Ah, that's quite nice. However, I want to be in control.. The temps are actually not a problem at all, not even at 100% load, but I still want to be able to open up the fans whenever I want, not depending on which temperature the inside of the case is... Hey, in T-Balancer Navigator v.2.9 you can d...

Well, I think if you could fill up the case with water and throw in a good quiet submergible pump like an Eheim 1046, the thing would probably work better both perfomancewise and soundwise. If this case comes out like seen in the pictures, the only reason for me to buy it is to try to mod it to work...

Hello, I am thrilled to see a passive watercooling product for the living room that can be used as a set top box but I didn't understand how this works.

The aluminum box we see inside the case is both the reservoir and the pump or is the case a large reservoir that the user will fill up with water?

Well, I think if a 3.5" drive enclosure is a viable product then so can be one for 2.5" drives. If you think about it, it is probably a better solution than enclosed 3.5" drives. You will most likely get better results without worrying about overheating, save space and even suspend the enclosure if ...

Would you be more inclined to use a hard drive enclosure if there was an 2.5" hard drive enclosure (fittable in a 3.5" drive bay) on the market? (Answer also yes if you absolutely need or want a product like this). It's true that silent storage is the most hard to obtain goal when building a quiet s...

I wonder if you can run these boards with a passively cooled graphic card and CPU. Are new chipsets so cool that can run passive or do motherboard manufactures rely on other component's fans and quick-spinning case fans for cooling the on-board chips?(I write quick-spinning case fans because if your...

No one has used Asus A8N-SLI premium with passively cooled components (CPU & GPU)?

Either my reasoning is correct: If with the CPU and GPU actually cold the Nforce4Ultra was burning, an all-passive system with Nforce 4 is not sustainable , or no one bothers to share his experience.

My current system is AMD Athlon64 X2 3800, Asus A8N-E , Asus N6600 TD (passive cooling by default), Seasonic S12-430 (modded with Scythe S-FDB fan SFF21D and Acoustifan mounts). No overclocking whatsoever. Cool&Quiet enabled. I have run the system successfully by cooling the CPU, the Chipset and GPU...

Hello, I have recently bought an MCP655 12 VDC Pump to use with my Zalman Reserator but I found out that my Tygon 3603 (3/8" I.D. - 1/2" O.D.) tubing cannot stretch enough to be connected with the pump which is compatible with 1/2" I.D. tubing.I know that one way of dealing with it is to use 1/2" I....

Chech this out http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=28369
"Hardware Sensors Monitor" is what you are looking for

Thanks for the informative reply.You got me worried for a minute that the pump might need readjusting of the built-in regulator all the time in order to start.But you clarified that now. I know a fan controller that starts the fans initially at 12v: the Innovatek Fan-O-Matic rev.3 (available from Fr...

Nice post.However, you say the D5 requires 12V to start so you were looking for a fan controller that provides 12v on startup, but the built-in voltage regulator doesn't it startup the fan on any of its settings,even the lowest one. Also, if I buy this pump I will be operating it at its lowest speed...

Yeah, I need an enclosure-muffler specifically designed for 2.5'' drives too.
The drive enclosures from gup.co.jp ,Nexus and Scythe occupy too much space and they don't fit into 3.5'' bays of course.
I wish a product like that with high noise-reduction qualities would be produced.

tjpark1111, all the necessary information is available on quietpc.com ( http://www.quietpc.com/uk/casefansacc.php ) . Notice the Header: " Acousti Ultra-Soft Arrowhead Fan Mounts, qty 8 for 2 fans - £3.50 (£4.12 inc VAT) - In stock ". So, a single unit of the Acousti Fan Mounts includes 8 grommets, ...

"These" in "Yes.I have tested these with an ..." refers to the Acousti Fan Mounts.
I was answering to the previous message: "Do you mean the "AcoustiFan Ultra Soft Fan Mounts"?".

I can't think why they wouldn't. They are a perfect replacement of screws for all fans with open corners. Just make sure your case has the standard holes ,perfectly aligned with the actual fan's holes, (if it is Antec's, then it does) and is not using fan holders with different hole orientation (lik...

Yes.I have tested these with an 12cm Akasa Amber fan and an aluminum case and the results were zero vibrational noise from 5v to 9/10v.At maximun speed (1400rpm) a very slight buzz was appeared.However, without them the noise was outrageous.For running a fan quietly, these are perfect. I have also t...

I don't think any kind of washers are effective.I have tried the the Vantek fan dampeners and I was totally dissapointed.
I think the only worthwhile products for fan vibration dampening is the ones sold by www.quietpc.com developed by AcoustiProducts.There is also a review of these on SPCR.

Nice to hear the SPCR guys have samples.
When are we seeing a review?

The weird fan specs that Firetech reported seem to be corrected now because I did not find them in the EU scythe site nor in the USA one. These fans are really promising since it is a new technology and we all know that sleeve-bearing and ball-bearing are far from perfect.We definitely have to check...

are they really?
If you check the sound files on this site http://www.cooling-masters.com/articles-33-14.html (also mentioned in older post with explanation) , you see that one cannot take that for granted.
I wish it was true though.I could use the extra space.

For the same reason we get a 12cm fan and then turn it down.
(It's part of this site's name after all)

A more interesting and useful feature for the reserator would be to have a LED at the base so that you don't stumble on it in the dark.

DougG , you say CSP-MAG makes half the noise of your D5.D5 at which setting?
Can you confirm that D5's airborne noise is inaudible at setting 1?

I found this review ( http://www.cooling-masters.com/articles-33-14.html ) in French of some very popular pumps which also features some very interesting sound files. Here is a translated mp3 description to understand what you are listening to: "The pumps turned during 1 week to grind mechanics a li...

Can someone confirm that the CSP-MAG is undervoltable-will it work if connected to a rheostat made for PC fans?
Can it be made silent this way like Nexus 12cm fans can?

Doug G, HPPS is quiet alright but it produces a humming throughout my case that disappears when I close it.I don't really need its high flow so I thought it might be better to turn to an undervoltable pump in hope that it would produce the same noise as an undervoltable Nexus 12cm fAN (=SILENCE). Bu...

Thanks but it does not have any answers. I would like to know how good the Laing D5 is (Swiftech 655, Danger Den DD-D5) at the lowest setting in terms of complete silence. I own an Eheim HPPS with Innovatek base on cotton and it's number 1 source noise in my system so I want to replace this with a s...

I forgot to mention that the Laing D5 is the same with Swiftech's MCP 655 new version (not the old one!). Also note that I'm talking about undervolted acoustic perfomance so if you have the pump please undervolt it and let us know.Sole concern here is acoustics ,so there's no need to comment on pump...

Hello, is there any Silent PC enthusiast out there who can tell from personal experience how silent is the Laing D5 pump at the lowest setting of the built-in rheostat ( http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=175&cat=23&page=1 ).It would be great if you could use the Nexus 12cm fan as a...