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- Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:25 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Which PSU fits this build?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4829
I don't think I'm going to SLI the 8800GTX especially if the boost will only be minor compared to a 7950GT SLI. Not to mention I do want some breathing room in terms of power consumption. A single 8800GTX is usually faster than 2x 7950GTs in SLI mode at high resolutions (1600x1200+). I have a LCD w...
- Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:39 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Proposed HTPC Build
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8203
As autoboy said, if you're using the digital outs you may as well use the onboard sound/digital out. That being said, I have a Revo 5.1 which sounds much better than my old SB Audigy 2 when using the analog outs. You may also want to check if m-Audio intends to write Vista drivers for the Revo 5.1, ...
- Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:29 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: How to silence new Mesh Elite Extreme QX G80?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3178
I've been thinking of buying an Infrant ReadyNAS NV or NV+. I don't have any experience with it myself but Anandtech had a review of it recently, which is how I became aware of it.doh wrote: Anyone know any NAS boxes that will take 4 SATA drives?
- Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:03 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: 20" LCD (benq FP2091)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7750
chiahaochang : thanks for the feedback. i'm a bit confused about your pixel.. do you mean to say you have a bad pixel that's not bad all the time? like, there is some firmware or something which somehow masks the bad sub-pixel? :? That's right. It's bad, but not all the time. It only appears under ...
- Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:16 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: 20" LCD (benq FP2091)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7750
steve: i run at 1600x1200, i wear lenses, haven't scaled up the fonts and can see the text perfectly. and couple of days ago i got my letter from the optometrist saying am due for an eye examination too. :lol: can you tell me about your 20" LCD? Guess what? It's a Dell 2001FP. Some people had compl...
- Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:01 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Proposal for different VGA cooler
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4252
I say it's a wonderful idea! The tricky issue is that the external bits have to be small enough to fit through the PCI slot opening, which will really limit the size fins you could attach. That or you'd need a way to make the external bits easily removable for assembly. Hmmm....could be interesting...
- Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Help me silence my speakers!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3149
you said when you moved the speakers to a different PC, you didn't get the noise. That tells me it's your card, not the speakers. Muting them in windows does nothing, it's still supplying power to the speaker mini-plugs. Ah... I thought Windows mute did tell the soundcard to cut power to the mini-p...
- Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Any way to stop sub-woofer hum? What speakers do not hum?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7686
- Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:09 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Help me silence my speakers!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3149
Help me silence my speakers!
You probably don't read that everyday... Similar to davidstone28 problems in this thread http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=18143 my speakers are making a popping sound. I've had them in my system for almost 2 years, and it hasn't made any unwanted noises until the past few months. I d...
- Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:04 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Zalman CNPS7700......... Very disappointed
- Replies: 57
- Views: 28337
- Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:15 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: First impression: Zalman VF700-CU + 6800GT
- Replies: 54
- Views: 26984
Yes but neither the PCI nor the AGP 6800/6800GT/6800 Ultra cards have the large PCI-Express to AGP bridge chips, because those are all native AGP chips, and the components that allow them to work on PCI-Express are built right into the GPU packages, being quite small. The 6600GT is a native PCI-Exp...
- Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:10 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: First impression: Zalman VF700-CU + 6800GT
- Replies: 54
- Views: 26984
Re: First impression: Zalman VF700-CU + 6800GT
I just bought the brand new Zalman VF700-CU GPU cooler for my LeadTek 6800GT. While the stock cooler is much quieter than Nvidia's reference cooler it still sounds like a CD spinning at x20. Quiet? NO! Is your 6800GT PCI-e or AGP? Reason I'm curious is that I was looking into a 6600GT for a HTPC I'...
- Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:10 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Which to Buy 160GB Seagate or Samsung??
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12343
Which is the faster? Which is the quietest? Which is the most reliable? And which one should I buy??? I have both drives in 160GB SATA variations. The Samsung seems as fast or slightly faster at times. The Samsung is a little quieter than the SATA 7200.7, and a lot quieter than the PATA 7200.7 I ha...
- Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:39 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung SP1614C - 160GB SATA - Dead
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8886
Well guys, 2 weeks and 6 days after recieving my brand new Samsung SP1614C 160GB sata hd it has officially died. All i can say is that i am unbelieveably gutted. Not so much of the fact that its died but the fact that ive just lost lots of important info on there. I usually back up my important stu...
- Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:45 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet SATA Woes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3689
I haven't seen a SATA 80gig samsung. Or even one with 8mb cache. The SATA samsungs I know of are the 160 gig kind. I haven't seen one anywhere, but Samsung at leasts lists a 80GB SATA drive. http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP0812C.htm I ...
- Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:04 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: DVD +/- R(W) & CDRW
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3555
Re: DVD +/- R(W) & CDRW
Mmm .. does anyone know of a dvd rw/cdrw combo drive? (Preferably one that can handle both the + as - standard) Of course I would very much like it to be silent, duh. And erhm, if possible, not too pricy? Hm, I thought all DVD+- RW drives did CD-RW. I know my Sony DRU-510A (4x DVD+/-RW) and the new...
- Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:25 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: quietest dvd writer ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3692
- Mon Sep 08, 2003 2:18 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: quietest dvd writer ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3692
Re: quietest dvd writer ?
I have Sony (just got it last week) and I've played DVD movies on it, and I think it's very quiet. It's the only DVD-writer I have any experience with and I'm happy with it.tridion wrote:I have heard that the Sony DRU510A is pretty quiet. Any opinions on this drive or similar ?
- Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:34 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: NEC DVD +/- RW 4x DVD Recordable Drive ND-1300A
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5349
Anyway, as a result of that lower speed, video playback is usually pretty quiet. The question of course then is, how quiet are they relative to each other. Unfortunately, I don't have the answer. Well, I just ordered the Sony DRU-510A, should be here sometime next week. I went for the Sony over the...
- Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:18 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: NEC DVD +/- RW 4x DVD Recordable Drive ND-1300A
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5349
I figured that it's main duty is writing DVDs and the occasional CD, so noise is not going to be a main concern (as long as it doesn't sound like my current DVD-ROM drive - a BTC 12x that sounds like a jet taking off). Will probably get a Samsung 352 for secondary duty as a CD burner / DVD + CD rea...
- Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:08 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: NEC DVD +/- RW 4x DVD Recordable Drive ND-1300A
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5349
- Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:05 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Do I have to remove everything when I'm cutting holes?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9031
The times I cut holes in cases I tend to remove everything. Depending on how lucky and lazy I feel. A few times when I was feeling really lucky and really lazy, I didn't take everything out. I was also looking for an excuse to upgrade my PC, so that's probably really why I didn't clean out the case....
- Thu Jul 24, 2003 11:17 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: ***Ducting Maddness!!!*** :)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9527
- Mon Jul 21, 2003 7:34 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: 60mm fan with the least amount of whine/bearing noise?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2780
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 7:46 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Zalman ZM80A-HP on Radeon 9500 PRO too hot to touch!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12695
Re: Zalman ZM80A-HP on Radeon 9500 PRO too hot to touch!
During the 3DMark2001 benchmark suite, my newly-installed ZM80A-HP became too hot to touch for more than 10 seconds! Is this safe for the GPU? How can I stick a fan on this without shattering my oh-so-precious silence? You're probably okay with the combo. I have a ZM80A-HP on my 9500Pro and despite...
- Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:52 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Anyone modded an xbox?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9366
I have an XBox and I think it's loud. It's all the fan noise. You can hear the DVD-ROM drive on occassion, but the fan noise is the dominant noise source. I don't hear the HD at all, but I suspect it's the fact that the fan noise drowns it out. I've seen mods where people have tried to silence/quiet...
- Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:31 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 160GB 7200.7 - a quiet drive or not?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9809
- Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:42 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Barracuda IV vs. V vs. 7200.7
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4240
Well, I have a 40Gb and 80Gb Barracuda IV, and a SATA 160GB 7200.7. The 80GB was in the same machine as the 7200.7 and the 7200.7 is a little noisier. However, the 7200.7 w/8Mb cache is so much faster than the IVs are. Either way, I can only hear the 7200.7 when I'm really close to my machine (<2ft ...
- Wed Jun 11, 2003 7:55 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: P43.0 stock CPU fan replmt, it's loudest thing I have.Help?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3028
I have a Zalman CNPS-7000Cu on my P4C-3.0Ghz. It's a pretty good heatsink in cooling capacity and noise-wise, although you may not be able to swap fans in it. At it's highest speed, the fan is the noisiest thing in my system, but it comes with a Zalman Fanmate. But the noise isn't as bad as the reta...
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:05 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Regarding Samsung Drives
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4906
I have a 160GB 7200.7 8MB cache SATA. It's noisier than the Barracuda IV I had, but the 7200.7 is still pretty quiet. I don't hear any spindle whine under normal conditions, I can faintly hear it when I take off the side panels and when I'm working in the PC. I have the HD suspended and can occassio...