You must get a 780G or 8200 matx board since you want a AMD 45W cpu. Well, these boards certainly carry a 4pin/8pin +12V plug with itself. Out of curiosity, I wonder what board has no CPU +12V plug nowadays? Never mind, acoustic differed far greatly in terms of individual's preference. turns out th...

You don't need 20 to 24pin adapter, but you need CPU +12V 4pin adapter to boot your mainboard. Btw, get a feature rich board which could undervolt cpu from bios. Though off topic, I think Onkyo SE-90/200 has cleaner, better digital output quality than Creative counterpart. i am thinking of switchin...

hi all, planning to build a "computer transport" - streams music from a NAS, then outputs to a DAC through a pci sound card. trying to avoid moving parts so I'll be using the picoPSU. other components: cpu - intel e2180 with xigmatec 1283 on passive ram - corsair 3gb board - matx, either the gigabyt...

Why not use a mini-ITX board? Something like a Via C3 or C7 board is oodles for playing audio, or you could even try the cool new Intel D945GCLF Atom motherboard. Naf-all power consumption, so no heat generated. Then for power, you could use a PicoPSU, or the little Sparkle Power SPI220LE. It'd all...

780g + am2 = pretty low heat. You can next-to-definitely run that system with the PSU and another fan by the cpu and have no fan-speed-ramping issues. Going fanless usually means going scythe ninja, but a 1283 with a slow fan wouldn't really add to the case vibration, so you could do that too... or...

I am building a computer transport (think computer -> DAC -> amplifier), and I would really like some input from you guys as to what case I should choose =) this is just me thinking aloud - 1. would like to use as few fans as possible, to cut the vibration down to a minimum 2. i plan to use the cpu ...

Update: Problem solved - it turns out that my exhaust fan fried at some point in time, and so it hasn't been running...which contributed to the ridiculous high temps.

Mod: Please delete this post as you see fit =)

- Bernard

i wouldn't say it's lan-party friendly...kind of big for that purpose. Shuttles, on the other hand...are just plain awesome.

i'm using the asus sata optical drives...i think the model number is 1814 or something. the tray is a bit flimsy, but if you're careful it should be ok.

this is the setup I have - since the 8800gts/gtx is kind of long, it more or less separates your upper chamber into two. the upper half is taken care of since both the CPU and the exhaust fan are located near the top. i have a nexus 120mm for exhaust and an Antec TriCool on medium with a SI-128 (scy...

What kind of computer will you build with one of these? http://www.ocia.net/reviews/lianli767/page1.shtml - an ass-kicking gaming machine - lots of space for those really long cards - a file server - lots of space for all the hdds you'll need - a spacious home entertainment system - probably has roo...

the corsair 520/620 are recommended by SPCR:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article692-page1.html

i am using the 520 myself and i absolutely love it.

off-topic - i can't help but to notice the novel you had right next to your case. that is an awesome book =D

so it turns out that my coil whine came back after leaving the computer off for one night - so much for increased vCore, lol. and yes, it does whine slightly when it's off. but in my case it amplifies when i turn on the computer. i'm going to add another drive to it and see if it persists. or i migh...

budget is not really a problem...still calculating the GB required, though. i am thinking of having 3-4 160 or 250gb drives in RAID 5, with a decent raid controller card - though i've never purchased one of those, so i'm not sure what brands are good.

- bernard

honestly, the root of the problem lies in that there was never any sort of structure to begin with - they weren't very big on IT, didn't have anyone that know anything, and didn't consider structure to be important. so what they ended up with is basically a very large "home" network with people shar...

I work for a small trading company in Hong Kong. The IT setup here is pretty catastrophic - just computers hooked up to a router/gateway box. So what people do is they simply enable file sharing in windows xp and pass around files that way. With 17 computers (and possibly more), this is becoming a n...

i actually found out about it through this forum =D i knew they had the NSK4400s in Hong Kong, but was rather surprised when they were selling the 4000 - so I jumped on that right away.

- bernard

These are all over Hong Kong =D it's pretty much the only thing I can find here that is comparable to the Nexus/Yate Loon 120mm. I am using one right now for a computer at work.

I _might_ be able to come up with something if anyone wants to buy these in bulk...

- bernard

Case: NSK4000 (4400 without PSU) with GlobalWin NCB 120mm exhaust fan (with Sunbeam rubber frame, but not the rubber screws) CPU: E4300 overclocked to 2.4ghz (stock 1.8ghz) Heatsink: SI-128 w/ Antec TriCool 120mm on medium Motherboard: Asus P5B-E Plus Memory: Corsair 667mhz 1gb x2 GPU: Foxconn GeFor...

i love the corsair 520w - it's really quiet when the load is high. i tried running it with just one sata hdd and one sata optical, and got really loud clicking noises from the PSU. but then i tested it with my current system (see Home system in sig), and i can't even hear the fan. i am having the sa...

kaange wrote:Probably a good bet as the Solo uses the same style of bezel. Can you get the NSK4000? (NSK4400 without the PSU)

yes =D putting it together now...

Gigabyte makes good passively cooled video cards -

7600GT
7600GS with HDMI
Gigabyte VGA Page, look for the "Silent Pipe II" or "Screen Cooling" ones.

- bernard

Say you buy a Scythe Ninja, or a Thermalright SI-128 to cool your rig. It comes with all kinds of mounts - 775, 478, K8, AM2, you name it. You apply the AS5, mount the HSF, and live happily thereafter. What do you do with the other mounts? Do you throw them away or do you keep them in case you decid...

love the fan housing...

i would change the PSU, as people are still reporting compatibility issues with the NeoHe PSU. See this thread . The problem is mainly with Asus boards, but I would avoid the NeoHe just to be safe. The new TruePower Trio series is supposed to be really good if you want to stick with Antec. I can als...

SLK3000B is not available here, sadly =(

and in terms of "keeping the noise from coming out of the case", i assume the antec nsk4400 is better than the Centurion 5, since the open bezel of C5 lets out a lot of noise?

actually, this is for work =) my home system is a lot better...8800gts, 2gb ddr2-800 in a p180b, and so on. this is only for work, and i was only planning on going 266 x 9 (2.4ghz), so i figured 667 should be plenty. and yes, the 7600gt is available in China/HK - but then again, i only really wanted...

UPDATE - I found the NSK4000 (4400 w/o PSU) for $50. SCORE! I am trying to build a somewhat high-end computer for work, and here is what I have so far - E4300 (probably will be overclocked slightly) P5B-E Plus 2gb Corsair DDR2-667 WD 80gb / Asus DVD-RW Gigabyte 7300GS Fanless Exhaust Fan - GlobalWin...

My build consists of the following:

E6300 OC'd to at least 3ghz
Gigabyte DQ6
8800 GTS 320MB
2gb PC6400 CL4 RAM
Asus DVDRW
WD 74gb
WD 320gb
2x Antec TriCool + 1x Nexus 120mm @ 12v

is the Corsair HX520w enough for this?

thanks =)