I don't care much for the blue ring either. Perhaps the LED is easily removed. Indeed the optical drives area would fit an enclosed/silenced HD. Unfortunately, as seen in this picture, i think that it wil fit only 1 enclosed HDD plus 1 dvd-player. Gonna need at least two enclosed hdd in there. http:...

I have some reservations about this case: - First off: the HDD cage. By the looks of it it doesn't look like it allows for HDD enclosures, like the silentmaxx HDD silencer. What do you think is it possible or not? http://lian-li.com/v2/tw/product/upload/image/pc-b25s/b25s-13s.jpg Besides the intake ...

Thank you for your honest and objective input. TBH this was not quite what i was expecting to hear from WC enthusiasts. But i'm glad i asked. Now i know that i shouldn't necesarily move on to watercooling in my quest to silent computing.

I'd like to know what you're opinion is about the noise level created by watercooled vs. aircooled systems (both with fans) when the system is to be equipped with something like this:

CPU: i5 - 670
GPU: HD 5850
HDD: 1x SDD, 2x7200 RPM

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I asked Zalman but still waiting for a reply. Haven't tried intel yet. Don't mind you asking why i bought an outdated case. Sometimes the latest is not the greatest. Especially when it comes to cases. This particular fanless midi-tower was released in 2005 or so and for some reason in 2010, we are s...

I ordered a TNN 300 case and now i am looking for a compatible micro-ATX mobo. The list provided by Zalman is outdated. I would much appreciate suggestions for modern mobos, suitable for current processors.

Does anyone have experience with this case and why did zalman not make a new model? Was the TNN flawed?

What is the most energy efficient high-end processor at this moment? Is it intels I5?

I noticed that some silverstone cases such as the Fortress series are equiped with three 180 mm fans placed on the bottom blowing upwards. This case also has the mobo turned 90 degrees. Is this sufficient to cool a passively cooled VGA like a 5850/5750?

I like the silverstone cases. I don't need the mega depth this case provides. The deminsion of the precision case by silverstone is more to my liking. Does it feature the 90 degree mobo placement? More tips on other types or brands are appreciated.

Any such tower case on the market? Want my passively cooled vga to have bettter heat dissipation.

I am looking for a list with power consumption of current mid to high end vga cards in both idle and load. Any tips where i can find such a list?

Hmmm maybe the monitor-speaker combination isn't such a bad idea. Thats if the build-in speakers are on par with peripheral speakersets. I must agree that its hard to get true noise specifications of any speaker. But thats why i ask you (SPCR guys) with minimal background noise to post your opinions...

So, in the mid-range price class there aren't any noisefree speakers? BTW are those top-range priced M-Audios noisefree?

Anyway, more recommendations on low noise speakers are appreciated.

What speakerset is absolutely noisefree when its on standby?

Currently I have a Logitech 120 speakerset and its not noisefree on standby. Actually, it is noisier than my entire rig. What is a good 2.1 speakerset?

I have improved the POST time by ignoring/disabling the Hardware Monitor options in the BIOS (Q-fan and temp/RPM readings) except that of the CPU. Speedfan still regulates the fans accordingly. I now have a WinXP boot time of 35 sec; POST is very quick now (2 sec). Wow! Must make note to me - add H...

Boot times have always been a bit of an annoyance for me. As of now my machine boots in 18 seconds, from when I push the power button to where I can use the machine. A few of the background programs I run take another 5 seconds or so to get started after that, but aren't really needed for anything ...

Harddisk: get a WD or Samsung they are about equally expensive as the Seagate brand but more silent and performance wise there is hardly any difference. Secondly, the 7600GT is a nice gfx card but you might wan't to check out the asus en7600GT (or another brand) which is completely silent and some b...

I used the same ASUS P5W DH for the Conroe system for a friend and the mainboard takes very long to boot up. About 30 seconds just detecting USB-devices (why???) and an overall slow boot up. I've heard this many times, and i'm thinking of RMA. Some folks state that the slow POST is due to the RAID ...

I was just wondering how fast everyone's machine here boots from the moment of pressing the power button to the blue screen of login (or desktop display if no login is required). Microsofts' 'Design Goals' for XP, is for a PC to boot in 30 seconds. My new Conroe system takes at least twice that amou...

After doing *much* research, it turns out that the P5W DH doesn't play well with the Antec HE PSU's. Hi, I am using the same motherboard, CPU and PSU. Initially I had similar problems with the setup (booting and so on). Having updated the bios to 1407 (from something like 650?) seems the have solve...

Edit: I now softmounted the HDD. Its connected to the case only with a few strings. However even now there is still a hum going on. It seems that the noise is getting louder near the power supply. While it might not be the power supply fan it might very well be the power supply unit itself. The only...

My newly assembled computer is making this really annoying low humming noise. The noise is probably generated by one of these two components: 1. Power supply Neo 430 HE Or 2. Harddisk WD CaviarSe16 + Silentmaxx enclosure Other components (fans) seemed not to be producing the particular sound (turned...

According to intel the maximum temperature for conroe processors is about 60 C. Does this apply to the core temperature or the overall CPU temperature (the one you see in SpeedFan for instance)? With an E6600 + p5w dh (not overclocked) and CNPS 9500 @ 900 RPM, i'm getting these temps: At idle CPU co...

Does anyone know if this will fit, or can provide me with the dimensions of the card? The passive cooler might be blocked by the CNPS9500.

Here's the card: EN7600GT

Since the X1900GT is out of stock, I decided to go ahead with the X1900XT and i´m thinking of an Accelero X2 to go along with it. Will this fit in an antec 150 case. There is already a Zalman 9500 in it. Or is the Zalman V900 the better choise.

Hi,
I bought an ASUS EN7900GT card which seems to give all kinds of artifacts. So it has to be replaced. The reason i bought this particular card was because of its silent operation and good performance at low energy consumption.

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Thanks for checking that out cmthomson. Seems that both ASUS PC Probe II and SpeedFan are retrieving the temperatures from the asus temperature sensors rather than the Conroe diodes. Hopefully this will be supported in an updated version of SpeedFan. cnthomson, what temperatures are you getting when...

With the latest BIOS as of last week, I found the CPU temp readings to be seemingly realistic. CPU temp only reached above 50C when I needed to over-volt the CPU to hit 3GHz. That sounds promising. CPU temperature monitoring is important. However i would like to have a little experiment to take pla...

Allright, I just e-mailed the author of the article. Awaiting a reply.

Edit: I doubt this will work.