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then there would be no italicizing :|):
[i]cpu : AMD Athlon XP1800+ (o/c 1533MHz)
hs : Thermaltake VOLCANO 6Cu+ (7000RPM; 38CFM; 39dBA)
mobo : MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU (VIA KT266A chipset; USB2.0 support; embedded RAID)
ram : 1-DIMM 512MB PC-2100 DDR SDRAM[/i]
3.5" : some cheap $14 piece of shit
keyb : Logitech 105-key membrane keyboard (three internet keys (www, mail, search))
mous : Microsoft Intellimouse with Intellieye (optical; corded; wheelmouse)
[i]dvd : Sony DDU-1621 (RPC-1 (region-free [hack]))
cdrw : Plextor Plexwriter 161040A (16/10/40x; BURNproof)
hdd1 : IBM Deskstar 60GXP (60GB; 7200RPM) > RAID-0 striping array with HDD2
hdd2 : IBM Deskstar 60GXP (60GB; 7200RPM) > RAID-0 striping array with HDD1
hdd3 : Western Digital Caviar WD800BB (80GB; 7200RPM)
enet : D-Link DFE-530TX+ PCI (10/100; 100Mbps)[/i]
inet : Toshiba PCX1100U (cable; 2Mbps down, 384Kbps up)
[i]vid : Hercules 3D Prophet III Titanium 500 (nVidia GeForce3 Ti500 chipset; o/c 260/590)[/i]
tvt : ATI TV-WONDER PCI
crt : NEC MultiSync FE1250+ (22"; .25mm dot pitch; flat; black)
snd : Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy eX (IEEE1394; IR; optical I/O; S/PDIF I/O; MIDI)
spkr : Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 (THX certified, bla bla)
ops : Windows 2000 Professional (build 2195; Service Pack 3)
prnt : Hewlett Packard DeskJet 660C (150-300dpi)
scan : EPSON Perfection 1650 PHOTO (1600dpi non-interpolated; 3200dpi interpolated)
ups : Please buy me one! ~_^
[i]case : Lian-Li PC60-USB (aluminium)
psu : Sparkle FSP350-60BN (350W; 1 fan (I can't make out what it is without opening the thing up))
fans : front intake : 2x Adda AD0812HS-A76GL (80mm; blows over HDD rack)
rear exhaust : stock 80mm[/i]
usb1 : Intel CS330 internet camera
usb2 : Palm M505 (no extension card)
usb3 : PS-PC USB Dual Shock Converter (MadCatz DualForce controller; translucent blue)
usb4 : Nikon Coolpix 995 (3.3Mpix; 4x optical zoom; CompactFlash types I and II; swivel)
usb5 : Acecat Flair USB drawing pad
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So, yeah. Here's some information for you guys regarding what exactly I'm looking for.
[list][*]I don't want to underclock my processor.
[*]I'd like my system noise level to be about 30dBA.
[*]I'd prefer to have no fan on my heatsink, as long as it'll stay cool.
[*]My CPU runs at 49-50°C and my case runs at 39-40°C (stable). I know 'safe' temperature goes up to 70-80°C, but I've always tried to stay below 50°C. How much potential badness is there if I let it get up to 60+°?
[*]I would like to know of some good tried and tested insulation material that I can install without a lot of hassle.
[*]I can't do suspension with my HDDs since I don't have five 5.25" bays, but the drives are on a slide-out rack. (Yay for pseudo-hotswapping.) Would it help to put foam between the HDD rack and the rack mount to minimize vibration?
[*]The front intake fans have a speed control. Would I need to add resistors or similar to change speeds of the other (cpu, gpu, psu) fans from 12V to 5V or whatever you recommend?
[*]I've never done any potentially system-damaging modding before (eg. modifying cooling bits that could burn/short out hardware), so I'm rather nervous about it, and I'd like to keep things as untouched as possible. Please keep this in mind as you make suggestions. :wink:
[*]The heatsink is hooked onto the mainboard really solidly. What the heck do I need to do to get it unhooked? heh... (I wanted to change the compound from the crappy stock silicon-base to Arctic Silver a while back but couldn't get it off easily and didn't want to break my stuff, so I stopped trying.) :oops:
[*]I'd like to get the noise level down to 30dBA while keeping the cpu temperature below 55°C. Is this unrealistic for air cooling?
[*]The video card is overclocked as you can see above. This hasn't caused any problems, and the Hercules card is well-cooled with memory heatsinks and a "blue orb" fan for the core which I could not, for the life of me, find specs for. (Not a Thermaltake.)[/list]
I hope I don't come off as being greedy for advice or something, but I can't stand how loud this thing is anymore!! At first I was like "okay, it's loud, but this thing is the fastest around!" ... now it's not the fastest anymore and I Want Quiet!! :P
Thanks for your help!