niels007 wrote:Though it begs for some lapping / re-machining / flatting of the base to see just how much difference that makes! :)

CPU's also come with non flat heat transfer surfaces.

That is a KOOL looking turbulence amelioration treatment on the Scythe Yasya.

Last week I bought a Velocity Elite Series 3.5in Enclosure Ver 2, USB 2.0, eSATA, Black for CAN$27.99. It is powered by an external power 'brick' and has no fan and no vibration damping except for 4 rubber feet. The drive I put in this enclosure is a WD 500 RE which is a moderate noise and vibration...

Different manufacturers use different names and meanings of attributes and the interpretation of their raw values is not specified by any standard.

I would worry if the Reallocated Sector Count increases quickly.

Fans and disk drives generate the vibration, but then the cabinet can often amplify the noise by cavity resonance, panel resonance and/or loose component vibrations. With a light finger touch, check: - that all the drive trays, unused and especially used, are not loose. - that all the chassis pieces...

It works fine. Both Western Digital and Seagate have branded versions of Acronis TrueImage. Both Seagate's Disc Wizard and Western Digital's Acronis True Image WD Edition are free downloads. They both validate by checking if you have one of the company's models of disk drive in the system. The quali...

RE: " the optical drive tray would block some direct airflow to the PSU " I was assuming the same PSU as in the 2009-08-19 spcr review. Also I didn't make myself clear about about the CPU fan and the GPU fan; leave them operating. Also I missed the part about the Radeon 5750 Saphire Vapor-X not pus...

"is it fine to use any bearing in any orientation?" I'm not clear if when you say "horizontally " if you mean that the shaft is horizontal or ... Often a good quality fan will last longer than the owner prefers to use the computer. Also: I avoid ball bearing fans as some can deteriorate quickly and...

Cheapest mod is to let the 120mm intake fan do all the work: 1. Use some clear plastic to completely block the I-O slot side of the case. 2. Use some clear plastic to completely block the top of the case. 3. Stop the noisy PSU fan with a coffee swizzle stick or.... 4. Use some clear plastic to parti...

These are some major do's for a silent build with a standard floor standing ATX case: > block acoustic leaks on the sides > block acoustic leaks on the top > don't use fans on the acoustic leaks on the front I use only one fan in the upper chamber of my P180 case. The top fan position is blocked off...

Consumer Reports published toilet testing for the August 2009 print magazine.

more quiet than antec P180 tricool set on Low The 1150 rpm gentle typhoon pushes around the same amount of air as an antec 120mm Tri-Cool set on Low and makes around the the same loudness of noise. However, the gentle typhoon makes a far less annoying sound than the antec 120mm Tri-Cool set on Low....

You should get a better cooler like the Scythe Mugen 2 and then get the 630 and overclock a little.

A hot gaming system can't be silent while gaming, but it can be reasonably quiet and non-annoying at idle. It won't be much use to consume funding on quieter components when the video card will probably be the dominant noise generator. Your choice would be to retrofit the card with a quiet cooler or...

from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_2011 "LGA 2011, also known as Socket R, . . . set to supersede Intel's LGA 1366 (Socket B) in the high-end and performance desktop and market areas. . . . This socket is expected to be released alongside Sandy Bridge-EX in Q3 2011, and will support 4 ...

The chassis fan is usually most audible to the user and I usually connect it to the CPU fan header and use the BIOS control.

The CPU heatsink fan is connected to fixed 5V or to fixed 7V or to fixed 12V or to the CPU fan header with a Y-adapter.

When I saw the title "Nearly Silent System - Better with WC?" I thought you meant replacing the noisy radiator and fan combo with the WC.

Previously old socket 775 mainboards wouldn't support the newer socket 775 CPU's. Where is the guarantee that a current socket 1366 will support all newer socket 1366 CPU's?

The Antec 300 is one of the worst cases for building a quiet computer. Everything about this case is the opposite of what you want for a quiet build. These are the major flaws for a quiet build: > there is an acoustic leak on the side > there is an acoustic leak on the top > there is an acoustic lea...

Changing to socket LGA1156, i7 860 and GA-P55A-UD3, with Kingston ValueRAM 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 will give you 200 plus dollars to explore video card options.

At 7 volts the Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850 is spinning about 1100 rpm and is is on the verge of getting noisier. A great fan review is here: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/120-140-fans-roundup_18.html#sect0 The Scythe Gentle Typhoon has the most non-annoying noise signature that I k...

For your consideration: The Mugen 2 is cheaper in your region and comes with a PWM fan which is automatically controlled by the mainboard. Mount the fan on the side of the Heat sink adjacent to the rear chassis fan location and blowing towards the rear of the chassis. A 2.5 cm (1 inch) duct, made ou...

Some people like loud flushing toilets. They are the type that are embarrassed by sounds of their bowel movement. They flush the toilet and then eject.

...flush-eject...flush-eject...flush-eject...flush-eject...

A water saving 6 litre toilet becomea a 12 - 18- 24 - ...

Cutting out the grill from the rear fan is easy and a low noise replacement grill is only $5. Here are 2 more possibilities to get a big improvement in the loudness and character of the noise of the rear chassis fan: 1./ Put a 2.5 cm (1 inch) duct in between the fan and the chassis grill to give the...