I built a subwoofer with a 12",2 x 10" and an 8" able to put out a lot of DEEP bass- I used particle board with a 1/4" veneered oak plywood skin glued on with constrution adhesive-the kind in red,yellow +black caulk tubes. As I had no good way to mitre,I did the corners with Oak L mouldings. finishe...

V-Tech has cases that have a lot of area perforated and lined with filter material-incloding most of the door and a lot of the top. a couple of low speed exhaust fans,rear or bottom could provide outflow-without filter or other obstruction. There would be so much incoming air the filters would be no...

Basically,with some current gear,not all,cool+quiet does a sort of on-demand undervolt,dropping power and heat output. Various motherboads,like Asus,have monitoring,at least of the cpu,but some monitor more. Generally these can slow a One speed CPU fan if it has the 3rd wire for rpm feedback. Some a...

A fanless PSU won't emit less heat,it uses more heatsink instead of fans and the only way it helps is to mount it OUTSIDE on the back of the case

Parts expess.com is the source for raw speaker components-I built monitors and got a great amp at a yardsale $35 for a NAD. I used sheilded Tang Band 4" woofer and a sheilded Dayton Titanium Dome tweeter. They are abou 10"x7"x8" and mount close just above and a foot to each side of the monitor. I al...

Generally the 939 socket Winchester Athlon64s are a remarkable mix of power+running cool+quiet,the 3000,as the low power Winchester, is the most logical for quiet. nForce 4 has a ton of neat features,but SLI ain't cheap and is purely for gamers-which doesn't match up to a low-end no-fan Radeon. I'm ...

Coolmax has a 400w fanless,$114 US at Directron. To get the benefit of course you mount it outside,scew it onto the back. No fan does not mean no heat. At less than half the price Coolmax has the CX400B, a 400 with a 120mm 3 speed fan, the slow speed is very slow and quiet-and since it would not add...

Where ever in your area old compuers are dumped off you can obtain an old case,cut out the 51/2 bays and replace your smaller bays. I got a dead car stereo power amp at no cost- the top is massive finned cast aluminum. I cut down that top a bit and 2 HDDs fit. cut a 3" hole in the floor of the case,...