (only) one Pundit P1-AH2 together for a relative so will add thoughts in this thread for anybody that might be interested. I used a retail Athon 64 X2 3600+ processor and used the heatsink that came with the processor. The AVC fan that came with the processor appeared to be a lower-speed versi...

Nicely done spreadsheet! It's always interesting to see what can be accomplished with Excel.

BTW, looks like what is sold in the US as the Chenming "Game' barebones.

You mentioned mATX. There are several different, decent mATX A64 boards available. Mine is a Gigabyte socket 754 with a SIS chipset and has almost everything, including Firewire and integrated video with 128MB onboard memory. Not the latest, greatest and fastest, but more than good enough for me. Th...

I'll throw in another vote for the Inwin micro-ATX cases. Accepting a regular ATX power supply is handy. I've also noticed that they now have newer versions which have a "120mm" power supply, slightly different ducting, and room for a 92mm fan in the rear. Anyway, they're worth taking a look at.

Ajump.com carries the barebones. Please buy one and report here on what it "sounds" like! (I'm waiting for somebody else to be the guinea pig, hee-hee.)

Some of you might find this site interesting, if you haven't already seen it. It's not a vendor, but a site devoted to improved efficiency of both external and internal power supplies. I guess the name is description enough!

XG2004, thank you for starting this amusing thread! I don't know which is better, your tenacity at defending your viewpoint, or the apparent wounded pride of some who argue with you. Just realize that some people can't move their computer because of their particular environment, and some won't becau...

You want to make your parents speechless? Tell them that you are going to start paying your own tuition! Okay, maybe I'm assuming something wrongly, but am on the other side of this situation right now, hee-hee.

Vinyl dye works pretty well if you find a case that you otherwise like, though it is a minor project. The problem might be finding it in "pink". Most of the places I've seen it are auto parts stores, and don't recall seeing that color.

I bought a Sparkle power supply several years ago that had "PC Power & Cooling" silk-screened on the circuit board. Not saying it is/was completely the same power supply, though!

You already spent a bunch of money on other stuff; why get cheap over small differences in cases? Essentially all they are is a box to put the rest of your components in. Get one you like the looks of, that's reasonably priced, and a decent inexpensive power supply like the Fortron or one of the oth...

Somebody put together a matrix containing features of quite a few NForce2 motherboards, including whether they have a fan or not.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/surprise999/ ... atrix.html

Don't know whose page it is and looks like a work in progress, but is kind of interesting.

Yeah, seems like you should start with those 60mm fans, maybe see if you can get by without the intake ones and just use one as an exhaust. That is something no-cost (assuming you don't burn anything up!) you can try, to start with. Wouldn't jump right into applying sound deadening (a band-aid appro...

There's also a chance that they would sound a bit louder if you had them in a different environment, such as at home. Just another factor to consider.

You mean that youi're skeptical about all the employees being happy and really enjoying their work, and spending almost all their time at work sort of voluntarily? And they all used proper safety gear but didn't wear it because they were excited about being photographed? hee-hee. The article and pho...

Using one on an NForce2 northbridge with no problems...caveat is I'm not using the board's IGP, either.

Maybe I'm just a dimwit for not understanding, but all the entire device does is replace a CPU cooler?

Or maybe blacklights instead? (Side benefit is that oldtimers can then drag out their old paintings of Jimi Hendrix on black velvet and have a psychedelic experience.)

How about remoting every component, including the monitor, mouse, and keyboard, to another room? I guess the only drawback would be that you'd have to move to the other room, too, but if you're going for true silence be prepared to make some sacrifices.
(GG, rough night?)

I would prefer that my card reader make some kind of noise when inserting a card because right now it's hard to tell when it properly connects. (Sorry to break the string of funny comments!)

Ah, okay. Sorry about getting the terminology mixed up. Guess I meant undervolting, then.

What's the advantage of underclocking a processor over buying a processor with less power consumption to begin with? I am just curious, not trying to make a point or anything.

Ahh, okay, that's cool. Was wondering if maybe they had some sort of header on the motherboard, but didn't look at "all" the pics on Newegg.

LushMD, that Leadtek motherboard sounds nice. Are you sure it has s-video out, though? Kind of hard to tell from the blurb on their web site or in the pictures.
Three PCI slots seem plenty these days...still seems a shortage of reasonably priced, compact, nice looking cases, though.