You could probably get away with the S12-380 or maybe even the 330, your system won't be pulling too much power even at load. If you've got 4 fans already (not including the GPU) I dare say you'll never even hear the Seasonic.

Not especially, 44 degrees is still reasonably cold for a graphics card- my 6600GT says it will do 145 before throttling, so I'm sure you've got some headroom. I do have a mild overclock though, with the VF900 running as low as I can get (goes through a Zalman fan controller first). :) I wouldnt wor...

If your using the 'classic view' for the drivers, then just right-click on the desktop and select the name of your monitor. The temp readings are accessible from there. If you've got the horrible new interface, you'll want to revert back to the old design, although you can still find the temps liste...

As long as the GST is reasonable that's not too bad.
Now then- anybody know where in the UK sells these?
I cant believe they've made it to Australia before the UK (no offence, but it is really far away ), but somehow there's no-body selling them here, according to google anyway. Any ideas?

I've got the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro on my 3500 (cheap as a very cheap thing), and it runs passive up to 35 degrees before the mobo starts the fan (probably could go higher, but I chickened out at 40 degrees and lowered the limit :) ). The fan never comes on unless it's really thinking, but I'...

There should be an option in the bios to ignore the CPU fan- its under 'PC Health' or something like that. Turn that off, and you should be fine.
Not sure why the other one didnt complain though- perhaps the mobo with the Sunbeam had been used with a fan previously?

Just by the by, if it's going under your desk do you really need a window on your case?
You could just get some dense foam and insulate the noise considerably.
And if you really cant find another retailer with a wider range, go online instead!

It may be worth flipping the foam over as well- at the moment, theres airflow between the foam and case, but none between the foam and HDD. The foam will act like a warm blanket underneath the drive. Turn it so the drive is sitting on the spikes, it will sink a little but should still leave some spa...

"ATI innovative heatpipe silent cooling solution"
Ive no doubt it will tear through any game you can throw at it, but silently?!
I doubt the 2GHz RAM chips can go passive either...

Isnt there a 6-pin connector on the top corner of the card, just behing the row of caps?

Looks like 6-pin to me...

edit: Fair enough, stromgald- I bow to your superior Googling

Thanks for that, Longwalker. It may have been useless at floating-point, but the Cyrix makes for an impressive coaster! :twisted: (I ripped out the mounting bracket for the CPU as well so that it wouldnt scratch my desk) I'm now left with a real puzzler- what to do with the serial mouse included wit...

Nope, it'll pull 110-120VAC from the wall, and put it through a transformer to provide the 20KV potential needed. Same thing happens in reverse from overhead powerlines to the local substation, and again from there to your home. Basically, high voltage means low current for a given amount of power, ...

Hmm.... sounds like possibly your keyboard is falling asleep. Try pressing a key or two before power-on.
It's not ideal, but it should stop your PC ignoring it, I think
Hope this helps

Thanks for that (and apologies for hi-jacking :wink: ) I've just shelled out for the Nexus kit, should arrive this week. The McMaster site did have a lot of grommets, but I couldnt work out which ones I needed (and the shipping was going to hike up the price). back on-topic: We still need pictures, ...

It's good to see someone having success doing this. I've been trying to implement this for a while, but I cant get my hands on any grommets! I cant believe that it's the norm to only use one per screw, though... :? Again, some pics would be nice 8) It makes sense to put a grommet either side of the ...

No, one fan per fanmate unless you hotwire another fan into it.
But... they only cost a few bucks each, and are really small (probably small enough to fit behind the mobo tray, depending on the case).

HammerSandwich wrote:used it as a gaming PC

Moving swiftly on...

IsaacKuo- That's a good idea, I was planning to use the chassis for the HTPC but once I'd had a look at it I forgot.
I might well use the 5.25" bays in my current PC, since I'm not using any 3.5"'s.

cAPSLOCK- Roll on Core4Quadro!

jharne- yeah, it scared me as well! :) And it overhangs the motherboard by a good three inches, which seems like poor design to me. :? mb2- the only things for salvage (besides a few new bits to play with) are the Molex extensions and some of the ribbon cables. The CD-audio lead is of an archaic des...

That's about what I thought- incidentally, with regards to the computer running well again, it was running Windows 95 until this morning when it's previous owner pulled the HDD out and put a hammer through it. I'll maybe just turn the case into a beer-can dispenser, that would be quite cool... :D We...

...you'd just got your hands on an old pc, with the idea of making an HTPC out of it, when you realise that it's so old, the only parts you recognise are the PSU and processor? :roll: Sounds silly, but please- anyone with any ideas what in the heck these things do let me know- I'm beginning to doubt...

I'll second that, it's nice.
Just by the by, who's Clarence?
And how did he fit into your PC

There was one a week or two ago that said "AMD or Intel?" followed by exactly the same links.

Could you not simply rip out most of the internal drive structure and suspend them all? Or failing that, for a normal ATX case remove most * of the 3.5" bays and suspend half of your SmartDrives in them? It's probably not worth replacing all of them just to use them with a case. *I say most of the 3...

Thanks for that Ralf, I happen to know a med student so I may just be able to acquire some...
In the mean time, I've put out an enquiry to GelMec to see if they've got anything useful for me, I'll let y'all know what they say once they get back to me.

Thanks for the replies. Bluefront- I think the vacuum hose idea could work, but I'm not sure if it would be soft enough to properly insulate the components. I'll need to look into that... GamingGod- unfortunately I dont have quite enough drives going spare to suit my needs (i.e. any :P ) If you can ...

Hi all, I'm currently suffering from a flare-up of quieting-itis, and so I'm trying to find soft rubber or silicone grommets to re-mount everything in my case- fans, drives, PSU... :) they're the sort of thing that's used for mounting the HDDs in some cases I cant quite remember the names of (going ...

So it worked the very first time with two HDDs, but not again since you tried it with the PCI card? Weird :?: I guess the only other thing to try is just start again- make sure both HDDs are wiped of everything i.e. format them both from another PC if possible, install the OS (I'm guessing XP), and ...

The only thing that leaps out at me is have you tried both drives without the PCI card again? It could be that the USB ports are causing conflicts with the second HDD, using the same irq lines or something. Also, is there a chance that the jumpers arent quite connecting properly- now and again the s...

IsaacKuo wrote:Where's the paper case?
...I've never actually made the entire case out of paper.
Hmm...

Good luck- it'll need to be either water-cooled , or so cold that you could use it as a fridge.
I'll look forward to the finished product

Oh, and nice machine Andaca.

Can I just ask where you would put a fan controller if you want a quiet machine to play DVDs? Nice idea, putting the HDDs up top, I'm not so sure about the PSU in the front corner- is the case on stilts to let the warm air out? Also, where is the PSU getting its airflow from? There doesnt seem to be...