The benefit of SATA 3.0 is limited as hard drives remain the norm, and they don't come close to hitting even 2.0 speeds except in short bursts. To really take advantage of the increased bandwidth of 3.0, you need high-end solid state drives or a RAID configuration.

Not true.

Good luck with it. I decided to buy a passive GPU because I didn't want to void the warranty, a Powercolor ATI HD 5750, that is fine on Idle (~30-35ºC) but it gets very hot when playing (55-60-65ºC) so I have to at least raise the middle bottom 180cm fan of the Raven-02 to High for it to stay und...

It's been out for what, 2-3 weeks ? And they are not even in stock in many stores here so you should at least wait until they have been in actual use before asking that question.
There is no magic here, to know if they are bug-free you need time and users.

Why don't you just buy a used laptop and rip it apart instead ? It will be cheaper then buying new motherboard+cpu.
And one can always put some rubber between board and case if there are components on both sides.

Voltage hurts and amps kill. Think about it. I've been hit w/ a stun gun, 40,000 volts. But hey, not much current. Meanwhile, 1 amp in the right place can kill you. I think unplugging the power cord and pressing the power button a few times is the best way. Also, Sometimes if you really want to tes...

since i won't be using those disks 99% of the time the noise won't disturb me even if you're not accessing then, they still make noise. Just spinning alone, (no seek noise) can be very much audible on some drives. When I installed my second drive, the two started producing "hummmm......hummmmmm" so...

alleycat wrote: Think for yourself, understand your environment, be considerate of others.

Well said +1

Religion is the perfect scam. Preachers are selling the promise of life after death. The cost of goods sold is zero, the proceeds are tax exempt and the dead cannot demand a refund when the afterlife fails to materialize. People are easily victimized partly because the fear of death is very strong....

I don't believe that religious nutjobs are the serious problem the OP paints. Certainly not christianity; the protestant reformation and the age of enlightenment knocked most of the rough edges off christianity quite a few centuries ago. Yeah right. Are you serious ? What about all those crazy abor...

As always a very good review. Too bad that the case is such disappointment

Matija wrote:A 4670 is more than fine, unless you want übermaximumMOARdetail and 4xAA.

You obviously have not been playing newer games for a loooong time have you ?

blackworx wrote:

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I thought about clubbing it to cure the noise, as I sometimes do with the female when she just won't quit with the high pitched screeching, but then I remembered we live in the 21st century where apparently things like that are frowned upon

Unfortunatly, might I add

Since the P183 has those funky grill holes at the top rear of the case...do you think I should switch the fan orientation and have it blow from top -> bottom? (I am going to remove the top-mounted fan anyway, since it's too noisy). That configuration should give you lower CPU temps then bottom->top...

Needed a new case and PSU, so got myself a P183 with the CP-850. All very nice. Spent a few hours today moving everything over to the new case. Switched it on and itgot stuck on the POST screen. Hmmm... Reset it, started ok but the rear system fan wasn't moving. Switched off, opened it up, everythi...

baconandeggs wrote:Have you heard of RivaTuner? (google). It has a setting for low level fan control.

It's a driver based solution as well. Topic is about fan management BEFORE windows. How are you gonna run RivaTuner before even windows starts ?

Good review but when it comes to quiet cooling equipment I really don't think of Zalman as solution any more. Their stuff last couple of years has been way after other companies. Scythe for instance.

jhhoffma wrote:Well, if you're upgrading from Vista, the performance increase alone, would be worth it.

If not, the networking and media feature make a compelling case (PlayTo and Homegroup) as they ease the task of sharing media among PCs inside a basic network.

As said above. And it's pretty too

Have a look at Lancool and in particular the PC-K10 . The Lancool series are built around a SECC steel structure and so should have less vibration noise than Lian Li's all-aluminum cases. By the way, Lancool is a subsidiary of Lian Li. :) I'm having a hard time myself deciding between the P182 and ...

S N I P better yet, why (in the silence perspective that belongs to SPCR) haven't you checked the DFI with low power 4850e/5050e, or even 705e processors, as in the M4A78-HTPC/RC's article? Regards, Luca Because "silence", "high performance" and silent are not mutually exclusive . There are a lot o...

There is no way that aluminium case can be better then a steel case if they both use air as heat conductor. It's not possible.

Thanks for the help so far! Yes, I need to handle electricity bills, but for that reason the build will utilize an Intel Xeon Low Voltage CPU (hopefully). Setting a threshold maybe is good to make sure the build lasts long. Or is it unnecessary? Its unnecessary to bother with anything. Just install...

Replace the thermal paste they used with your own premium one, and do a good job putting it on. Then undervolt the fan with a custom made inline resistor :) Voids warranty though, maybe. You could do that for some other laptop but OP has Macbook Air. Very hard to open without messing upp its chassi...

I will have two drives. One will be hot. The other will be a periodic backup device. So I will take your kind advice and opt for one 92mm fan at the front. I will refer to the 'recommended fans' article on the main website. I have a feeling it will be a Scythe! Those Nesus 92mmm were better in my e...

Bruce Banner wrote:IMO noctuas are overrated and over marketed.
Not gonna be very hard to find a fan that spins at such low rms to be "quiet" (subjective) and moves similar air

I second that.

S N I P I'm at an absolute loss as to how this can have happened. Disharge PSU, open case, cut fan wires, replace fan, close PSU. It's not rocket science. Have you doubblechecked that some part of PSU cover does not touch wires or heatsinks or any other part of main PCB. Now I am asuming that PSU c...

Shuttle is about to launch a new line of Via based PCs. They do look very interesting for HTPC/surf. Their XS29 is completely fanless, so no noise there besides HD noise ofcourse.

http://www.gadgetfolder.com/shuttle-xs2 ... tform.html

thermalright hr05 SLI should fit. Or so it looks.

I cannot believe that a file management tool keeps you on Windows. I presume therefore that this does constitute a significant amount of work you do on your computer - thus I would suggest you spend an afternoon or two looking into shell scripting (zsh/bash please, the other stuff makes you insane)...

Ehm, I could be wrong in this case but 15dB !!? Never trust those numbers. In 9 cases out of 10 manufacturers are lets say "creative" when measuring..

How about "No I don't" as an alternative ?