It seems to me that SPCR has always been striving stalwartly to have as few commercial entanglements as possible, as that is a slippery slope in the realm of integrity. I'm aware that the modern way of doing things is having all these revenue streams and whatnot, but I think that would complicate m...

Have you tried contacting a mainstream large builder? Some of them do rate the noise of their systems and it has gotten easier and cheaper to build relatively quiet computers. While I don't think you'd find a powerful computer that's anywhere as quiet as the systems built by boutiques and fanatics,...

I think I am sort of most interested in the configuration you mention.... lots and lots of horsepower with minimal noise. But I also want it in a small form ITX package. Me too, tired of my big ol' (awesome) Lian Li ATX! good description of what I happen to be looking for. I think lots of other peo...

I am still at a complete loss as to your problem, since the links above by Hfat point to two vendors who seem to offer exactly what you want. The vendors are Puget Systems and End PC Noise. I am curious, have you been to their websites and looked around? What exactly is it that you find lacking? If...

Information about vendors who provide such systems has already been provided to you in two of the above posts, which should be sufficient. All due respect, don't confuse my original question with the direction the thread took. I don't think I've gotten any more specific information than "look at th...

SPCR could define the rules, test the systems and then rank them like consumer reports. Yes my suggestion would be that SPCR would define a range of system priorities (much like yours, it's a good start) and then builders could compete for SPCR's rankings. Again, I doubt this site wants to be in th...

Start discussing what you want to see. MikeC is listening and has an open mind. Well I've made my specific, immediate (and rather urgent, let's not lose sight of that, where my moneymakers at?) need pretty clear I think, but I can see a generalized case here: on one side, you have the hardcore SPC ...

@HFat Thanks, I do know about the homepage links. I guess I'm just asking if that's the *best* way to go about it. @ces I guess SPCR isn't in this business, and fair enough--if you have to review lots of stuff without bias, you can't really be in the business of promoting one system or another. On t...

Hi everyone, longtime member, lately a rare visitor, have loved this site for years. I'm in the market for a new PC right now, and much as I would love to do the research, the purchasing, and the construction as I have on every system I've ever owned (with much help from this site's recommendations)...

Hey folks, So the 24" NEC has arrived, and I have to say, it may be the cleanest, easiest-reading, most vivid monitor I have ever looked at. Just WOW. Do I miss the extra size/resolution screen real estate? Yup. Haven't tried a movie yet, and I'm sure it will be something of a disappointment after t...

I am very close to pulling the trigger, and am leaning toward the 24" NEC, with a second one to follow when I can afford it. While this 30" is great for movies, and is very workable, the resolution is a little much for my aging eyes. WTF :?: What I especially like about my 30" is that because of it...

Thanks everybody, great stuff. I was indeed misunderstanding the input lag problem, clear now. I am very close to pulling the trigger, and am leaning toward the 24" NEC, with a second one to follow when I can afford it. While this 30" is great for movies, and is very workable, the resolution is a li...

Agreed Pgh, my answer was not very clear. (Slaphappy from too many hours of research, no doubt.) Let me see if I can be clearer, at least for the sake of thread posterity. - Wide Gamut (WG) is a color space, developed (and then dropped) by Adobe, as an alternative to its own sRGB standard. It offers...

WRT to the ...""wide-gamut" monitors, i.e. anything over 24"" - I think you're confusing two unrelated concepts here. "Wide-gamut" has to do with the number of colors a monitor can display - nothing to do with the size of the screen. A wide color gamut is usually considered desirable. No I'm pretty...

Thanks Pgh, that's very helpful and matches some of what I have read elsewhere--it seems the 3008WFP does add some internal processing on top of the previous *-IPS template (of which the 3007WFP is also a member). I am also now looking at the NEC LCD2490WUXi (expansive fanboy review here ), as it ap...

- S-IPS panel for best image quality - almost no input lag, better than most other displays in this matter, so good for gaming (your current monitor has huge input lag) One more question about this--I'm looking into both your HP and the LG W3000H , and it appears that both 30" monitors share the sa...

Thanks lm, I will take another look at that model. I don't need any other resolution, and as long as video quality is solid it should do the trick. Samsung is refunding the original purchase price. This is I suppose an acceptable solution, though it took them a month to decide to do it. From the hor...

The resolution on the monitor in your NewEgg link is only 1900x1200. I get this resolution on my 24". The Samsung 305T is 2560 x 1600. Yeah, I know it's a step down, but I have to say that I find the 30" options out there underwhelming. I don't think the 30" monitor took off for anyone (except mayb...

Hi everyone, So pleased to have an excuse to visit this great site anew. I have to get a new large monitor, and am looking for a little help from the gaming/video experts out there. A little background: I purchased a Samsung 305T 30" monitor in late 2007. It's huge and beautiful--when it works. But ...

Holy guacamole, there IS a partition! I didn't remember it at all. Had to open the case to verify that my memory was faulty, and not the picture.

And good point on the PSU fans, that is the story indeed. Them Enermax folks, not so dumb.

I am chastened, sir.

This is the power supply, it exhausts out the bottom (OK, top of the PSU, but it's upside-down here) and back. So I'm not really sure what you're recommending. Sounds like you're saying to flip the front intake fan to exhaust only if there were a partition in my case btwn HDD and PSU, which there i...

Wow, this is beyond the call of duty and then some. I really appreciate the specificity of your replies. There is a partition, solid metal, btwn the lower level (HDDs in front, PSU in back), with a large capsule-shaped opening for cables to pass--it's almost jammed closed with all the PSU cable. The...

Great diagram, very helpful. Yes, by "above" I meant above the PCIx slot, between that slot and the top of the case, just as you've drawn it. Part of the trick here is that there's not enough room at the top of the case ("front mesh intake" in your diagram) for a fan. It's about 1.5" and then it's 5...

Thanks all, that's both helpful and reassuring. My case is here . It has no side exhaust, and though there is lots of mesh for passive cooling, I think it also keeps airflow from working as it ought. There's basically nowhere else to put an exhaust fan, because of the inside partition. Unless I get ...

Hi, short version: my system is pretty quiet and running great, but running too hot (speedfan says 60-65 C, normal load), esp. now that it's warming up outside. longer version: my ASUS mobo died under warranty this winter, and was replaced with a slightly different animal. At the same time, I got a ...

Sorry, was away for a couple of days... I will look into calibrating the memory, not something I'm familiar with doing, and again, problems did not begin until long after dual channel was installed, but will see what I can find. As for it being the wrong forum, well, it's how I started my very first...

Have you check the HD thoroughly? Could you give me a bit more explanation on this? I did have some HD problems when reformatting, partition tables getting overwritten etc., but assumed that was just Windows shenanigans. How can I check them thoroughly, beyond surface scans under scandisk? I'd love...

First off, thanks for responding, that takes time. It's my omission not to have posted temps by your standards, I was quite sure I had in saying with the hot weather (no AC here) in the 40s for the CPU and all over the 30s for the hard drives but perhaps that's not specific enough. Speedfan won't wo...

Hi all, I know this isn't really a support forum, but thought I'd post my woes here and see if anyone had any thoughts. I'm a longtime unregsitered lurker, as you will note several of my system components were obtained on SPCR's review advice. I took serious steps to silence my PC back in February. ...