I'm running the smp client under Vista Home Premium,

One thing that has saved my sanity -

Control panel, security center, other settings, Turn of the $%&!@ user account control

Has made Vista very enjoyable for me

I wonder if having such a large side intake is really a good idea. The problem is that it totally annihilates the normal flow of air required to cool *all* components of a system. Sure, it will cool the motherboard, cpu, and video card, but what about the hard drives sitting in the front? I imagine...

JonnyGURU did a review of the GameXstream 700W Here is a quote from the review: Next, we take a look at the oscilloscope readings. While the power supply is subjected to the load tests, tiny fluctuations in voltage (called ripple) are output by the load tester. This output is then fed into an oscill...

Well I found the Patriot module for abot $125 shipped so I pulled the trigger on it. I will be matching it up with a 65w AM2 X2 sometime before christmas. I will come back and post my experience with this ram when I get the system up

Thanks for the info, I have always like Patriot memory for their combination of price/performance but I always ended up getting something else. Good to hear that you have good luck with them.

This will be a sff system placed in my bedroom so no overclocking...

I am not familiar with Apacer but I will look into it, thanks!

I'm building a system around this board: ABIT NF-M2 nView I could really use some advice on a 1GB stick of ram for this sysrem. The budget is $150 for 1 stick, less is certainly ok though :) Thanks in advance, -Nathan edit: I did some looking around on the Egg and found these 2 models: Patriot Extre...

natethegreat: Do you have a P180? So your RealPower is long enough to route properly, maybe under the mobo? Cause I read somewhere that the P180 uses really high standoffs, so hiding stuff under the mobo is easier than most cases. http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28415&highlight=

Well according to SPCR the main cables on your Liberty are ~4" longer than the cables on my RealPower. I would go with the P180B. I love how the Ninja is so well suited to the airflow setup on the P180.

As you can see

See what?

Jab-Tech is one of the first places I go when I'm looking for fans/coolers. I have not been dissapointed with their prices or service yet. Big thumbs up for Jab-Tech

Nate The Great, I looked at the pic and I like how yours looks. I noticed you decided to not go with the PSU fan and you replaced all your fans with the Yate Loons. As far as overclocking, you stated that the Nexus fans are not the best in that area. Are the Yate Loons better? I noticed you have th...

I am not shooting for the quietist PC either; I would like to compromise for a overclockable silent PC, so in order for this to happen, I realize I must make the system a little louder in order to move the extra heat... This was also my goal and I am very happy with how it turned out. I was able to...

I'm not sure about the graphics card. I'm currently on the look out for a fan controller that fits in with the P180 and has a 2-pin connector. I just extended the tail on the VF-900 and connected it to one my Zalman ZM-MFC1 fan controllers switched channels, I leave it run at 5v and when I game (Ob...

Another vote for the NF7-S ver 2.0 / Zlaman NB47J combo

My Rev.3 did not click, it rattled like an unbalanced load in the washer

It lasted 1 month, now it sits in a box in my basement...

Yep, its mbm A regular over a dfi-street has a pretty good thread on getting it configured just right for DFI boards:

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6798

My P180 with window:

raziell wrote:what is your temp?

I included a screenshot of my temps in the updated part of my post, but here it is again: Temps

tempeteduson wrote:Excellent. What size sleeving did you use for the fans? 1/8"?

Yep, the fans were sleeved with 1/8" cable sleeving and 1/4" heatshrink.

Original post updated with new info and pics. Let me know what you think

Would it be feasable to use the 250mm fan as an exhaust? Set up on the side panel like that it would pull cool air from the front and rear, and at the same time remove the hot air generated by the cpu/gpu.

Ralf, I know you have posted this before but I can't seem to find it, Where do you get the u-channel that you use to line the edges of the cutout fan grills? I use two sources: 1) 45¢ per foot from http://www.bestbyteinc.com/CMO-WIN-CSM.html 2) 23¢ per foot from www.mcmaster.com (search for part ...

Ralf, I know you have posted this before but I can't seem to find it, Where do you get the u-channel that you use to line the edges of the cutout fan grills?

Le_Gritche wrote: Yes, they price a 650$ budget PC, but for that price there's neither screen, nor Windows licence...

This reference was more for ideas on what parts would be considered "good buys" for a budget pc.

Your bios seems to support a wake on ps/2 function, I am not sure if this will fully start a switched off computer or not.

Antec Solo $62 +shipping AM2 A64 3200+ $86 ECS NFORCE4M-A (V1.1) Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 4X $70 OCZ 1GB Kit DDR2-800 PC2-6400 Gold Edition $96 after $10 MIR Gigabyte Geforce 7600GT Silent Pipe II $162 after $20 MIR Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA 3.0 250gb $70 after $10 MIR NEC ND-3550A $29 +shi...

I have a Zalman VF-900 sitting on my 7800GT, installation was amazingly easy. I have the fan lead attached to one of the switched channels on my Zalman fan controller. I just leave it at 5v and even on my overclocked card temps are just fine.

You are obviously misinformed Intel's Core 2 Extreme & Core 2 Duo: The Empire Strikes Back First sentence from the Final Words section of the review: Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 didn't lose a single benchmark in our comparison; not a single one . They go on to say Compared to AMD's Athlon 64 X2 the...

We'll see how much time I have this weekend