Yes, the Freezer 64 Pro is compatible to the AM2 bracket, and there are no 120mm heatsinks for AM2 yet afaik. I will get a NB47J; forgot to put that. As for the video card, the VM101 is a larger heatsink and cools better than the factory passive one. I'm not planning to buy anything by Sunday; I mig...

Not nearly as expensive as the SST Temjin 7, and better too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127210 MSI GeForce 7600GS - $120 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138026 Biostar Tforce550 - $83 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2207232&Sku=CP1-AM2-4000 Athlon 64 X2 4000+ - $35...

Really nice. Try removing the bottom 7cm fan and one front 120mm, then moving the 120mm to the middle. Seems too many fans for me... 10! That's insane.

NP: MCR - Helena
good song, I just happen to feel like playing it atm.

And you would by NO MEANS need a 600w PSU. Check out the Seasonic S12-430.

Also, check out the GlobalWin NCB fans. According to Neil Blanchard, they're about as good as Nexii and only $6.

nope, TP2's have a single 120mm fan.

I have a decent 6cm fan, which unfortunately I am NOT selling =p. It's a Cooler Master, made by ProTechnic. MGT6012MR-A15.

thanks for the nice info FG!

D12SM-12 is available in clear and black versions. It tops out at 1650rpm and 77cfm IIRC.

YL D12SM-12 is good.

Hi picture_perfect, No, I didn't record before/after temps. I had no way to, as the motherboard is sh!t and doesn't support temp monitoring. I left the HDD in the stock cage to provide a heatsinking effect, as I don't want to have to lose all my data and programs to an overheated HDD. By the way, I'...

Up for examination today is a Celeron 1000MHz system, that has been infected by the too-loud bug. Its owner, yours truly, has attempted to make the computer as quiet as possible. I was inspired by Isaac Kuo partly, and by the copious amounts of foam slabs my art teacher gave me. http://img386.images...

the 4th wire isn't necessary IIRC. Try connecting it through the Fanmate. However, you need to cut away the casing on the fanmate's male connector for the 4-pin fan connector to fit.

@FBDave: straighten out the HDDs so that they're totally horizontal. Angled HDDs like that can fail fast.

This design can best be described with two words: pure genius. You should sell these. -wants one but is getting a Gigabyte 3D Aurora-

iirc the MFC1 has an adj. range down to 5v.
edit: Checked the spcr review, indeed it does go down to 5v.

I like the ones that fans in Dell are mounted with. The fan Dell uses is sufficiently low vibration to not require them, so I remove and reuse them from any Dell I fix.

@Nick: I was thinking more along the lines of Kingwin SK523 series. The Centurion 534 is pretty similar too.

The more I look at it, the Gigabyte 3D Aurora seems like a great case. The 2x 120mm fan mounts in the rear open up all sorts of ducting possibilities, I was thinking of a duct to the CPU with the top mount, and a normal exhaust fan in the bottom mount. I also have the distinct impression I am talkin...

It appears that Gigabyte is getting into the cases market. I spotted this on Newegg today. It looks interesting for silent computing IMO. 120mm front and back, and grommets for WC tubing.

I looked more carefully at the pictures on the web of the Evercase 4252, and I believe that the clearance between the motherboard and power supply is insufficient to mount an XP-120 on my choice of motherboard (Biostar N4SLi-A9). I haven't much idea of what would be a good case, though. Scratch the ...

-is not an electrical-engineering guy-
I was thinking maybe there's a separate current split off some way for the LEDs. There's only one power connector.

Congratulations on both the cute cat pics, and the impressively involved silencing job!

>My biggest motivator was my wife..."WHEN ARE U GOING TO CLEAN UP THAT MESSY WORK AREA & PUT THE COMPUTERS BACK TOGETHER?!?!"
That is my mom, too.

> It can enter some components of an optical or floppy drive I also encountered today where dust had entered a fan (Globe Fan brand) and choked it. The oil in the sleeve bearing expelled itself out the label, and the fan totally seized up. It had been running like that for months, with no visible ef...

>LED illumination from the fans is also designed so that it doesnt dim / brighten when the fan speed is adjusted.

Sounds like teh zalman 7x00 fan. I wonder how this is achieved.

I just thought of switching the case to the Ærocool ÆroEngine2. http://www.aerocool.us/p-case/aeroengin ... ngine2.htm
Also the VGA cooler to the Ærocool VM101. http://www.aerocool.us/p-cooler/vm-101/vm101.htm

and no I am not getting a sponsorship from Ærocool lol

The CM PSU would more than likely be quieter, as it has only one fan. An intake duct would certainly help. The 350w should have no problem powering your system.

Ok. If the ATI silencer turns out to be loud, would an XFX passive 7600GS be good?