OK Im willing to admit that speakers can change sound over a period of time, but mostly it is for the worse, not better. The electromechanical values of speaker will change quite radically during the first 24-72 hours of use. If you check out some diy speaker sites you are bound to find before/afte...

The noise is about the same as without the zalman. Some low frequency buzz (motor noise?) and like 95% of seek noise is gone. The suspension does not effect high-frequency idle whine. I haven't actually tried using just the zalman, since I owned the NoVibes first.

I'll answer my own question now: Yes it fits and yes it cools well.

A simple question: will a Zalman ZM-2HC2 fit in a NoVibes III?

Noticeable whine (with case closed, about 1 meter away): Noticable but not very intrusive. Noticeable whine (with ear next to harddrive): Both a low grumble and a high-piched whine Model Number: SP1614N Supplier: Local store Month of purchase: late June 2004 Motor: JVC Revision: ? Date of Manufactur...

Thank you for your answer! My 2 case fans are not disturbingly noisy at 5V, in fact they seem to drown in the noise from my cpu fan (1500rpm, 80mm Nexus) and suspended hdd. After these improvements as well as installing the Acoustipack standard and using a fortron- based 350W ps, I can now finally c...

I just replaced the stock fan on my Hercules 8500LE card with a Zalman ZM17-Cu. Everything seems to work fine and my pc is more quiet, but when I put the case temp sensor in between the fins of the new HS it gives me temps between 45 (idle) and 58 (playing NWN). I have a Chieftec dragon case with a ...