I still havent posted my new build in the gallery yet. I'll make that my weekend project to show off my neat cabling as well

spc wrote:Hope to get by with just two fans

PSU fan?

I'm using the DS3R here - I'm about to get 2 fanmates for my 2 YL D12SL-12s. The S-FLEX SFF21E is dead silent.
I thought the general consensus was to stay away from PWM fans?

Direct Canada.
D12SL-12 $3.49
D12BL-12 $5.63

Although technically that's NCIX too...

I'm afraid one of these days those plastic tabs will snap off.

Tom's Loud Hardware wrote:Table 1: Sound levels as humans perceive them
Source: "What is Sound? And Noise?" by Mike Chin, www.silentpcreview.com; reproduced by permission.

Interesting. I thought 45db was already very loud? It's apparently just "somewhat" audible.

Ugh, my backpanel bulges out
I'll post mine in the Gallery when I get some better pics

I don't consider myself at all experienced in overclocking - therefore, I didn't mess around too much. Here is what I'm at so far however: P35-DS3R + Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme / S-FLEX SFF21E Q6600 Ballistix PC2-6400 8x400 (3.2GHz) RAM @ DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 - 1.8v I think I lowered the Vcore some...

WOW. This guy's INSANE. sorry for OT-ness, but I have to point this out.
http://www.myspace.com/extreme_tweaking

That's um, Patrick82.
"I like to take everything to the extreme. There is no point in doing it otherwise. "
I wonder what he would do to contribute to spcr.

What's the difference from S-FLEX?

Picked up a P35-DS3R on the 27th from NCIX.
Rev. 1.0. It's fine with me

I was considering buying a Corsair 620HX, but now I don't know if it's worth the bother... :? It probably is. My 520HX was behaving quite oddly yesterday when I first bought it. I decided to first test it out to see how quiet it is...shorted the power on cable. Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick......

LuckyNV wrote:well the Corsair cables have 2x or 3x SATA power, no harm having dual SATA writers, not as if it'll add to wire clutter

The point here is that you probably don't need 2 DVDRW drives.

I just ordered a P182 case to use with a new q6600, Ultra 120 extreme, a fanless video card, and a Corsair 450 PSU. No overclocking. I need to order a couple of fans for the Ultra 120. I am wondering whether I should also order case fans to replace the stock Antec fans. I'm leaning towards the 1200...

P35C:
4 DDR2 slots, 2 DDR3 slots. Otherwise, same as DS3R.

DS3R has raid...but what the "R" actually is I don't really know.
As for the 27 motherboards...Gigabyte also lists the different revisions of the same model.

NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello,

From that one photo, I can't really tell if it has solid corners, or open...

It says:
Corners: Open Or Closed (Choose below)

What a mess!

Ordered! Thank you everyone that posted (and everyone that didn't but made contributions to SPCR). Of course, I can't really conform to everyone's suggestions, but thanks for everyone's input. Hopefully I can report my successes soon in the General Gallery! 8) Final Specs: Antec P182 Corsair CMPSU-...

JoeWPgh wrote: ...'Minja'... Nice naming convention. I hope it sticks. Yeah, it's tops. It's probably the most cunning name I've ever heard. I swear, it's the perfect fit, like the way a knife fits into a sheath. It just comes off the lips. Typing it makes me just want to finger the keyboard all da...

bonestonne wrote:the 8800

7800GTX?

I too like the second one better. No reason really, they're both really neat cable-wise. Do you think that suspension in the SOLO is reason enough to NOT buy the P182?

Update III. (See OP) Probably the last update, my build should be finalized over the weekend. I'd like to thank everyone for their patience - obviously I'd like everything as perfect as possible. This is my first build ever. seemingly.random: Do you mean that I should get the AAKS version? See my o...

I'm recommending the regular ninja (Ninja Plus Rev. B). Since you aren't overclocking very much, you can run it fanless with decent airflow, or with a nexus 120mm fan. As for the 7900GS, reviews on newegg are not of the same caliber as on spcr. Basically, any video cards with those mini fans are too...

Isn't the E6700 overpriced if I can get E6750 for 220?

I'm thinking you shouldn't to preserve quietness.
You can go ahead and mod it for a 120mm fan, but just don't cut a hole in the front of the SOLO

nwrigley wrote:Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to SPCR to you too!

Antec SOLO Quiet Mid Tower great. GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R great. BFG Tech BFGR79256GSOCE GeForce 7900GS 256MB - known to be quiet, backed by a good company/warranty and has a decent rebate. known to be quiet from what source? CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX 520W - Seems to be the PSU of choice at the moment. You ...

Looks like your memory rebate is no longer available. If you are not going to OC the Corsair 6400 has a good rebate at NCIX and will save you a little. I think the Corsair HX520 is a better choice: quieter and modular, room for upgrades. I have one I'm thinking of selling and I also have some Scyth...

I don't really have solid arguments either way...

modular 520...
and people saying how the 450VX is the same as S12II and that they aren't too quiet...



So how much is my system using at load? (If you add another hard drive and up the CPU to E6750)

*BANNER SECRET SAVINGS*
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... omoid=1074


Limit 2 per customer, only 200 available!

Is that an OEM LG DVD drive?