How does it compares to the Antec P182 in terms of noise/silence? Sorry for the late reply. I had basically the same parts inside the p182 and then moved them over to the fractal design one and in purely subjective sense I didn't notice any difference but the temps were a bit higher in the R2 one w...

I've had a couple of those fans as well and frankly I didn't really notice much of a difference between them and nexus ones when undervolted but perhaps I'm just deaf and dumb. IMHO they were rather nice 'budget' picks.

I was somewhat bored during the holidays and decided to switch one of the nix boxes into a define r2 for no apparent reason. Throwing everything inside was quite fast and it's easy to do the cable management as long as the cables are long enough. Otherwise I'd suggest getting some extension cables f...

Samsung 2494HS nice and quiet and no issues.
Benq G2400W the same as above nothing against it sound pollution wise.
Acer X233H before I got that one I often wondered what the fuss was about but as soon as I fired it up I understood. Terrible whine/buzz unless brightness is set to 100%.

Miseration - The Mirroring Shadow. High rpm swedish deathmetal with plenty of buzzing and bearing noise. Perhaps if one would undervolt it...

It worked nicely with coolink's silentator as well on s1156.

APC ES 700va is quiet when not in use and the same can be said about Aiptek VI 2000va but that one has a fan and when it's powering the machines it sounds like a vacuum cleaner. That's a minor nuisance with the beeping cacophony though.

On a budget Sharkoon Rebel 12 could be an option but it would require quite a bit of work from your part to make it silent and frankly I'm not sure if it would be worth it.

Claiming that linux has no hardware video acceleration is factually incorrect. When ranting it helps to get the facts straight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU

The "problems" with WD green drives failing early is pure conjecture at this stage - they appear to be one of the most reliable drives around if you go by forums etc. Don't think I've seen a reported failure yet. As someone asked in another thread, a particular thread title on this forum is probabl...

The zerotherm cooler looks exactly the same as on powercolor pcs+ 4850 and that one was rather quiet. If they use a different fan controller profile you can always make your own with rivatuner. 4850 offers good bang for the buck but you know how it goes. "It could have been a bit faster still."

You have around 20mm to play around with and most knobs don't protrude that much. As an example the ones in a cheap cooltek were just 10mm. And now I feel extremely dirty.

Arctic cooling freezer extreme is little over 20 euros in Germany but I don't know how expensive it is over there in Romania or if it is available at all. Otherwise it would fit the bill of a budget cooler.

<Nitpick> FreeNAS is freebsd based not Linux </Nitpick>

Living rather close to a road is somewhat annoying at times. I assume that the only 100% working solution would be to move away but I guess thicker windows etc. could prove useful in short term. Interestingly enough the noise of normal traffic does not wake me up but even muffled speech gets me up i...

@ ugrakarma, sorry if we at times seem snobbish against TT. I really enjoy how less frequent flame wars are on SPCR compared to other sites, so if you felt offended I'm sorry. I still have an innate hatred for Thermaltake, though :-P No worries I'm just brand agnostic unless something melts my iglo...

I still have a TT big typhoon in one of the nix boxes and after a fan swap it has been more than ok but oh well considering this is spcr admitting anything remotely positive about 'thermalfake' seems to be a good way to get flamed. Thermalright hr-01 plus is a better choice than the sonic tower in t...

Naturally gigabyte started selling a passive model after I went for one with a fan by powercolor but back then waiting didn't seem like an option. If you have to find something negative about the powercolor pcs+ 4850 it doesn't blow the hot air out of the case like the HIS iceq models. Highly subjec...

I opted for the following myself: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4850_PCS/25.html As long as you're not running furmark the fan isn't spinning up too much but as usual "it could have been a bit faster with the same noise level" although that never changes when dealing with hardware.

I've used a cheap no thrills cooltek one which was roughly around 10 euros. Depending on the case you might want to get some 5.25" adapter if needed. You'll have to deal with some extra cable clutter as well but that shouldn't be too bad. http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/1043949_-...

With relatively modest loads I can't really tell any difference between the units hence I assume the question is rather academic unless the load becomes an issue.

http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=Product_Detail&ArtNr=16796&Shop=0 I'd think twice before ordering them from Finland with the current prices. Naturally if there's nothing else to order it makes sense but still... Coolputer has fast shipments but the prices are somewhat ridiculous...

I've lurked for a while but here goes the 1st blood... I had the misfortune of being tempted by the unusual design and airflow of the T2 case and getting the pro model before the new eco ones were out. The main problem with the case is that it isn't really quiet at all. Those two 2x80mm fans in the ...