Given how well the older imacs fared in terms of noise (http://www.silentpcreview.com/article594-page1.html), I'd be very curious to know how the new ones compare...

An interesting news item in today's Independent (UK). It appears that PC World has announced an eco-friendly PC to hit the stores in October. You cannot see the photos in the the digital version of the article but the keyboard, mouse and monitor will be finished in wood. Also, the pc will be fanless...

Unless you are also doing Hifriday's fan swap, there is no reason to use a 2.5" drive in the Pundit P2-AE2. That's what I was planning to do before running into trouble with errors in Windows Event Viewer. I also don't think gel packs are of any use for cooling--other than being heat storage (therm...

Hi folks, sorry for the delay in responding. I don't know what kind of foam it was exactly (looks like ordinary white packaging foam), but I'm worried it might have damaged my IDE controller with static electricity. :cry: I've posted a description of the problem here . Please check it out and let me...

Thanks for the replies, all. As a temporary solution, I've placed the hdd on a piece of foam which is actually just a mousepad turned upside down. I'd have liked to turn the drive upside down, as suggested by tay, but unfortunately the IDE cable is rather short and unwieldy. I'm not sure that puttin...

I'm trying to install a 2.5in Toshiba hard drive (MK4026GAS) in a Pundit P2-AE2. My initial plan was to place the HDD in a homebrew enclosure following the example of Hifriday who used a pencil case, a gel pack and some foam. I have found an aluminium pencil case which just about fits in the hard dr...

Thanks for the taking the trouble to reply. I fiddled with the screwdriver quite some time, and so it's possible that some airborne dust may have found its way into the paste. I did try to take the heatsink off and start all over again, but the heatsink is firmly stuck to the CPU. :shock: Unless you...

Please be kind... I started putting together my Pundit P2-AE2 today and decided to remove the pre-installed thermal pad and apply a layer of Ceramique instead. However, after applying Ceramique on the heatsink and fan I found I had trouble securing the CPU into place. It was my fault -- I just did n...

QuietOC, dukla2000, thank you both for setting me straight on the 3100+

QuietOC wrote: Good luck with your processor.

Thanks, I'll need it.

QuietOC, yes you're right. In the meantime, I've been googling like mad, and from what I gather the SDA3100AIO3BX is the OEM version of the SDA3100BXBOX. I surmise that what they have done is put the OEM version in a box with heatsink and fan and are now selling them as PIBs. It's revision E6, right...

I ordered a Sempron 3100+ SDA3100BXBOX from scan.co.uk but instead received a SDA3100AIO3BX (LBBWE 0604RPBW). The box makes no mention of Cool 'n' Quiet Technology. I'm not a little pissed off.

Could someone please enlighten me as to the differences between SDA3100AIO3BX and SDA3100BXBOX?

**UPDATE**: I contacted my local Trading Standards office this morning and their advice was to return the system for a refund. Under UK law, goods sold must be of satisfactory quality and free from defects, including minor ones. I like the Pundit rather a lot, so I'm hoping to buy another one of the...

Well, I'm in two minds about this. On the one hand, I can be quite careful and patient, but on the other I don't have much experience in taking gadgets apart and am a bit anxious about repairing the cable myself. (The cable is this , which I'm assuming is a standard 10-way UL style 2651 flat ribbon ...

Hifriday, thanks for the quick reply. I was so anxious about whether I'd be able to get my new Pundit to work properly. You're right, the crimped cable is for the audio ports; it's not the IDE cable. :oops: Also, the light was a bit low last night and what I thought was a sliver of plastic from the ...

After reading some very informative threads on this forum as well as Hifriday's excellent blog, I decided to go ahead and order a Pundit P2-AE2. The Pundit arrived today, and initial impressions were very positive. However, on opening the case, I noticed a deep indentation in the ribbon cable connec...

Thanks, Hifriday. That's brilliant! I'm checking it out now...

Yes, the Pundit only has one physical IDE connector. Two channels do show up in Windows, however, hmm... and it does have a single SATA channel too. I won't be using the SATA channel as I already have an IDE hdd and would like to keep costs down. I guess I'll just buy a cable select optical drive (...

Sorry to revive this old thread. Going insane and need help!... After much searching, I haven't been able to find a reputable supplier here in the UK from whom to buy the Pundit with the optical drive installed. This means I'll have to buy the Pundit sans optical drive from ebuyer and then find a co...

You could get a 80x15mm Panaflo from Dorothy Bradbury :) 7.99£, should be easy to order too since your in the UK. Oops! I'd been there but hadn't scrolled down the page to the right fan! :oops: Thanks nici, I think I'll go for the Panaflo, if I decide to go ahead and order the Pundit. Apologies to...

I'm used to using a passively cooled laptop Out of interest, what brand and model of laptop are/were you using? Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V2000 (Pentium-M 1.5GHz, on-board graphics), based on the AOpen 1557 chassis. Not a power beast by any means, but the fan never kicks in during normal operation....

QuietOC, thanks for your feedback. That clarifies a lot. With three fans in the system, even undervolted, I think it's probably going to be rather noisier than I'd be happy with. I'm used to using a passively cooled laptop in a very quiet room, and ideally I'd like a setup that's inaudible from a di...

It's on SPCR's list of upcoming reviews. MikeC, any clues as to when we can expect to have it? QuietOC, on this forum, has built a system based on this barebones case. QuietOC, would you be able to tell us just how quiet the system is? Go on, spill the beans! I'm interested in this model, after fail...