currently i have mine sucking then its vented right out of the case.... that way the heat doesnt heat up any thing els... if it was blowing then it would be blowing warm air into the case.... so at this point sucking is better

yep.... u hear the frot fan more than the back fan. so i i where you id take out the side and front fans 1st

in all bioses it runs the bios program in a tight loop wich will heat up the proc and memory..... if you dont belive be try it your self... sit in bios for 15min look at cpu temp boot all the way waitlike 15 min and then look at the temp.... bios will be hotter

i also use a track ball iv search for a way to do it and had no luck

wow i never thought of that last comment you made... i knew the hub doesnt create air flow but i never thought of the effects on the heatsink though

in a tipical case with no ducting is it better to have the HSF blowing on the heatsink or sucking off the heatsink?....IMO i dont think it matters because the air souce is gonna be the same temp weather its being pushed though or pulled though the heatsink but thats IMO... and does any one think dif...

vista is out... has been for almost a month

my uncle is a aerodynamics tech for volvo and be for i buy a case i always show him it and tell him what cfm fans and stuff im going to have inside of it... if its a good case but my idea is bad then he'll come up with a better on for me... but he always says that the most direct air paths is the be...

just felt like saying i got my 1st AMD 64 X2 3800+

yea normalyy but sumtimes in bios theres a halt on keyboard option and differnt MoBos "halt" in differnt ways

what does it plug in to a 240v outlet? .... a fanmate might do it.... i can get you of those resthrostat (or how ever you spell it) knobs that are on a stick welder....

or maybe you should make it in to the side door .... take a side panel and cut a hole big enough for it and and use it as an exaust..... hope you can find a fan grill big enough..... wouldnt want my finger to slip into that fan

DAMN!!!!!...... ummmm well i would do positivecase seeing whith that cfm you can get some real cooling done.... are you useing it as a hsf or a case fan... in think just for the hell of it u shound put it as a hsf

btw has anyone used any of those new mic thigs that have 2 mics in it and "triangulate" your voice and get rid of back round noise... some newer motherboard come with them

no... computers dont come with built in mic cuz the sound of the system would be picked up even any minor vibration would be picked up if it was attached to the computer case.... many monitors have built in mics.... even (very few) speakers have them built in.... tell her to look if there are is a p...

no offense but im crying for the p180 :cry: .... no p180 should have a side window *sniffle*... its made for sound dampening and you just made a huge hole for sound to escape out of... *sniffle sniffle*. im glad my p180 will never have to go though that surgery........ o by the way congrats on ur 1s...

is he gonna eat all of that pancake?

ok so i had just built a new system .... i made sure every thing was perfect.... when i put all the plugg on the back in and hit the power switch and it powered up gave me the normal beeps and evert thing.... i lookd at the screen cuz i want to getin to bios.... nothing on the screen.... i looked at...

lol i have that controller.... o you can easly make... u can get the toggle switches at almost any electonics store and just drill holes in to the 3.5 drivr bay and then wire them.... iv done it... if i can find it ill take pics and post them

this thread is about all the stupid things everyone has done ie: misinstalling parts... here are some of the dumbest thing i have done 1) Installing hard drives in backwards (so sata ports where face to front of computer) and the layout of the case forced me to take out the mother board in order to ...

well now that he found out why his comp was freezing, im gonna topic :Retarded mistakes.... itll be under off topic

does any one know if the fan vibration dampers that antec make are any good ?

its alright we all make retarded mistakes... My personal worse is putting a heatsink on with out the cpu in ( i was watching a football game)

sorry to laught but when i read ur last post it made me laugh... i have made so many under looked mistakes like mounting the harddrives faceing the wrong way... trying to power up a new build when i never connected the 24 pin power cord...... hareing that you did makes me feel less like a retard ......

what i found best for cooling and and stopping vibes from getting to the case is springs... what you do is you mount them on its side and take 2 springs (the ones that contract not push) and screw them on the hard drive on all four corners than in the drive bay you hook the top front ones to the cag...

personally I agree 100% with RAFH. and to add on to what he said, i say you should'nt complain about the case being loud when you have done nothing at all to try to silence the case (put tape over the top air vent like they didn in the review) with my accounts with cases, all cases are loud if they ...

i have a p180... nothing in it yet though imwait till ihave the money to buy the Asus Crosshair. the hdd that will be in it will be 2 maxtor 40gig in a raid 0... having said that i havent decided on what heatsink/fan combo im gonna use bu tit has to be beefy because im gonna be overclocking a dual c...

thanks guys. this is my 1st silent build and im trying to make it as quiet as possible while spending the least amout. spcr is the best pc forum if found all though its mainly for silencing there alot of other usefull info to

i was also wondering if differnt colors will increase sound damping. kinda like how black warms up faster and how stealth bombers are black because it doesnt bounce radar waves back as much and iv noticed that almost all sound dampening kits are black or is that so it macthes the case and doesnt sta...

so going with the egg crate stuff or sumthing like that thats softer works better that what i tought just wanted to check becuase i have a ton of the camping mats