wow been a long time since I got my first samsung 1614C 160gb from um directron I think...... nidec was the only motor at the time afaik. The choice of drive was rare and hard to get at the time but this site told me it was worth waiting for. SPCR wins again. Just got another one for backup from new...

I've been building systems for friends/family based on the BQE. I chose the case based at first entirely on Ralf's reviews. Since that first one, the rest are From my respects for the first one. A great inexpensive case especially when you get it from a place that will swap out the psu for you. The ...

I've used about 5 300 watter spi's.... I've been pushing out about 10 pc's all based on a the fortron/sparkle 300 or 350 60pn, the asus a7n8x (basic and deluxe) and barton 2500+ cpus over the last few months for friends and family. been using the zalman alcu 7000 whenever the case allows and thermal...

I picked up a 3700BQE from directron for a friend and swapped out the stock psu with a fortron 300 watt 120mm fan thing for like $28. The total cost for the preferred psu was actually cheaper than stock and I have no doubt the person that swapped it out what thinking WTF when he saw I was opting for...

All their talk about near silent operation... yet they are using WD hard drives and antec 430 watt psu's.

What am I missing here?

The case looks really nice though.

Cheers!
-Liq

the antec 3700 BQE is a great case if you can swap out to psu for the 300 watt 120mm psu. I know directron will switch out the psu. Amd is the way to go for cheap... a 1800+ or even an 2500+ are very affordable and very solid cpus. a good asus nforce 1 or 2 board is cheap and the zalman alcu 7000 is...

ralf is pretty much the vanguard of the semi reform overclockers' movement. People that see the light with regards to silent computing but don't mind a 3 decible tradeoff for another 66 mhz fsb! Ralf is prolly personally responsible for hundreds of BQE's getting sold. Been seeing more and more overc...

To call the macmaster site "very confusing" is much akin to calling a high end sport bike "kinda quick". Seems to me that this info on grommets and the ear isolators for fans is just too good to let run by. Anyway this info can me condenced and stickied somewhere? Anyway, thanks again Ralf.. no way ...

One psu missing on the list is the plain jane spakle/fortron 120mm fan based non pfc power suppiles, 300 or 350 watts. The list has the aurora listed but blue lights from a psu is a bad thing in my book. I've used both the 300 and 350 in many systems and all are quiet and have never posed any proble...

hahaha feel soo sooo.... unclean now!

Cheers!
-Liq

I'm up to 4 of the non-active pfc Fortron/Sparkle 120mm psus Gotten 2 of the 300 watt fortrons as well as 2 of the 350 watt sparkles and placed them in friends systems. Have yet to have a single problem with any so far. They run very quiet (stock even) and are cheaper than dirt!! just recently order...

One of my favorite odd-ball sites (no, spcr is by no means odd-ball in my book) is Dans Data. His range of interests from AFV's (um tanks!) to esoteric gadgets are always entertaining, especially when combined with his dark sense of humor. With that then, I introduce you to his take on power form co...

I got a few 92mm fans laying about looking needful, guessing the thermalright it is. I may run but damn if the thermalrights don't hunt m down.

Cheers!
-Liq

Building a friend a semi quiet PC (not silent mind you) that's based around an old atx case of undetermined pedigree. Basic reqs are a barton 2500+ and an abit nf7-s (or asus A78NX) which is then simply replacing his old mb cpu. He's going to overclock it (these kids got it so easy today) so need a ...

that compatability list has the A7N8X series being

Power Supply must not interfere with the heatsink

What in tarnations that mean? Am I missing something about psu's and cases?

Confused more after looking at that link.

Cheers!
-Liq

hmm ralf, with the 2 setups you list the 2.4c and the 3.0c, all to do over again would you stick with what you have or go with the 7000 (alu or Cu)

just curious.

Cheers!
-Liq

The short... The 2.4c overclocks better than the 2.6c. Newegg caters to the enthusiast crowd and the demand from that sector is directed at the 2.4c, not the 2.6c. I'd go with the 2.6 if you don't plan on overclocking. The ugly... Intel cpu's are multiplier locked meaning that to overclock them, you...

dammit stop that ralf. I really thought you'd flipped off the deep end there.

Least denote sarcasm in your posts- =p

Cheers!
-Liq

the global win has it all except the grommets which are DIYable. the grills are clean stock and the front plastic bezle is easily dremeled/modmeshed for maximum airflow. Case is not that big, surely not a tower My RL is like overflowing with RL stuff right now so my katana alike globalwin mod is on ...

I've been using monarch for a while now usually getting premade mb + cpu + heatsink combo's so I go to friends houses and just install the mb. Never once ever had a problem with them in terms of customer service nor the wares they've sold me, it's all shown up on time in one piece. That said, I kind...

Wow I just read that thread and the main 3 guys posting are just not there.

Seemed all they were responding for was to up their post count.

That's a scay thread.

seems everyone ignored you mike, even the people posting that thread.

Cheers!
-Liq

seems every forum has some central issue people will belabor endlessly. For example amd vs. intel Cats vs. dogs tastes great vs. less filling papst vs. panaflo seems to be the sticker here in SPCR land. generally speaking the lines are drawn. katana loves his papsts smily hates his papsts and genera...

Liquidated, according to anandtech, the abit springdale IS7 outperforms most canterwoods out there now. Well first off, I really don't take a whole lot of heed in anand when it comes to faster slower but that's just me. The problem with what you just said is that you are taking a snapshot of a rang...

Matress tags have that warning for retailers not the end user. The reason for all that is because ripping the tags off a used matress and reselling it as new is akin to rolling back the odometer on a car.

Cheers!
-Liq

there's 4 options I've heard from this board regarding CPU heat sinks first would be the Zalman line.. The largest flower you can get seems to work fine The alpha pal 8942 is a good hsf The Swiftech line is a classic in the OC industry The thermalright line is a favorite as well around here. each of...

Can somebody explain to me how suspending it in midair (if that is what isolating it means) will cure all the noise? suspending/isolating the hd will not eliminate all the noise at all, what it will do is lower it. when you isolate the hd, you are removing the interface of haddrive to chassis. When...

That ravton thread is a gem.

it all suddenly makes sense and ralf's first post drives home a hilariously ironic point.

RH, take a gander at the link, you just supported dorothy without relizing it =)


Nice program btw kostik. How about a sticky MikeC?


Cheers!
-Liq

I have no problem with asus nor abit and yes they are going against the wishes of intel with the accelleration. That said, message boards love to start trends (ala the 120mm fortron on this board) some of which are fine others are hype. The word on the oc/performance related boards was that the spri...

spcr needs to start an underground silent FORTRON! movement to get their sizeable european readship access to the non pfc version 120mm psu.... not that I said anything =) and no that's not a matress tag that I'm using as a coster. Cheers! -Liq edit least I'm not calling it a cobol or a pascal. come...

that's the first time I'd suggest someone get a few LCD monitors.

He must not live in California or his electric bill for the airconditioning alone would be "sky high"

very cool setup though.

Cheers!
-Liq