Perhaps you should try going back to the original cooler then?
Maybe it just works better in your system.

The stock fan is pretty good, but you only get 1. I'd recommend trying it and seeing if you like it, if not you can get the nexus fans.

It does come with 1 filter, but it only covers the front intake, not the sides or the bottom of the front intake.


Andrew

I'd have a hard time believing that this system could be cheaper or much more efficient than the heatpipe coolers in notebooks today. The developers must be banking on the continued rise of CPU heat. (I bet they're not fans of the P-M's Laughing ) It would be more efficient because the fluid would ...

Nothing like finding out!

You might try the diode trick, its described at the bottom of this page:
http://www.cpemma.co.uk/7volt.html

That'll get em spinning at full voltage but drop down to a operational voltage of 6V or so

I'm not sure I understand. Aside from the look, what is the advantage that they get? Very low flow restriction?

I agree with Steve, though since you've already got yours set up, you can see whether temps and noise are acceptable for you. I don't know about whether the magnetic field will slow the drive, but supposedly suspension will- someone posted a white paper about this a while back. The conclusion was th...

So, anyone get any and have comments?

Well, i think it'll be fine if you can make sure that your new brick outputs the right voltage/has sufficient wattage and such. I mixed up the bricks for my router and my dsl modem while i was moving stuff around-fortunately they were the same voltage, so I just held my breath and plugged em in...th...

Baker asks the question about whether this is a new phenomenon because many fans can run at a voltage lower than the necessary startup voltage, so it may be a feature intended to make the operating sound level lower than if it was not thermally controlled. That said, you probably want comments from ...

I can't wait to see pictures .

This website is pretty cool. Its kind of over the top with its formatting though. The lead isn't as impractical weightwise as you'd think, its a lb per sq. ft. But, i'm not sure it'll be a huge improvement over steel panels since its intended to block sound and not absorb. The soundproofing liquid (...

Increasing height would take advantage of a different effect, pressure differences at different heights. Higher up, there is less pressure. I believe that some of the cliff dwellings at Pueblo were cooled by this effect, relatively tall buildings with openings at the top and bottom. But still one sh...

Well, one thing to keep in mind before you change the fan is that your bios is almost certainly not reporting a true temperature- there are several articles about this and how you can calibrate your diodes. What I mean is that mobo manufacturers permit such large uncertainties that you probably shou...

Some of the foam filters are treated to have electrostatic attraction of dust, so they can be less restrictive and still have superior dust collection properties. That said, I dunno about yours in particular, and you're best off comparing it yourself and telling us about it!

It was my understanding that in the specifications for many fans the relationships between power and air output is given. Whether or not its reasonable/honest I dunno, but perhaps the datasheet can be found/compared to other 120mm fans.

I'm fairly sure that the "aluminum is better than copper for heat transfer to air" thing is a myth. Aluminum is cheaper, lighter, easier to process/manufacture heatsinks from it. Because its lighter heatsinks with higher surface area can be made. But copper has higher thermal conductivity over an ar...

I can sympathize, just switched cases/installed some nexus cooling fans/decoupled hd drives and wow! this high pitched headache inducing noise coming from the case. Took me a while to figure out that it was my Zalman 7000A AlCu fan + the nifty TAC duct. If I was you I'd take the time to stop every f...

The reason for using a cool pack is actually to take advantage of vibration absorbing properties of the gel within it. Its understood that gel packs do not transfer heat particularly efficiently, however, they are soft, squishy, and easily available.

Someone posted a while ago about a company called magicram that made a flash memory hd replacement, you could try searching for their post.

http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Alphacool/Cora6/1.php

Looks interesting, a modular passive radiator. Maybe we could get a SPCR review

SOmeone one the forums mentioned oiling old fans to make them quieter. You could also try using an undervolt on the fan, like with a fanmate or DIY soln. Also, you could try rigging up something to let you run a larger fan you already have on top :) maybe duct tape...as long as the temperatures are ...

Is there software that will allow you to have harddrives that are not spun up unless you need them- so that you could have your silent 2GB system disk and your slighlty louder but usually off media storage?

Was looking for some bean-bag stuffing and found this site,

http://www.foamorder.com/

Was kinda unique to me since I hadn't seen any places besides zzounds with cheap acoustic foam insulation in small sizes.

ARMsystems also sells a premodded quiet case

It also might be difficult to find a sufficiently quiet refrigerator- mine is the loudest thing in my dorm room by far.

Or, if by coolpacks you mean those gel things that you stick in a freezer and then use in the place of ice, well i have no idea where to get those in the UK specifically but a retailer with like everyday kitchen supplies should do it.
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Do we have a sticky about recommended car radiators/heatercores? None of the automotive sites that I have seen post the size of their radiator, they figure instead that you know what kind of car you have - ebay users don't seem to post that data very often either. I'm looking for one with sufficient...

I haven't done this before but i was thinking about this a while ago and thought that cutting pegs would secure a door pretty well without requiring external fasteners or threading issues.

perhaps if you placed fans so that they circulated air in the space behind the tv it would qualify as adequate ventilation and compensate for the reduced clearance?