Any diff between mounting screw positions, or is that standardized. What about clips vs. screws.

What is considered low RPM - the reason for replacement was single-freq whine.

Any models < $15 would be great.

Thanks.

I'm confused between "CPU fan" and "case FAN." Reviews don't often distinguish. We want a fan replacement on a CPU heatsink. The heatsink stays, but fanless is not thermally possible. Reviews cover heatsink bundles, not parts. I'm not clear sourcing quiet fans for heatsinks. Looking for cheap, < $15...

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware ... phenom.ars

Sorry to those who don't appreciate the postpurchase eval or understand the concept of future reference. For everyone else, we are completely happy with the boxes, they are dead quiet.

Footnotes to help future googlers and give back to SPCR. First impressions are good overall. We like the boards. Rugged caps, 4-phase power, dual BIOS with advanced options including 8 stored profiles. Press CTRL-F1 in main BIOS menu to see all options. If you want to bewilder yourself. Serious over...

[quote="autoboy"]Sounds like you are all set on hardware and you did a great job picking it out, but what about the "silent" part. There is no mention of fans, power supplies, or harddrive soft mounting. Until you address those problems, you won't really have as quiet a computer as you could.[/quote...

I forgot to add, there is supposed to be a low-power Phenom coming out in 2008. It would be smarter to wait for that if you like this spec and want to upgrade. Wow someone already replied....well the answer to your question is, that if spec is right, the rest takes care of itself. Am I the only one ...

Here is our final spec. NEW ------------------------------------ Motherboard + video = $100 CPU 2.5GHz dual core = $87 RAM 2GiB = $80 CD/DVD SATA drive = $27 EXTANT / SURPLUS / USED / JUNK / DIY ------------------------------------ Case/power = $0 Keyboard/mice = $0 Hard disk = $0 SUBTOTAL ---------...

Well, I aggravated everyone. Sorry! I keep trying to get off the GHz kick. How many times have I gotta say, we don't care? I know about CPUs, thanks. Indirectly you confirm my claim of topend bias at SPCR. Who said I am looking for the latest hottest chip....? Isaac - years of experience with cardbo...

I just gotta post this. http://www.hacknmod.com/displayMOD.php?hack=365 Now THAT's what I'm talkin about. Lateral thinking. I may even do this with one m/b....just to see how it works. Certainly the case is cheap, and clearly the dBAs will drop off, since you have multiple sound impedance boundaries...

Hi Isaac and thank you. Sorry for losing you. I see where you're coming from. There is general low end, and there is silent low end. You refer to general low end. On that count, here is 3.33 GHz under $300. http://store.madtux.org/product_info.php?products_id=310 But clock rate isn't a big deal. We ...

Here: http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm The #1 is only $62USD. You'll also notice the fanless cases do just what I suggest, move the PSU outside. http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/fanless/hfx-ef28-psu More pricey than the picoPSU. And for that real cooling effect: http://www.plycon...

Sweet. Shows what DIY can do, avoiding integration. Guess there's no way around it at this price target. I was looking at vendors like custombarebones.com to avoid DIY stuff. I like their MSI m/b's better than FOXCONN. But NewEgg is always worth a look and I guess FOXCONN is okay. 2 GB RAM is $100 a...

Lowcost rugged portable hard drives fit in your palm, will crash on concrete and still turn back on (look up g-shock ratings). We followed the advice from this article. Prices have dropped and capacity increased since it ran. WD Passport is just one make. http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/02/22/2221258....

We have Samsung 971p 's around here and they are dead quiet. Extremely high quality and pivoting as well. For web and text you can't beat the portrait mode. Has both types of video connectors, old and new. Very excellent value for the money. So far a couple years running with zero problems.

IsaacKuo - sounds good. Part numbers....? I can hardly find new PCs in this range, let alone silent....but if you have sourced the parts...okay fantastic. My impression of SPR is not one of low cost parts. 3 GHz is 2x our avg. old speeds. It is not lowend. If it's a problem then we can drop to 2 GHz...

I'm wondering if this price point is possible for a "silent" PC. More low end system designs, please! The need here is simple. Nothing has to be the latest. "End of life cycle" is OK, but we don't want used or stuff more than 3 years behind the latest greatest. - Linux compatible everything - No int...

APC looks good. The user guide is just a cartoon. It shows installing software before starting the unit. My question is whether APC functions without the OEM software. The PC is Ubuntu. I'd rather no software interaction requirements. I don't mind something Linux-compatible but if there is a Windows...

...as I understand the terms. An "online" UPS runs the batteries all the time. It would make noise. The kind I want is (I think) called "line interactive" which means batteries/inverter only switch on in case of brown/black-out. During normal operation the line power is clean enough not to need the ...

Links - I thought they were helpful - spam-protect to bypass filters - legit because they are informative not selling Me - I'm an EE so I don't need help with VA specs just data on where to find quiet stuff. Location USA. Inverters - Fans are louder. Inverters are secondary but yes, depends on desig...

I need to spec a UPS for a client who wants QUIET. It needs to be line-interactive because his area has frequent brown-outs. Price range under $175 or so. Maybe 650VA or better. But it's only for one computer/printer setup, 20" LCD. So he can flex on everything but price and noise. I found a couple ...