Incidentally, I do believe I've attacked every component. I am contemplating getting something like this: http://www.quietpc.com/uk/harddrive.php#silentdrive for my 2x 250 GB S-ATA drives. I want to find out first though how much of a bother they are, seeing as the case is already dampened down. I'v...

PSU is going to be Noisetaker 475. For all the (gory) details of my "quest", there's this thread here: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=11895 So, PSU is (or should be, at least) quiet as well. Yeah, I know that the GeForce 6800 Ultra is going to be a whiney mother ... but I'll deal w...

Great stuff :mrgreen: Silly thing is, of course (Sod's law), that I've had to go through the painful process of finding these sites myself. D'oh. Reminder to self - next time, CHECK SPCR for site-collections FIRST :D. (Now has a place to point UK-ppl to, at least, for their quiet cooling needs) :).

For what it's worth (future music, as yet, waiting for the parts to come in), I'm building up a 3.4 Ghz Prescott system, and will do my damndest to make it quiet :). So, I'll let you know how THAT Don Quicotian windmill charge goes ;). Nice system. Black Knight was one of the chassis I've NEARLY dec...

Holy cow, that things looks HUGE...

... it'd be a bit of a drag to move the PC around after that, let alone transport it.

I like the choice of colour ... but ... "massive" ... well, at least there's enough surface area to cool the thing, that much seems certain .

Zaalman sure are inventive .

Thanks Shadowknight - the thing that worries me about the weight (we're talking 850+ grams here) is that I'll likely be moving my computer a fair bit. So - lifting, throwing it into a car, etc. etc ... it spells out as a lot of vibrations, therefor, a lot of stress on a pretty small area of a mother...

Guys, (and gals, if applicable) I've originally intended to shove one of the Evercool Aluminium 92mm fans onto the Thermalright SP-94 which is to cool my 3.4 GHz Prescott. I have - so far - not been able to find one in the UK. In a way, that's good, as I've realized, as the following problem occured...

OK, seeing as people are viewing this but not responding ... (evil grin). I've FOUND in the meantime a place in the UK which does sell the Evercool fans - albeit under the name of Titan. http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=16441&cat=283 HOWEVER. They don't sell the 92 mm varian...

Incidentally, if someone's looking for these critters in the UK, here's the 120 mm variant: http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=16441&cat=283 <Also masquerading as Titan. Geez - what's wrong with using the name Evercool ... *sigh*> Overclockers also offer the 80 mm variant but ...

Just got pointed at this site from another forum I'm on ... http://gizzo.8m.com/fans/fan120.html ... since you chaps have got the "real world" experience - how reliable is the info on this site? If it's any good, it might make life a lot easier? :). Also, as I guess, this site is somewhat "skewed" f...

I know this is in it's seperate forum thread already ... but "just in general", would it mayhap be worthy of some consideration to put this as a sticky post? Having (through mere curiousity) found out what this folding was all about, I'll quite happily commit my new P4 3.4C beastie to the good cause...

A point (other than the power leeching) speaking FOR TFT's is the WEIGHT (which, I believe, no-one's pointed THAT out yet). Handy if you intend to visit friends, go to LAN Parties or somesuch. My next monitor is DEFINATELY not a CRT anymore. Moving 25 Kg's of monitor is getting quite a nuisance. :) ...

I am in the process of building a new system. For exact details, look at this thread here: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=11895 The most important "to be cooled" details in short: P4C 3.4 GHz with Thermaltake SP-94. 2 x 250 GB S-ATA HD's. GeForce 6800 Ultra (when it comes out, obvi...

Can you please explain the bit about "non-polar" liquid for us non-physicists please? .

Merci .

You mean to say, that if I had waited for a little bit, I'd have been the 4000th myself? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Noooooo.... woe is unto me :mrgreen: Welcome. And let me (as a recent member myself) also acknowledge the "nice"-ness of SPCR. It's all really mostly topical and ... polite here. ...

:shock: Hmmm - interesting stuff. Assuming that "electrical devices" don't get hurt, that I can imagine with a liquid. That books "stay dry", that I'd like to see. Must be some pretty ingenious stuff :). Certainly I can see this be quite interested for PC cooling. I've personally (mora paranoia than...

Slowly thing coming together. Ordered: * Chassis (AcoustiCase C6607B - in black) * Zalman ZMMFC1 Fancontroller from: http://www.quietpc.com/uk/index.php <Giving links, in case anyone else is searching for these in the UK>. After some searching, found this to be the best price+delivery deal in the UK...

Having had to look through PSU aquisition myself, I've come across that problem. Most PSU's currently only off 2 S-ATA power-connectors (if any). There's two ways around it. 1: Buy Western Digital S-ATA drives, as they come with BOTH connectors (Molex and S-ATA) for your convenience. My other reason...

I am beginning to contemplate, whether it wouldn't just be easier to have a seperate kettle-lead going to the 6800 Ultra. Course, there'd be a requirement for auto-sensing, as having that expensive a graphics-card go "bang", just because you forgot to switch from 110V to 220V (or vice versa) would b...

Thanks for the links (though I did read the sticky thread first, being a good chap).

One thing I find interesting (maybe - regretable), that there doesn't seem to be a "quiet list" of 120 mm fans, there's only 80 and 92mm fans mentioned .

Ah - thank you. Enlightenment has been performed .

Completely satisfied .

Hmmm ... upon think a little on this one. This would make a LOT of sense for the Enermax NoiseTaker 475's approach of a SEPERATE 12V rail for the mobo. Since this would no longer be shared out between the mobo + HD's + the rest + "the big 6800", this MIGHT make it possible to connect just the one st...

Re: the above Fair point - I do agree. However, I suspect that (in the end), this is "just" the NVIDIA reference design, and maybe some clever OEM gets the idea :). Since it's already eating up another PCI-slot, might as well make it worth it... At any rate. What worries me is the insistance on two ...

Hiya all. I was wondering what the actual DIFFERENCE to a (fan-related) layman like me would be? Is ball-bearing (for instance) better for silence, but more expensive to manufacture? Has it got to do with size? (There seems to be a trand of 80mm and smaller being sleeve, larger fans being ball-beari...

I am also interested in one thing on this PSU - how many Molex-"channels" are there? I've tried counting them, from the review on SPCR (http://www.silentpcreview.com/article149-page1.html) but haven't had any luck. The issue is quite critical for me - as I too intend to get a GeForce 6800 Ultra. Tha...

Interesting fans. Might consider getting two of those for my new system (the 3.4 GHz Prescott system I'm building which I'm trying to get to run quietly, if possible). Sound also like Evercool's labelling isn't entirely clear, nor their instructions on how to install the critter. Has anyone got pict...

Good point - I shall update my profile. No - not the US (rather unfortunately, as my quest for the NoiseTaker is still ongoing) ... but the UK. Have e-mailed EnerMax's subsidiaries & such directly, to see what the availability on these critters is expected to be. If all else fails, it'll be the Taga...

Another addendum: Am contemplating to get one of these: http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1373 They look like a good method for controlling the volume. Has anyone used these? What's the good/bad news? Are there any particular 92 mm / 120 mm fans that this baby works on especially w...

I seem to remember reading ...

... that all Panaflo 120 mm fans are 38 mm thick, not 25. That'd be a problem, as I think the case can only take 25 mm thick fans. (Same as Antec, incidentally).

So ... what to do? (he asketh innocently) .

<*ahem* my apologies for getting this into a seperate topic by mistake...> Links are provided for reading convenience of others :). I try to name reasons for each decision, P.S.: I got the board + CPU via connections. Between a P4 3.0 GHz EE and a P4 3.4 Prescott, greed got the better. Plus, one was...