The Sonata or the Solo will be enough for overclocking and a lot cheaper than a P182 + a corsair new power supply

You should get a 400-500w power supply, like the Corsair HX520. About the mobo, if you don't plan to use dual video cards, you could save a few $$ with the DS3R or the DS3 if you don't need the RAID. You could look for an Antec Solo but the Sonata is a good choice I used a Samsung SH-S203B and a Pio...

For a small low powered PC like yours, you should go with the Antec Solo. It'll be as quiet as the P182 with no fan in front, no fan on the Ninja, only the back fan to cool the CPU. Also, it comes with a good hard drive suspension system. It should like this : http://www.silentpcreview.com/article78...

I used a metal saw to cut each side then pliers to break the plastic piece. I guess you could also use a Dremel or something like that

Don't bend the tabs ! You need to cut the corner flanges of the fan like this :

well on my DS3R ( rev 1.0 ) the SYS1_FAN is controllable and is independant from the CPU fan speec control

I have the DS3R, 2 of the 4 fan headers on the board are controllable with speedfan. There are 4 fan headers on the board : CPU_FAN --> controllable SYS_FAN1 --> controllable SYS_FAN2 --> not controllable PWR FAN --> not controllable I'm not using the gigabyte software but I guess it should also be ...

mine has 2 controllable fan headers with Speedfan, the third one will monitor the fan speeb but cannot control it

all GA-P35 boards will support the 45nm core 2 duos. All you have to do is update the bios if it's not supported out of the box.

If you don't need the raid, I suggest you get the GA-P35-DS3 because you might need the IDE for an optical drive

They all use the same P35 north bridge. The difference is the south bridge wich means the number of SATA and IDE connectors and the RAID support will be different. Also, the GA-P35-DS3P model supports Firewire GA-P35-DS3L : 4 SATA Intel ( ICH9 non RAID ) GA-P35-DS3 : 4 SATA Intel ( ICH9 non RAID ) 2...

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could you send one to MikeC so he can test it ?

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article793-page5.html Last paragraph Only a marginal amount of direct airflow was needed to push the S1 straight past competency and into first-class status — increasing the fan speed past 7V was pointless as there was no significant improvement. http://www.silentpcre...

According to the review, more airflow did not improve much the performance so I guess a single 5v Yate loon should be enough

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Anandtech will have a review of the new WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 in the next few weeks. That's great because I want to check the performance of the drive. My Seagate 7200.10 are fast ( RAID 0 ) but not really quiet. I want change them both and get better performance, quieter. The new Western Digital GP se...

I wonder if it'll be quieter. A single platter should produce less vibration and less friction with the air inside the drive so it should be cooler too. Will it be reviwed by our favourite reviewers et SPCR

Tagscanner is a pretty good one

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However, you could probably use a good 400w passive PSU of you change your Core 2 Quad by a Core 2 Duo like the E6750 and the 8800GTS with a 8600GT

kaktus wrote:Does that seem a little odd to you? a 520w is more quiet @ the same load than a 430w?

No because PSUs are quieter and more efficient at 50% of the maximum power output so if your computer needs 250-300w, the best power supply would be a 500-600w power supply.

I don't suppose you know of, or have had experience with a better/quieter PSU than the corsair? I only ask because a friend has one and I still think it's too loud I think the only PSUs quieter than the Corsair would be a passive one. However, as passive PSU will require more airflow in your system...

Here's what I mean: according to MikeC, the Corsair is a lot quieter than the Seasonic 430w when the computer uses 300w The s12-430 at 300w = 31 dBA/1m http://www.silentpcreview.com/article226-page3.html while the Corsairs at 300 w = 22 dBA/1m http://www.silentpcreview.com/article692-page4.html Sinc...

with the core 2 quad and the GTS, 430w might not be enough if you don't want the fan to ramp up too fast. That's why I suggested the 520w corsair

The Seasonic S12 Energy Plus 550 is pretty good, very efficient and quiet. If you want a modular power supply, the Corsair HX520W is basically the same as the Seasonic but with modular cables. I don't think you'll need more than that. I use the Corsair HX520W. I can't hear it at 1 m

If the 12v cpu connector is on top of the motherboard, you'll be alright. if it's lower, between the CPU and the PCI-E slot, then you cannot run it under the board

same for me. I have the P35-DS3R with the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme. I had no problems with the backplate. it's a great board.

The SMP client is giving about 1700 points per work unit. My Core 2 duo E6420 with a mild overclock to 2.6 Ghz will take about 25-26 hours to complete one. If a someone has 2-3 Core 2 Duos or 1-2 Quads, it's easy to do 5-6k per day. If you have PS3, it's even more. you could try the GPU client on yo...