Hi, I am using the 250GB Spinpoint P120 SP2504C as my OS drive, and can really notice the seek and read/write noise above the rest of my PC's components (FYI I have a pretty quiet Silverstone SG01 with 2 fans set low and a quiet PSU). Can anyone tell me if hearing these seek noises are normal or wh...

Gigabyte is releasing 2 models of PSUs that uses softwarecontrol, might be good for silence

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Pow ... fault.aspx

I am building a high ending gaming PC based on Antec Sonata III enclosure with Asus P5N32-E SLI motherboard. I have decided to add the Noctua 120mm fan (NF-S12-1200) to the front of the case for additional cooling. I am new to the whole "controlled fan" concept. Will this motherboard adjust this fa...

Build a case of wood

Or ask friends/family, companys throws away computers once in a while. I just got myself a micro-ATX for free a day agoe

Max is somewhere above 65C (depending on cpu) so you are safe

My bZerk fan was a little broken I think, it was unbalanced (that happens) but I could shut of the fan with the provided fancontroller. I don't have a clue on what V that was but not below 8V. Not sure if those LEDs did anything to that The 35dBA is all airrush, even at the high V i was forced to ru...

Neat little thing
Cablerouting could be a bit bether

I read an article about it. Definatly looks intresting. A cheaper alternative to 2.5"? I wonder how fast they can ship an example to SPCR for testing

From the socket

Bluefront wrote:Hope McBanjo approves.....

Hmm ok but only for this time

This can hardly be correct, but according to what I was once taught, the second should add 3dB, the 3rd and 4rd another 3dB, 5-8 another 3dB, 9-16 another 3dB, 17-32 another 3, 33-64 another 3. Since there's 70 in there, I'll stop there. So, according to that, it's only as noisy as one fan + 18. No...

Heavy gaming doesn't push the system enought.

But yes, those sites is always inaccurat. My system takes 211W as max while that site claimed it would require 288W

Why don't you buy a DirectX 10 graficcard? Like 8800GTS, I belive that is way faster and way bether deal

I don't know anything about that PSU but consider the amount of power vs the price it's most likely a bad and noisy. Get a Seasonic or Antec

I wasn't thinking of the sides but the top, between the HDD and graficcard. Since your box is made of copper it should transfer heat rather good to a heatsink placed whereever there is room :) Acctually that works nomather but you should gain some advantage with your present copper. Nice temps :) Th...

Thats a small heatsink for a GPU. Aerocase Condor/raven would be perfect for a big fan

When it comes to the HDD, tryed to slam on a big heatsink on the box and remove the fan?

I'm not clear on how reversing the airflow will somehow mean nothing gets cooled.....the air will take the same path just in reverse, all the components will cooled just in the reverse order[/quote] For a 80mm fan type then yes but for 120mm fan I drawed a nice pic: http://hem.bredband.net/gabsta/B...

Change the direction of the PSU fan will most likely cause the PSU to overheat since the air will flow from "exhaust" to fan without cooling any/or few pieces. Might work with a duct tho

Intresting project

Here in Sweden there seems to be a company named bZerk that has a big fan. But it's definatly an import.

http://www.gtek.se/img_prod/BZFA2501.jpg
http://www.gtek.net/img_prod/BZFA2501LED_3.jpg

Specifications:
Weight 400g
Airflow 102 - 163 m³/h
rpm 650-850 at 10,2 - 13,9V
Noise 19 - 35 dB(A)

Thats just scary...

Slam on a heatsink on that HDD, possible the cpu stock heatsink or so. It does help a bit

Silicone will most likely be enought since the enclosures damper the vibration as well.
If not the just replace it with some foam.
Test and see is usualy the easiest and best method

Post a warning in the topic about the amount of pictures. Most people have boradband these days but a few is still using modem.

You could try to improve that cablemanagement. The rest of the case is so neat so those cable ruins it a bit. Great job otherwise

(Edited to make the height a little smaller. I will maybe add some pictures if the ASCII art is not clear enough...)

Please do

My young padiwan...welcome to da dark side :P I didn't have a lot of time on my hands when I build-it and I tried to keep it as simple as possible... that means no door's for me . As far as wheels go...I have wheels on my desk and I hate that because it moves around all the time... Consider you stol...

elorentz wrote:I have been looking at the Thermalright XP-120, will it be able to keep the cpu cool and be quiet aswell ?

Yep, it's probibly sligthly bether than your Noctua

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article186-page1.html

Thermalright XP-120 seems to be popular. 88mm high with fan according to their site

Neat but I wouldn't mind seeing longer heatpipes so they can be U-shaped (create virtually 4 heatpipes) and perhaps 2 smaller ones to get to the sides.
Might just be me being heatpipe-power-mad

To acheive the 21db or similar do I need a fan controller or temperature sensing software ? If it's not supplied then it shouldn't be needed but in reality you will need it to get to that level. Except for Scythe Ninja plus (I think) Shown dB is usualy incorrect or measured in an incorrect and poin...

A friend will help me build something like that. Then I can custom it to fit my needs. I'll try to post it.
Cheaper and more fun

Sandwich it with 2 thick aluminium-pieces? That's about all I can think of