You could always do what my dad did and get them used! (He used them to strain paint)

Aris wrote:HD enclosures are the best way to reduce HD noise.

Wait, I thought suspension was the best way to reduce HDD noise?

Thanks for posting this. I am looking to get a passively cooled 2600XT as well and have been trying to figure out the probability of my getting lucky with a MSI passive (some have said that they didn't have to dent the case and still had it fit) or waiting to actually find a Sapphire for sale somewh...

I find that the soft mounts in the P182 to be very effective. I dunno about the Raptor though and whether a 5.25" enclosure would be better.

I haven't been very impressed with any of the reviews of 5.25" enclosures and hear that suspension is more effective.

Q1: I read that the duo cores are better for gaming but I would still prefer to go quad. Either will game well enough. The only thing that is holding me back is not know for sure whether I would be buying a newer processor with G0 stepping. Is there any way of knowing for sure before I buy? I bough...

1. I use the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme with a Scythe S-FLEX E fan. 2. Like you, I just have the rear exhaust enabled and the top exhaust open with no fan. I'm thinking of blocking it off with acoustic material. 3. Maybe you could vent using a slot exhaust cooler? I have a Rosewill one but it's ...

I have close to the same setup, but made the following slightly different choices: 1. Gigabyte GA-P35C-SD3R - cheaper and no CPU backplate to interfere with mounting options, also will take DDR3 when this becomes my "backup" mobo a couple of years down the road 2. Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme - go...

I've been thinking about this for a while - about an hour or so (sad, eh?)... Focusing on your CPU temps: Old case: 5-6C better P180 with side off: 2C better It seems to me that unless your old case had some miracle airflow going on, the fact that it had better temps than the P180 with the side pane...

I had the 900 for a while. I love my new P182. A lot has been said about the P182, but the reasons that drove me to it from the 900 are: 1. Soft mounts in the HDD bays. 2. Much better cable management 3. included acoustic treatment of panels 4. slightly better isolation from interior noise - easier ...

I think a lot depends on the airflow in your case. On the advice of Pierce from this thread , I tried running my Mini Ninja passive in my Antec NSK2400 case. It works great! I think the airflow design of the case works well with the Mini Ninja. I have both side exhaust fans running and they're 20mm ...

I have my drives in the bottom compartment on my p182se. My reasoning is: 1. The HDD's are going to dump their heat somewhere in the case. I'd rather have it be the PSU chamber rather than the GPU/CPU chamber. 2. After reading the Google article on HDD failure rates, I care much less about HDD cooli...

I bought and installed the MSI-RX2600XT-E3 512MB which follows the same design as its Nvidia conterpart. I found that it just (I mean just) fitted into my NSK 2400 case with the lid closing. The lid of the case is touching the tops of the heatpipes, but it slid on without me putting any real pressu...

I'm obviously behind the times, but why do I need more USB ports? Are there peripherals I'm missing out on?

Anyway, I never do any video conversions really. And I'll probably upgrade to a quad-core whenever Wolfdale's out anyway (desktop version of Intel's 45nm Penryn processor). That sounds like a good plan! The problem with using the rear top exhaust is it allows noise to escape upwards, instead of onl...

I've been very happy with my Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD501LJ. Very quiet. BTW, I happen to love Supreme Commander. I paid $60 for it on pre-order so you could consider your video card to be $80 in my eyes. :wink: Just to add my confirmation of your solid choices, I'm building: Antec P182SE - same as ...

Is the storage room ventilated? It may be cool now but with 200-500 watts of heat being pumped into it... Anyway, before you get carried away with construction, you should consider building a quiet system that satisfies your computing needs. As long as the system is below ambient for your room envir...

You should get the components that you need (or at least the ones that you'll use). What will you be doing with your computer? Also, are you planning on upgrading the video card? I currently have an E4300 OC'ed to 2.9 ghz in an Antec 900 case. I swapped out all my fans for Scythe S-Flex'es and have ...

Good info Pierce, I've been waiting for the Mini Ninja for a while now. The Minja is running passively like it has to. What do you mean? Are you running passively because you want to or because there's no room to mount an 80mm or 92mm fan to push air through the Minja? I have the Gigabyte GA-G33-DS2...

ryboto wrote:Otherwise, the HX520 is a great unit considering the manufacturer(seasonic) and the cabling. The only issue I have with it is that it's much more power than I'd ever need, so I wouldn't be loading it to the point where it's efficiency is high.

What is the efficiency curve of the HX520?

Thanks sdotmiles!

And I'm just soooooo jealous, Pierce! (looking forward to the review though. Good man!)

Is anyone else impressed by the measurements provided by the Scythe product sheet? I wish all coolers provided that!

If you don't need the extra power provided by the HX-620W, you could go with the model that's one step down, the HX-520W. Silent, modular cables, stable rated power, good warranty.

Has anyone seen the Ninja Mina? It's supposed to be out on August 1st so I was wondering if anyone had found one for sale yet?

I went with the slot exhaust fan idea - picked one where the intake matched up with the exhaust slots of my 8800GTS so I could mount it on the immediately adjacent slot.

I couldn't find one that was quiet enough so I attached it to my fan controller.

Thanks Ame, I'll do that. A couple of things for Neil beyond the fact that I agree with everyone else who's replied: I wouldn't get hung up on particular brands of memory beyond getting one of the top tier if you're going for 1066 memory. I ended up getting Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 because of the ...

I'm in the process of picking a motherboard as well and can't decide between: 1. Gigabye GA-P35C-DS3R - DDR2/DDR3 compatible. no firewire $160 2. Asus P5KC - DDR2/DDR3 compatible, no raid, $150 3. Asus P5K Deluxe/Wifi-AP - DDR2, dual ethernet $200 4. Abit IP35 - DDR2, $160 5. Abit IP35 PRO - DDR2, d...

OK, I just drove home and took another look at the case and... well, I must have been blind or an idiot or both yesterday night as I build that thing - of course that connector is there, it got stuck under the PSU, though. Problem solved, cause: idiocity :( And what time was it that you did the set...

When you say "crappy", are you referring to video, games, or text?