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- Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:07 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet and fast - WD green, Seagate LP or Samsung F2 ?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13557
The WD10EADS, while the fastest of the green 1TB drives, are also the noisiest, but they still eclipse every other drive I've owned, mainly on vibration - with four at once, the deep vibration is certainly audible, but it's so quiet that compared to a single 7200rpm drive you don't notice it. I alwa...
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:04 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134904
- Tue May 26, 2009 8:15 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet 140mm Fans?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23738
- Tue May 26, 2009 7:02 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet 140mm Fans?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23738
Unfortunately I decided to go cheap and get a Sharkoon black fan as I bought this lot from Scan, who don't sell the Aerocool fans. However, having heard the Aerocool fans in a system I still say they're worthy of consideration for people who want quiet 140mm fans with LEDs. The Sharkoon I bought per...
- Mon May 25, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134904
- Sun May 03, 2009 7:31 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134904
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:40 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134904
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:27 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Attack of the Scythes
- Replies: 72
- Views: 68992
Heh, would prefer the grille to remain intact as that's all there is that makes up most of the side to my case (HAF932). 1200rpm would possibly be enough, and indeed 700rpm would probably do me in York, but even with an Ultra-120, a 1600rpm SFF21F on it, correctly fitted with good paste, my CPU reac...
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Attack of the Scythes
- Replies: 72
- Views: 68992
I'm interested in going for some SH 1900rpm Slipstreams. The reason being that I need fans with a good low noise level for idle usage as they're used in a block of four, hooked up to the same fan controller output for simplicity (I will use two per channel with slipstreams due to the power usage. I'...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do multiple tries on spin-up hurt longevity?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7619
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:08 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do multiple tries on spin-up hurt longevity?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7619
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:30 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: NVIDIA GTX275: Too hot?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3172
There is no need to up the fan speed. All the graphics cards I've used for several years run up to 90ºC under load, and none of them have been affected in the slightest. People just assume graphics cards have the same temperature boundaries as CPUs, they don't. The mobile Geforces regularly run at ...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:26 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do multiple tries on spin-up hurt longevity?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7619
- Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:29 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134904
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:28 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134904
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:50 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134904
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:24 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: [Quiet] Power Supply to Replace ThermalTake 850W Toughpower
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6160
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:59 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 and Corsair VX550
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4462
Oh right, I didn't realise it was that way round. I'd heard reports of the 750 being louder than the 650, and vice versa with the 550, but didn't realise. The HX1000 is one noisy beast, I tried one out. Since I have a relatively good ear for fequencies (courtesy of having learned grade 1 keyboard ha...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:10 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 and Corsair VX550
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4462
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:37 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: [Quiet] Power Supply to Replace ThermalTake 850W Toughpower
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6160
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:32 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 and Corsair VX550
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4462
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:54 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 and Corsair VX550
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4462
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:53 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: [Quiet] Power Supply to Replace ThermalTake 850W Toughpower
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6160
No, thermaltake toughpower fan controllers are REALLY agressive. I could get my old 750W Toughpower to max speed with only 140W draw. Granted, the cooling setup was all wrong, and when i fixed it it wasn't so bad, but they're still really noisy units. The Modu82 units do look good, but they're very ...
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:37 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: [Quiet] Power Supply to Replace ThermalTake 850W Toughpower
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6160
Apart from perhaps the 16 GPU folding trolley above, I'm one of the more 'that's ridiculous, why do you care about silence' people. Fact is though, even though there are two of them, the HD4870X2 is actually a very quiet card at idle when the clock speeds have settled down. I'm not using a case at a...
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:40 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: [Quiet] Power Supply to Replace ThermalTake 850W Toughpower
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6160
The ZM850-HP I now have is the quietest PSU I've ever heard. I use a quiet system at idle and can confirm the unit is as quiet as SPCR reviewed the 1KW version. It handles a 900W d.c. stress test without shutting down (though I didn't run it for long for obvious reasons) and runs an overclocked Quad...
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:08 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet 140mm Fans?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23738
Yes, having bought a more suitable case for my Dual 4870X2s, the Coolermaster HAF, I have a rear 140mm fan slot, and the stock coolermaster one is bunk. It's quiet enough, but pushes as much air as an 80mm probably would at a reasonable noise level. Was looking at Aerocool Streamliners (more specifi...
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:00 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet 140mm Fans?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23738
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:08 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet 140mm Fans?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23738
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:51 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet 140mm Fans?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23738
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:42 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Madshrimps - 120mm Fan Roundup - 35 Models Compared
- Replies: 59
- Views: 72409