For the HDD topic, it seems to me that some laptop HDD are really quiet (e.g. Fujitsu). Now, they should perfectly fit into a silent drive ... wouldn't that be (near) silent) ? Well the good thing about laptop HDD they produce very little heat. In laptops they are usually confined it tight areas an...

It seems the prices are high too..

The SunBeam PSU case mod cost ~£3.50 @ ebuyer.co.uk, but they are charging £15 for it.

"Prices don't always have to be high in the UK"

Just be careful with extending HS, as some are LIVE.

Refering to the "Running a PSU with a fan?" article, what might work are Seasonics SuperSilencer (high efficiency) PSU mounted outside of the case and mounted vertically. The Super Silencer is more suited in this case than the Tornado: 1. Larger HS. 2. Better airflow direction. (cool air coming in f...

DonP wrote: Heatlane Zen NCU1000 P4 Fanless Cooler - big mofo cooler.. about 65 gbp
DonP.

Nice, I can't believe it's finally available in the UK. I'll wait for Mike's review first. I think he has already played around with it..

Frozencpu.com is selling some kind of liquid "phase change" solution (Nanotherm PCM+). It's supposed to be much better + easier to apply. NO NO NO!! Don't use that stuff. It eats away at the material of your heatsink. There's a big thread about this over at OC forums in the Cooling forum (and some ...

Updated my list of stock passive coolers above.

~2500 members, some of you must have stock passive VGA cards?

Sapphire Radeon 9200 Atlantis l28MB Passive with a small/medium size HS Gigabyte Radeon 9200 l28MB Passive with a medium size HS Creative Blaster 5 GF FX5200 64MB Passive with a big HS PNY Technologies GF FX5200 Ultra l28MB Passive with a big HS Terratec Mystify FX5200 l28MB Passive with a medium si...

I use to have that motherboard and the general consensus from previous discussions in the forums, is that the Asus QFan is useless. It hardly ever reduces the voltage by much, unless your system runs extremely cool. At best it only reduces to about a third of 12v.. Get a Zalman fanmate to play with ...

For those who come from the UK many will know the reputable computer magazine PC PRO. In the hard disk roundup including the new Seagate drives this is the quietest (No barracuda IV mind you). It has knocked off the previous IBM 180GXP from the A-list top spot. To read the review visit http://www.pc...

* When you refer to a mobo as undervoltable, do you mean that its not undervoltable in BIOS but it could be possible with jumpers? If a board is not undervoltable it does not matter which way you use, you can't undervolt it. * Do newer boards have jumpers for settings, that has to do with vcore at ...

The latest P4 HSF's are thermister-controlled, I believe. What effect does undervolting have on the thermister and thence fan speed? I believe most, if not all P4 HSF are thermally controlled. When you undervolt say with a fanmate or otherwise to 5v, what happens because the HSF will stay relativel...

The Intel HSF@5v is fairly quiet even in low ambient noise levels, so I would advise just undervolting. It has a very good cooling performance at low voltages. We are only talking a few degrees compared to the best HS with a Panaflo or equivalent at 5v. The only notable noise you get is a slight whi...

Removing the PSU case actually reduces cooling ability according to this article. Running a PSU without a fan

It seems tunnelling air through a confined area enhances cooling. Having just case airflow may not be as effective, as it provides little spot cooling.

In my experience, HD whine comes mostly from the bottom of the drive usually. I agree to this aswell, more noise comes from the underside than anywhere else. Sides + tops are pretty much sealed off. The bottom however has plenty of holes and tiny gaps where noise escapes. Placing the whole drive on...

This CPU just cries out for a passive cooled (or otherwise very quiet) laptop implementation. The current Pentium M laptops are nowhere near as 'silent' as they could be, compared to their Mobile Pentium 4 brethren. Surely that depends on the laptop itself, as all different brands/model produce dif...

Also note it's unlikely to consume anywhere near 100W DC for the system you specified. Most of the numbers you specified are theorectical max. Any system is unlikely to utilise 100% of everything at the same time. Check this thread, http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=21&highlight=max+p...

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Also check out this I posted a while back.

You might want to check out dc2dc.com They've got an external fanless unit that will run to 143W. It seems they have DC to DC upto 143W, but the AC power brick available is only rated at 120W AC. Maybe it's just the website, but the numbers given for that Lex PSU don't seem to add up right, and a m...

Fanless ATX

Also, where do you get those rubber hard drive mounts, like Stealth used in their case? I have the Evercase 4252 which has mounting holes made for them.... A very simple and more effective mod is to place the whole hard disk bottom side down onto a piece of foam at the bottom of your case. This wil...

Only one thing to be careful of, by doing this mod is that the pins may become a little loose, so just make sure the pins are connecting. If you notice some of the pins is sticking out a little of the molex (male) connector when plugged into your psu molex (female) connector then push the pins back ...

:lol: If you got the money to splash then why not spend it on a more exotic cooler, just don't expect miracles from it. It may reduce your temps by a bit, but many other factors effects the cpu temp including ambient, case, and even a hot graphics card where hot air rises over the cpu fan and is the...

Don't stress out over your temps. A general guidance is to keep your CPU below ~60oC. Obviously you got people in the forums who want to boast how cool their CPU runs. There are also so many variances with temperture sensor software, with some reporting higher or lower depending on which one you use...

Thanks for that Tragus, the reason I posed the question is because over here, there are not many e-tailers. So usually the best price is the biggest influence over here to buy thier goods. We don't have a sellersrating.com over here, maybe we should have one so that all online shops improve their se...

According to the Processor Electrical Specification your CPU dissipates 52.8W typical, approximately the same as a Northwood P4 2.0A.

It does seem a little high, I would advice applying Arctic Silver 3 instead and also check the amount of airflow through your system. What are your ambient temps?

OT: May I pose a question about sellers rating. Why is so important for the company has to reputable? I mean in the UK we order online without knowing too much about the company, except if I find the service to be quick and efficient on my first order I may use them again. We don't have the vast amo...

Suspend a Barracuda IV 40GB single platter, that should be more than enough. However if you want silence get the same drive and put it in a SmartDrive 2002 enclosure and then suspend the whole enclosure for pure bliss.

This is cheaper than any 40GB laptop drive and probably much quieter too.

A goog place to start is here. http://www.mini-itx.com http://www.mini-itx.com/store/ They have completely fanless systems that makes no noise including fanless PSU. The only noise you will get is from the Barracuda IV and that is such a quiet drive. :wink: My favourite mini-itx is located here, com...

This case isn't the only thing Zalman will spring on usin North America, see Zalman Heatpipe HDD Cooler . Hope that's not old news, I've been off the forums for months (me very bad). I don't know if it's old news, but it's available in the UK and presume so for many other countries. It's availabe a...