I think I'm gonna get the Scythe SCNJ-1000 Ninja heatsink instead.

BTW great review Mike.

The Dell 8400 I bought with a P4 3.2 was also using this heatsink with a plastic duct around it that goes to the rear case fan.

Any other case, psu, or heatsink recomendations?

Please look at my edit in the first post and comment.

I need to build a comp for my uncle who gets a headache even from regular computer noise so it needs to be as quiet as possible. I really don't care if its AMD or Intel, it just needs to be quiet. I think I will use the Antec SLK3700 mid-tower case as my case selection cause I had good results with ...

should I wait for it?
Do you think its gonna be worth wating for it?

Is the SP1614N quieter than the SP1614C?
I think I'm gonna buy 2 of SP1614C or SP1614N and just put them in normally. If I'm not satisfied with the speeds I'll just put them in raid later.
Now which one should I buy?

I currently have 2 x Maxtor 160 gb in Raid 0. The rest of the computer is very quiet (thanks to spcr) but, because I am downloading and uploading 24/7 maxtors make alot of noise while doing this. I use this computer for gaming, downloading and my daily internet activities. Is there any HD that would...

I got the globe fans as recommeded by Ralf and others.
The quesions is how can I disable the thermistor so I can control the speed via fanmate.
TIA.

Where can I buy a faceplate for my P4P800 Deluxe.
I bought it refusrbished and it didn't come with any accessories.
TIA.

Thank you guys for all your help. I haven't been posting but I've been reading the whole time. I will RMA the card Who knows, maybe they will just send me a new card, even if they ask me to pay a certain amount to get it fixed, I might just pay it (if price is reasonable) and have a spare video card...

K.
I bought it retail anyways.
There was $4 diffference between OEM and retail so I just bought retail.

So in summary. If I undervolt or overclock they have no way of telling if I did or not. Here is another question that came to my mind after I read your posts: If u RMA the cpu, they only want u to send the cpu, and if I just clean the thermal paste and send a clean cpu how would they know if I used ...

The subject speaks for itself.

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If u want more performance.
U can also OC this card to 9800 XT level using a vga silencer.

I think I'm gonna RMA it. When I put the stock cooler back on should I get some thermal glue and apply it or should I just stick it on. Here is what it looks like. http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/feteden/detail?.dir=/ee95&.dnm=c422.jpg BTW: Is there any way they can know if someone OC their GPU or ...

Well there is some of those glue stuff on the sides but it really doesn't wanna come off.
How can I clean those.
I use rubbing alcohol but that doesn't work.

I don't think it s the AGP slot because I'm trying it on two motherboards and it worked until I changed the cooler.
here is another question;
What might I have done to the video card that is making it not work???

trinitrotoluene wrote:Nevermind, I just realized I can put the $6 difference towards getting a VGA Silencer. Getting a $200 card, mine-as-well spend the extra $16 to make it quiet.

Which vga silencer are u getting 4 $16?

Yes the molex connector was plugged and still I don't get anything on the screen.

I just swapped my stock video card cooler with the Zalman ZM80A-HP.
I plugged it to the computer and now I'm getting a VGA card error from the computer. Nothing comes up to the screen ,do you think I messed up my video card?

BTW: I have an Radeon 9500 pro

I just bought a SLK3700AMB and i was wondering what kind of moding would make this a better case.
i want to do all the modding I need to before I put the comp together.

I tried it using another windows cd and it magically worked.
I know my other one also works but didn't work with that mobo 4 some reason.

I think Windows never finishes the installation because if I restart t will come to the scrren wher u can choose start in safe mode and stuff but u can't go in because installation is not complete.

I just tried it using another hd, I get the same results.
If I take another computers HD and plug it in(windows installed) it will boot just fine.
????????

Did all of these already Ralf and I am trying it using anoter HD now (directly conceted) with min config.
Will let u know what happens.

bomba- I am doing a full install on a new formatted HD and I am getting that balck screen. The only things that are connceted are the HD(connected directly), cpu, mobo, ram, dvd, and floppy.

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Well this is the third one and if u go to this site I explained it with detail.
Please help Ralf (u have the same mobo and cpu)
http://forums.techguy.org/t229077.html