I just purchased some Melamine and was wondering if there would be a problem with me coating both sides with maybe a spray adhesive or something simular to keep the fiber glass from rubbing off? Also would someone recommend a product to do this? I recommend just peeling off the fiberglass layers. T...

Funny that aphonos' 1st thought is homeowners insurance. Conversely my primary concern is that my family members are not shocked, injured or killed when the PC fails or catches fire in the middle of the night. *gasp* You make me out to be some kind of monster :o :lol: My comments were in response t...

Personally, I know PSU modding is far out of my league. Fortunately, the PSU is the least challenging aspect of quieting down a typical computer. There are a number of economical PSUs which give great stock results out-of-box. But sometimes it is also the last component standing in the way of a ver...

Is anyone ever going to bring one to market? These keep getting highlighted at tech shows, but not retailed AFAIK.

It was mentioned as far back as April 4, 2003 in this SPCR thread: Recommend a Silent Mouse and Keyboard?

Here's the link http://www.weaknees.com/maxtor_quickview.php.

Upside down? Im pretty sure that there is one hole (if not several) on top of the HD that has a little "DO NOT COVER" label near it... I wouldn't put the HD upside down if I were you. maxxymus, while your cautiousness is appreciated, placing a HDD upside down on foam is just fine. Plenty of folks a...

Keitaro wrote:Perhaps instead of the Zalman 7000 ALCU, get the 7000CU, the pure copper one.

Based on the SPCR review, the extra money for the CU may not be worth it. See the review. Review: Zalman 7000-Cu / AlCu CPU Heatsink.

What makes you (Keitaro) suggest the CU over the ALCU?

You may not be able to find resources for a sound meter and quiet environment outside of a local sound studio or university (I hope you didn't take my remark about the reviewer not have a sound meter to mean that all fan reviews must be done with a sound meter--they don't, see below). But not having...

I apologize if this has been posted already.....I did search.

Interesting editorial on computer usage, speed, overclocking and quiet from a writer who has moved from the extreme OCing crowd to preferring a quiet computer. FWIW, here's the link: Cooling - The Sound of Silence

Add a set of bands around the other two sides of the HDD if needed - I couldn't find it but a guy used a wooden cradle with two bands guarding each side of the HDD. He gave credit to Mike C for the original idea but did it on another site. Trip, correct me if this is not the idea to which you refer...

Remember that Rhode Island nightclub that went up in flames a few years ago when the acoustical foam behind the band caught fire? Very few computers have pyrotechnic effects going off inside the case (especially those designed for silence) :wink: as was the case at the nightclub. Though perhaps the...

You might want to read these previous threads:

Weird dust accumulation problem on Antec Sonata
Antec Sonata - dust around the 5.25 bays?

You're not the first victim of this malady.

I plan to post reviews here, good or not good; I think it's only fair. This is also a good opportunity for people to see that, perhaps, Tech Dreams is a place to ignore in the future. I could just post good reviews and that's it, but it would seem biased, no? Ed, I'm not attacking you personally at...

As has been said in other places in better ways and by people smarter than I: 2 ground wires in the PSU connector. 40 ground wires in an 80 wire IDE cable. Someone who knows more needs to weigh in on SATA connectors. But in the worst case scenario, as ruprag said run your own ground wire between the...

Here 's another review; this time, it's the AF80CT. -Ed Thanks for the heads-up......but.... I hate to poop on your review links, but this latest one doesn't even list the case model or installed components, admits to not having a sound meter, and does a side-by-side with a Vantec "ultra-quiet" fan...

Shadowknight wrote:he couldn't secure them though.

Sorry to quibble, but he didn't secure them. I'm sure some sort of rigging could be implemented with a bit of creative thinking.

Here's that Sonata, btw..quiet is in the details

What about a celeron?..... It is more difficult to find Intel boards that will undervolt. Though some AOpen boards seem to. Also intended to get a mobo with a passive NB cooling, does anyon know if the MSI K7N2 DELTA-L can be undervolted? There is a thread about undervoltable mobos. Maybe you've al...

Pjotor wrote:On http://www.demenzia.net/?node=hardware&css=default it looks like it's mounted in the 3700BQE. Better check yourself though -- I'm too lazy right now to be thorough.

That's a Chieftec Dragon case in that link not a BQE. The controller fits nicely in the Dragon, btw.

By suspending the drives tonight using some standard elastic - HD temps shot right up to 37 at load (ie; after defrag). For the difference in noise (not that noticable due to the 7000alcu :? causing the whole mobo tray to hum), I don't think that's at all worthwhile. 1. The only real way to tell if...

Ralf Hutter wrote: or how about ........

I'm gonna start calling you "Hijack"

I know, I know....it was all BillyBuerger's fault....but you did jump on the wagon.....

Theoretically it will not be as quiet unless you can prevent/minimize/etc resonance in the drive cage itself-regardless of the number of drives you use. And if you happen to have multiple drives of similar speed (ie. 7200rpm) you will need to make sure that they do not cause extra resonance or noise...

The "stability" of the shock cord drive suspension was brought up in this thread Suspending the Raptor (not the first place I've seen such remarks). Rather than hijack Joe's thread, I moving the discussion of this sub-point to its own thread. The downside of the bungee is of course, "stability" (in ...

SilenX SilenX or AhainX (ExoticPC) SilenX PSU?

If the former, please keep us updated on the customer service outcome,

I used cablestraps to suspend the drive and it seems as the vibrations of the HD caused them to snap, both at the same time, so my HD hit the floor and broke instantaneously... Could you expound on the nature of the "cable straps" that you were using so that others of us may be careful to avoid usi...

I don't want to diverge too much, but are Dell monitors really that good? That's diverging...... :evil: Start a new thread! 8) Or just go check out arstechnica.com - Ars Open Forums - Audio/Video - Definitive LCD thread.....read all 118 pages of posts if you like....they have a forum for questions ...

both the SLK3700 and Sonata is delivered with a PSU, but since im quite happy with my current, those are out also.. left is the Acousticase but to get that i would have to pay 167£ wich is a bit high for me... considering the SLK3700 only is 65£ incl. the PSU.. Welcome to SPCR! 1. Have you already ...

Also I suppose you could easily trim the foam down to fit. In my experience, trimmed down foam (especially the dark grey packing stuff that Dell uses to send CDRW and DVD drives :oops:) creates lots of little foam dust and shards all over the place and continues to fray at the edges for some time a...

One added bonus I hadn’t thought about, until after I used this product, is how good this stuff really looks. I’d never thought about painting the inside of my case before, but visual impact of an all black interior was surprisingly pleasing. I agree on the aesthetics. Makes me what to go and build...

I'm no expert, but the difficulty might be due to the RAID rather than the SATA. You may want to search the forums on RAID, as I vaguely recall there being some discussion about DTemp etc not being able to access SMART when drives were RAIDed.

Nothing like a little bravado to draw me into the discussion (declaring your method superior to others)....:wink: To play devil's advocate with your method.... 1. Your remark about grounding, critically speaking :razz:, is a bit weak. As has been written in other places in these forums, 40 of the 80...