Very nice job. Neat case, too. Everything looks so tidy.

So what do you guys think? Like, Dislike, or could care less? We still don't know the MSRP. I like the black p150 with the silver front bezel. Might be a little bit easier to incorporate (from an aesthetic perspective) in some environments than the white model. I also think the Fusion in the Antec ...

I was wondering if anyone had experience with suspending drives in the Yeong Yang cube case? I would like to put up to 8, 3.5 inch sata drives into a case, and not have it be too noisy (or, at the very least, not have it thrumming or vibrating like crazy). (This is to centralize my music, video, etc...

jackylman wrote:Here's an article about that board -

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content ... duo&page=1

interesting review, interesting board.

How did you make it? What materials did you use? I wish I could just buy something like that.

the pundit wouldn't do raid, would it? just in case, make sure sata raid is turned off in the bios (if indeed there is such an option in the bios).

Nice little case for the money. maybe this will be my htpc case.

Great, just great.... The cardboard box in which the case came had inside ONLY the case - no screws, no rails, no nothing... Best thing is, I bought it from Bucharest (1200km away from where I live :(), AND through a friend... Things seem to be getting better and better. :evil: where are you locate...

Just bought a 250 GB Samsung Spinpoint SP2504C. Unfortunately, it has a very strong rhythmic vibration that is audible. How are you mounting the Samsung drive? Is it mounted with other 3.5 inch drives? I put a Samsung 2504c 250Gb drive and a Seagate 80 Gb sata drive along with a (suspended) noteboo...

Have you found it unnecessary to suspend your 3.5 inch hard drives in these cases? Has it been your experience that the silicon grommet mechanism built into these cases is quite adequate even in the situation where you have three or more 3.5 inch drives..?

The Nexus 'Real Silent' fans seem to be the most popular 120 mm fan around here at the moment.

ilh wrote:OK, I threw the last one in just to show my suspended drives.

that box suspending your drives is great. did you make it out of wood?

Any idea what size fan(s) the PSU has (no obvious answer on Antec's site)? If its 60mm, that's a concern, but maybe not a showstopper for you. There's a good chance you'd want to swap whatever it is. I didn't see any info on the fan size at the Antec site. Any ideas on what HS/fan you'd use in it? ...

alleycat wrote:The most difficult part is getting the right size coolpacks to fit the enclosure. Here in sunny Australia we're quite obsessed about the outdoors and keeping our drinks cool, so there are a number of locally made coolpack brands.

Alleycat, do you remember the brands of coolpack you used?

MoJo-chan wrote:Make sure you give it some time. The Samsungs seem to take a little while to "burn in". After a week of heavy use mine are now definately quieter.

I noticed that with my 250 Gb samsung drive, it was a bit noisy at first, but quietened down with use

Trunks wrote:I just think it has such a limited upgrade path.

I don't want to stuff an htpc or gaming rig in there, just a low powered system for web browsing & email.

What do people think of this slim, relatively small micro-ATX case by Antec? http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15102 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129013 It has two fans - an 80 mm "TriCool" fan (interestingly positioned at the top of the case) with the usua...

Is the Scythe Ninja a somewhat uncomfortable fit in this case? I noticed someone mentioning they had to remove their exhaust fan to jiggle the Ninja into position. Anyone else used a Ninja + P150..?

IMO, the main problem with Via has not been the slightly less speedy chipset (compared to most others). The problem with Via is that typically one will have many other problems, such as on-board Ethernet not working, incompatibility with add-on cards (especially sound cards), etc. Via is simply not...

I just had to share this review with SPCRs: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/beta/home.php?x=reviews&id=224 I used whisperrocks with my tualitin 1.13 and 1.4 ghz PIII processors. Undervolted with a zalman fanmate they were wonderfully quiet and gave more than adequate cooling. They make less noise tha...

Zorander wrote:I finally bought the CPU and motherboard, namely the X2 3800+ and ASUS A8V-Deluxe, along with the Scythe Ninja.

Choosing a VIA chipset for quiet computing with the X2s would seem to be a good idea. How is the motherboard going with your 3800?

hobochunk wrote:Hi, got an xp120 with the d12sm on a pentium 820. Anyone know what kind of temps I should be getting? Seems to be doing between 40C - 50C.

Thanks

I'm wondering how many of the folks here will be brave enough to try out a Pentium D dual core chip.

arctic coolers have a massive effect in SFF cases, this is reduced in full sized cases but still makes a difference. The increased exhaust draws even more air through the case, cooling components more and because the hot air isn't recirculated case temps drop further. This is a very good thing howe...

Hi Guys, I've got a pundit-r system and want to fit a 2.0ghz celeron mobile, does anyone know what voltage the pundit can go down to? Can i mod / tweak it lower? I want to run it as cool as possible, hopefully without a fan, any possibility of this do you think ? Thanks! Graeme Here's a great littl...

seem cutting off the processor pin is risky too.. If i dont cut the pin, can i use my p4-m 1.7 on desktop mobo? or just there's some limitation? pls advise... What motherboard are you thinking of using? Have a look at this guide, also, it's for mobile celerons but some of the info applies to the mo...

I can understand the desire to go quieter than a 2.5" drive. As I understand it, the current 40 gig Western Digital Scorpio is among the quietest of 2.5" drives. It still has audible high pitched whine, which isn't eliminated by a suspension. The Samsung and Fujitsu 2.5 inch drives have no audible,...

Comparing/ contrasting Seagate and Samsung drives, would it be fair or correct to say that in general, -the Samsung Spinpoint drives have much quieter seeks than Seagate drives, but vibrate more noticeably -the Seagate drives give off less vibration than the Samsung spinpoints (and make less noise i...

I too think the bad reviews should be published. Espacially for a product that has silence in mind...I was going to buy this, but first i googled for reviews, found some, and they ALL praised this product. A bad review from SPCR should had changed my mind for sure... :roll: I would be inclined to a...

Second, the hard drive cage transmits your hard drives vibration to the front panel causing an annoying hum, and front panel rattle which is very loud if the rest of your pc is silent (note: this happens regardless of your HD type Samsung, seagate, WD, etc. I've found that resting the hard drives o...

noise floor? what's a noise floor? :) everything in my case is on passive cooling: TT 103 fanless, Antec Phantom 350, Gigabyte 6800 - passive. I've got one fan only, an Evercool alu 120mm, spinning at 950rpm. When i test the hdd silcencer, the fan is turned off. So, is this quiet enough? :D previou...