I used to have a vantec hdd enclosure, it's basically the same as the nexstar 3, but with different design (matte finish, different shape), but can't find any info on it. It was IDE, and had both usb and firewire connectors. It was a great performer, it cooled the drive well, the speeds were a lot b...

Hi There. I had similar problems, but my mobo has only one pwm header, and that's only for the cpu fan, and dumb as hell (long story). I opted for a scythe kaze-q fan controller, and non-pwm fans. It's cheap, looks great, and I mean great: it's made of black or silver finished aluminium, nothing fla...

mine is aps-500s, the green stuff is probably the series with the green fans. mine is this: http://www.chieftec.com/APS135.html they have both modular, and regular versions. I have the cheap regular version (400w and similar are even 10-20% cheaper) I have a chieftec bg-01-b case. got it for ~24$ se...

I went into a store, they had one on stock, the price was really attractive, it looked ok, and I thought, what the hell... I could return it if it sucked. And it doesn't. It makes my two nexus realsilent fans seem loud in comparison. SPCR should really test this... It's cheaper than the nexus value,...

I'm looking for a cheap, silent psu. I have an older version of the thermaltake purepower 420, and it's killing me. The best choice seems to be the nexus value 430, but I found these chieftecs at a really low price (~50$). I cannot post a link, but you'll find them on the chieftec website. They have...

1. pci... You can find a card in any basement. 2. I own a gigabyte 9600gt with passive cooling, and it's great. I've read that it has some coil whine issues, but my system has fans, so I didn't notice anything. Gigabyte makes a lot of versions of these cards, you get the 9600gt with 2 types of cooli...

I'm also doing photo editing, and just bought a 9600gt. CS4 DOES use hardware acceleration, and the difference is huge. I tried it with a 128 mb 7300le, and it was slow. With the 9600gt it runs perfectly, even with 20-30mpix. The filters still use cpu, but for navigating, zooming, and stuff like tha...