If you're up to the challenge, open it up and see what parts you can salvage (maybe even fix it?). That however would require some knowledge in electrical components. The least you could do though is salvage the heatsinks. You never know when it might come in handy. I did that with my old fanless ps...

Very nice indeed, but I do have some questions. First off, did you use any foam on the side panels at all? I used the thing foam on the side panel behind the motherboard and had no problems whatsoever. The main side panel did have contact with my TRUE though. I'm also curious to know if you used the...

Here's a recent post I made with pics of my accoustipack upgrade in a p182.

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How are you possibly calculating 756W? Did you hook up a deep fryer to your computer that you didn't tell us about? :P I don't think even SLI with a couple 9800GTX's could use that much power. I have an Athlon X2 6400+ and an BFG 8800GT OC2 and I'm thinking my HX520 is overkill. The psu fan is suppo...

If you are planning on purchasing a new psu, that should help with the cable management. Go for something modular like a Corsair HX520 or if you really think you need more then go for the Hx650 or HX1000. I don't see why you would need such a high powered psu though. An HX520 should do nicely. This ...

Snake pit. :shock: I would start off by cleaning up the wires as they definately restrict airflow. If you're into overclocking then you should also look into an aftermarket cooling solution. That would reduce noise, lower temps, and as a result, higher clocks. Using 12cm fans instead of smaller ones...

On closer inspection, you can see that the lower compartment is not isolated and for a good reason. http://www.dvhardware.net/news/silverstone_raven_computex08_2.jpg Here we clearly see that there are vents directly above the psu which as a result introduces heat to the other components. The reason ...

It's official. Thermalright is now selling a means of ripping a giant hole in your motherboard.

I don't like how the cables come out of the top. The case itself looks like it was made without silencing in mind. It's hard to tell without analyzing the material it's made of, but from the images, it looks mostly plastic. The vents don't seem to do very much for sound isolation either. Parts of th...

The foam on the side panel indeed does touch the heatsink top, but does not feel dangerously over-pressured. It has not adversely affected temperatures in any way either. I'm just a bit more careful now when opening or closing the case. The foam has actually helped seal the gap stretching between th...

help and support = disabled for me. All it is is just the popup that gives you useless "answers" to problems. It has never resolved any of my problems whereas google has not failed me once. It's called "Help and support center" and it depends on the help and support service. If you have it disabled ...

I think this would be great for people who use their pc's for the absolute basics. It'll save a lot of space as well. Imagine placing one of these right beside your monitor. As for the dust issue, it should be really easy to clean given its size. Blast it with compressed air once in a while and you'...

It's a good idea to keep some functional spare parts around for testing purposes. I keep a cheap psu, keyboard, mouse, and graphics card around incase something goes foul.

I have the exact same setup, except an athlon X2 6400+. I found that the best for me so far has been to have 2 low rpm fans exhausting the rear and top, and another intake fan in front the HDD wind tunnel located right infront of the accelero. This is enough to run the accelero passively. I'd still ...

Unless there's physical damage to the fan or heatsink, I don't see why it would change the acoustics. You may simply just be noticing it now because of the recent attention you've been giving it. I've done a lot of silencing work on my computer recently and only now have noticed how annoying the bir...

At our present course, I wouldn't be surprised if Mandarin became the new English. Everywhere I look I see businesses either outsourcing their work or completely basing their operations in China. If China's economic influence continues to explode, it won't be long before people are compelled to lear...

Although it's true that most of the heat is transfered directly onto the heatpipe, some does get around the edges. Having thermal paste in those gaps is definately better than having a bubble of air in there. Air insulates heat, which although in this case isn't very significant, does contribute to ...

I would disconnect everything you possibly could first to narrow down the possibilities. From there on it's just a matter of sticking your head next to the components.

I agree. Your top priority should be to silence your components as much as possible first. From there, you can work outward. If you feel you are ready for a good silencing case, the P182 really is arguably the best choice. I didn't own one when I joined the forums but decided to check it out after a...

very cool! AFAICT it's pretty rare for people to be fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese to a high level. are you from HK or mainland? my brother's flatmate is from HK and he is trying to teach me cantonese, but very very slowly...... :lol: I'm from HK. I'm not exactly fluent in Mandarin, but I ca...

Just curious. Please share with us what languages you speak.

I can speak Cantonese, English, some Mandarin, and abit of French, and Thai.

FYI:Giberish is not a language

There could be many factors contributing to your rise in temperatures. For one, your heatsink may be damaged, or the retention system may be damaged/loose. Another reasonable explanation may be in regards to the thermal paste you used. If you did not reapply the paste, perhaps it has already "set" i...

Ok, maybe I should have included the vital word "FREE" . I've heard of these phone services but I'd prefer not to buy a new phone/plan/etc.

I think that only works with complete songs. What I was thinking of was more like recording a short clip with my mp3 player and then going home and looking up the song. Sometimes I'm out on the street and I hear a song I like say from someone's radio or whatever and I want to ID it. I'd take my reco...

Does anyone know of any online services where say you can upload a short mp3 clip of a song that you want ID'd then it will analyze the clip and return the song name or at least a list of possible hits? I'm surprised nothing like this has become mainstream yet. The best resource so far is posting th...

I'd go as far back as you possibly can. Maybe even a geforce 1 card. If possible, I'd even go with onboard video if you have it. From my experience, ATI's X300 series runs pretty cool (except it's for pci-e). I ran my Asus X300 SE-X (yes that's what it's really called) without a heatsink for a while...

It's SATA and was manufactured on January 31, 2006. I'll sell it to whoever makes the best offer.

320GB 2.5 inch drives are finally starting to come mainstream. Price is quite.... VERY good too. It might be time for me to swap out my 250GB 3.5incher for one of these. That said, anyone want to buy a 250GB 3.5 inch Western Digital Caviar? http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd...

Noise cancelling must occur at the hardware level. Any higher and the time delay between the device's reception of sound to the rebroadcast of the inverse to the time it reaches your ear will be too great. Software solutions ie. mic to fan and speaker out would be too slow. That's also not taking ec...

More information on the hole you're trying to vent would be helpful. Pictures would be even better. If this is an exhaust or intake fan inside your case, perhaps you could mount an 80mm fan outside of the case. That'll give you some more clearance.