baconandeggs wrote:photos?

Of my setup? I don't have any right now. I can try and take some when I get a chance, but no promises. Like I said though, it's pretty messy, so I don't know how eager I am to show them off, lol.

PigLick

I havea 3480 also, and have found that you can fit 3.5" drives horizontally between the front of the case and the front of the mobo if you hang them "side to side" instead of "front to back" like normal (with my mobo, at least - hope that description makes sense). It's a tight fit, and actually rigg...

Although I'm an Obama supporter and I'm glad he won, I'm afraid he has an extremely difficult road ahead of him, in no small part due to the excitement and expectations that were built up about him by many of his supporters. In order to win over non-supporters, he would obviously need to perform mir...

I have a 9600GT and my PSU is the EarthWatts 380W that came in my Antek NSK3480. I've had no problems whatsoever. As techcrazybob said, if you have a good quality PSU you should be fine.

PigLick

What I don't know is why they don't just remove almost all the aluminum from between the heat pipes, and just have a very small sliver of aluminum between them (i..e less than .5mm), or none at all, and then you would be able to get 4 heat pipes to get contact with a IHS. Because then you run the r...

Case: NSK3480 with a Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H CPU: Athlon X2 5400+ (Brisbane) CPU cooler: CoolerMaster Vortex 752 Video: Palit 9600GT Audio: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio I'm pretty sure the S2 will fit the case, dimension-wise, but I have some concerns about some of the mobo components, nam...

Hey, just wondering if anyone has removed any of the fins from an Accelro S1? Are they difificult to get off, and once off would it be possible/feasible to get them back on? Would having them off cause any problems (ie "hot spots" at the ends of the pipes where there are no fins)? What about bending...

Yep, that PS is different from mine as well. I haven't opened mine up or inspected the labels, but the one pictured has "slot" intakes on the front, whereas mine has a grid of square holes. Also, in earlier pictures of the case the 1394, USB, and ausio cables from the front the front bezel are grey,...

Excellent, that's pretty much what I was thinking but as they say, pictures are worth a thousand words. Great idea! I'll have to do some measuring as far as an Accelero goes. Mine is just a standard 9600GT with a HS/fan, but the fan is LOUD when it ramps up, so I'm considering an Accelero. It's hard...

nooo, I've ordered an ECS 9600GT with Acceleros2 passive cooler! Don't tell me it's the same card... I thought it would fit the case/hard disk... It seems to me that any 2-slot vid card would block that bottom floppy bay. I don't have an Accelero (yet), but my 9600GT has a heatsink/fan and is a 2-s...

When you get the HD ''tray'' and bend two of the mounting 'lips' 90 degrees, you can put the HD on its side, between the side panel and PCI cards, just fitting below the Scythe Ninja, and allowing more airflow over the gfx card. Hmm, good tip, I'll have to investigate this. Any chance you could pos...

See porkchop's post here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19147&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=240 It's the same case too if im not mistaken. Just some bungie chord and P-clips. Ah, thanks for that, but I'm trying to avoid a vertical mount if at all possible. My temps are only ...

Hey all, I recently put together a new system in an NSK3480 but with my vid card, there's no room to mount a hard drive in the normal spot in the bottom of the case (I already have one in the upper chamber along with my DVD-RW). However, I don't have anything to go in the floppy drive enclosure in t...

The P35 is a great chipset...one of the best I've seen. However, for Microatx, what you're looking for is a G33. This is basically a P35 with integrated graphics built in. It won't overclock as well, but it suffices in all other ways. I'd recommend picking up one of the higher end G33's if possible...

Hey all, I'm putting together a list for a new build (actually an upgrade, but since I'm having to replace about 90% of what I've got, it's basically a new build) and would like some input. So far, I'm looking at: Intel e8400 nVidia GeForce 9600GT 2GB Corsair Ballistix PCR-6400 RAM I may look at a n...

There's a new review of this thing at Tom's Hardware Of course I know no one here will trust their quietness judgements on this thing, but in terms of cooling it seems to perform quite admirably and may be worth looking into. Would like to hear some SPCR people's take on it. The low price and near-u...

I could be wrong, but I've heard on multiple occasions from multiple sources that no current graphics cards on the market are HDCP compliant. I don't really follow HDCP so maybe some manufacturers have started making them, but just giving a word of caution to make absolutely sure before you buy anyt...

Felger Carbon wrote: Leo used thermal grease to eliminate air pockets in his box. A layer of air is a terrific thermal insulator - exactly what you don't want!

Isn't a layer of rubber a pretty terrific thermal insulator as well?

PigLick

Greetings, And I'm still hoping that we'll see a factory passive 7600GT (probably ASUS or Gigabyte), Gigabyte has this kind of passive 7600 GT coming, but I haven't seen it yet in stores. It is for sale at NewEgg . :o It is a double-wide, though: [snip image] If it comes down to it, the single-wide...

Well, when I do it at work, I use a scalpel with a #10 blade, some pointed surgical scissors and toothed forceps....oh, wait, I don't think you're talking about that kind of mouse.

PigLick

If there is free "dirty" electroagnetic fields floating around Define "dirty". You are surrounded by electromagnetic fields every hour of the day and night, from radio and TV broadcasts to RF interference from passing cars to the fields from power cables to your TV to your PC. Much like the researc...

I've only recently started using SpeedFan so I'm certianly no expert, but try reinstalling it.

I changed a few things on my system recently and Speedfan started acting wierd, so I reinstalled (I don't think I even uninstalled first) and it worked fine again after. Worth a shot.

PigLick

Seems to make some sense physioligically speaking, as our nerves operate on tiny electrical impulses. If there is free "dirty" electroagnetic fields floating around that could be interfering with (or inducing) errant impulses in our nerves, it could affect all kinds of stuff. Slight, imperceptible c...

The 500W and 600W S12s both have the 4 SATA and 2 PCIe. It's possible they've updated the 430W as well, but I'd be pretty suspect.

PigLick

On my 6600GT AGP (which is not passive), using official ForceWare 83.40 drivers, the "Temperature Settings" tab has a default core slowdown threshold of 145C. It probably wouldn't hurt to cool it down a bit if you can, but it seems that it should be well within safe operating temperatures. (You may ...

Oops! It's not one of the NSK cases afterall... Oh oh you've been fooled by the Atlas, the new server case ;) Doesn't look like it, actually. As noted, the case on the right in the OPs pic is very smooth and glossy and appears to have a white/silver face on the front, as well as the P150s (or very ...