Isn't this a feature of the processor instead of the mobo chipset? You just need an Athlon X2 or C2D 6xxx. Not too sure about mobile processors though. Yes, but it has to be enabled in the BIOS (much like Cool & Quiet needs to be enabled in the BIOS) i've enabled hardware virtualization in VirtualP...

I have an Abit AN-M2 running Windows 2008 RC and Microsoft Hyper-V. This requires hardware virtualisation support. This is present in the latest BIOS for this motherboard (there is an entry in the BIOS to enable/disable virtualisation)

This is an interesting link: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/Disk_Idle_Detection.mspx It documents the disk idle mechanisms in Windows, how to configure it (including a number of configurations that can't be done via the UI), and a new (available for Windows Server 2008 and Vis...

I have a nesteq 450W power supply on my E6600 machine, with 2GB RAM, a Raptor drive, and NVidia fanless 6600 card in a P180 case with only 1 800RPM case fan. Most of the time it's quiet, and the fan spins (not very silently compared to silent power supply's) once in a while (haven't measured it, but...

Your VCore looks rather high (assuming your pc was idle when you took the screenshot). Is Cool&Quiet enabled?

I use a fanless Radeon 9600 on my Vista development box. It runs Aero fine.
A fanless NVidia 6600 would probably fine (certainly much faster than my Radeon), and cost about 100 euro.
If you have the choice, I'd buy a card with a lot of RAM, 256 or 512 MB.

I forgot to mention that I don't have stability issues with FanEQ.
I like the idea of setting the fan control settings in the BIOS and not needing any Windows utility to control the fan settings.

The screenshot is correct (my previous statement about 7V is incorrect, I didn't actually check what I said). The main fan will go down to 8V and will stay there. The two OTES fans will go down to 6V and will completely switch off below 6V. (I didn't check that with a voltmeter, that's just the beha...

I have an Abit AN8 Ultra, which is very similar to the SLI version you're considering. It allows 3 fans to be controlled via the BIOS. They can all be controlled from 7 to 12 volt. The CPU fan header will never go below 7V, but the other 2 headers will stop the fans if the related temperature drops ...

I've built exactly that kind of HTPC. I bought an A64 3800 (S939), in combination with an NVidia 6600 video card. The trick is to enable WMVHD hardware acceleration on your video card(search the net for instructions), this will help you more than buying a faster CPU. An NVIDIA 6600 or a Radeon X700 ...

http://www.quietpc.com/uk/casefans.php#60-70
They will ship to Spain.

I've had similar problems with an Asus K8V motherboard. The problem first manifested itself by dropped network connections when copying a large amount of data over the network, followed by not finding the hard disk after rebooting. Even rebooting didn't always make the network connection work again....

Here's a link on how to make an Athlon XP support Powernow:
http://www.cpuheat.wz.cz/html/AXP_multi ... iplier.htm

If you want a quiet pc, the combination A64/Zalman CNPS7000/Asus K8V/Cool'nQuiet/12 cm fan power supply is difficult to beat. I have a friend who bought such a config a few weeks ago. The QFan feature of the Asus motherboard stops his CPU fan completely most of the time, leaving you only with the no...

If you want a new power supply, why don't you buy one in Germany? I've bought silent power supplies from frozen-silicon.de, blacknoise.de and noisecontrol.de and have never had any problem. Shipping costs are rather lower, sometimes even lower than mail order from Belgian companies. I've bought 3 Q-...

Yes, I did recognize it, that's why I posted the link.
Now you can actually buy it. I haven't seen it for sale anywhere.

http://www.voodoopc.com/systems/f50.aspx

Apparently also available in P4 version.

They have 300, 350 and 400 Watt versions. I bought the 350W version, which only costs 115 euro, and the 300W costs even less. This is similar to other modded power supplies (it's actually cheaper than noisecontrol), so I don't consider it that expensive. All the cheap power supplies that I've bought...

Storagereview claims that it doesn't have the high pitched whine of the 36 GB models. I absolutely like the performance of my 36GB Raptors, but the high pitched whine spoils it all. Is there anybody with personal experience with the new 74GB drive that can confirm that the whine is gone?

I just installed this powersupply and it is the quietest power supply I've ever bought. It's even quieter than my noisecontrol enermax PS with 1500 rpm Papst fan. Basically, this is a fortron (FSP350P) power supply with a different 12 cm fan. I also have the same unmodded 12cm fortron power supply (...

I have a motherboard with the ADM1027 chip onboard.
However, I haven't found any software that allows me to control the ADM1027 (speedfan doesn't work). Do you know of any software that can actually use all of the ADM1027 features?

I have a dual hammer system. The main problem (as with your dual Xeon system) is finding a silent EPS12V power supply, not finding silent coolers for your Xeons.

I also have 2 Raptor drives. I haven't even bothered to format them when I heard how much noise they make. If anybody comes up with a good solution to silence these drives, I may actually reconsider using them. BTW: Before I bought, I looked up the noise they make in the storagereview database and t...

about 43°C idle, up to 48°C under load (Sandra burnin). This is on a relatively hot day (at least for Belgium). I have a 244 system (1.8 GHz). Compared to other systems I have: AXP 1700+: +- 60°C (beware: this is with a Papst fan running at 1500RPM) AXP 2700+: runs at 50°C and higher. Dual PIII 500:...

I asked the same question a couple of weeks ago: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=5183&highlight=eps12v Ultimately I ordered the Fortron power supply because the Antec was not in stock locally, and I'd have to wait several weeks to get it. The Fortron power supply is very loud. It's ...

Just to let you know that the Zalman CNPS7000(Al)Cu works well on a socket 940 Opteron system. Zalman doesn't officially support the CNPS7000 on Opterons, only on Athlon 64's. The mounting mechanism for Opteron and Athlon64 is physically the same, so I took the risk and replaced the stock Opteron co...

even with a new microATX (60-100€) motherboard it's still cheaper

You may also consider the Coolermaster ATC-620, only 145€ at colorcase.be
http://www.coolermaster.com/case/p620.htm

you may consider an MSI megapc barebone: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/slim_pc/slm/pro_slm_detail.php?UID=431&MODEL=MEGA651 (in Belgium: http://www.salesint.be/products.asp?artgrp=Barebone%20Systems). Or a Shuttle barebone. Buying an SFF barebone will relieve you from having to find a prope...