Hello, Next week the Lancool PC-K9 will arrive. This case has two front fans 140mm and one outtake 120mm. I already have one Nexus 120mm fan @7v which is almost dead silent. Now I want to exchange the stock Lancool 140mm fans in the front with some silent case fans. I looked @Scythe slipstream 140mm...

I have a mini itx case M-350.

I would like to mount this cpu fan in my case. Is it ok to let this cpu run on 7v all the time and how is that possible with a PWM (4pin header fan)?

Regards

Ok, I just ordered this cooler. Thanks for the review SPCR. In the review it is clear that @5v the fans are inaudible while @12v they are a bit loud. I was thinking by myself why not use my old zalman fanmate 2 with this gpu cooler as the fanmate can as low as 5v. Is there one wire for both fans to ...

Hi MikeC, Thanks for your reply. The reason that I didn't mount and test it fanless is b/c I can return it now if it haven't been used. I only wanted to know you vision about this cooling project :) So it's really tempting to return it and use the stock cooler from Intel. The only thing this HTPC wi...

Ok, I just received the Prolimatech Samuel 17 CPU cooler. I have some questions and would be delighted if some can help me answering. 1) What is the amount of cfm processed by the stock intel cooler? 2) Is 2x 40mm Mini Kaze (2x 13DB) as quiet as the intel stock cooler? 3) Will 2x 40mm on the side of...

Hi, I would like to change my stock cooler Core i3-530 for a more advance quiter cooler. This case is so small that the stock Intel cooler exactly fits. I was thinking about the Prolimatech Samuel 17 with a Scythe Slipstream Slim (12mm) This will make it total to 45+12=57mm. I have had the Scythe Bi...

what a hell of a problem with this fan

I'm thinking between the Sapphire 5850 Vapor-X or Prolimatech MK-13 in combination with Thermalright VRM-3. After reading the review on http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/prolimatech_mk_13,4.html it literally says that aftermarket coolers specifically built for a VGA card is way better (va...

@Mats, can you explain howto connect in serial?

@Mr Evil, this is also a cheapy made in HongKong card from Ebay ($20). Still no lockups we will see. Never thought this could be the reason, thanks for your troubleshooting.

Hi Mike, Thanks for your comprehensive answer! I'm thinking now about the PCI SATA Card or one of those 8 harddrives being dodgy. Rest of setup is not very power hungry sources; P4 3.2ghz ATI X850XT PE 2x1024MB 2x DVD-RW and some PCI cards. Offtopic: I can buy 10x Nexus 120mm fans for only 30 euro's...

Hey SPCR's My computer was freezing last weeks. This same freezing problem was here before, but solved by buying another PSU, i.e Enermax Modu 82+. Now I have the same freeze problem after 6 months, I was reading what could be the problem. Now I have read tons of articles about the 7volt trick I'm u...

Read the Anandtech review today, it looks like another brilliant PSU from enermax. If they made a lower power version with a slower fan it would be ideal. Incredible efficiency from around 200w on these models is very nice, but even a super high end system will use less than that in idle which is h...

Yes, I tried without Soundcard

Have you tried using a different slot (or different slots) for the cards in your system? I've seen weird things happen in one config only when specific slots were used at the same time. I've also had a freeze issue with loud sounds coming from my speakers with a SB Live card that wasn't seated righ...

We already know that the sata card triggered the freezing. Does the beeping happen even without it? It could be 2 different issues, driver or irq related. You could free some irqs by disabling uneeded devices in the bios, some motherboards also allow you to change the irq assignement for some onboa...

You say it has a peeptone (beeping?) when it freezes? Sounds like a temperature alarm to me. Go into your BIOS and look at the temperatures and if there are any STOP or ALARM features that will sound if your PC reaches a certain temp. Maybe the hard drives are blocking airflow and your PC is overhe...

Hi,

That is out of the option for the moment, because I need to buy a new CPU/RAM etc. than.

You don't think it has anything to do with the PSU or the SATA Card?

Dear SPCR's, For quite sometime I have problems with my PC. My PC is freezing in random. The only thing i can do after that is resetting. The sounds also stops randomly and high peeptone comes in the place. I have formatted the PC which didn't solve the problem. I have removed my PCI SATA Card Sil 3...

Hi there, My 3 year old Nexus NX-4000 (400Watt) is probably on his last days. I have random freezes and reboot problems. Now I have removed the VGA card it runs more stable. So I wanna look for a new PSU. I don't know what wattage range I should look for. I'm looking for the best quality and low noi...

The reviewers should put this cooler on top of the list for cooling your VGA card.

I thought this cooler is way better CLICK Thermalright HR-03 with a Nexus 92mm fan @5v.

Is the HR-03 kicked from the no.1 place?

So the "big question" is what should be inside the case. Can you give a (rough) indication of which components you are going to buy? PS. for those who don't know, "Holland" is the same location as "The Netherlands" ;) Hee Sjoukew, The components will be; -Intel Quad Core Q9450 -Intel X48 Motherboar...

Jaja kan ook he sjoukew .

I can unmount a drawer than my desk has 70 cm. .

My headphone is laying now in that case.



Do you think the P182 is the best 'silent' case there is atm. considering value for money?

mentalswe wrote:Without the top vent grille, my p182 is about 51,7cm tall.

Thx mentalswe for measure the size

I think I have to look for another case.

Hello dudes, In January I'm going to build my first PC. The first thing I'm looking for is a decent Case. Regarding MikeC review the Antec P182 is the one for me. There is only one problem. My case department in the desk is max. 49cm. and the size of the P182 is 52cm. :(. Is there anybody who owns t...

Hello, My PSU, Nexus NX-4000 (400Watt) click , is causing booting problems. Therefor I need a new good silent PSU :wink: I don't know what I should buy these days. There have been a lot new models on the market. My motherboard has a 20pin plug and not the new standard 24pins. This is the system spec...

Thanks for your answers MikeC. I looked for some kind of airduct for the PSU. My idea is to mount this http://www.ikbenstil.nl/product_info.php?products_id=1135 on the side panel fan. http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2992/img6527hl5.jpg It is produced for the CPU, so will it do much to the noise lev...

I would like to know MikeC, why did Nexus not put their 80mm 17,9Db fan in the PSU? Is it possible to cut the the wires of the original PSU fan (black and red) and solder them to the Nexus 80mm fan to that wires? Can you see the thermometer? http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5136/img6530sz4.jpg htt...

Dear MikeC, Thanks for your helpful advice. I have taken some photo's of my case (CaseTek CS-1016) for making it more cleare for you. http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/17/img6524pd5.jpg For the 2 HDD's is also a Nexus 80mm casefan @ 7volt (you cannot see it on this photo. http://img227.imageshack.u...

The fan rotation of the PSU depents on the thermal curve and by this cooler the curve isn't good ;-(. Specs CPU: Intel P4 3,2Ghz RAM: 2x 512MB RAM Motherboard: Intel D865GBF (no active chipset cooling) VGA: MSI X850XT PE HDD: 2x Hitachi 250GB SATA II Sound Card: Creative Audigy 2ZS PSU: Nexus NX-400...

Hello, I have bought a Nexus NX-4000 (400WATT) PSU for my computer. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article88-page4.html Only i have one problem with the PSU Wink it makes too much noise even in Idle, so my question is if somebody knows a solution to stop the noise of the fan? Will the fan of the PSU ...