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Good to hear you're having some success :) I've got the 3520 as well and certainly when spinning up and reading CDs it's stunningly loud. When it's reading a DVD it's a lot quieter but far from ideal for an HTPC :( What you may want to do is to replace the stock ASUS northbridge cooler with a zalman...

Looks good, I've got an old version of the same design and it's comaritively quiet. The one I have is definately not quiet, as are all laser printers. This is due to the drum spinning up I think.... Thermal is the only truely silent printer but as they suck, I guess you'll have to live with it

That 9500pro could probably be kept pretty cool on a passive zalman cooler! It's not exactly a high powered fan so as long as you have sufficient case flow you're going to have one less fan running

I'm hoping to mod my 45G PSU with an external PSU fan using either a slim 80x10mm or a TMD 2 fan. The TMD will be best if it's quiet as there's no dead air at the spindle. Let's hope they undervolt well

Hehe, it kinda reminds me of the 'aliens' alien

That's some mad modding. Hats off to the guy but for someone obsesed with noise, it's crazy that he hasn't changed his stock graphics cooler yet!

With fan changes to 120mm undervolted beasties I bet he won't bear it at all.

If the block isn't fitted properly to the card or the heatpipes to the block then you're gonna screw your temps right up. Make sure that it's all secured properly and that there's AS5 between the pipe and blocks. I've seen pics of the cooler and it looks a bit dodgy the only other thing I can sugges...

Looks pretty good. Remember to finish off with a layer of AS5 between interfaces and to keep airflow up

There does seem to be a lot of fans there mate. Try turning off a rear fan and undervolting all the others. should help loads. Oh, also the rear grills make LOADS of noise, they look real pretty but they're useful on the back unless you want a computer/air purifier combo

I think it's without ascorbic acid or am I going mad? Anything branded as 'acid free' will fit the bill anyway. You really want to get a type that melts at a higher temperature as well as there's nothing worse than liquid glue in your PSU :) Have you localised the source of the whine. Chances are if...

Are you in the US or 'The East'? It's funny that Mitsumi these products are only available in the UK

Actually, the floppy/card reader combo is available in beige, black and silver over at www.aria.co.uk. There's two versions out now, the second is apparently the best due to revised card reader electronics.

Unsure if this fits a 6600GT or not (but I doulbt it) but every review I've seen has rated this cooler as worse than the zalman passive cooler. I really like the idea of an external radiator on a graphics card and I hope that it is futher researched. This would be perfect for a SFF computer if it co...

Nice work but DUDE, shorten and sleeve those cables! This, and finishing the rear grill cut will make that system look real sweet.

Go axle, go axle, go, go, go!

Your best solution might be the passive zalman graphics card cooler with a 120mm fan on a bracket blowing lots of cool air at it. The cooler itself shouldn't have any problems but at load it can get pretty toasty. A 120mm at very low speed isn't noticeable over faster fans.

I'm not familiar with your mobo setup but placing a lower CFM 40mm fan on the side of a full sized, cut down NB sink might work better for ya. Using a full sized one instead of one that's low profile will get you much better temps.

The coils are voltage regulators I think, kinda like hardcore MOSFETS. I've got a similar problem with my coils, after a heavy session gaming, my shuttle PSU squeeks when it cools down. Once I've found the appropriate glue I'm gonna treat it as well.

Is it just me or does she have a MASSIVE lower jaw in the second picture?

I intend to mod a 120x38mm ducted fan (prob panaflo if the one I got pushes enough air at low RPMs) to the back (modding and sealing the ICE system for optimal airflow). silicone gasketing all fans/drives, suspending the HDD and maybe making some more airholes for GFX card. Also, I'll dampen the PSU...

Thanks for the input guys, really good stuff. I probably will go for a mobile XP so it can ramp down speed and temps when just watching telly etc. Sthyachi, AT LAST A DUAL TUNER BOARD!!!!!!1111 :D :D I've been looking for these for years...let's hope they're available in the UK :D No onboard grahpic...

Hello lovely modders, I've just got my grubbly little hands on one of these shuttles and I need some guidance on what to equip it with. I'm going to be using it primarily for HTPC use and some gaming (Up to HL2 and CS:S levels). I'm torn between the 3.2GHz and 2.8GHz athlon XPs but there's also the ...

Jesus! You produce this stuff or are you just a freelance chemist browsing the forums? Basically, the point of the post was to say that it really isn't a wonder product and a similar, or better efffect can be made much cheaper by adding a concentrate to distilled water. (took me 5 mins to write my p...

With an "anticorrosive"? Not according to the link I gave above: http://www.overclockers.com/articles1028/ According to the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) given to me by Integrity PC, FLuid XP+ contains * Dihydrogen Oxide, [Water] * Xanthan Gum, [CP Kelco: Keltrol-T &/or Keltrol-T622] * 1-Dodeca...

Yeah, fluidXP is basically pre-mixed (and overpriced) distilled water with an anti-corrosive.

I can't speak from first hand experience, but you may want to investigate the SilentStar (SilentStor?) HD-dual and single - these cool and quieten your hard drives, and I've seen a report (on a forum, in French, badly translated by google) that it cooled a Cheetah 15K.3 to 36ºC. So it should cool a...

Yeah, a superconductor is something entirely different. Total spin gobbledygook.

Hi mate, They're WACC passive cooling reservoirs available from http://www.wetandchillychips.co.uk/ They come in 300mm, 350mm , 450mm, 550mm and 1m (!) flavours and combined with even a double rad can passive cool systems. They're pretty pricey but they're definately worth it. Hoping to run a heavil...

You better be careful mate, if that clay dries out, it'll act as an insulator and might fry your drive. I'd keep auto-shutdown on the HDD temp readings if I were you. Good (and cheap ) idea though.

Yeah, definately go for that setup. A top mounted dual rad with a convekt-o-matik should give you top cooling. Goin for similar myself except i'll have a triple rad and twin WACC 550mm passive reservoirs The benefits of a server case