Ralf - Yes, that is the correct link for the Evercool hard drive cooler. A couple of notes on this setup: I really like the Kingwin Tray-less rack, it's nice not to have to buy a tray for every hard drive. There are a couple of drawbacks though: - Drives not in use are not protected by a tray. - The...

You might give this a try, it's similar to Ralf's setup: This "tray-less" mobile rack: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21738 With this mounted underneath: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21738 The...

These claim to be quiet:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... s_id=20870

I've got a couple on order to use in a HDD mobile racks but I haven't received them yet.

8mm is a little more restrictive than I'd like, does anyone have some suggestions on alternatives? Cheers, Dean What size tubing does your system use? If it's 3/8" inside diameter then these seem to be the least constrictive: http://www.colder.com/asp_main/TechSpec/NSHTS.asp You would need two of e...

I found these Alphacool units for only $14 http://www.sharkacomputers.com/alqudicog1th.html Whats wrong with these? Looks pretty good and price is reasonable though I'm concerned about the flow restriction they may introduce. Would appreciate some real world experience. TIA, Dean The coupler pictur...

Nexus makes this "anti-vibration mounting kit": http://www.nexustek.nl/mountingkit.htm It includes enough fan mounts to mount 4 closed corner fans. It's more expensive than buying the fan mounts separately, but it should be available in th UK. I've had the fans in my P180 mounted this way for about ...

Here too, and cheaper:

http://www.jab-tech.com/Case-Fan-Access ... 1-p-2.html

You might give this a try: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=123&products_id=20870 or this: http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=40mmpapst.html I'm using Kingwing mobile racks in which I've replaced the stock 4cm fan with the 4cm Papst fan. That mod...

It still has one of the coolest logos of any site even after all these years.

Go up one level (http://www.7volts.com/) and move your mouse across the logo.

I know the specs are probably bs... but subjectively how is the noise level for the big fan?

euphxenos, did yousee this card at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127211 Dual DVI, passive cooling, low power consumption. The DVI ports are both dual-link in case you ever want (or can afford) to upgrade to the Dell or Apple 30" displays. Power consumption numbers f...

Dan's Data reviewed of a couple of cases with these big fans. He had some interesting things to say about fan noise and the way the size of these fans are reported.

http://www.dansdata.com/bigfans.htm

vincentfox wrote:... Any place I can find a description of power usage of these 7600 GT and GS cards? ...

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/ ... noise.html

Here's a passive Radeon X1600 AGP. Not cheap:

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant ... de=ALL-ATI

It's good to read all your comments - thanks all for posting. I'm starting to wonder whether it's worth waiting for Conroe. I'm not going to be using this machine for gaming at all. It's going to be a combined server/workstation. I'll be running at least 2 virtual machines using XEN (both using Lin...

I'm looking for the Noise Magic NoVibes 2.5" laptop drive holder - but I can't find it available anywhere in the US since Silicon Acoustics has sold out and is now going out of business. Does anyone know of a source that is either in the US, or ships to the US? I need the model that holds a 2.5" lap...

I suspect, as people have suggested, that the logic/firmware in this enclosure is too old to handle a 300GB drive. I think I'll put the 120GB drive back into it and get a new enclosure for the 300GB drive. I had planned to get a second enclosure anyway so I could use both the 120GB and 300GB drives ...

NoizEnvader wrote:Most likely the enclosure. You could try and partition the HDD into 3 x 100GB partitions and see if that works. Note that only one (first) partition will be recognized (i.e. HDD will be recognized as 100GB). This will confirm that it is the enclosure.

Good idea, I'll give it a try.

Thanks

quikkie wrote:The most likely explanation is that you probably need extra power to spin the drive.

No, it's a enternally powered enclosure. It plugs into the wall. The drive is definitely spinning.

I bought a 300GB Seagate 7200.8 PATA hard drive with the intention of using it in an external USB2 enclosure. The problem is that when I plug the enclosure, with the new drive in it, into any USB port on my computer WinXP does not recognize it. I connected the drive directly to an IDE channel and wa...

Silentmaxx in the US screwed a lot of people with their notoriously unreliable 1st generation PSUs. There were evidently so many warranty claims that they stopped answering the phones and email before they went under. I tried contacting Silentmaxx in Germany several times but they never responded. B...

I've cut the corners of a couple of Nexus and Yate Loons and decided I'd rather spend the money on the Nexus isolators. It's a time vs money trade-off that I decided to come down on the side of saving time. Others may decide differently. The situation with the closed corners on Nexus fans sort of re...

A new color is definitely more important than selling a version with open corners.

I love buying an expensive box with a bunch of extraneous crap just so I can get some overpriced fan isolators that work with their fans.

The marketing text for that Polarflo block says: "The low profile design will fit into the smallest cases and with the low flow performance, you don't have to worry about your pump-life." So it's supposed to work well with low flow pumps. I hope it does because I plan on using mine with a Reserator ...

awsome, now mabey i dont have to watercool my upcomming SD11G5 system. I hope the premium for this card isnt too much more than other 7800gt's. although i wish they had done the GPU on the backside of the board thing instead of this option. If you plan on trying to fit this thing into a Shuttle SD1...

This block from Polarflo is versatile: http://www.polarflo.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=127&HS=1 I bought one for my video card but haven't yet mounted it. It is available with long 3/8" barbs (that fit well with Reserator tubing). I know part of it is made of Delrin - but even Swiftech ...

... Yeah I had the 2 dual link, then edited it to 1 dual 1 single after reading anandtech's AVIVO article. Apparently only the X1800 has 2xDual. I think this is a big mistake on ATI's part. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2551 The Radeon X1800 series will support up to two dual-link D...

The low level X1300 cards look good for a 2D desktop. 1xDual Link DVI and 1xSingle Link DVI conector, hopefully passively cooled. There were stories last week at Hexus and the Inquirer that all the new ATI cards would have 2 dual link dvi ports. Did you find a review somewhere that says the low end...

... I was considering the Phantom but it seems it'll be hard doing the cabling neatly with that little space to work with in front of the PSU. ... If you're not going to be running a bunch of hard drives in the lower chamber I don't this this would be a problem. The P180 has a sliding door between ...

Sorry, the $320 price does NOT include the water cooling kit.

It is listing in the specifications section but a parenthetical comment near the top, that is easy to miss, says it's not included.