Overclockers have stopped selecting Nidec motors at people's request I tried them earlier......

Yes, very good point Mats. Just how noisey will the 7200.8 be? Will it be like Samsung, with some samples being quiet and others being a lot louder. I'd also agree with a lot of what Tobias said. But for me, its not really the amount of noise, but the type. I like to minimise all noise, but its the ...

Slightly off topic. How loud are your Seagates in those enclosures? Can you hear them working at all (apart from your PSU issue)

Hmmmm, not the best advise I have ever given then Those 2 flaws are a pain, but there will be ways to work around them (I hope).

But that is one good thing about WD. Unless they have changed things you can RMA a drive for any reason and get a different drive back. Thats a really good RMA policy that allows you to return a really noisey one. Problem is of course, most WDs are noisey, you have to be really lucky to get a good o...

I enjoyed the "daja vu" experience too, thought it was just me having too much to drink at first :) I'm surprised that this case has turned out to be reasonably noisey. I was expecting noise leels to be low. Perhaps there are just a few culprits in your system that you need to sort out. A NB cooler ...

Yeah, I thought that someone may say that. Its nearly all down to luck, which is just not fair. Sometimes you but a drive and its a really good one, other times its not. The realy pain, is when you get a noisey drive ppl just laugh at you when you want to return it...... Ppl hate Western Digital her...

I've had enough of waiting for the new Seagate 7200.8. I've also been unable to find Nidec 160Gb Samsungs in the UK. So I was thinking of getting something different. The Maxtor is Storage Reviews current favourite. They reckon its both quick and quiet. Now we know that their standards are not the s...

I'm with [Denorios all the way on this one. RAID does not offer any perceptable increases in desktop performance uses. In somes cases a RAID 0 system is even slower than a single drive. I've read quite a few reviews about RAID as I always intended to use a RAID 0 array in this machine. Even with goo...

Yeah, you can use any form of fan control that you wish. The hard part is managing to connect to it. Iirc the fan connector on your card is not instantly compatible with your mobo headers. Sometimes some ppl are lucky with teir connector and it can be "encouraged" to fit. Other times it needs a sold...

dabs...*sigh* I sent them an email to see if they would supply Nidec HDDs. All I got was an 8 hour delay,, then an automated response to fill in the form that I had just completed.

Hope you have better luck I have a feeling that all 16 pipes may be yours...

Opps, forgive me, new members are meant to be welcomed. Welcome to SPCR !!! [/size][/color] There is loads of more specific info available in these forums, but the basics are as follows: 1) You may be able to use some software tools to control the speed of your fan automatically. I do not think that...

The short answer is that it would probably break :( You could try it while constantly monitoring your GPU temps. I cannot imagine that you would be able to disconnect the fan, and run a modern game without causing problems. The best solution is likely to be a different HSF, or even a different graph...

Don't worry, the confusion is all mine. If there was one thing in life I would like to patent, that would be it

Oh bugger, this stuff can get too complex for my little brain. I thought that there were only 3 chipsets 6800, 6800GT, 6800U. I think I may be getting the impression that the 6800 is the same as 6800NU, but I'm not sure. If that is the case then I'm a happy bunny again as I understand that range on ...

Probably at some point, but that is not much help right now ;) I'm currently looking for a review that compares the performance of this card to other 6800 cards. Especially now as Gigabyte has released new firmware to speed it up at little. I had heard rumours that it was only equivalent to a 6800 L...

Can you get these cards in the UK atm?

It looks like we may have no other option. Mind you, the poll about the whine from Samsung drives is not totally damming against the JVC motors. I just know that I will be one of the unlucky people to end up with a loud one. I'm kind of tempted to just go out and but a fast large HDD and rely on a S...

I agree with a lot of the above. What I would add is info about noise. Are you sure that you are not that bothered ??? Have a listen to a few different machines to see what you think is an acceptable level. If you are able to, get a listen to a recent Dell. Most people here have machines that are qu...

I've decided that I want a pair of Samsungs. I've given up waiting for the new Seagates, and have also decided that I am unlikely to be able to afford the newer drives anyway looking at some of the prices that I have seen. The bad news is that the Nidec motored Samsungs seem to have run out atm. Kus...

Thats nice news

The lack of reviews would suggest that they are still having a few problems bringing them to market. Time will tell of course, at least they are making progress.

I guess in terms of SPCR the 7200.8 is almost as eagerly anticipated as Half Life 2...

i get buzzing on my machine if the mic in is enabled for my onboard sound card.

I also get buzzing on my headphone output when i move my mouse.

I use an Nforce 2 based board - Asus A7N8X - Deluxe Rev 2

I know next to nothing about audio, but I know that these people do: http://www.3dss-forums.com/cgi-bin/wwwt ... ds.pl?Cat=

Perhaps they will be able to help you out if nobody here can.

Something tells me that you are looking for the "Guaranteed Perfect Solution". I'm afrad I'll have to shatter that illusion for you now. There just is no perfect PSU. Different people have different requirements. The list you have been linked to is the best knowledge that the reviewers on this site ...

Dish the dirt Bungee. If a shop does the dirty on you, name and shame them so we can all be for-warned

Yeah, coil whine is high pitched. You could well be hearing coil whine coming from your PSU duct.

I would not worry about BTX. It is a standard that does not add much, and therefore no many people are jumping ship. ATX is going to be around for many more years to come imo. Find something that you really like, if it is expensive and you can afford it, go for it. I like the Neux case, it looks lik...

Ohhh my.... you sure do learn something every day. I would never have thought that a CPU would make noise. Just goes to show that there really is no end to our silencing game.

I'll second that last point. I'm prepared to pay a little more to get good customer service. I'm not prepared to pay much more mind Just enough to compensate the firm for having humans at present in tech support and customer service

OMG !!! Romulus2.com is a very cool resource. I have been looking for something like that for a while. Thanks for the link.

I've used Overclockers before, and when things go wrong they can be slow to respond. Overall I would say they were OK, not good, not poor, just OK.