S1 with negative pressure in the case and with the PCI cover removed under the graphics card would work great I think. Similar to my setup. The S1 is huge and you don't need much airflow. Ok the S1 sounds good then. I was just wondering what temperatures you get with having that soundcard right up ...

I want to install a fanless graphics card. But I want to also install a PCI card which is going to be a problem with my motherboard. I am tempted to just get a 4670 ultimate by Sapphire as that will block none of the slots. Here is my motherboard: http://www.hardwarezone.com.my/img/data/articles/200...

I believe you could build a decent mid range gaming PC (think 250 GTS) in this case with a pico PSU and an external power brick like a dell DA-2. If only silverstone could sell a version of this case without the SFX PSU, and drop the price because of it, then you could build a very quiet and very ca...

Unlocking a core will up the power draw and possibly put it over the 45W TDP. An AMD 5050e is already pretty affordable and means you will be guaranteed a dual core at <45W

nd4spdbh wrote: google "define rpm"

You mean "define: RPM"

there is no way to minimize power so that it may behave like on battery. That is not true. Try and look in the control pannel at "power Options". Click on "change plan settings" and you can choose the CPU speed. I expect there is 2 options, one for on battery and one for wall power. I would expect ...

doveman wrote:There's a few UK online companies with stock, but the price has recently gone up from about £76 to £90!

Scan is only charging £78 but not in stock at the mo

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebP ... ce=froogle

What the "%£$?? Scythe Orochi is HUUUUUUGE! Really good job there! I can imagine it's been a long wait to get there. SSD have taking their time to get here too. You should swap the Zen PSU for a PICO and you should see a drop in power consuption of about 10W. CPU temps are ok. Temperatures will nee...

ame wrote: the good old days?

Oh god no!

That DOS like prompt only was the dark ages of computing.

Even though, there is no difference in temperature on power or battery This doesnt make sence. When the fan comes on, I would expect the temperatures to drop. Try use vista or win7 power options to configure how it behaves. For example, usually I would expect battery to = max power savings, and wal...

No I don't thinkso. Unless you get a fanless PSU and then you can put a very slow moving fan on it to keep it very cool. Or simply move the PC a long way away so you can't hear it.

The relay is not a bad idea, but you'd need an override to turn the computer on at a cold start. Or a (2 pole?) momantary swtich to activate the DA-2 and start up the PC at the same time. I assume a regular start button is used to simply provide a momentary shorting out of 2 pins on the motherboard...

VX450 is very good. I have one. Needs a fan swap to be silent, but I got mine about 4 meters away and behind a door so I can't hear it.

All you need is a switch to disconnect pin 5 from ground and the DA-2 will go into standby and no longer be supplying 12v. It would be good if it does that automatically. For example, how about a 12v relay powered by a molex connector that can keep the DA-2 powered on when the PC is on. But then wh...

Taxidermista wrote:The Dell brick has three +12V lines, I took 2 of them directly to the 4-pin 12V ATX connector on the motherboard...

Won't that be feeding 12v into the CPU constantly? Doesn't that cause power to be wasted?

I thought the voltage would need to be cut when the PC is off. Maybe it is not needed?

Take a look at the silvertone 450w fanless model. http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1711.html Nexus Value PSU seems like the best fan cooled PSU for your needs. Do you know your PC's power usage? It's probably no more than 200w under load? Maybe even the 350w fanless PSU like the silvertone o...

Okay, so to make this work you need: A) Mini-Fit Jr connector B) appropriate cabling to go from that connector to a higher amp capable DC input C) the DC plug to plug the 12.5 amp AC adapter into I'm am starting to wonder if I need to invest in a couple tools for electrical work for my project...th...

If I read and saw all this all correctly, the Mini Fit Jr replaces the P4 connector on the PicoPSU itself? No, I think the P4 connector is itself a mini fit jr type. I've been looking more closely at the picopsu. It looks like the DC barrel connector can be unplugged with a built in connector in li...

I have a pico psu my self, with a dell da-2 What i have done is fitted a 2x2 mini-FIT JR to the power block, and fed it through a pci bracket, to the pico psu. Ahhh nice. I bet those power readings are not with the DVD drive at full speed tho! I can't see how it's connected up very easily. You say ...

Did I miss something in these specifications or would trying to use a 150 W power brick literally just "brick" the PicoPSU 150? Yes I think everyone is getting the wrong end of the stick. A 150w PSU means you can draw 150w from it. Not 96w, but it should do 150w continuous. The reason they say 8 am...

Just a heads up it seems that the samsung nc10 has a silent, fanless mode according to http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4728.

If you were looking to get a dell mini 9 or 10 for fanless operation, you can now give the nc10 a look too.

Still needs a PSU which and squeel. Just buy any monitor and send it back if it's too loud.

Are you sure there isn't a DC power supply inside the monitor?. I was of the understanding that all LCD monitors need a DC power supply of some sort... Yes I'm sure my monitor DOES have a DC PSU inside it. I never said there wasn't. Just that my monitor runs off mains voltage instead of a DC power ...

An inverter turns DC into AC to drive the backlight. Mains is already AC you just need a transformer to step the voltage up or down to the voltage you need. Otherwise it will be going AC input >> DC PSU (built into monitor) >> inverter >> AC output to backlight. Better would be AC input >> Transform...

Actually, it's the (DC>AC) inverter that powers the CCFL that makes the noise. LED units work directly off DC and do not require inverters, so will not suffer from the squealing noise. If that is true then just buy a monitor that runs off mains AC voltage instead of off a DC power brick. Unless the...

RoGuE wrote:thanks for posting those pics..is it that I don't have enough posts for the img link to work?

No, if you try and quote my post then you can see how I did it with th [IMG] tags. The link needs to end in .jpg so all I did is delete the last part of the URL.

Hmm looks badass But not quite silent by spcr standards.

Have some pics of it

Seems OK but nothing new or interesting. I would still rather have somthing like a Thermalright T-Rad over this.

Also look into right angled SATA cables. I use 5 SATA cables so right angled SATA cables can't be used. Ok but 4770 has modest power consumption so you may just need to clip some heatsink fins off to allow access to the SATA connectors. Worst case is you will need a large, slow moving fan on them a...

Wow good luck on running fanless lol. I had to take some care to stop a fanless via epia board overheating in a small case like that! Anyway, good luck!