so if take off the metal cutouts on the top two drive bays an slide cardboard in there, but keep the cd case covers in place.. will more noise escape the front as compared if i had not removed the metal drive bay cutouts? p.s. excuse the thread bump i know its old, i never did the duct but i want to...

they all do this, i've had 2 of them an both whined. i dont hear it unless im at a certain angle in relation to the mouse.

i like the setup. i have something similar and i noticed when i installed my 8800gts, there is this notch in the back of the case that prevents the card from sitting completely flush against the back. i was only able to get one screw in. did u notice this as well? http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/56...

i been looking at the new seasonic PSU with the 120mm fan. it looks like the hot air isnt exhausted out the back of the case but instead recirculated inside the case. is this not a good PSU if you dont want to increase case temps?

i currently have a 7900gt runing a VF-700 and i was wondering is there any place that just sells the 7900GTO heatsink? because that model exhausts the heat out the back of the case, which my vf-700 does not.

if the noise is dramatic at loud im thinking against doing the duct now. the thing is my system is pretty power hungry and my PS fan is the most audible thing in the whole system. i havent added the 2 front intake fans yet, but i was thinking that might cool the case down thus lowering the neo's fan...

im wondering if there is a way to put an intake fan in that duct. is that even possible? it would probably cause the neo to hardly spin up at all.

im wondering what i could do with my p150 to quiet down its PS. would and intake fan cool it down? the only time it starts to get loud is during gaming.

i just noticed after gaming that i heard a continuous tick tick tick from the neo's ps inside my p150. is this suposed to sound like this when the temperature increases inside the case? because at idle the ticking isnt there.

the HDD is 54C but i've read the wd2500ks has a bug that shows the wrong temps anyway. GPU is 47C. the only reason i asked about the intake fan is because my system had the same temps with the stock AMD heatsink running at 2700RPM (loud). and i thought the Ninja would make the temps lower. Maybe ill...

first let me state my specs: P150 - A8N32-SLI - X2 4400 - Ninja. I have the Tricool at Low for the exhaust and i have Nexus at 12v on the Ninja. Now my temps are 38C for the CPU and 41C for mobo at idle. after gaming for a while it rises to 41C for cpu and 44C for mobo. Im wondering should I add ano...

Thanks QuietOC, I tried looking at CPU useage, and it's 98-99% idle, so I don't think that's the problem. Funny thin - with the AMD power monitor is a Dashboard demo, I tried loading this and it says 'failed initializing, make sure the AMD tools driver is installed and that this system has a PSS or...

so i went ahead an bought the fanned one. but ill be replacing it with a nexus. a mod can edit the title of this thread if he wants.

go into control panel > system > device manager > hardware. check to see that the CPU driver is 1.2.2.0. I installed the driver from AMD.com and it didnt work. So i went to my mobo manufacturer website (asus) and they had a "cool and quiet driver" . i downloaded that an it worked. however i think i ...

yeah i think i might keep it.. i just want to soft mount it now.. any particular grommets are best?

i just went to jab-tech to order it and guess what...it says discontinued and it instead wants me to buy the more expensive one with fan. whats up with that? i guess too many people burnt their cpu by improper use an cried to scythe so now they only sell it with a fan.

are you saying the HDD LED is supposed to be plugged into the back of the HDD if its SATA...and not the Mobo pins?

i want to get the VF900-CU but since it just came out a couple days ago, the only online places carrying it are inflating the price to 50 dollars...when in reality it should cost the same as the other coolers by zalman, which is around 30$.

if i put my ear next to the drive i can hear a constant high pitched tone. with the case closed i can just make it out if i really try to listen for it. still its kind of upsetting. edit: oops, i guess i was wrong. i set my computer into suspend mode which allows the hard drive to shut off but the f...

Hey in the picture, is that audio wire going to your soundcard for the front audio ports? i was wondering where to put that audio wire.

i realized what i was doing.. i was just swinging it closed at the top. what you really have to do is push the bottom side so it pops in.

whats the best/easiest way to swap out the tricool an put a nexus in there? an once i do that...how do i control the fan speed?

the duct idea is interesting...but doesnt it make more noise escape from the system?

does anyone else have trouble getting the USB ports to lineup with the holes in the front door of the P150?

The WD SecureConnect cables only work on WD SATA drives. In addition, if you use SecureConnect cables, you must use the standard Molex 12V power connector from the PSU, and not a PSU SATA power connector (WD drives have 2 power input sockets). is using the molex 12V not as good as the SATA power co...

the Western Digital drive i bought has a feature called "Secure Connect" so that the cable cannot come loose. I spent a few bucks more and got the WD sata cable. here this is what Ultraboy is talking about http://www.wdc.com/en/products/accessor ... ?ProdID=74

well other than my previous comment, it looks good to me..almost the same as im building.

in regards to your second build; the mother board and video card will work together, but it will be a waste of money to buy an sli motherboard and use a radeon video card.

I'm going with the Pioneer DVR-111

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827129002

Supposedly the upper chassis has been redesigned in order to further reduce noise vibration.

off topic but...if i order this drive from a place like zipzoomfly, do they include the sata cable or do i have to purchase that separately?