my Lenovo T400 that I got for about 100 bucks is pretty quiet.

I upgrade the HDD to an SSD.

the P8400 that came with it is a 25W CPU and it rarely wake up the fans when i'm just surfing online ect...

and overall it's an enjoyable notebook to use to say the least.

I'm trying to run a DIY external HDD box, and i want a fan to cool them. 1) I can use a regular AC mini fan, but that's a little bit over kill. 2) I decided hey, computer fans will do the trick... but powering them is problematic. then I remember I have a bunch of those outlet USB thing, can they po...

At worst, your system may draw 250 watts. But even that would require an exceptional amount of effort to pull off. (Running F@H, while playing Doom3, while defragging every hard drive, while burning a DVD. :lol:) Any decent 400watt PSU will do the job. But with 10 fans :shock: and 5 HDD's, why even...

P4 @ ~4ghz a few case fans, with CPU and the ducting, and my graphic card cooler, about 10 fan total. some light (2 pairs) 2 PCI, a sound card and a vid capture card I'll be using a 9800 or maybe a 6600GT, don't know yet atleast 5 HDD, so far i have 4, wanting to add more 1 DVD rom and 1 DVD RW fan ...

1. Read the forum guidelines on max image size. 2. Read the forum stickies, and the articles linked within. This topic has been dealt with before. 3. Use the Search, this topic has been dealt with before. 4. Why are you using two PSU's to begin with? 1) sorry, didn't know :) that was what came out ...

i'm not a dual PSU setup, it's kindda a modding job because my case wouldn't hold 2. I have a TT purepower as my main one, the 2nd one is this, and it power HDD and fans http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-182-001&depa=0 That PSU is loud, very loud because they uses the chea...

frankgehry wrote:My fans from pctekonline came yesterday exactly as advertised. I haven't had a chance to test them. - FG

did a review for this stuff came yet?

There's a new 120 mm fan at Tekgems. It's a clear Logisys for $3.60 w/purchase of 10. I don't have any specs. and neither does Mr. Kim - I'm sure you could get them from logisys. - FG I believe this is an everflow from looking at the corners. it's nice, i hope they are quiet. I need a couple more 1...

Yeah, I am already familiar with the CompUSA/MadDog thread. That might be what I end up with since I don't won't to make my sister pay for a pricy Nexus. Thanks pm_. Oh, and welcome to SPCR! :) i still want the 4 dollar yaleloon haha. I can't afford a 12 bucks fan. that's a little out of my leage, ...

i can get an APC 350VA unit for 22 dollar, so that's relatively cheap, but 350VA isn't gonna last me long, well i don't know exactly how long it's gonna last, but 350VA sounds a little weak to me, So I wanna buy 2. Is that a good idea.

people at the OCer forum are telling me that my PSU is not enough, i'm going for a 4ghz prescott. I can ditch some front fan, maybe 2. and also the graphic card duct. Here's what i'm powering my CPU: As8 with a Celeron D or a P4, either way it's gonna be dam close to 4ghz with higher than "normal" v...

i want a 160mm, no one seems to carry them. it fit's perfectly in those front 4X80mm slot.

Here's what my set up is: The front has 4 X 80mm as intake (at 7V) The back has 2 X 80mm as exhaust (at 7V) The CPU is cooled with an XP90 and the zalman 92mm fan that will be undervolt, i'm thinking like 5V The CPU will also have a duct to the side with the yaleloon 120mm fan running at 7V or less ...

I got a sunbeam reobus and it's got 20watt per channel, so controling fan is at ease for me :). The problem is, what's better? i have a yaleloon 120mm spinning at 1200RPM compare to 4 of these http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-150-007&depa=0 at 7 volt? what would give me m...

omg, they sold out quick, i wouldda grab some for later if i knew they were that cheap, agg, havn't been on the forum for a while, lucky i still have some of the orange yaleloon from my last order from isellsurplus.

SVC sales ram sink but they are sold out, when the come back i'm grabing myself some, i think 8 per a HDD is enough to drop the temp a couple degrees

nice dude, i want a dual P3, i only got 1 though i wonder how fast the dual 1Ghz P3 can go, if it's fast i'm just gona go to ebay and find me another P3, the board can be very expensive though

they stole the design, it should come very close, copper is ver easy to copy :), the fan isn't hard to make, i remember reading somewhere about changing the fan on those zalman because they make whiny noise at 1/2 speed, you'll have to search out the article but i saw it and it's very easy, they bas...

that's exactly what i'm trying to do, but i have a zalman fan bracket, so mounting is alot easier than your style, and i'm gonna use a yale loon 120mm at full speed, cooling a P3 sitting under the aero flow , i hope it works, this is a very light rig, so i hope it's gonna work.

That's almost exactly how my hard drive was sitting in the case last year. Just remember to take the drive out if you transport the computer anywhere! Try carefully picking up the drive while it's powered on. If the noise decreases, then making a suspension-mount will help. You can make a really ea...

I knock atleast 10C off with this mounting method compare to the antec 2 drive next to each other method :) and it's even better when the HDD is working :). woot, not a bad investment for this stupid little case, now i can sleep at night, btw you know any good 80mm fan that's quiet? i'm using the 1 ...

I didn't have enough space to mount HDD on the new SLK 2650BQE i got (i got enough space, it's just too close to each other causing the HDD to heat up, here's a little something i did, i don't know if it's safe though The front http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/warlock110/5.jpg The back http://...

oh dam, the zipties acutually works lol just need something soft to cushion in and it'll be set

Something like the E.A.R. rubber grommets. Take a look here for more details. EDIT: NCIX have them for $3.17 USD (4-pack). They also have a website with canadian prices . that's too expensive lol, 4 dollars for 4 screw? screw that, i better off making my own, thanks for the link though, atleast now...

http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/ima ... n_rear.jpg
the mounting looks nice and easy, i'll need alot of these instead of using scew which i keep messing up

i got 3 in today, it's quiet, much more quiet than my 80mm silent cooler master, and much more quiet than the 92mm zalman i got, SOB those dam zalman, their fans is suppose to be quiet, but its not, although it doesn pushes alot of air though

it's at tiger direct but you probably passed the deal already, they had the color blue for 20 bucks, with shipping it ends up to be about 40. Now they got purple, i'm not sure if u like it, purple just isn't my color

I just recieved my order of fans from CompGeeks today. And there's a sleeper(surprise) among these fans. It's the all-silver 80mm aluminum frame fan for $3.50 called Typhoon . This thing is quiet, quieter than the Yate Loon aluminum fan with the black fins. The model # on the label is FM802512M. Th...

how about you grab the chieftec matrix, that's a solid steel case for only 40 buck shipped, no PSU, and slap on a fanless PSU and you're done. No freaking fan in the system, it might be real hot though.

isellsurplus actually has it cheaper than computergeek, it's 7 bucks, and no tax for me, only 4 bucks shipping making the 3 fan 8 bucks each