Changed where the PSU goes... http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/06-psu_a.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/06-psu_b.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/06-psu_c.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/06-psu_d.jpg Velcro on the top and bottom of the PSU. Shroud made from ...

RAM sinks are fine, you just need to spend the time to clean off your RAM properly. That being said, I'll buy your S1 set for $2

What version of Matrix Storage Manager did you use?
Usually when I install Vista 64 I do not need drivers on install, but later when I install this, it'll say it's older than what's currently installed. I say overwrite the newer ones and things like eSATA start working.

edit. nevermind

Check this article out from Anandtech:
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=432

also read the comments section:

Gary Key wrote:We received two new 150GB Raptors last week and I was amazed at the lower acoustics. So much so that we retested the drives for this article.

Thanks for the compliments!
I use a Fuji F30

Looks like this is turning into my worklog. Sorry for hijacking! :) http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/04-psu_a.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/04-psu_b.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/04-psu_c.jpg It's a Sparkle SPI270LE. Planning on doing a Bluefront mod and putting a ...

These are even more interesting :) http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/03-card_reader_d.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/03-card_reader_e.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/03-card_reader_f.jpg http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/03-card_reader_g.jpg http://verbicide.ca/i...

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If I was nuts I`d try to fit the Scythe Orochi heatsink in it, but then I`d have to go external PSU

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... ure=Scythe

In the last pic, look to the right of the Ninja. SPI270LE :) I'll have to be creative with the power cable, and I'm going to do a fan swap or maybe Bluefront's mesh mod. The plan is two optical drives, E8400 or E8500 (depending on which clocks 4 GHz with lowest volts/temps), and a 120mm S-Flex on th...

Some test fitting.

Anyone notice how hot the Marvell chip gets on the PCB of the drive?
BURNING hot.

EDIT:
Pic added:

It could just be a horribly concave heat spreader.. I've had to lap so many C2D CPUs because of high temperatures at stock speeds.

Ohh I am loving this Modu82+

No more coil whine when I move my mouse around!

Components include:

E8500
DFI LT X38-T2R
Radeon 3850

Any Radeon (3850/3870) would squeal with my HX620

Swapped over to the Modu82+ 625W and it's quiet again!

Stupid HDD cage is stuck in there. You can pop it out if you pull up on the optical drive cage, but to make things easier I just took out my Wiss snips: http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog/sg02/01-hdd_cage.jpg Now I can rotate it out but only when the case is empty: http://verbicide.ca/images/worklog...

Just picked one up. After some very quick tests, I will be replacing my Hitachi 7K1000 with the Samsung HD103UJ. Both are enclosed in Scythe Quiet Drives. Idle whoosh is much less, AAM enabled seeks are much quieter. I'll be giving up a little bit of performance, but it's something I can deal with.

KansaKilla wrote:hey zoob, what did you use to attach those sinks?

Stock thermal tape on both types of ram sinks. Cleaned off the RAM surface with Articlean.

Neat product. I've been toying with the idea of building a Pimeta into a drive bay as well but haven't gotten around to it

Weird, seems that WinAAM set it and kept it at quiet mode for my Hitachi 1 TB and WD 1 TB on an Asus P5K Premium in Vista X64.

I'm happy

Part of the reason why I'm using a Radeon for this generation, even though performance isn't quite as high.

WinAAM.. better than the nothing I had previously. Thanks!

Hey guys, I have an Asus board, and as many threads mention , I am unable to permanently enable AAM. I am running Vista X64 so NHC is out of the question. HD Tune Pro gives me "Error setting AAM." What other options do I have besides switching motherboards? :( My Hitachi 1TB seeks are VERY loud insi...

3850 with S1 + stock "backplate" http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/03-3850-s1a.jpg Swiftech RAM sinks on the voltage regulators. Note the VERY small gap. http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/03-3850-s1b.jpg Here is the clearance to the regular RAM sinks: http://individual.utoronto.ca/...

I don't buy nonmodular PSUs anymore. Slightly more complexity inside the PSU, yet far simplified and safer outside it. safer? how so? Once I built a machine and tucked the extra PSU cables on the side of it between the PSU and the door. I was mucking around inside, and then decided to put the side ...

They're also listed at NCIX however it shows it will be available in 5-10 days.
I wonder how much DirectCanada will be selling them for, and if I can wait that long

Swapped in a Scythe S-Flex F and now the loudest things are my Yate Loons at 5V, and a low buzzing from my DD-CPX1 pump. My Hitachi 1TB seeks are quite loud, so I think it's either time for AAM or a Samsung F1. FYI the fan connector on the stock HX620 fan is the same as on the 40mm Scythe Mini Kaze....

I stand corrected. Now where can I order one in Canada???

EDIT: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=28973

Damn.. I already placed my order for other parts

FYI, Link to Sapphire forums regarding BIOS fan control fix. I've had to flash 4 cards of mine (three 3870 and one 3850) with an updated BIOS that controls the fan speed properly, otherwise my cards would throttle after an extended period of gaming. Apparently it only affected earlier batches of vid...

Perhaps they intended the bay more for fan controllers, LCD displays, and drive bay extenders like for the X-Fi.