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Article Index

The following is a complete index of the articles in Silent PC Review, with the exception of the short pieces in News and Site News. It follows the sectional order of the left main menu. Within each section, the articles are ordered chronologically with the most recent articles at the top. The index is updated each time a new article is posted in the main sections.







Audio, Video, Misc

Asus EN9600GT Silent Edition Graphics Card
April 14, 2008. - Reads: 66567
PC Hi-Fi: Scythe's Kama Bay Amp
March 25, 2008. - Reads: 33342
ATI HD3850 & HD3870: Improved Acoustics & Power Efficiency
March 09, 2008. - Reads: 60047
Quiet Mice from Quiet Mouse
January 26, 2008. - Reads: 15879
Samsung SyncMaster XL20 LED-backlight monitor
December 06, 2007. - Reads: 52708
Asus EN8600GT Silent/HTDP/512M Graphics Card
November 11, 2007. - Reads: 84551
Asus EN8600GT OC GEAR graphics card
October 30, 2007. - Reads: 37988
Samsung SyncMaster 931BW
July 19, 2007. - Reads: 52815
Fanless PCIe Graphics Cards from Asus and Aopen
April 19, 2006. - Reads: 112378
Gigabyte GV-N66256DP Fanless Graphics Card
April 10, 2006. - Reads: 66939
Squeezebox 3 Digital Music Box
December 11, 2005. - Reads: 129080
Zalman ZM-RS6F Surround Sound Headphones
March 29, 2004. - Reads: 32211
Samsung 173T LCD Monitor
September 16, 2003. - Reads: 24282
Samsung 173B LCD Monitor
September 08, 2003. - Reads: 27674
Samsung ML-2150 Laser Printer
July 09, 2003. - Reads: 25883
Samsung SCX-4216F Multifunction Printer
June 23, 2003. - Reads: 32816


Cases & Damping

Antec Mini P180: A micro-ATX P182
March 07, 2008. - Reads: 138111
Silverstone GD01 and LC17 HTPC Cases
November 15, 2007. - Reads: 96133
Moneual MonCaso: Touchscreen Gadgetry and Solid Cooling in One?
November 01, 2007. - Reads: 46682
Antec NSK-3480: 80-Plus Case
October 21, 2007. - Reads: 136212
Antec P182 Advanced Super Midtower Case: P180 v.2
May 24, 2007. - Reads: 454585
Zalman's HD135 HTPC case: Gasping for air
December 30, 2006. - Reads: 161469
MoDT Mismatch: AOpen i945GTt-VFA & Silverstone LC-12
December 05, 2006. - Reads: 140923
mCubed's HFX mini: Fanless HTPC "heatsink case"
October 17, 2006. - Reads: 172086
QMicra from PC Design Lab: SFF Super-sized
August 30, 2006. - Reads: 76573
Antec NSK3300: Quiet Out-of-the-Box
July 27, 2006. - Reads: 249439
Lian Li PC-101: Aluminum *Can* be Quiet!
July 07, 2006. - Reads: 278727
Zalman HD160 Home Theater PC Enclosure
May 17, 2006. - Reads: 190056
SilverStone Temjin TJ-07
May 14, 2006. - Reads: 215083
Antec NSK2400 / Fusion Media PC Case
April 18, 2006. - Reads: 864882
Zalman TNN-300 Fanless PC Enclosure System
February 28, 2006. - Reads: 188127
Antec P150 mid-tower case w/ Neo HE 430 PSU
October 11, 2005. - Reads: 640176
MuteMat sound absorption kit
September 28, 2005. - Reads: 77385
AcoustiProducts Vibration Dampers
August 11, 2005. - Reads: 48258
Antec P180 Review, Part 2: The Whole Nine Yards
July 04, 2005. - Reads: 849085
Antec P180 Review, Part 1: A Silent System
June 27, 2005. - Reads: 399152


Complete / SFF Systems

Asus P3-P5G33 Barebone Slim PC
April 10, 2008. - Reads: 43170
Hiper Media Center PC HMC-2K53A-A3
January 07, 2008. - Reads: 55997
Reflections on the Asus Eee PC
November 20, 2007. - Reads: 28040
AMD DTX small form factor system preview
October 22, 2007. - Reads: 23234
Hiper Media Center Barebones PC
October 05, 2007. - Reads: 89562
HP Pavilion a1640n & a1630n: Intel vs. AMD?
April 11, 2007. - Reads: 104303
SPCR Designed Computer Systems
November 30, 2006. - Reads: 210317
Apple's 24" iMac: There's more to High End than Performance
November 18, 2006. - Reads: 69601
Shuttle's Smallest Yet: XPC X100
September 15, 2006. - Reads: 90974
Puget Delivers a Quiet Core Duo PC
June 29, 2006. - Reads: 96907
ASUS Terminator 2 T2-AE1: Mod-friendly Barebones System
June 23, 2006. - Reads: 77764
17" Apple iMac - The Official SPCR Review
April 21, 2006. - Reads: 116919
Apple iMac w/Intel Core Duo: A User's Review
March 13, 2006. - Reads: 41386
Fanless Ultra Powerhouse PC by EndPCNoise
February 23, 2006. - Reads: 97781
Shuttle SD11G5: Pentium-M SFF PC
October 17, 2005. - Reads: 120310
Kloss KL-I915B SFF barebones PC
June 22, 2005. - Reads: 38360
Puget Custom Pentium-M Rig: A Silent WC System
May 30, 2005. - Reads: 54304
AOpen EY855-II Pentium M SFF barebones system
April 26, 2005. - Reads: 38027
Soltek QBIC EQ3901 SFF barebones system
April 24, 2005. - Reads: 23644
Shuttle SB86i BTX SFF system
April 03, 2005. - Reads: 62726


Cooling

Xigmatek Battle-Axe: First Direct-Touch Heatpipe VGA Cooler
May 02, 2008. - Reads: 29700
Thermaltake MaxOrb Heatpipe Cooler: Maximum Orbness
April 26, 2008. - Reads: 22850
Xigmatek HDT-S1283 & SD964 "heatpipe direct-touch" CPU coolers
April 02, 2008. - Reads: 66078
Akasa AK-965 socket 775 tower cooler
March 14, 2008. - Reads: 21021
Ninja Copper: Scythe's 5th Year Celebration
February 27, 2008. - Reads: 65696
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Pro: The Alpine 7 Revisited
January 31, 2008. - Reads: 33418
Arctic Cooling Accelero S2 VGA Cooler + Turbo Module
January 16, 2008. - Reads: 45678
Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 VGA Cooler
December 26, 2007. - Reads: 111429
Updated VGA Card/Cooler Test Platform
December 20, 2007. - Reads: 23313
Asus Triton 75 CPU Cooler
December 17, 2007. - Reads: 53279
Gigabyte G-Power 2 Pro CPU cooler
December 12, 2007. - Reads: 35439
Gigabyte Volar CPU heatsink/fan
November 24, 2007. - Reads: 22777
Zalman VF1000 LED Graphics Card Cooler
November 05, 2007. - Reads: 140001
Zalman CNPS8700 LED CPU Cooler: Update of a Classic
October 17, 2007. - Reads: 54131
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme: Heir to the CPU Cooling Throne
October 12, 2007. - Reads: 106743
Scythe Ninja Mini CPU heatsink
September 03, 2007. - Reads: 207454
Zalman's new 9700 bigboy heatsink/fan
March 23, 2007. - Reads: 87466
Spire Fourier IV heatsink/fan
March 06, 2007. - Reads: 42865
Scythe Andy Samurai Master CPU heatsink/fan
March 01, 2007. - Reads: 115160
Thermalright SI-128: Evolution of a Past Master
February 04, 2007. - Reads: 93512


CPUs & Motherboards

AMD 780G: Best Ever Integrated Mainstream Chipset?
March 06, 2008. - Reads: 169991
Asus P5E-VM HDMI: A microATX C2D board for gamers?
December 10, 2007. - Reads: 259936
Intel DG33TL G33 Express chipset mATX motherboard
December 05, 2007. - Reads: 65321
Intel D201GLY2 Mini-ITX mainboard
November 29, 2007. - Reads: 121309
Asus M2A-VM HDMI: AM2 mATX motherboard
November 26, 2007. - Reads: 82696
Albatron KI690-AM2: A Mini-ITX Powerhouse
September 14, 2007. - Reads: 97748
GigaByte GA-965P-DS3: Core 2 Motherboard for Everyone
August 25, 2007. - Reads: 55829
MoDT Mismatch: AOpen i945GTt-VFA & Silverstone LC-12
December 05, 2006. - Reads: 140923
AOpen's Core Duo Flagship i975Xa-YDG motherboard
June 20, 2006. - Reads: 77152
VIA EPIA EN12000E: Today's most efficient CPU & mainboard
May 27, 2006. - Reads: 199355
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe w/ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 Chipset
May 18, 2006. - Reads: 33062
Desktop CPU Power Survey, April 2006
April 06, 2006. - Reads: 333166
AOpen i915Ga-HFS ATX Pentium M Motherboard
March 31, 2006. - Reads: 34642
AMD Turion 64 on the Desktop
February 18, 2006. - Reads: 244297
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe A64-939 Motherboard
February 09, 2006. - Reads: 107444
AOpen i915GMm-HFS: 2nd Gen Pentium M desktop board
June 20, 2005. - Reads: 56568
AOpen i915Ga-PLF with Power Master
April 14, 2005. - Reads: 26975
CrystalCPUID: User Configurable Cool 'n' Quiet
April 12, 2005. - Reads: 116313
Intel 570 CPU + Soltek SL-915GPRO-FGR Motherboard
February 14, 2005. - Reads: 21533
Pentium M for the Desktop: AOpen i855GMEm-LFS & DFI 855GME-MGF
February 09, 2005. - Reads: 70954


Do-It-Yourself Systems

Quiet Media PC made from Junk
April 23, 2007. - Reads: 96091
Bill's Recycled, Fanless, Silent Woodbox Computer
October 26, 2006. - Reads: 117232
Superquiet Superclocked DIY Core 2 Duo System
October 02, 2006. - Reads: 291789
Jani's Big Quiet Wood Case PC
August 02, 2006. - Reads: 67897
Quiet DIY OC'ed Pentium D 830 System, Part Two
April 22, 2006. - Reads: 71063
Quiet OC'ed Pentium D 830 System
March 26, 2006. - Reads: 109829
Quiet PC for Torrid Thailand
January 10, 2006. - Reads: 101140
Doug's Quiet Wood Case PC
April 29, 2005. - Reads: 253504
Jordan's Quiet DampTek'd Home Theater PC
January 28, 2005. - Reads: 48811
Kiwi Quiet P4 Cooling
December 21, 2004. - Reads: 46493
Fanless DIY Dual-P3 WC System
June 24, 2004. - Reads: 56368
Deep UnderVolt/Clock: 4.7W CPU PC
June 05, 2004. - Reads: 43603
Ducted Zalman 7000CU w/Countercurrent Flow Cooling
May 18, 2004. - Reads: 75691
PC Cooling & Silencing... with a Cookie Jar!
March 01, 2004. - Reads: 109225
Newbie Silences a Dell OptiPlex GX-240
October 27, 2003. - Reads: 75100
Fanless Heatpipe CPU Cooling System by FMAH
October 06, 2003. - Reads: 158801
Commell's P4 Mini-ITX board
September 16, 2003. - Reads: 62509
Bluefront's Lanboy, Part 3: Acoustically Muffled Case Fan Box
September 02, 2003. - Reads: 40327
Bluefront's Lanboy, Part 2: Ducting an Alpha for 90% Passive Cooling
August 18, 2003. - Reads: 43897
Bluefront's Lanboy: Muffled, Filtered & Ducted.
August 12, 2003. - Reads: 55957


Fans & Controls

Fan Roundup #5: Attack of the 120 Scythes
May 08, 2008. - Reads: 18133
Zalman ZM-MFC2: 4 x Fan Controller + Power Meter
October 12, 2007. - Reads: 33641
SPCR's Fan Roundup #4: 120mm Fans II
May 22, 2007. - Reads: 186671
A New Way of Testing Fan Airflow
May 01, 2007. - Reads: 77193
Recommended Fans
March 05, 2007. - Reads: 610108
SPCR's Fan Round-Up #3: 92mm Fans
February 09, 2007. - Reads: 119514
SPCR's Fan Round-Up #2: 120mm Fans
November 28, 2006. - Reads: 584307
80x25mm Fan Round-Up #1
November 13, 2006. - Reads: 207741
Anatomy of the Silent Fan
November 10, 2006. - Reads: 105053
SPCR's Fan Testing Methodology
November 02, 2006. - Reads: 45138
Front Panel Knicknacks by Coolermaster & Matrix Orbital
April 23, 2005. - Reads: 40147
Review: Generic 3-ch Fan Controller
December 31, 2004. - Reads: 41403
Zalman ZM-MFC1 Multi Fan Controller
May 29, 2003. - Reads: 79242
Review: Simple Fan Controllers by Zalman
May 28, 2003. - Reads: 67557
Review: Sunbeam Rheobus Fan Controller
May 27, 2003. - Reads: 64891
Simple PSU Fan Swap Technique
May 10, 2003. - Reads: 64930
Review: SilentTEK - AOpen's mobo-embedded fan controller
December 30, 2003. - Reads: 75695
University of BC Fan Noise & Airflow Research Project
October 23, 2002. - Reads: 36329
Choosing Fans for Quiet, High Airflow: A Scientific Approach
July 15, 2002. - Reads: 152335
Get 12V, 7V or 5V for your Fans
March 26, 2002. - Reads: 165521


Power

Zalman ZM1000-HP: Quiet KiloWatt PSU
May 14, 2008. - Reads: 7581
Sparkle Power's 250W ATX12V 80 Plus SPI250EP
March 21, 2008. - Reads: 24538
80 Plus expands podium for Bronze, Silver & Gold
March 19, 2008. - Reads: 6958
Corsair TX650W ATX12V power supply
March 16, 2008. - Reads: 35714
Modu82+ 625 Power Supply: Enermax to the Forefront
March 02, 2008. - Reads: 100486
Seasonic M12II-430 modular cable PSU
February 13, 2008. - Reads: 43808
Seasonic Goes Green: The Eco Power 300
January 02, 2008. - Reads: 36606
Sparkle Power SPI220LE 80 Plus FlexATX PSU
November 27, 2007. - Reads: 31518
Seasonic S12II-380 Power Supply
August 31, 2007. - Reads: 106977
Corsair VX450W: Quiet Value PSU
August 16, 2007. - Reads: 160292
Nexus NX-8060 ATX power supply
May 29, 2007. - Reads: 86745
Enermax Galaxy: A KiloWatt power supply
March 18, 2007. - Reads: 49804
Lian-Li HPC-600 power supply
February 26, 2007. - Reads: 42177
Tagan EasyCon XL 700W: A Tagan at Last
January 10, 2007. - Reads: 58447
Antec TruePower Trio 550
January 03, 2007. - Reads: 125991
Ultra X-Pro 600 power supply
December 23, 2006. - Reads: 40168
Recommended Power Supplies
December 01, 2006. - Reads: 362954
Corsair HX520W & HX620W Modular power supplies
November 17, 2006. - Reads: 405935
Zalman ZM600 heatpipe-cooled modular power supply
November 09, 2006. - Reads: 100923
Antec EarthWatts 430: Green Computing Hits Mainstream
October 30, 2006. - Reads: 149718


Reference / Recommended

Recommended Fans
March 05, 2007. - Reads: 610108
SPCR's Unique Heatsink Testing Methodology
January 18, 2007. - Reads: 132400
Recommended Power Supplies
December 01, 2006. - Reads: 362954
Anatomy of the Silent Fan
November 10, 2006. - Reads: 105053
SPCR's Fan Testing Methodology
November 02, 2006. - Reads: 45138
SPCR Power Supply Test Rig, v.4 (and v.4.1)
October 30, 2006. - Reads: 74068
What is a "Silent" Computer?
September 21, 2006. - Reads: 86149
Audio Recording Methods Revised
July 04, 2006. - Reads: 30030
Archive: SPCR's PSU Test Platform V.3
September 19, 2005. - Reads: 48863
SPCR's Hard Drive Testing Methodology
May 12, 2005. - Reads: 94979
Power Supply Fundamentals
April 06, 2005. - Reads: 1131465
SPCR's Test / Sound Lab: A Short Tour
October 04, 2004. - Reads: 49894
Recommended Heatsinks
August 27, 2004. - Reads: 556400
Archive: CPUs Ranked by Noise / Heat
March 07, 2004. - Reads: 308659
Archive: A Primer on Noise in Computing:
October 28, 2003. - Reads: 200825
Cases: Basics & Recommendations
March 12, 2003. - Reads: 635883
Recommended Hard Drives
September 18, 2002. - Reads: 515384
Introduction to Recommended Silent / Quiet Components
July 18, 2002. - Reads: 172173


Storage

Western Digital's single-platter 320GB Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS
April 09, 2008. - Reads: 44797
Terabyte Round III: WD Caviar Green Power WD10EACS
February 26, 2008. - Reads: 28460
Terabyte Round II: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
February 19, 2008. - Reads: 26412
The Terabyte Landmark: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000
January 21, 2008. - Reads: 24452
WD Green Power: A New Benchmark in HDD Acoustics & Power
December 14, 2007. - Reads: 91257
Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB 2.5" hard drive
November 13, 2007. - Reads: 23687
Antec MX-1: Actively Cooled External HDD Enclosure
March 29, 2007. - Reads: 87025
Mirra Mirra in the Closet
December 07, 2006. - Reads: 31683
Icy Dock's eSATA Enclosure
October 03, 2006. - Reads: 61822
Samsung Spinpoint T Series: Successor to a Quiet Legacy
September 04, 2006. - Reads: 152167
Western Digital Scorpio: Another Quiet Notebook Drive
July 04, 2006. - Reads: 50292
Western Digital Raptor 150GB: New Revision, New Noise?
June 25, 2006. - Reads: 70042
WD Caviar SE16 500GB: Big Low-Noise Champ?
June 17, 2006. - Reads: 172770
External Seagate Drives: A Portable 2.5" and a Pocket Drive
June 15, 2006. - Reads: 24865
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10: Desktop Drives go Perpendicular
May 31, 2006. - Reads: 69711
Remote Storage with the Newisys NA-1400 NAS Appliance
May 08, 2006. - Reads: 37501
Hitachi DeskStar 7K500 500GB Hard Drive
March 05, 2006. - Reads: 27499
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB Notebook HDD
February 04, 2006. - Reads: 54018
Hitachi TravelStar E7K100 7.2k-rpm notebook drive
January 30, 2006. - Reads: 55632
Samsung Writemaster SE-W164C External DVD±RW Drive
January 24, 2006. - Reads: 29387


The Silent Front

Studios & Silence: AES Student Summit in St. Louis
April 19, 2008. - Reads: 5090
80 Plus expands podium for Bronze, Silver & Gold
March 19, 2008. - Reads: 6958
CES 2008, Days 2 & 3: Zalman, Coolermaster, eCoupled, and Seagate
January 10, 2008. - Reads: 23037
CES 2008, Day 1: Antec, Arctic Cooling, and CoolIT
January 09, 2008. - Reads: 48384
Reflections on the Asus Eee PC
November 20, 2007. - Reads: 28040
AMD DTX small form factor system preview
October 22, 2007. - Reads: 23234
Exclusive Tour: Gigabyte's Anechoic & Thermal Test Chambers
August 06, 2007. - Reads: 13284
Computex 2007: Cases
June 14, 2007. - Reads: 97943
SPCR Does CES 2007
January 18, 2007. - Reads: 51237
EnergyStar Computer Spec 4.0 Finalized
November 21, 2006. - Reads: 11933
What is a "Silent" Computer?
September 21, 2006. - Reads: 86149
An Interview with mCubed
August 28, 2006. - Reads: 19069
Audio Recording Methods Revised
July 04, 2006. - Reads: 30030
SPCR's first WinHEC: Seattle, May '06
May 26, 2006. - Reads: 12684
The State of the Industry, March 2006: Through Silent Eyes
March 18, 2006. - Reads: 22171
Intel's new Capabilities Assessment Tools
October 24, 2005. - Reads: 17127
Paradigm Shift at Intel: IDF Fall 2005
September 06, 2005. - Reads: 14791
Power Distribution within Six PCs
August 30, 2005. - Reads: 115031
A New Energy Star... in 2007
March 22, 2005. - Reads: 26941
IDF Spring 2005: Report from San Francisco
March 14, 2005. - Reads: 22794