Hi All, My Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate (passively cooled) has just broken so I have to get a new card. The options are Passively cooled: Sapphire HD 6670 Sapphire HD 6570 If I am honest though, I would like a bit of an upgrade in terms of performance. The 6570 seems to be similar to the 4670, and the ...

I got a refund on the drive. What is a good alternative 2TB drive? The spin up speed was pretty awful of the Samsung F4. My 500GB Samsung HD502HI spins up much more quickly. Anyone have any experiences with the 2TB Seagate ST32000542AS? Also any thoughts on the best way of storing media? External ha...

Hi, Just got my Samsung F4EG 2TB and I have to say I am not that impressed with the noise level. I have quite a high pitched noise going on. How would I reduce this effectively? Is mine faulty? Is anyone else similar? Also I have to say that the vibrations seem very low on my version (other people o...

Which one is a better hard drive in terms of noise then:

Samsung HD204UI 2TB

or

Western Digital WD20EARS 2TB

I want to get one just to store my media on. Are there much performance differences?

Thanks

Hi,

What is the best 92mm exhaust fan to go for? I want something very quiet. I was thinking about a Noctua 92mm with ULNA. I wondered if a PWM would be better like the Akasa AK-FN052.

Thanks

It always comes down to airflow in your case. For example i was able to keep the Athlon II X4 620 undervolted to 1.12V relatively cool with a passive Ninja 2 and 2 slow running fans (Noiseblocker Multiframe, the 850RPM version regulated down to ~500RPM). X2 260 Works fine in AM2+ boards, it's other...

Hi all, About a year ago I built a PC that was meant to be silent in a small form factor case. It was actually based on this very system from an article in SPCR http://www.silentpcreview.com/Anitec_SilenT3_PC Well, it overheated, so now I am going to build a new PC.... I am salvaging bits from the S...

Hi, I am currently using on-board graphics so decided to get a new HD 5670. I have seen on a video review of the HIS HD 5670 model and it has a fan control in software (it allows the fan to be controlled from 20% to 100% speed). I am going to get a Sapphire model due to availability, and wondered if...

It's not possible to give you detailed advice without more information about your case and components. I suggest you don't run the CPU fanless -- the acoustic benefit over a slow fan is minimal (if there is any) while the cooling benefit to the CPU and other components is huge. Ok, I based my build...

Hi, I have been wanting to change the stock AMD heatsink on my 45W processor. I would really like to use a passive heatsink but: 1. My case has very little space in it - the max height of a heatsink is about 10cm 2.Without a cpu heatsink there be only 1 fan in my system - on the power supply meaning...

Hi, I've been thinking of getting a small external hard drive. Something like a WD My Digital Passport http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=691 and use it to mirror the data from my hard drive in my pc. I know these are 5400 RPM drives and should be quiet but wondered what experiences...

socket 754? good luck trying to find a cheap replacement mb. just build another computer, you'll be further ahead in the long run. Its not my primary system. My primary is a Socket AM2 dual core athlon 64 with 8 gig of 1066 ddr2 ram so I don't really want a new system, just trying to figure out wha...

thanks for the responses. The case modding I did was just removing the fan grate using a metal clipper and the exterior of the case was heavily scratched. I will try leaving the graphics card out but I have been using the on board and I am still having problems although with the onboard the undersco...

ok, I will try that tomorrow. I say the case was damaged but it was more just heavily modified by myself to the point where it just needed to go and start fresh with a new one. The specs are all in my second post. Also does what does bios reset do? I know that i need the latest BIOS (which it is) fo...

I have 2 power supplies that are exactly the same model. I sold one (from the system I am having problems with) and just used the other one. I can't see if that would make a problem then. I am not sure what proprietary OEM is but it was from a systems maker called Mesh. The hardware is an ASUS K8V-M...

Hi everyone, So... I bought a PC 5 years ago and it all worked fine. I just bought a new case as my original case was heavily damaged. So I transferred all the components across to the new one and guess what.. BIG Problems. Now when I turn my computer on I can get into the BIOS Menu but sometimes th...

Cheers for the response. Has really helped. Have you seen any information on the upcoming fanless HD 4770 just so I know what to look for in the futre?

Thanks

Hi, I don't know anything about graphics card and typing "Fanless PCIe Graphics Card" into Google really doesn't help so I wondered if anyone could help me. What is a good, not necessarily the absolute best in performance at the moment, and fanless graphics card. The on board graphics is great on my...

Hi, I have no idea how many watts my system uses so don't know how to work out which Enermax PSU is the best for me. My system has: -AMD 45W Processor -1 DVD RW Drive -2 Sata HDDs -1 Firewire Soundcard -1 Fan on processor (No Case Fan) -No Graphics card, the on board is enough for me, although I may...

Thanks mark19891989, im in the UK too but to be honest I'm looking to spend about £20 on an eBay hard drive. I will really only get a SSD when they are about £50 in the future. In comparison I recently bought a 400 GB hard drive that was SPCR recommended on eBay for £24. I just partition my hard ...

Hi I know over at SPCR there is some great information on the best silent hard drives, but there's one problem - I don't need a 1 or 2 TB drive to run windows from. I use two drives - one for the OS and a large one (GB) for files. My 160 GB Maxtor for booting my OS is both noisy and overkill in term...

Thanks for the responses. I've gone with some corsair 1066 RAM with 5-5-5-15 timings. I bought this before I read the post from RedAE102. Although it won't work at the full speed, I'm satisfied knowing that its (probably) the best ram my motherboard can take and, in the future when AM2+ and AM3 proc...

Apparently the FSB is

FSB/HT Speed: 1000 MHz

I will be using: an AMD Athlon Dual core 5050e 45W details here: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=487&f1=AMD+Athlonâ„¢+X2+Dual-Core&f2=&f3=&f4=512&f5=AM2&f6=&f7=65nm+SOI&f8=45+W&f9=2000&f10=False&f11=False The case does not have a case fan as seen here: http://www.silentpcrevie...

so why does some ram have heatsinks? Is the ram going to radiate alot of heat therefore heating up the inside of the case? The last thing I want is to be adding a fan in the case of a ram cooling fan. Also I have noticed there is a voltage increase between 800 Mhz and 1066 MHz. Surely that will make...

Hi, I have just ordered a Asus T3-M3N8200 barebones PC. My build is virtually identical to the one here on SPCR http://www.silentpcreview.com/Anitec_SilenT3_PC I was wondering about RAM. I have ordered 4GB (2x2GB) of kingston DDR2 800MHz ValueRAM. I was going to get the kingston 1066MHz HyperX memor...

Hi Everyone. I'm doing my first ever pc build (slightly cheating using a barebones Asus T3-M3N8200) which is all very exciting. I'm going for mid spec (at least it seems that to me) as follows: AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 4850e 45w 2 x 2Gb DDR2 kingston 1066 Ram Asus T3 is here http://uk.asus.com/produc...

[/quote] Actually it can. You can mount it upside down in the NSK3480, and there are vents on the top, so it will have intake in the top and exhaust through the back![/quote] Great!! I think that sorts everything then. The case has the option of getting a SPCR recommended PSU. The photos nyu3 are si...

The Antec NSK3480 looks great and is really what I want except for the power supply that it comes with. My power supply is one with a 120mm fan and could not be used on that case. If only antec made that case compatible with any PSU. Are there any links to the win-z series case? I have not heard of ...

Hi, My PC case is literally falling apart! I'm into silent computing so I've been searching SPCR for the best mATX case. The Antec Solo seems to be the best (everyone seems to go for that here) but I'm after something slightly smaller (the smaller antec model has a built in PSU). The perfect case fo...