Sorry about that, didn't realise you had a 7000 series cooler. I've got a VF700 and I'd love a 'reverse' fan for it.

Surely just turning the fan to face the opposite direction has exactly the same effect...

My 6800 stays at 46 degrees idle and maxes to 48 at full load. I'm using a nexus fan on top of the VF700-Cu between 850 and 1400 RPM so it's silent all the time

The fans on the Vantec Aeroflow are YSTech TMD I fans. Unless the TMD II's are much improved over the type I's I would steer clear of them. It's an interesting fan, and it blows a lot of air anf undervolts well, but it's acoustic signature is just awful. Lots of pure high tones. It sounds like a ti...

The fact that the 'processor' is made from a CD/DVD laser kinda gave the game away.

^^ agreed. I've done this on mine (with a modded nexus fan instead of the slim zalman) and it runs at 1% idle with an underclocked 2D mode and 4% at full load. Temps never exceed 55 degrees load and 45 degrees idle.

Chances are it's the graphics card cooler as if it's standard it'll be loud. My advice is to grab an arctic cooler or zalman VF700 and connect the fan directly to the motherboard then use spmething like speedfan to closely regulate fan speeds.

Got my RAM up to 565MHz with the zalman RAMsinks, they're really good

Did you have your card underclocked for 2D or something before the change?

That first case looks fecking awesome! WHY can't I live in Japan?

Innovative?

It's a full sized case basically, course it's gonna be quieter than, say a shuttle.... another classic from Thermaltake

It looks cool and those fins are loooong and plentiful so I wouldn't be suprised if it actually outperformd it. Those panels will most likely have a negative effect on temperatures but they're probably removable.

Distilled water and zerex. Anti-freeze is only any use if you're dealing with sub-zero temperatures. The glycol breaks down within a couple of months and can corrode types of plastics. It offers no advantage for temps, in fact it is actually worse compared to pure water. Zerex, waterwetter or an equ...

Set the fan to operate between say 2% and 7% and fiddle and change with the temperature range for these speeds until you find a good mix between idle temps and noise and keeping temps down when the CPU is under stress.

It's hard to tell from small net pics but if you have the room internall you can probably fit an 80mm fan with a slim adaptor or custom mount. This would make it SIGNIFICANTLY quieter as you could undervolt to like 7V.

Got one of these beauties in my shuttle and it works more efficiently than the panaflo 120x38mm fan! It's quieter for the airflow and if i had a silent PSU would make a silent system!

GET THESE FANS!

arctic coolers have a massive effect in SFF cases, this is reduced in full sized cases but still makes a difference. The increased exhaust draws even more air through the case, cooling components more and because the hot air isn't recirculated case temps drop further. This is a very good thing howev...

Only managed to take 3 degrees off my 6800GT from a slightly overclocked 408MHz to 200MHz. It would be awsome to have voltage reduction when idle.

WARNING: Arctic Cooler VGA Silencers may rattle and seem to constantly rattle/tickle on ATI cards when powered form the ATI voltage controller. Voltage ticking cannot be cured with lubrication. Zalman ZM-80 series with a fan of your choice is a much safer (and ultimately fixable) choice. I have an ...

Indeed. 1", 1.8" and 2.5" HDDs are designed to operate normally when moving. 3.5" HDDs are designed for speed and tend to die quickly if you're sat there shaking it or something.

If you're using an 80mm fan pointed at it then you're pumping more air than the tiny 40mm fan will ever achieve. You're safe mate but if your display starts to artifact get it back on quick sharp!

If you're running refridgeration cooling then this would probably save a lot of fans or fabrication of your own. Nice 1 but it's just a shame MOSFETs aren't a standard size and shape so these could be more commonplace

All I can say is "GO INTEL!!!"

They're killing themselves with no help from another company. "Keep up the good work, chaps!"

You don't get any more CFM by having one intake fan and one exhaust fan other than the fact that the fan doesn't have to work against pressure, and that increase is minimal most of the time. RE: 120mm being quieter than 80mm. You might want to look here and here if you decide to change your case. T...

My Iiyama 19" TFT (Circa 2002 ) screeches constantly. it's only been since I've got a second screen that I realise just how bad it is. I've heard it's the inverters for the screen illumination so after more research I'm going to cut and paste so to speak

I looked into this earlier for another item and for shipping (that's 4-6 weeks) it would cost something like £30! I very much doulbt it's worth it unless companies can't ship to you any cheaper. If you PM me with an address I can check it out further.

Got one for sale on the forums (in the UK) however I'm not sure how horrendous the postage will be

Indeed, that's AAM and can be set by most HDD utility programs (hitachi is my fav) however that only reduced seek noise. The whine from this drive is spin-based so it won't really help I'm afraid The only thing really is to either replace it (not really an option) or silence with material.

If you have some sheet metal and acoustic material you can make your own HDD silencer. Combined with suspension should make it pretty damn quiet.

Works fine for me.

Amazing work once again man! should have my mods posted some time next week as I've been too busy and too lazy to give it a go

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