Steve: Thanks for your info. I used some power output calculation site and seems I like I should be fine. My system if I go for an i7 would be: A regular ATX motherboard, i7 CPU/GPU, 8 or 16GB RAM, 2 SSD disks, one 5400 rpm disk, probably one USB disk connected most of the time, DVD-RW, and perhaps ...

washu: Its never simple.:) Well, yeah if I was only running windows I'd definitely consider an AMD for their better CPU graphics. But that's not really an option. AMD and Hackintosh seems more problematic if it even works at all. Seems like any CPu with HD 4000 is probably my best choice. Then I can...

If you are going to run a Hackintosh then you definitely want to go Intel. It's possible to use AMD for a Hackintosh but it's more work as no real Mac has AMD CPUs. Intel CPUs are still the higher performing as well as better performance/watt than AMD CPUs. AMDs do have better integrated GPUs. Oh r...

Electronic noise in gfx cards is pretty hit/miss depending on your particluar system. When you say you are looking for a step up...is it for gaming? If so, what games, monitor resolution, picture quality levels, etc? At the moment, the top end passive is the AMD HD7750. There are some very quiet fa...

I previously found that my 9600GT whined in 3D when it was connected to an Enermax PSU. Now with a Seasonic PSU it does not whine. Possibly it depends on the PSU as well as the graphics card so as to whether a graphics card whines or not. I see... yeah I am beginning to understand it can be pretty ...

I wrote a similar thread in the GPU section, but I figured I should ask for some advice here as well. I am planning on doing a complete upgrade of my old Core 2 silent system. I am gonna keep my fanless PSU if it can handle new hardware, my passive CPU cooler, and my SSD disks, but I am gonna get a ...

Anyone have any recommendations for a passively cooled, fairly modern, video card that does not suffer from the high pitched whine so many new video cards seem to have these days? The cards I currently use is a Geforce 8600GTS and on a second computer a Geforce 7950GT. Both have had no whine whatsoe...

Interesting. Any idea of how it is to type on one of those? Can you do some serious writing or is it good for just simple short mails and surfing, etc?

Hi, After alot of research, here and everywhere else, it appears like the only really (almost) silent keyboard is the Thanko Silent Keyboard (2). I am not counting the rubber ones or the laser keyboard since they appear to be pretty bad to type on. Sadly, the thanko keyboard seems to be discontinued...