I'm not talking about constant noises, they are ok for me. I'm talking about getting a mosquito-like sound when scrolling a web page or a "click" every time the graph in the performance window in the task manager updates. Most people understand that those integrated sound cards have sound of lower ...

I bet it would rate the same as its brothers on the Recommended Heatsinks page

The Zalman 7000AlCu isn't that much heavier than what you listed, and is only a little pricer than most heatsinks in general (pricewatch lists reputable dealers @ $33).

The Nexus NX-3500 fits the bill. If you prefer 400W, I've heard good things about the Zalman ZM400B, though they're still a bit difficult to get.

sthayashi - good catch :wink: :twisted: Thanks, however i have no itention to use anything like this, because my PC is almost fanless and almost silent, so :wink: But what's this thing are for anyway, i don't see any AC3 output i can pull into my subwoofer AC3 input??? Do they existing subwoofers w...

Though I've never tried it, according to the Recommended Heatsinks page, you can run a PIII-550 with this Heatsink passively.

This site has been less than impressed the quietness of aluminum cases. Though admittedly, the acrylic case looks to be interesting.

Probably the best way to get a review is to contact either a vendor or a retailer and get them to send a sample to either MikeC or Ralf Hutter for that purpose.

I have two speculations on what's your problem. 1) You're using WAY too much arctic silver. I was doing that for a while and wondering why my motherboard kept flashing the CPU Overheat LED. 2) You have the heatsink on backwards or too far off-center. I looked at the Nexus AXP-3200 and there's appear...

That's what makes a difference between Mac faithful and the those on PC's who never touched a Mac. Oh, I've touched Macs. Just not any with OSX 10.2 or later on them. My experiences with previous Macs has been with OSX 10.1 and before. And I'm sorry, they really sucked. So then the Mac people tell ...

I don't think that I'll be affected too much by the summer heat (I hope). What will affect me is when it comes time for me to move into a place where I have to pay for electricity. That will happen around June 15th or so. If you see a big drop in my PPW then, you'll know why. If you see a big drop i...

You can't identify the Japanese accents because there are so many of them? Are there sharp differences? I've read Japan is a very traditional nation, are there a lot of different groups inside the Japanese nation? I've read of the Ainu being a particularly unique group (they were the Samurai I thin...

<Begin flamewar mode> Big difference between Mac's and Windows PC's: "buffer overflows" Really? I thought the buffer overflow problems was inherent with anyone who programs in C. Only Dell and Apple are posting profits from computer sales, Dell because it's popular, but it will go the way of Compaq ...

We're all familiar with the case, but I think that for us, it's difficult to justify purchasing a case that costs more than the internals. I know that for me, this case won't work with my setup, since I like to run dual processors. Also, from an aesthetic viewpoint and based on the pictures I've see...

You could probably get by with a 350W power supply. I can read off my AC power usage right now. 240W with a dual Athlon XP 2400+ computer running two instances of F@H. I have 4 hard drives in here, 3 pci cards, 1 DVD+/-RW drive, and a Matrox G400 fro a video card. I suspect your machine will pull as...

If you want my opinion, DON'T DO IT. That loud fan is there for a reason. The light bulb that does all the projecting gets REALLY REALLY HOT, and if you reduce the amount of air that gets to it, you can easily reduce the life of the bulb. Now go price shopping on projector bulbs. If you've accepted ...

Use one of the Mobile XPs. If I had my choice now, I'd replace all my CPUs withe Mobile-XP equivalents (Athlon XP Mobile 2400+). They're more expensive, but to my knowledge, they consume a lot less power.

You may be better off getting the 2500+ mobile or better if you can find it.

You can run OSX on your pc? If you like to tinker with or fix your computer by all means a pc is the way to go. If you do not have time to waste playing around with a computer then Mac is the way to go. I do not drive a fancy car. I do not criticize the fancy car. I say wow cool car - wish I had on...

I voted yes, but when I show my Mac to a PC user their eyes pop out of their head and say "Where do you get a computer like THAT!" Then I get jealous, I don't want them to have one and feel just like everyone else. So I wind up giving them a attitude, they read that combined with them feeling like ...

You know, I'm half-Japanese and have lived in Japan for almost 10 years of my life, and I still can't identify Japanese accents, even though I can tell when someone is speaking Korean, Mandrin or Japanese (I'm not sure on Cantonese).

I voted no. Mostly due to bad experiences with previous Macs, and due to the fanaticism of the Mac users that I know.

Ralf Hutter wrote:Nexus 3000, one of MikeC's modded Zalmans...

MikeC sells modded Zalmans? I thought he just sold modded SS350s and SS400s.

Part of effective quietness is knowing your components. For example, you did not mention what sort of video card you have. Since they range from absolutely silent to godawful loud, there's no way we can tell you whether your equipment will be effective. Everything you've mentioned looks good or at l...

I haven't had ice cream in a long time, and I probably won't be having any in the near future, since I'm watching what I eat in an attempt to lose weight. I have a few favorite flavors. Maple Walnut is near the top of the list. Sadly, it's very difficult to get here in Pittsburgh. It seems to only b...

Crap, where the hell did Kemokim come from. He's gone YELLOW. And at the rate he's churning out those points, He's gonna be on my threats list soon.

Well, there is some issues with some driers and enforcing S/PDIF output, however this is a option :wink: Using external hi-quality DAC is always highly recomended into all audiophiles - sadly i can't afford that, nor buy in Europe... :oops: [/b] Well, I can't help you with being able to afford one,...

Oh, didn't see your transcoding test (I was on HA hiatus at the time). I must have been thinking about Den's initial findings last April. I'll go read your thread now, to see what you had to say. Is this thread the one I should read? That's the discussion thread. I opened a listening test thread af...

I wasn't terribly impressed by the Zalman 6000. I'd suggest looking for something else.

The SLK-800 w/ undervolted Panaflo is a pretty good choice, and it may fit alright in tight areas.

...and top of this, no-one mentioned audio cables! It's entierly impossible then to use the computer for any audio output at all, because the AC3 signal quality degradation over such distance and with many interferences from other cables will suffer hard :oops: Digital audio i/o will solve this for...

After reading as much as I could to understand the various frame sizes of the WU's, I guess I'm getting off to a slow start since one of my machines is working on a project with 5000 frames ! Fortunately the other is a more typical 400 frames. Oh well. Actually, I think the 5000 frames is the bette...

Sthayashi – I think you didn’t get me right. I didn’t advise you to put a Hoover next to you, I merely compared the noise of my Zalman/Enermax/Maxtor liquid bearing/Akasa PC to the noise produced by a vacuum cleaner. As of the definition of a problem and a symptom: the problem for me is to have a p...

1) It's normal for Intel, but NOT normal for people interested in silencing their computers. 2) Most heatsinks on the CPU have a fan that blows air towards the CPU. If the fan is built-in to the heatsink, then no it's usually not possible to have it be incorrect (you'd have to try). But with heatsin...