Interesting! Thank you.

CallMeJoe wrote:...Use just enough to bond the wire to the ferrite and dampen the whine, don't glop it all over the coil.

Just curious, what would be the risk if the coil did get "glopped"? Is it dangerous, etc?

I have to say that Silicon Acoustics is perhaps the very best online company I've ever done business with. I always recommend them, and the quality of the items and service they provide is absolutely top-notch - every time.

Well in case it is helpful for comparison, I've used the ZM17CU on the Ti4600 with no problems. I think that generally the Ti4800 is a Ti4600 with an 8X AGP interface...

I will want to try a Coolmax fanless model when they become available. Thanks for the info zuperdee!

Rusty075 wrote:...Looks strangely similar to something you'd see hanging out of a toddler's nose...

r2fugu, that is some very fine work you have done there. Excellent ideas and execution. Thank you for posting this project and for sharing your good ideas with us.

al bundy - Great user name. :) Starting with a thin layer is best. Given a flat CPU and well finished heatsink, a translucent layer is all that is necessary. Thanks for your reply. :) Based on the above comments, it sounds like some builders are actually using a much larger amount of TIM than neces...

Hi Mr. Thompson, Thanks for advising about the dust issue. That makes sense. Could you also please comment on another issue presented here, namely: Whether being careful about the initial thickness of TIM on the processor might not really matter, since the excess TIM just gets pressed out when apply...

I recommend staying with Win2K Pro.

Nice and useful reviews. Thanks for posting these Edward Ng.

No, to the best of my knowledge, no subwoofer has a S/PDIF input, ... The subwoofer in my sig (MegaWorks THX 2.1 250D speakerset) has an RCA S/PDIF input, with true 24-bit/96kHz built-in DACs and a nice 99dB signal-to-noise ratio (which is quite good for multimedia desktop speakers). However, it is...

[...(I'm Goyim, so don't ask me for details...) Gooserider, FYI, here's a link about that disparaging term goyim . Some jewish friends of mine recently told me they refuse to even use that old yiddish word goy (plural goyim ) anymore, saying that it is often (but not always) used as a racist and co...

patord wrote:...In my subjective opinion, at high resolutions the matrox has no equal in 2d quality when comparing clarity of fonts and images at this time...

In my subjective opinion as well.

MikeC wrote:ADPMODS promised a few samples. See their post in the Calling all Good Fans thread.

Excellent - can't wait to get your feedback on these.

All sizes of Papst fans I've tried have clicked when undervolted, except for the Papst 120mm FGL fans.

Hey, that is interesting! I had not ever considered using a Zalman in such a way...

Didn't know about the temperature factor. In any event, if it is at all usefull for anything i will let everyone know. I agree with Tsubo that this item has obvious possibilities for uses within a computer case (in spite of the temperature factor). I have considered ordering a free block of this fo...

aston wrote: Eventually, you will be smote.

Sounds like a good bumper sticker phrase doesn't it?

zuperdee wrote:...I guess it just goes to show though that even ball bearings CAN be quiet, if they are done right.

So do you know by any chance what the life expectancy of the Silencer is?

PCP&C claims an MTBF of 100,000+ hours for these ballbearing fans. I've never seen one fail or degrade in any way.

...though I'm very pleased with the AcoustiFan, I now feel bad in a way not having tried the PC&C Silencer, cause it also sounds like a very good fan. Anyone think there's a point in trying that fan, too? (Problem is, where could I use it?) :?: I haven't tried the 92mm AcoustiFan yet, but I have fr...

I have this hard disk in my laptop and it's very quiet. There is NO whine and some very soft seeks (only when you are pressing your ear against it ;)). It's slow although you could put two in a RAID-0 with SATA adapters to make up for it. -Por Hi PorBleemo, Which specific laptop drive are you refer...

...I'm also interesting in getting myself a 2.5" HDD, and deciding between the Fujitsu, Hitachi and IBM Travelstar. So far, this site tends to favour Fujitsu. Does anyone use the other HDDs here?... I was recently using those nice MHT laptop Fujitsus (4200rpm), but lately prefer the 5400+rpm Travel...

...i bought a seagate 5400rpm 40gig 2.5in harddrive (ST94011A), believing seagate's quality as a quiet 3.5in hdd vender would translate to 2.5in, but was dismayed to find the drive emitted a high pitch whine that made it unusable as a quiet alternative (although it was much quieter than the IBM 8.0...

The link didn't work for me either the first time, but did afterward... strange. http://sarotech.com/cgi/image_e/e_cutie_l.gif I haven't used that little enclosure, but it looks really nice... I hope you will please let us all know what you think about it, after trying it out. I might just have to g...

I agree, there are many reasons one could have for choosing a "favorite" format. Personally, I nowadays just use EAC to pull best-quality disk images directly to .wav/.cue. I prefer the simplicity/compatibility, have no problem with space, and never want to worry about it any further than that. :D 8)

Here is a pic:





Notice it says "Only 230V" on it. I hope a version for the North American standard will also be released...

I currently have the intel boxed heatsink/fan solution for the p3-933 (coppermine?) its a socket 370 chip, and after solving other noise problems id like to quiet this down. Theres the zalman cu 6000? but that seems like it might be overkill. Any reccomendations for silent (or very quiet) heatsinks...

It worked! The Fujitsu MHT2080AT mounted inside a SilentDrive and placed on double-layers of foam at the floor of my case with foam lined front and side case panels results in: Absolutely Zero Hard Drive Noise. I hear no motor whine. I hear no wind noise. I hear no seek sounds. It's some sort of ri...

This sounds very interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing those pics!