I'd also like to point out that you don't have to be all that neat about things. On my Thermalright heatsink, I first used an adhesive type putty to attach my Nexus fan. But, that lost cohesion with the heat. So, I just ran some wire through the holes in the fan and looped it around convenient place...

I'll be putting together a computer shortly. It'll contain the following items relevant to this question: - Case: Antec Solo - Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - Heatsink: Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme I'm planning to replace the Antec TriCool case fan with a Scythe K...

Thanks for pointing this out. Here's the link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 5&Tpk=p182

I'm pretty sure the original deal was for the Solo at $89.99 with an instant $10 off plus a $50 mail-in rebate giving a net price of $29.99. After they went out of stock the first time, they bumped the list price up $10 giving a net price of $39.99.

You could also ask in this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... id=2049206

It's not dedicated to quiet stuff, but someone might be able to help.

No PWM (4-pin) 120mm fans?

I'm no expert on silencing, but I'm really wondering about the location of the power supply. It's in the same compartment with everything else, but is underneath the hard drives? Won't any radiated heat from the power supply rise into the hard drive area? Also, I don't understand the utility of a ba...

According to The Tech Report, nVidia is supposed to release new OFFICIAL drivers next week. Huzzah!

And if you go to the nVidia forums and try to ask why they haven't released any drivers for over four months, all you get is grief from the forum regulars. I haven't found anything anywhere that explains why nVidia seems to have stopped releasing official drivers.

$500!!! For a CASE! Are they aware that it's possible to build an ENTIRE HTPC for just about the price of their case, alone? I was doing some research on HTPC cases and came across this review. I didn't pay attention to the price until I went to Newegg to see if they carried it. Yikes! That's too e...

Just to make sure, is the 800 RPM model the SY1225SL12L ? As far as I can see, the model numbers ending in: - SH are 1900 RPM, - H are 1600 RPM, - M are 1200 RPM, - L are 800 RPM, and - SL are 500 RPM. Also, would this fan be better as a CPU cooler fan or as a case exhaust fan (or equally adept at b...

If the stuff still works, you could always donate it to Goodwill or something like that. They can either use it or sell it dirt cheap to someone who really needs something.

I am thinking of trying 2-gig stick of G.Skill DDR2 5300 (667) RAM with it, do you think that will work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231119 According to Intel's site : "Memory * One 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets * Support for DDR2 667 MHz, ...

If you go to their Comparison Sheet page , there are two ways of searching in their Comparison Sheet Search box. The bottom option will let you narrow things down a bit. For instance, next to "Type:," if you select "Socket 775" in the "By Socket" box and "Intel P35" in the "By Chipset" box, then che...

On the Newegg site for the MFC1 Plus, there are now a couple of user reviews. According to the reviews there, the LEDs are "blue when fans are low, red when fans are high" and "the LED changes from blue to red at an increased fan setting however, they change to red at about only 1/4 the max rotation."

Newegg's got the ZM-MFC1 Plus in. Still no MFC2, and Druneau's got me torn between the two .

enzo-450: I still haven't seen a shot of this thing with the LEDs lit up. So, I have no idea what color they are. Have you tried an email to Zalman?

Anandtech is one of my regular reads. But, I'm beginning to wonder about them. Recently, they've made several weird decisions about how they test that render their results invalid. For instance, 1) they test their power supplies inside a sealed case with no thought for heat evacuation, and 2) they t...

You could also contact Logitech and see if they carry a set of replacement keys. The old ones probably just pop right off and new ones, if they exist, can be pushed right back on. I know I've seen several threads about worn out key lettering on Logitech's forums. But, I've never read those threads a...

I emailed Newegg customer service and asked if they had any plans to stock the ZM-MFC1 Plus or ZM-MFC2. Their response was basically to check back in a couple of weeks (not an implication that it's on the way -- more an implication that they didn't know).

that cables C1 have a cable which can be plugged in the motherboard header so that the computer can monitor the RPM's. That makes sense. If the Zalman fan controller just took over something like the CPU fan without passing the info back to the motherboard, the motherboard fan alarm would go off (a...

Has anyone seen any actual reviews of Zalman's ZM-MFC1 Plus fan controller? From their web page, it looks nice enough. But, I have no idea if it works as well as it looks. Also, I don't quite know what to make of the specs. Under "RPM Sensing," Zalman's site says "Active RPM Sensing (All 6 Channels)...

It doesn't focus specifically on 24" LCDs, but try this thread.

Are you sure that screeching sound is coming from the drive? The last time I had anything resembling a screeching sound coming from my computer, it was the Northbridge fan. I replaced it with a silent Zalman heatsink. If you're sure it's the hard drive, I'd immediately back up your data and replace ...

I, too, think it's an overhand loop:

You should be able to call them up and register via the phone.

Thanks. I guess I forgot about that since I'd thrown out the back of the package

For others, here's a picture I grabbed:

How did you tie a knot in your StretchMagic. I tried doing a similar thing with a Nexus on my Thermalright SI-120 but the darn thing kept coming untied. Maybe I've been out of the Boy Scouts too many decades.

Here's a link to a good thread detailing how to clean up your cables:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... TARTPAGE=1