Hi,

Just seen this: http://www.akasa.co.uk/spec/coolers/spec_ak_370_oem.htm

And was wondering who has used it/seen a review of it.

Im skeptical from the picture that it could cool my P4 2.54 without any fan...maybe as its made for a server case it needs airflow?

Opinions?

Thanks for the detailed analysis - very appreciated as my drive has just had similar problems...but now doing a backup as we speak thanks to the tapping drive technique. My drive is suspended in the front of my case, no earth wire, using standard IDE cable and it is the only device on the channel. M...

Ok, agreed, games are not good.

But it seems many people just use mail/web/office, so it may be an option.

I still use my 2.5ghz p4 rig for most task except when i want to chill downstairs / in the garden.

I just got a mac laptop- an ibook g3 500mhz. Its VERY quiet - hd only chugs under disk intensive stuff. 500mhz G3 mac processor (faster than equivilant PC) is fine for web browsing etc. You can easily run mail, internet and m$ word. Airport is apples wireless network and you can get them built in. A...

Interesting posts.

Im suprised more people havent looked at Macs (DONT start a flmae war)
I just bought an ibook 500mhz, the older one, and its VERY quiet and it does most of my needs except video playing.

Noticeable whine (with case closed, about 1 meter away): N/A Yet Noticeable whine (with ear next to harddrive): N/Q Yet Model Number: SP1614N Supplier: www.tekheads.co.uk Month of purchase: June O4 Motor: JVC 40314AD P/V80-2D R2 Revision: Rev. A Date of Manufacturing: 2004. 05 Any other relevant/int...

Thanks for the help. Looks like il pickup a Samsung SP1614C 160GB - OEM I will suspend it with elastic, and it wont have much airflow, but should survive and be quiter than my solution atm, with better data securoty. I have read mixed results regarding Dtemp readout, but that doesnt really bother me...

Hi, Apologies for the thread, i know that the info i need it around here somewhere, but couldnt find it and have been out of the spcr loop for a while. Currently i have 2x80 seagate barra IV (with aam ENABLED) running in raid 0 on serial ATA. I want to replace this with a SINGLE drive, probably 160g...

5yr warranty is great except when it breaks, you still loose the data (unless you have other backup methods) and normally in business the value of the data will be much more than the drive. I know a company that use a P3 ~700 as server for 6/7 PC's, including database access and file access and it w...

Does the PSU area get absurdly hot?
Did on some sonys i used.

Cheers guys. The reason i was thinking of using a Durin 750 is that i have one spare, hence no extra cost. Since fanless is probably not an option, i think i may end up using a very low cfm fan - ie panaflow @ 5v? I probably wont buy another cpu unless i use this system extensively. As for the PSU, ...

Zalman may work good if i can fit it in the case. Alphas are pretty expensive :( You think i could maybe use a cheaper coolermaster, http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48547 , and maybe miss out the fan? Or put a real quiet one on, or d...

I am going to be building a cheap box to run rh 9 on so i can learn linux. However this needs to be as silent as possible VGA is onboard no problems there. Hd will be in a silentdrive or custom sand box so that should be ok. PSU may be custom passive or may just run a Panaflow at 7v in a spare/cheap...

So there is no fan anywhere near this duct? Impressive

I can host some pics for you.

I want to see them

Hi, I tried this at the weekend. I got a ZM80C-Hp kit - the newer grey one. I installed it as you said, however i was a little worried to see only 2 mounting holes from block to heatsink, but hopefully it will be ok. I installed it on a 64mb Geforce 3, one of the actual reference cards, made by nvid...

Great.
Will try this soon.
Should make it a bit less expensive if i can use it on 2 cards

Looks very good. Nice to hear you are in the UK.
I want to try this when i get the time, will probably get a cheap ass psu though.

What are the thoughts on running a PSU passive 24/7?

This looks interesting. I could do this in my yeong yang cube case without messing up the exterior

Pingu, Do you have a front fan drawing air onto the drives. I was going to suspend them however it not the easiest thing to do in my case, if i want to keep some airflow over them, and not add any fans. I am going to add some horizontal beams when i have some time, and suspend them. OR! Do i sell th...

Hi, This is exactly what i am thinking of doing :) Anyone got any updates on it? I am currently testing various methods with the 120mm fan in my current case, then just hope the PSU won't add much to the temps, as it is blowing out and throught the psu. I am thinking of getting a PC50 and psu with 1...

I think you will be lucky to find. If you do let me know.

You can get slot load dvd.
You can get slot load cd (rare)
Never seen a writer.

Unless you get a laptop one....i have a combo 8x dvd and 4x? cdrw which is tiny and slot load.

Cheers for the tips.
I thought so, but only after i did it!
Grrr, more time needing to be spent!
I will have to rethink and see if i can rearrange them seperately.
I was going to use elastic to fix them to the case, but it was a right pain to get on.

Some updates. I have screwed the hd heatsinks into the bacl of the case as a means of securing them. There is a layer of foam so its not metal on metal. http://phrozenpenguin.thehardwire.com/Images/1.jpg General shot http://phrozenpenguin.thehardwire.com/Images/3.jpg Shows the heatsinks - the yellow...

Hi guys, Bit of a hiccup in that one of the serial ata power adaptors shorted and burnt out, smoke and all. Managed to get another and drive seems to be fine thankfully. I am currently testing out different places for the hds, and monitoring temps via digidoc, which is great. Will post pics soon. Ed...

POLIST8 wrote:How much is that software?

Digidoc? Its a hardware monitor. See http://kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view ... 2875f52d42

www.emotiveexcellence.com/pingu/via/ u can see my efforts there :) side heatsinks will help :) and ive taken first steps towards starting my own company :D Im gonna rig up heatsinks soon. Just need to find a way to securely vertically suspend 2 drives with heatsinks, with out externally marking the...

POLIST8 wrote:Check this thread. Looks like you're screwed.

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=6487

Indeed. However i am getting digidoc 5 so i can monitor temps of whatever.

Smartudm is a DOS program that runs in a DOS box in Windows9x/ME that can report S.M.A.R.T. information(including drive temperature if supported by the drives) for drives connected to raid onboard or pci controllers. It can be downloaded from: www.sysinfolab.com/download.htm The 37KB zip file conta...

Someone else finds it loud Have you used any other 92mm fans that are reccomended? Do you think the 40cfm @ 20dba is true?

Sisoft will not tell me temps. If anyone knows something that will say temps of individual drive WHEN IN SERIAL ATA RAID ARRAY please let me know