Thanks Ralf. I've searched and that's what people are saying..however finding one with Nidec is very difficult. Perhaps B&M is the way to go here...
Followup question... which drive sizes have a single platter?

Thanks again.

I have the quietest HD ever I think a 40gb seagate baracuda. but poor me, it's dying because it's clicks intermitantly now. Never made any noise before but it is about 3.5 years old everyday use so I suspecting death is all but imminet. So what the word on the SPCR street for quiet HD? Space does'nt...

Nice work as usual ED. I would bet this is the same too and only 5.49 :

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 032&depa=1

Worth every penny. Some people don't understand silent computing and being surrounded by beautiful things (like this comp) is all part of harmony with life. Why do people buy 800K homes, hire Feng Shui or interior designers for thousands? Not because they need them, because they want harmony. This c...

All I know is I want a vendor for Yate Loon 120mm fans. These kick butt. I took one out of fortron and it competes w/ both my pabst 4412 and NMB b 20's at low volts. I bet it's cheap too.

When a real review comes out, ie temps/loads/times from a real review site like this one or procooling.com or overclockers.com and if it performs I'm on it. They have been floating this case around since comdex at least...almost a year and it's still not available at any retailer... this makes me ve...

I think I'm going the "giant passive Zalman water radiator" route for my next build, but these are interesting. I'm just not convinced that fanless is a realistic build choice for cost, safety, and performance reasons. Mostly cost, actually :D I've been thinking about a fanless system for awile and...

One thing I was thinking about in my dreams last night was how about mosfets, capacitors and memory on the boards which get very hot? You can actually feel the heat on my abit nf7-s mosfets and I HAVE air flowing though case. This case has no air flowing which could lead to great instability. Perhap...

Thanks Ken for bringing this case to our attention. Funny thing is, it just occured to me this last week that a company should come out with a case where the case itself was used as a heatsink. It makes terrific sense. I demand royalties !! :D Geeze, I just spent a whole wack of cash on a modified ...

We're all familiar with the case, but I think that for us, it's difficult to justify purchasing a case that costs more than the internals. I know that for me, this case won't work with my setup, since I like to run dual processors. Also, from an aesthetic viewpoint and based on the pictures I've se...

I have no idea how voodoopc.com is costing so much. I confiqured this exact system at both places and Voodoo was $4724 while Newegg/directroon was $2697. Assembly/warranty and nice paint job I suppose makes up the $2000+ difference. Needless to say this will be very close to my next system. I'm so t...

They allow you 4. I just built a system there and it allowed four at least. OMG if I ws rich I'da ordered it by now. $7835 for the system I configed and it was pretty basic!!! I like they have somehow managed to build a silent PSU. Should be very interesting. I could build the exact same system from...

You know toms hardware did a review of a totally passive system/case from zalman..no cutting..no hacking etc. See if you can find that one. Just the case is $1400 but it takes care of all your cooling.

$15 20 ft keyboard video mouse cable. Done. If you want box in same room and silent. -you need solid state hard drives. about $20,000 for the capacity you want and are silent, or samsung spin point which ar'nt silent but quetest it seems , WD suck In my experiance. You want silent? Go to http://www....

It appears I may have to drop the AMD fascination though since most all these systems are pentium based. No need, similar results can be obtained with AMD CPUs of similar wattage, plus they're more often undervoltable/underclockable. I'd go with A64, I think it represents the best silent hope for s...

Nick- a bit strange but thanks. I'm going for the "foundation" case anyhow w/400 watter. They seem to really like it. This is going to be a non-oc system just for chating with you guys and doing my HW and such. sthayashi- Re antec. That's no joke. I read tones of reviews on the 480 before buying it,...

MikeC- That is sooo awesome. If I'd found that just a bit earlier I may not have gone water cooled, as I thought THAT was the key from my friends over at overclockers forums but I'm still not silent..just see my ad in the classified section for all the mistakes I'm trying to sell.. ~20 db IMO is abo...

I asked you in another thread to post your 20 dBA system choice perhaps you be willing to obidge? I'm dying reading so much.:P MikeC wrote: . Remember that my own systems are 20 dBA or lower! Beerhunter Wrote: Is there a place I can see MikeC's systems so I can stop looking. And spending. I've spent...

Others may feel differently, but I feel that a 600w PSU is not necessary. If I were buying one for the computer components you have listed, I would get a 350 - 400 watt quality brand PSU. As for everything else you listed, sounds great to me http://www.burnatonce.com/forums/html/emoticons/thumbup.g...

Alright here's what I'm thinking so far: All prices are at newegg.com unless specified. Memory- Mushkin 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 "222 Special" $285 Thoughts? changes? Well, I'm kind of a silence newbie, so I'll leave those comments up to others, but as for performance... unless you have mon...

Since you are not going to use the power supply, you can save a couple of bucks and get the Ever Case 4252 with no power supply (available for $45 including shipping right now at Newegg). The ever case is what Arm Systems uses for their "stealth" quiet PC's. You can use up to 120 mm fan in the back...

Alright here's what I'm thinking so far: All prices are at newegg.com unless specified. Case Fan - I just ordered 2 x 120mm FBK which Ralf has, off a guy on ebay for $20 shipped. Case- SLK3700AMB -$65 Mobo- I'm an AMD person so DFI NforceII ultra infinity all passive design -$93 CPU- Moblie 2600 unl...

Lots of great advice One issue I have with the recommended pages is some hav'nt been updated in some time so it perhaps leaves some contenders out? For example the Undervoltable Mobo's recommended was last updated Jan 26 2003, the Hard drive recommended was last updated May 11, 2003, and the fans re...

Like you know Fans- 1 fan in silentX PSU Harddrive - xyz notebook drive CPU- Moblie barton undervolted 1.2V MOBO- Passive cooled undervaltable DFI ultra infinity HS- Thermalright slk900 passive GPU- Passive 9600 pro or zalmaned 9800pro Case-? HELP!! Need a totally silent computer for my room at 3 am.

Anyone? I just founf the FBK-12G12LH was quiet now I have to try and find one. Have had very bad luck with panaflo though

Most of reviews, here in the forums and online, review almost exclusivly about 120x25 which are very good reviews but I'm looking for something with more "throw". Like the 120x38mm panaflos.. I have both M1A and L1A panaflos which I don't like since they they make a distinct clicking or droning soun...

Well it looks like I'm the Lone Ranger in the Other, stock (please name) with my Thermaltake Silent Power 480 :shock: Not the quietest but quieter than either of the Antec 350w units I have around. Game playing or cpu intensive tasks invoke the wrath of the temp controlled exhaust fan and it gets l...

Eheim 1048 is SILENT after impellor mod.

Thank you for summary.

Where are you finding just the Yate Loon fans?