I'm looking at an Antec Solo now. The built in drive suspension is very enticing, and it should be big enough to handle my setup (1 graphics card, 1 PCI, 3 hard drives, 1 optical drive). Are there any significant noise disadvantages to a solo over a P182? Based on the noise my PSU currently makes po...

1. Buy one of these and just try it. See if it makes a difference. I am certain it will solve your problem. NoiseMagic NoVibes III Hard Drive Decoupling Cage http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71_215&products_id=21770 For good measure try one of each of th...

The PSU and CPU cooler are not an issue. They almost never ramp up to audible levels. Right now my main HDD is a WD 640GB Black, with 2 WD 500GB and 1 WD 640 GB as store/backup (all before they did they black/blue/green thing, but I think they'd be considered blue). Everything except the main 640 bl...

Thanks for the review. I'm looking for a 5770 to pickup and was leaning toward the Hawk after reading this review: http://ht4u.net/reviews/2010/msi_radeon_5770_hawk/index11.php (translated: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fht4u.net%2Freviews%2F2010%2Fmsi_radeon_...

Right now I'm running a Phenom II 940 with a Xigmatek S1283 cooler (stock fan), a 790GX ATX motherboard for graphics and a Corsair HX520 PSU in a Thermaltake Tsunami case. Its runs pretty quiet right now when most of the hard drives are idle (not silent though), but part of the reason is I don't hav...

That akasa fan looks nice, but I haven't had any luck finding a US based store that sells them. Are you sure about the 1000-2200 rpm range on the stock fan? I think you're thinking of the Dark Knight's fan. The SPCR review lists it as 670 rpm @ 9V and 1400 rpm @ 12V, and the specs on newegg list it ...

Hi, I have a Phenom II X4 940 BE on the way with a Xigmatek HDT-S1283 to cool it, but I have a feeling the stock fan on the S1283 will be a bit loud for my tastes. I've read that the rubber fan mounts for the S1283 are very hard to remove once they've been installed, so I want to figure out my fan c...