Just one more data point, I paid a bunch of money for an expensive 80mm Pabst fan a while ago and it is very clicky as well. Huge waste of $20. I now know that you don't need to spend that much to find a quiet fan
but if you are THAT concerned about the noise wouldn't you just go for a ninja? do you think the relative performance of the heatsinks will change very much going from 12V to 7V? I think it's pretty easy to see that the Ninja is going to be better at both voltages......and it's pretty easy to see wh...
Does the mounting mechanism allow you to choose direction of the fan? If not would it be blowing towards the back of an ATX case on a S939 motherboard or up towards the PSU? On most K8/AM2 mobos, the Mine blows toward the exhaust fan, not the PSU. Thanks for the info, and the person who answered ab...
Does the mounting mechanism allow you to choose direction of the fan? If not would it be blowing towards the back of an ATX case on a S939 motherboard or up towards the PSU?
My desktop is three feet from my head with a spinpoint and a barracuda (the single platter you reviewed) isolated with rubber webbing (as you suggest) and it is about 1/2 the sound level (and a much better quality sound) than the music computer 9 feet away with the WD caviar (not suspended). so you...
well the SE16 500GB tested on SPCR is a FOUR platter driver and still on par with SP80(1 platter) so why would a WD2500KS 3-platter be a problem? I am myself looking at either WD2500KS or T7K250 but Im kind of curious about next-gen Hitachis (T7K500) waiting around the corner! http://www.hitachigst...
This drive was just reviewed on Anandtech. The thing I find interesting about it is that it only has two platters for 250 gigs where as the SE16 line uses 3 platters for 250 gigs. I was thinking about buying an SE16 based on the SPCR review but now I'm thinking that this may be the way to go. http:/...
go with the WD SE16.....even if there is some sample variance it is obviously capable of being very quiet. i don't trust other review sites assesment of accoustics. they often make stupid conclusions about numbers that are obviously within the error of their test equipment/setup.
to get rid of "hissing" try damping the coils of the inductors on the motherboard and power supply with epoxy or hot glue. don't completely cover them because they may need to dissipate some heat....but get one half of them so the coils can't vibrate.
huh....that's an interesting take. I think I am often interested in even tiny incremental improvements because I am in the weird "quiet overclocker" niche. I want to squeeze every bit of performance out of my system for gaming....but keep it nice and quiet at the same time. So I am kind of intereste...
That's interesting that your temps were significantly lower Hellspawn.....only because so many people were complaining about the S12 "dumping" heat back into the case.
i will push the board pretty far. with today's processors and heatsinks or watercooling you can get quiet overclocking without much effort when you have a stable motherboard. i want a quiet machine that is still a gaming monster in my second bedroom. the "almost silent" computer is in the living roo...
a64 wont be better than this. I wish it were so, but I am doubting that. a64 is better for several reasons in heat and such, but this is a short pipeline dothan with 2 megs cache total. dothans presently when overclocked go just about 50% over what their base speed is while still being cooled by a ...
i don't think very many people here are interested in SLI or Crossfire video cards for heat output reasons. there are also very few situations that it proves to be cost effective. for most people a 7800GT would be enough card for the next year all by itself.
it would be really easy for them to release an "extra quiet" version for a few bucks more with a better fan....maybe even a taller copper heatsink for those of us with room.