Another question is how a passively cooled graphics card is gonna line up with the case physically.

I am sort of hoping that next-gen dual-core working on a smaller process will be cooler. Given intels recent trent that may be overly optimistic

k.

I hope your motherboard is undervoltable because a Prescott and Zalman 7000 won't be a quiet combination if you want to maintain clock speed. An XP-120 would really help you but isn't feasible for an HTPC. With those components the best advice I can give is make sure you can extract the processor h...

You guys... So judging by your logic I should chose the hardware that produce positively worse results for my specific application because the binaries are unfair? You got to be kidding me! Anyone reading this forum NOT aware of the constant AMD vs Intel battle can use the search button in this foru...

A misunderstanding: "I find it incredible that there should be something special about this single application " What I meant was that it IS something special about this application, I just dont understand why :-) This just shows how different people prioritize different, and that there are no absol...

Please dont accuse me of being an Intel fanboy or anything. I am simply referring the general consensus from forums that deal mainly in upscaling and presenting DVD or HD content on a projector or flat-screen. I find it incredible that there should be something special about this single application ...

http://www.hardware.no/artikkel/13774/2 (freely translated:) "..But then came what turned my choice on CPU upside down : ffdshow started to come in Andys optimized SSE2-versions, that worked clearly best with Pentium 4. .." "..This wasnt chosen at random, but was built after a few messages back and ...

That was the response that I expected. In fact, I tried very hard to go the AMD route. But the availability of mATX s939 boards along with known performance problems in ffdshow for AMD was simply to big. Please not that I am aware that AMD produce very good processors in terms of performance, and es...

Despite everyone advicing against intel p4, I went that route for my HTPC... SilverStone Lascala LC11M, Silver Asus P5LD2-VM, i955G, LGA775, Dual Core Pentium4 Prescott 630, 3.0GHz, S775 Kingston DDR2 512MB, DDR2-667 Zalman ZM-CS1, Socket 775 Clip Support Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu SilverStone SST-RC01 PCI...

yes, of course you are right =)

k

Intel vs AMD is a moot point, IMO, if you like a slim look and care about looks. The slim cases restrict airflow too much to be accomodating to Intel chips. Venice cores also support SSE3, which help narrow the gap in video processing. I was trying to find a source on this, but to no luck. I have r...

It seems that many people here are building HTPC/media-center pcs. For system-discussions, what is the proper sub-forum? "Quiet Prebuilt, SFF & Barebones Systems"? Perhaps the word HTPC should be included in the title then? Some of the "problems" facing HTPC people are common to silent pc review peo...

disappointing. I was expecting a local "disk controller" that would appear as a disk in windows, but use the full PCI-x bandwidth. As there are PCI/PCI-X disk controllers out there, there should be no theoretical reason why one could not build one with performance many times that of serial ATA as lo...

I have experimented a little with cork material (same as used in wine bottle corks) The PSU seems very persistent on exciting resonant modes in my un-damped case, Chieftec CX-04 Medium Tower Aluminium, http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.asp?sku=309769&cks=PRL In my old setup I wouldnt notice it over the hi...

I have the older version of this: NorthQ Strømforsyning 4001AT ATX 400W, 120mm vifte, 12-17dBA, PCI-E, 20/24pin http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.asp?sku=311011&cks=PRL And it seems to be very silent through air (I can`t hear it). But from time to time, slowly oscillating resonences can be heard that are ...

I have a quiet, sleek pc tower built using silent components that is working very well. However, the large, slow 120mm PSU fan is generating some very low frequency vibration that seems to resonante with the steel cabinet. I am considering isolating the PSU, as it is fastened by only 4 screws in the...

What is the current situation on mATX mobos for the amd platform currently? LAst time I investigated it was only a couple of boards, mostly using the ATI chipset. What is the painless solution to getting good performance AMD setup into a mATX case (Silverstone LC-11m for instance) with CnQ enabled, ...

http://www.hifiatx.com/

http://www.mcubed-tech.com/eng/hfx.htm

k

Now we are getting somewhere :-) This means that the mobo currently should be able to "perfectly" balance load/temperature/noise for every component except PSU. My experience is that is won`t. And I bet the functionality to do so would cost next to nothing. The motherboard/PSU connection is somethin...

If we make an energy budget, by how much would internal mobo losses contribute? If air flow out of the case is good, and can be accomplished without excessive noise/cost, then benefits of lower mobo losses should be primarily lower power consumtion. That would be the case I guess for typical PSUs wi...

I meant: "You said that it would be dangerous to shut off the PSU fan, while shutting off the cpu fan would be ok. I am talking about functionality that doesnt force me into considering that, or anything else. It should just silence everything when possible." I still think that any fan can be quite ...

I am saying that the actual implementation and engineering could be solved in several ways that might or might not be equivalent. You said that it would be dangerous to shut off the cpu fan, while shutting off the cpu fan would be ok. I am talking about functionality that doesnt force me into consid...

If you read my post, I was asking for a mobo that did this intelligently and without any user feedback. I am not saying how it should be done or what changes are needed to the ATX specification to accomplish it. If a powersupply has automatic shutdown on overheat, you would at worst risk loosing you...

about mATX/ATX: I think the PC industry is moving towards smaller. HTPC and cute desktop boxes is what consumers want ant what technology can deliver. But they/we want speed and low noise at the same time. As opposed to when I was starting out, now IDE controllers, sound, graphics, networking, etc i...

With all the competing brands and "special edition" out there, I am surprised that no one offers motherboards specially targeted at our community? I am not shure how different they would be from regular motherboards or how many different models would be needed, but some ideas would be: *mATX form fa...

We essentially want to remove direct sound radiation and indirect vibration from our hard-drives. At the same time we want to enable heat conduction so that the drive does not over-heat. Removing direct, airborne sound involves a physical barrier that sufficiently enclose the drive that has sound-in...

Here in Norway, strangely seasonics are rare. As a keen spcr reader, I`d like the best psu available =) One webshop, http://www.shg.no/ that I have found sells the following: SS-350FB Retail (NOK 630,-) SS-400FB Retail (NOK 711,-) SS-460AGX Retail (NOK 1.095,00) I'm most interested in the 350W model...

Is it possible to lower the voltage even more than that possible with the fan controller supplied? Tapping either 5V or inserting an additional resistor? At what voltage does the fan cease to reliable start?

regards
Knut

My computer seems to be getting where I want it, however the main nopise source now is a low-pitched (like 50Hz) mmmmmmm-sound from the powersupply. It seems that this resonates with the case and produce a very audible sound.

Any idea on decoupling powersupply to case?


regards
Knut Inge

external powersupplies are more easily passive cooled due to free flow of hot air internal power supplies are more ergonomic (all-in-one), less cables and clutter, etc. One possibility would be expensive aluminum casing that coupled well to an internal powersupply using heatpipes or large surface ar...

I`ve read that fans contain circuitry and are built to operate at certain voltages and speeds. We are trying to circumvent this by lowering the voltage and/or using pwm that may interfer with the circuitry. The elegant solution would be to have more advanved fans with separate "speed" inputs and con...