Devonvar, Yes, you're right. In the case of a large or medium size business, usually the business assets are substantially larger than the owner's assets. However if you are a sole owner of a small business, your personal assets may be considerably more than your business' assets. And as a sole-owne...

I just got this mobo together with the X2 3600+ (2ghz, 2x256kb). Startup voltage is 1.25v. I'm trying Prime95 with the new setup at 2GHz, 1.15v. :lol: btw, I've noticed that the DVI out from the motherboard isn't exactly stellar. Output from my previous AGP gf6600 seems to be better. EDIT: I have s...

I agree with ultrachrome. Watercooling won't help, as not all heat produced by your PC will be removed by the waterblock. I also agree that there is room enough to prop your PC up on some spacers and that you should then drill some holes in the back of that cabinet. Getting a cooler computer (a Via ...

Maybe I'm wrong here, but the noise of the compressor on the refridgerator will likely be much louder than your computer. All your efforts to "muffle pump and fan noise inside the fridge" would be wasted because the fridge would run more often and create way more noise then the fans and pump ever di...

Well, I've been out of thegame for some time. I've moved continents and sold the old computer. But now I got a new rig (AMD 3200 X2 and ATI x1950 PRO) and just happened by the FAH forum again. It would be fun to fold again for a bit, methinks! I'll try to get three instances going, but I need to rea...

You also must register yourself as a Limited Liability Corporation. Must. You could operate as a sole-owner, but if your computer falls on someone's foot, they sue you personally, not your business. Lawyers giggle with fiendish glee when they see someone who is a sole-owner. Be sure. Protect yoursel...

The NF-nView states right in the manual that you should clear the CMOS before installing...

...which I thought that I did. But I must not have had the right arrangement of unplugging and pressing power switch and resetting jumpers. Frustrating. But it's humming along now.

Again, thanks all!

Christopher, There is a review here at SPCR on the Raptor drives, and they reviewed (I though) quite favourably. I think you should stick with them. Are you overclocking? If not, do you really need extra cooling on the memory? You're never going to be happy with a 40mm fan as far as noise goes. On t...

Sorry, MikeC. I missed your post while typing mine. The hard reset did the trick. Thanks so much for your help. Until this day, I thought I knew a lot about hardware. I stand corrected. :( Everything seems to be ticking along nicely now. I appreciate everyone's help. There's a reason I like SPCR so ...

Thanks for the help everyone. I disconnected everything except for the CPU and memory. I tried both sticks in banks 2, 3, and 4 (I can't try bank 1, as the Arctic cooler doesn't allow it). Nothing. It doesn't go in to post. As far as I can tell, it's doing nothing. I tried the monitor into both the ...

Okay, I just bought a new system and I'm having a problem. NSK2400 case Abit nf2-mView motherboard AMD 3200 X2 x1950 Pro radeon card. I installed everything, and it seemed to go well. But when I turned it on, my monitor (which I thought might be the problem but works with my laptop) showed "No Signa...

Welcome here, Willo. I certainly posted none of the information that was meaningful to you but I'll welcome you anyways.

It sounds like you are learning what most of us learned: Once you start quieting things, you can't stop. It's a slippery slope, my friend. Enjoy it!

I just read this thread for the first time, and am a little frustrated. I just spent several minutes telling someone in the forum all the stuff you've just written here!! :) Next time I'll just point them to this post. Hopefully I, a long time veteran (right? RIGHT?) of this forum can be forgiven fo...

Welcome here, Stratosphere. There's some good advice here, although it would take some money to impliment. Let me suggest a "cheap-ass" route. I think the best way to go about quieting a computer is to start with the loudest part first. With your case open and your computer running, put your thumb o...

First: Everyone must read Lawrence Lessig's "Free Culture". Google for it. Guess what? It's free! Second: He has a great example in that book. The RIAA claims that every downloaded song is a lost sale. However, if you added up the entire number of songs downloaded and subtracted them from the amount...

I don't know about cable length, but I do know that you should get a Seasonic if you can. Off of the main page, go to the "Recommended" section and check out all the PSUs there. Some are quite affordable and I believe all have measurements of their cables.

Welcome to the site, BTW.

I'm looking at making an AM2 system with this case. Can any one recommend a heatsink?

Zakharov wrote:Put in an order for the "Model One" today. No time for tweaking and I'd like to have a warranty and strong support. Excited to see how quiet it really is!

Well? How is it? Happy?

In other news, where can I buy one of those swanky SPCR case badges? They are teh win!

I was gonna suggest you duct the CPU fan right out the back too, but it looks like that was already suggested.

I think you're in good hands here, BB. Post some pictures of the inside of your case if you can. It's easy to do, and helps us a lot with suggestions.

Cheers, and welcome!

Even though most seem to be against it here, I really believe that if you want supercomputer performance and SPCR level silence, you must go water cooling. Absolutely there are drawbacks, but there is one huge advantage: Water cooling allows you to tackle the issue of heat removal on your own terms....

Unlike in the United States and most other developed countries, videotaping movies in theatres is not illegal in Canada. I like how that sentence implies that Canada is not a developed nation. I may be in the UK now, but I'm Canadian through and through and this pisses me off. This stuff makes me s...

...and just think of all the wonderful interior design decisions you could make by covering your walls in shag carpet!

Does anyone know the answer to this question in regards to Linux? How much Ram is recommended for, say, Ubuntu? And is there an advantage to having more? If there was an advantage, how much could you have?

You're doing just fine, Jeremy. All of us need to hack up at least one case when we get started. I had a BQE back in the day when they were the best quiet case you could get, and I never hesitated to hack it apart if it didn't suit my silencing purposes. I learned a lot. We only make progress throug...

A laptop is a good way to get a fairly quiet computer quickly and (moderately) cheaply. However, you are extremely limited once you buy it. It's almost impossible to make them quieter than they are. It's much easier to make a desktop near-silent than it is a laptop. I have a Dell laptop as my main m...

In cases like this, I think transparency of process wins out of ease of use. I think votes should require people to go to a local polling station and write on a piece of paper and stick it in a box. To the average person, it's much harder to rig an election when the ballots are physically sitting in...

If we use less and less, at what point do we stop? At the point where we are in material equilibrium with the renewable resources available on Earth. Please read "Cradle to Cradle" by William McDonough & Michael Braungart. They propose an environmentally beneficial system that allows humans to use ...

Yes, I'm certain every regular member here could tell a similar story. It starts so innocently. "Maybe I'll just put my finger on the hub of that fan to see how loud it really is. Good God! It's so quiet now! I must get that fan changed." First it's one fan that needs to be changed. Then it's two. N...

How is your graphics card cooled?

My first thought is that if they're not plugged in, they add nothing. If the firewire port is unused, then the circuit is not complete and it can't be drawing any power. I would think that would extend to any un-used component. Anytime something is plugged in, unused or used, would be a different st...