~16 or 17mm, depending on where you measure from. Some of our cabling/connector bundles extend ~20mm out when the side is off and they compress without deforming the side panel at all. More than enough room for the power cables etc.

http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf That will be able to explain it better than I can... some good charts in there. In a nutshell - if your HDDs are too cold or too hot they are more likely to fail sooner. I like mine in the range of 30-40 degrees Celsius based on my interpretation of th...

I would suspect that your initial plan would work... two intakes on the front and an exhaust on the rear seems like a sensible place to start. We have an R3 with that precise setup and it does a fine job of cooling a Xeon server setup that typically runs at 100% all day and night. It's surprisingly ...

While this is probably not quite the way of doing it that you're thinking of, here's some interesting info re: oil as a coolant:

http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php

We have two Seasonic X-560s here and neither make a squealing noise - I can't even tell if they're on at all by listening.

I would like some advice regarding a "silent" pc. My goal is for a quiet, performance PC, with a good service life I'm not really into gaming at the moment, but may be inspired later. I will do some video and photo editing, and will run some resource heavy programs (arcgis etc). So far my component...

The R3 hasn't blocked the air intake - it has a "moduvent" cover over the side air intake where the GPU sits - you can unscrew it and take it out to leave the vent open or attach a fan.

Have you got any other hard drives in the system? If so, have they also been affected by the chipset update?

Haven't used one but in case you haven't seen the specs sheets, it does have a little bit of acoustic info on there: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701250.pdf vs. the regular, very popular non-AV models: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701229.pdf Ac...

Well, darn it all. I forgot to take photos of the tiles themselves, only them on the scales. :S Inspired by some info on these forums I went to the local hardware store in search of some cheap, heavy, adhesive vinyl tiles to use on the side doors since filling them with the $30/small roll sound dead...

I haven't seen any reviews out yet but I like our Fractal Design R3 and XL cases, so this might also be good: http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=58 Fractal Design Define Mini. Might be worth a look... the HDD cages are removable for 400mm of graphics card space - no idea if you can get...

What's the thickness of that mass loading material you have there? I'm asking cause you mentioned many laying multiple sheets of it on the case... Yes with a black foam top it will look great and uniform...and it will of course be more efficient... Yes, we are talking about the same thing..the reas...

Never come across this stuff in relevant shops here... I'm glad it works, but its color does not quite fit the case...I don't know if these are available at where you live but in my present case I have used the following 2mm hard tar sheets - they come with a decent adhesive (strong enough to keep ...

Maybe try loosening the scews that fasten the harddrives to their slides, tightened screws them can reduce the effectiveness of the grommets. No 7200 RPM drives involved so far I guess/hope? Hm, I might try loosening the screws a little - something I hadn't thought of. There's only one 7200RPM driv...

That's some pretty epic efficiency... though I have to say I'd be leery about buying a power supply from a maker I haven't heard of before. What's Kingwin (or Superflower)'s reputation like?

CASE: Silverstone ML03b PSU: XIGMATEK NRP-PC402 400W CPU: Intel Pentium E5800 MOBO GIGABYTE GA-G41MT-USB3 RAM: Patriot G series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 - downclocked to 1.5V(I had it laying around) HDD: OCZ Vertex 30gb so I impulse bought the ML03B a few weeks ago I new seriously...

Thanks Frenchie, but I think that things are more complicated with Sandybridge processors than I thought. I ran the multipler up so that it should be running at 4.8GHz, the power rose to 225W, but the ppd only went up to around 55k. And I'm seeing some wild temperature swings on cores, from 96C to ...

So after doing a little testing... turning all of the fans in the case off makes almost no discernible difference to the sound level - leaving me with vibrations from the HDDs making the humming that I can hear. Putting one's palm on the panels you can feel vibration on the top/bottom and sides - no...

A couple more minor foam additions to the lower compartment in an attempt to guide the air a bit more and reduce the amount of dead space: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5742183756_d3af0716a8_z.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/5741630495_391d54b238_z.jpg Quick pics on the workbench rathe...

Very thorough and lots of good photos - thanks for sharing your review! I think I know one or two people I can recommend this to now that I've seen this...

2 million ppd? Yikes... Got any shots of your setup Cordis? I always like seeing shiny systems :p @Frenchie - I only just discovered the SR-2 the other day... I don't tend to look at the high-end desktop stuff much but that would be a very fun setup to have, I suspect... and that's a crazy number of...

Gah... I just had a look at the front page... how many systems are people folding with to get over 20,000 points/day - or even 100,000?! Or is my lack of graphics card holding me back? :S

3,5" drive suspension is a bit tight, but perfectly doable. I'll snap some pics later for you. I've only done it to one of my two drives, but I'll probably do the other one as well some day. I just bought some elastic band-stuff for like 3 bucks. Please do post pics! I tried some suspension when th...

A better case for what exactly? What components? How quiet must it be? More info please

Foam is the first thing that springs to mind... What sort of case? What sort of sounds are you trying to dampen? Filling the case with light foam isn't going to do much for vibration noise... Also, while I'm sure you don't mean it literally... "fill" brings to mind unpleasant things with regard to a...

Have a look at the Fractal Design R3 - by default any vents on the top and side are sealed with noise reducing materials. You do have the option of removing them if you wish. I tend to seal the side holes in the cases we use so as to direct the airflow front to back rather than front-and-side to bac...

Thanks Im pretty certain they are crashing because of overheating. The lower chamber drives get pretty hot to touch with my hand. I have my PSU in the same arrangement, fan intake through the grille at the base. Ill change the fans first, then see if I need to open the main chamber. Main chamber fa...

Well, I've just started... At this rate I doubt I'll be anywhere near the top ever but every bit should help, right?

We have an R3 and haven't encountered any issues with the case being overly hot... The case (along with an XL) is our first non-Antec and so far I've been mightily impressed. I would recommend it. We've never built a system in a P183, though, so I can't make a direct comparison... I don't believe yo...

Thanks Im pretty certain they are crashing because of overheating. The lower chamber drives get pretty hot to touch with my hand. I have my PSU in the same arrangement, fan intake through the grille at the base. Ill change the fans first, then see if I need to open the main chamber. Main chamber fa...