I finally settled on the Gigabyte GV-N66TOC-2GD. It was in stock at amazon for the same price as most non-overclocked 660 Ti cards. The return policy there is quite good. It came with the Borderlands 2 download coupon. It performed quite well in the most thorough review of these cards that I've rea...

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Very beautiful picture, like a futuristic town from science fiction movies. Zalman ZM-NBF47 was also a tight fit between SLI-slots with Asus A8N-SLI.

I'm happy with my Albatron. No problems at all. Really cheap and came with Call Of Duty 2 (which I sold for good price )

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814170102

Oh I didn't think of that.. so it seems that my suspension isn't good enough. Have to think about new HD enclosure.

which HD enclosure you have found the best? do you recommend mCubed Vertical Silence?

There's no metal to metal contact and it's insulated with HDD Shell II. The noise amplifies with 1 second cycle and it's like wwhhHUMmm.. ..wwhhHUMmm.. ..wwhhHUMmm.. That sound is driving me nuts and I can hear it to my bed (3-4 meters away). There's no way to return this HD to the store, so I guess...

Nice to see that you have a lot of research on HDD enclosures I'm not that passionist with that so Level HDD Shell II is enough for me

I saw there Jägermeister bottle. Does this mean that you like alcohol?

Level HDD SHELL II is better. some pictures from older version. There's no metal to metal contact.

Seagate with Zalman: 35°C Samsung with Level HDD SHELL II: 29°C But when I said that Zalman is not efficient enough, I meant that it does not insulate all resonanse noises. EDIT: After couple of hours intensive gaming, temperatures are like this: Seagate with Zalman: 45°C Samsung with Level HDD S...

Amd Athlon xp 2600+ Asus A7N8X Deluxe 2 x Kingston 512MB DDR400 Palit GF4 6600GT AGP Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB Samsung SATA 160GB Nexus 400W NX-4090 I have had about this kind of system for a long time. Only the Graphics card has been changed (before I had passively cooled Ti4200). http://tonalt.kap...

I'm planning new HTPC for my needs and have thought these components: AMD A64 3200+ S939 512MB DDR 400 Ram Somekind of cheap S939 motherboard without any fans Matrox G450 32MB Dualhead Graphics card Samsung 250 GB, SpinPoint P120 SATA Hard drive Nexus Drive-a-way enclouser for that Seasonic 430W, S1...

This thing has started to keep really annoying ticking noise.. it starts after ~24h, then I stop the fan with pen and let it spin again. The ticking noise stops, but I have to do this again after ~24h. Any suggestions?

I installed Zalman VF700-CU and ZM-VHS1. It was trickier than I assumed. http://tonalt.kapsi.fi/zalman/zalman1.jpg There wasn't enough room so I had to move memory heatsinks "a little bit". I hope that it doesn't cause any overheat problems. http://tonalt.kapsi.fi/zalman/zalman2.jpg Finally I manage...

Ok my card looks like this: http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/nv43-5/palit-6600gtagp-scan-front.jpg I'm afraid that there's no chance to use fully passive cooler, so I thought that if any of the coolers will fit, it will be Zalman VF700-CU. But look at this site: http://www.zalman.co.kr/product/cool...

:) From Zalman website (ZM80D): This product cannot be installed on nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT and 6800 Ultra because they do not have 3mm heatsink installation holes. Also, this product cannot be installed on nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP, 6600 AGP, and PCX 5*** series products. From Aerocool website (VM-...

Hi I just bought this videocard and I was wondering, that what is the most silent cooler for it? Searched some forums and it looks like there's only a couple of compatible coolers for it. Arctic Cooling NV Silencer6 Zalman VF700-CU Zalman VF700-ALCU What you think? I was used to the silence of my pa...

And it seems to be quiet?

http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/hg ... ex.x?pg=11

I just bought Nexus NX-4090 and I'm very pleased with it. It's a lot quieter than my old Zalman 400W. Now only thing I hear to my bed (about 3 meters to computer) is Samsung 160GB SATA HD. Maybe I have to buy one of these for that.

I really don't want to mod my PSU. But if I'm going to, is it really enough to just replace the exicting fan with panaflo L1A? Nothing else to be done?

The loudest component in my system is that Zalman PS. Since Seasonic powersuplies are not yet (or ever?) available in Finland, the best alternatives are: NB-Fortron UltraSilent 400 Watt (119€) Nexus Silent Power 350W Special Edition NX-3500 (60€) I bet NB-Fortron is much more silent than my Zalman, ...

Add me to the list. I had 160GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA. Now I have 160GB Samsung SP80 SATA. Write/read -noise is lower, but idle noise is higher. I can hear idle noise only from short distance like 20cm, so it doesn't bother me while I'm sleeping (bed is ~3m from computer). I'm pretty glad with my new ...

I'm not pleased with Zalman 400W and now I'm between Coba and Nexus 350W. You can get Nexus in Finland from here: http://www.bdog.fi/cgi-bin/netstore/tuo ... 8090000008. The price isn't that bad, I paid ~120€ for the Zalman :O

Anyone tried this one yet? http://www.web-jussi.com/cgi-bin/sql/tu ... l?id=24463. Sounds quite interesting.. could be quieter than Panaflo L1A.

UrbanVoyeur, LOL

Panaflo should be quieter at same airflow than Papst, according to this new test: http://murobbs.muropaketti.com/thread.jsp?forum=23&thread=246766&start=90&msRange=15 . That guy says that YS TECH FD1281252B-2A http://www.web-jussi.com/cgi-bin/sql/tuoteesite.pl?id=23735 is a little quieter than Panaf...

My Asus A7N8X Deluxe don't let to set lower Vcore than 1,65V.. it sucks. And Asus Probe shows 1,712. Is there any way to set it lower?

How much Intake filter/exhaust duct combo reduces noise?

That doesn't look that difficult to build, maybe I'll make one

Is there any trick left that could make your comp any quieter?

Great job.. but that TV could be bigger and wide screen

My Zalman 400W doesn't click. It's really quiet.