I have a ASUS DRW-0804P ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive, and it is definitely not quiet. Even worse, though, is that I cannot seem to use Nero's diskspeed to slow it down at all.

I am looking to construct a similar system. A PCI-E riser card is available (RC01) for the LC11M, but you may still want to stick with onboard video. My top choice right now is the Asus A8N-VM CSM to which I will add my FusionHDTV3 Gold-T tuner card. I plan to run WinXP and Linux. While Linux driver...

Just my two cents here. I have been interested in getting a mATX 939 board with PCIe x16. The features provided by the Radeon Xpress 200 boards are ideal for my purposes (HD-HTPC and games). However, support for the Xpress 200 chipset under Linux is currently quite poor. Many people are having issue...

So, has anyone got their hands on the Soltek K8T890Pro-939? Anyone know where to purchase this board in the USA? I have had a Athlon XP Soltek board for a few years and have thoroughly enjoyed the performance (and underclocking/undervolting). While I have read many rave reviews of the Soltek K8T890P...

I read many reviews on the Nexus fan controller before getting one. Nearly every review mentions the PWM, but few mention the audible buzz. As previously noted, the buzz only occurs at lower fan speeds. Therefore, to avoid the buzz one must run fans faster (and consequentially more fan noise). Vante...

I have been on a quest to make a quiet PC. When I saw this topic, I got excited an ran many tests. My CPU is an Athlon XP 2200+ with Thermaltake Volcano 9 CoolMod @ approx 1/4 max fan speed (manual). I have stably undervolted my Soltek SL-75DRV5 by 0.125V (BIOS reads 1.525V). This resulted in a 6 de...