With my new system built, it's time to focus on my Athlon 1100....this is my old desktop, but I'll be turning it into a server. I figure I'll get another 3700-bqe, because having systems that are exactly the same height will allow me to put my printer on top. I have an old Zalman cnps3100 Gold heats...

Mike/Ralf/the rest of the cool staff...clearly this needs an official review!

m0002a wrote:Antec makes silcone gaskets for PSU's.
http://www.antec-inc.com/us/pro_details ... odID=75006

Okay, my new computer is working great so far...it makes me want to quiet everything else I have. So I took apart my FSP235-60GT that I have in an older computer. It seems to have one 80 mm fan that is soldered in place. Can I just cut the wires to that fan, and tape the end of the wires somewhere? ...

lenny wrote:Should have mentioned this one in my earlier post:

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product ... 00alcu.htm

Coming soon, the site says...

Actually it looks like that "coming soon" is two years old, and it won't work anyway...

http://www.mini-itx.com/hardware.asp#hardware0019

Bleh...even if you assume it is silent, who wants a power supply with led lights?

Light pollution is as bad as noise pollution....I don't want to see my power supply when the lights are off and I'm watching a movie.

I've surmised from reading this website that the Samsung Spinpoint drives are the quietest 7200 rpm drives available. I'm building an extremely quiet workstation, and want about a half a terabyte of storage. My question ....is it quieter to have - three Samsung SP1614C drives (160gb each - sata)? or...