Dear all, This XBit Labs review was recently mentioned on this forum, and it says the Scythe Quiet Drive has a "extreme length" of 198mm, and that it may not fit inside some cases. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/hdd-silencer-cooler-roundup_4.html#sect0 Does the Quiet Drive fit insi...

@Parappaman: The Arctic Fusion 550R uses a PWM controlled 80 mm fan, which several reviews say is nicely quiet. I think I'm going for the Artic, since I can find it at a fair price, and it's a Seasonic OEM like the Corsair VX and other well-reputed PSUs. But I worry about the 80 mm fan. If it used a...

Thanks for the tips so far. :-) I've read up on the Artic 550R and I've read the mini-review of the BeQuiet! L7 300 in this forum. I have found a shop here that has the BeQuiet! in stock, and at a very low price. The BeQuiet! looks attractive -- it's available here, it's cheap, and it uses a 120mm f...

Dear forum members, I'm looking for a PSU for my next HTPC. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding most of the SPCR recommended PSU's where I live. I'd like the Nexus NX-5000, but it's not available here. :-( So I'm looking for suggestions for good PSU's from brands with good availability in E...

way to switch up the HDDs while keeping the foam mounting scheme Is foam on the under-side of the HDD attractive for a reason I don't know of..? I thought that soft-mounting the HDDs with thick rubber bands (O-rings) would be fine. Suspended in O-rings the HDD could have airflow from all sides, whi...

2 quick comments about wooden cases in general: a) There is an issue with wooden cases, they do not shield against electromagnetic interference, a.k.a. EMI. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference ) Now, I've run PCs without a case around them for years, and never had any issues ...

Hi there, I have the Sileo 500 case.. I assume you've read the review http://www.silentpcreview.com/coolermaster_sileo500 ? I like the design. Basic, no-frills black. It has the company name written with white letters at the top, and the front ports have a little color coding on them -- but other th...

aztec wrote:Its seems to be the same as the EVCS but with more cache.

As I read the PDF at http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/A ... 701250.pdf there are 2 drives:
WD10EVDS with 32 MB cache and
WD10EVVS with 8 MB cache.

The drives do not appear to be the same as the EVCS; or am I getting this wrong?

Based on the tips I got in another thread on this forum, I'm researching 1TB harddisk drives. I'm looking for a quiet solution , not performance. I think the WD 1 TB AV-GP "WD10EVDS" looks promising; it is a 2-platter 5400 RPM 3.5" drive. Specs are here (Specifications -> download PDF): http://www.w...

Thanks for all the good tips and info that I have received. :-) Now I'm thinking: * One 3.5" Seagate 2-platter 1TB drive , Barracuda LP ST31000520AS. (I would have liked 1TB Samsung F2 EcoGreen, but they are not available where I live.) * One Scythe HDD dampening box , either Quiet Drive SQD-1000 or...

Kaleid wrote: I doubt F3 is as quiet as F2. So..

Sorry, my mistake, I meant the "Samsung F2 EcoGreen HD502HI". Thanks for the tip, as said, a 5 1/4" drive box is not ideal for me, but I may consider it...

Honored Forum, I'm new here, but I have been Googling and reading SPCRs reviews extensively... I'm looking for 1 TB of storage; it must be QUIET; performance is not important; 1 TB of SSD's is not an option due to the price. It could be a single drive, or it could be 2 smaller drives, whatever is mo...