Thanks for the advice, it seems its a good option and hadn't considered it. But, looks like my usual supplier are already out of stock: "discontinued". I'll have to do a little searching around for someone else with a few of these left, blowing them out at good prices of course.

Alistair: I dont know why your temps are that high, mine never goes over 42c. Try underclocking the BUS to about 100MHz and see if that does it. You have a 2000+ Palamino that runs at 42c? Everyone: My chip of choice right now would be a Barton 2800, kick @$$! Only problem is that I dont know if I ...

A popular topic I'd like to follow up on after examining these threads: Coolest AMD CPU & Athlon XP vs. MP and the AMD spreadsheet that stsmytherie posted: http://www.mishu.com/AthlonXPspecs.zip Situation: Currently running a 2000+ XP Palamino that is a bitch to cool. I have an Thermalright SK-7 & 8...

The smart drive is SEVENTY DOLLARS.

With a quiet drive, the difference between it and suspention is all too little. I could only consider applying it where a drive is too loud and cannot be replaced with a quiet one (and cost is a non issue).

Have you tried different fans? If a fan is defective or any fins are damaged, it may be inbalanced and cause vibrations.

I encourage donations so Silent Mike can do this - scientifically.

Smart Drive runs cooler? how do you figure that? The no vibes is in open air, so air is not trapped and runs all around your drive.. and you can use a fan to increase this air flow. The smart drive makes no sense. At $70 it will cost you more than a new 40gb seagate which has no whine, so save your ...

I'm surprised to hear Silicon Acoustics doesn't carry Seasonic anymore, and even more surprised that they reported the nexus being 'better'. Having purchased both, I disagree. The stock Seasonic is 'slightly' louder than the Nexus. The Nexus is a Fortron, and doing a fan swap on those is a huge pain...

Seasonic are still my power supply of choice. Above the rest they are more efficient, generally cheaper, and allow for easy modding for us silent freaks. Distribution and marketing is not they're strong point, but they are a huge company (Seasonic factories produce about a half-million units per mon...

shame he didn't mention silentpcreview...

obviously his 'obsession' with quiet is still in the developing stages.

ah yes, i forgot we had a case section for a moment... i think i'm spending too much time here, i'm getting drunk.

possible new sections:
components or 'video cards' section comes to mind as there have been many discussions about video in the general forum.
same for 'motherboards'
watercooling?
case modding?

They all have the ability to use acoustic management. Incorrect. Barracuda SATA drives do not currently support the AAM (acoustic management software) and people here who have these drives are complaining they are much louder. for more info see threads: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.ph...

This is something I have meaning to look at, its on my long, long list. I appreciate your initiative and agree with many of the suggestions.

As are many of us, I'm having a difficult time figuring out any motive. You have a great product, consumers here agree, and we welcome you to talk to us UP FRONT . That is called a great opportunity, and you made it self-sabotage. in one puppet show, digitalix talks to sammy (himself): http://forums...

I've used the letter carrier many times and although its a good service, i wouldn't go to the trouble of driving 30 mins each way from the city and dealing with importing for just one PSU. If something is available in canada i recommend buying it here even if it means paying another $5-15. The Nexus...

Must be pretty loud...
What is you current cpu temperature @ idle and full load?
Got a picture of it all?

4 of us are idling very quietly here...

If there is enough demand (more than 5), i may import some for canadian buyers. Send me a private message if you're interested.

Silence and Stability are worth so much more to me than Speed.

thanks for that explanation mynci, it inspires me to return to do more experimenting. silent mice and quieter keyboards are still very much on my mind. i'm a 'compulsive clicker'. the other night, my girlfriend yelled from the other room: "hey shut the door i'm trying to sleep and your little clicki...

I wrote to Seagate about this issue and directed them to our discussion, got a reply next day, here it is: Greetings Alistair, After viewing the forums you listed below, we believe we know what everyone is experiencing. As mentioned in one of the forum posts the Barracuda SATA drives does not curren...

great, we have a total of 2 people in the room now.

Anyone with a close up detailed picture of this Melamine?

The 'Volara' at foambymail.com also looks interesting, any reviews found on that stuff?

This discussion is making me very uneasy about purchasing a new SATA 120gb which i had planned to do any day now...

for anyone aquainted with irc, come chat or idle in #silentpc on efnet.

I'm not worried. Humanity always fluxes and changes. We used coal before we used fossil fuels, and we used trees before that and we used horses before that. The sun is a limitless energy source. We will find a way to use it for cheap. It is our cheap and disposable thinking that has eroded our atmo...

Generally the lower the fans, the cooler the air, so having good airflow from the bottom front of the case is nice. That said, having your drives there can either hinder your airflow or keep them cooler at the same time. You don't need a ton of airflow to keep your drives cool, but as you point out,...

isolating the fan is by far the best solution here - if you don't mind potentialy voiding your warranty to do the mod. no other method is as clear and effective. a variation of this (for regular 80mm fans), which actually may make the mod easier, is to remove the fan from inside the unit and mount i...

If you haven't read already, this article will help:

Quieting the Enermax & other thermistor fan PSUs (by Mike Chin)
http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.p ... d=9&page=1