Great job Mike! My "ultra-quiet" PC might sound like a jet plane in there!

I have that same Gigabyte 7600GT in my Fusion, but I had to punch out some space on the cover to get the heatpipe to clear. Mike, were you able to close the case cover without modding it on this new version of the Fusion?

I was impressed with how quiet my EVGA 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked card is so I tried putting it in my near silent Zalman HD-160 HTPC case (C2D E6600) and, while nearly silent, it idled at 75C and after 30 minutes of BF2, 98C. I finally went back to my passively cooled Gigabyte 7600GT. I was told fro...

I have the EVGA 8800GTS 320MB and I was surprised at how quiet it is, but it is definitely a room heater. On the plus side, it exhausts the heat out of the system. For reference, I believe it's as quiet as or quieter than the card it replaced, the X1900XTX with a Zalman VF-900Cu at 5v. Thats a good...

I have the EVGA 8800GTS 320MB and I was surprised at how quiet it is, but it is definitely a room heater. On the plus side, it exhausts the heat out of the system. For reference, I believe it's as quiet as or quieter than the card it replaced, the X1900XTX with a Zalman VF-900Cu at 5v.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but HDTV would (in most cases) require HDCP support from all the devices up to the monitor/TV. And this is not possible if you use a video card without HDCP support. You may be thinking of HD-DVD or Blu-Ray high-def formats which have content protection. Without a co...

Question... loks nice btw! Are the fans in or outs? Usually the 7700 work best when air is coming in close to them. Thanks! There is only one case fan, blowing out and the CPU fan blows down, both are set at ~750rpm. Set much slower and they can't start up. Best part is CPU is 29C idle, 42C load, G...

I went with the Gigabyte 7600GT and I did punch out the top of my case to accommodate it. The 7600GT is a pretty powerful card and it runs cooler than my X1900XTX with the fans on full blast. I have a thread with some pics of it in the Fusion case: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?...

I recently swapped in a Fortron Zen 300 watt fanless PS, a single 100GB notebook drive and swapped the Nexus case fan with a Scythe 120mm FDB 8.7dB. From 1m, this system is totally inaudible, even at 2am, silent room. I'm glad I found this site! MC FLMJIG: I gave up on making my gaming system silent...

Nice work! The photo of the heat-pipe clearance punch-out is still down (got a Comcast 404 page on this end). What will you be using as a PVR storage drive when you remove the WD? Sorry about the missing pic...I'll check it out after work. I haven't decided between a 160GB (cheap) or waiting on lar...

I like the sound of this build, but can't see the images. Is it possible for you to re-host them? (photobucket, etc.) Pics are back up. I had to re-build the server when I swapped the boot drive with a 100GB notebook drive so it's even quieter now! The pics may go down again as I'm contemplating in...

I just got two 500GB SATA ones on the cheap and have them set up in Raid 0 for my gaming machine. They're hard mounted in an Antec TX-640B and they're actually pretty quiet at idle, but while formatting the array, they make the worst sounding seek grinding noises (probably because they're not isolat...

It seems that the NSK2400 is the winner here... Thanks all! One caveat about this case. I installed my ATi X1900XTX with Zalman VF-900 @ 5V (idled at 56C), but when I fired up a 3D game, temperatures shot up almost immediately and the ATi protection kicked me out of the game since it hit 105C! Don'...

I have the cousin to the NSK2400, the Antec Fusion and can say it's the best case I've ever owned after a Coolermaster Cavalier, Antec 1650TXB(?) and P150. I can say it's also the quietest and coolest running case I've had (CPU: 29C idle, 41C load) and this is with a fanless video card, slow spinnin...

I probably shouldn't sit so close, but with the backlight set to 12 (out of 100), it's actually very comfortable and not eye-straining at all.

Inspired by the SPCR review of the NSK2400, I put together an HTPC using the Fusion and it is nearly silent except for the hard drives. I powered it up with no hard drives and it was almost totally inaudible, so I may purchase a single notebook hard drive. Here are some pics and details: Power suppl...

I saw that review of the passively cooled 7950GT(?), but I don't want to spend that much on a DX9 card with DX10 around the corner so I went with the 7600GT. I've been sticking with ATI cards so that my ATI HDTV Wonder would work but even after all these generations of drivers/multimedia center soft...

Mine is actually an ATI brand X1900XTX.

These cards are ridiculous. My X1900XTX in an Antec P150, cooled by a Zalman VF-900Cu @ 5v, idled 55C and hit 101C during games on a warm day, (same as stock but at least quieter). Though the computer ran silently, it is still a room heater either way, literally, and the PC consumed 180 watts idle a...

It was the perfect PSU during the times it wasn't emitting that whine so it's too bad I got a lemon. I installed my Neo 550 in and it is nearly as quiet, probably because the stock case fans are still louder. Can't wait for my Nexus fans to come in.

UPDATE: The loud, high-pitched whine kept coming back and seemed to change tone as I moved windows around on the screen with the mouse. It was loud enough that when I shut the PC down, I could hear a slight ringing in my ears. I got an RMA from Newegg so i guess I'll just use my Antec Neo 550 which ...

I just bought an Antec Phantom 500 from Newegg with an Antec Fusion case and some other stuff. Put it all together and I am greeted with an ultra loud high pitched whine from the PS. So I sit there stunned for a minute thinking of what the RMA process is like and shut it down. I boot it up again and...

I have the X1900XTX with the Zalman VF900-Cu (AS5) and modded it to run off the card's thermally controlled fan header. In my Antec P150 case, the ATI idles at 48C, but BF2 with max everything tops out at 101C and gets loud! Funny thing is, running the fan silently at 5V fixed results in the same GP...

I went against the grain here and upgraded my P150's NeoHE 430 to a NeoHE 550 (Fry's, $89.99). Works perfectly and is ultra quiet just like the 430. I was swayed by the positive SPCR NeoHE review; as quiet as the Seasonic, but cheaper and available in retail locations. Hope it works for you.

I put a VF-700Cu/AS5 on a X1900XTX and ran it at 5V for silent cooling, but temps shot up to 99C! 12V was noisy and not much better at cooling (~90C). I know it seated correctly because when I took it off, the imprint of the chip was on the heat sink. I put the stock cooler back with some AS5 and re...

The rubber suspension system works great in this case as I have 3 hard drives (the maximum supported by the rubber bands) and they produce no vibration and almost zero noise, except one drive makes a tiny bit of seek noise. Good to see someone else having good luck with a Neo HE.

I was running an A8R-MVP with P150/NeoHE 430 and now a NeoHE 550 and have had no issues with either power supply.

I purchased a 550 watt Neo HE, installed it right away and it's working perfectly, (like others, though, the warranty seal is broken). After reading more about the Seasonic, after the fact (here and on Tom's Hardware stress test), I would pick the S12 Seasonic 600 watt over the Neo HE 550 watt if th...

I got an Antec P150 with 430 watt psu a few weeks back and had no issues at all SN#S05090016--- (warranty seal ok) with my Asus A8R-MVP (bios 0402) or with the previous board ECS KV2 Lite. I want to go dual X1900 CrossFire so I just bought a Neo HE 550 and it's running perfectly SN#S0511004----, but...

Thanks for the kind and helpful words guys. Other forums I asked said I need a minimum of 600 watts, which I don't buy, but I do think it might be pushing it using my current 430. Antec's marketing worked on me (nice box graphics, high quality styling, cool name), so I'll probably pickup a Neo HE 55...