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I've now got a 120mm Nexus running on a Fanmate. The motherboard suggests that it's ~700RPM. This is as low as I can get it on a Fanmate (it doesn't start any lower than that) but I can't hear it over the two Hitachi 7K250's anyway. In order to fit it, I had to fudge things a bit. There aren't any f...

My ECE-4252 left panel did rattle, but was resolved by carefully bending the lips on the front edge to make it a tighter fit.

Hi, Has anyone here gone from a Winchester to a Manchester and if so, how much of a temperature difference are you seeing? Right now, I have my Winchester 3200+ undervolted by 0.1V, with Cool'n'Quiet enabled and cooled passively with a Scythe Ninja. Idle temperature is usually 35°C and maximum load...

I went for the Scythe Kama Bay in black, and I like it :) I am also impressed with performance-pc.com who shipped it to the UK in no longer time than it would take a UK based supplier (if it was available here). I'll certainly consider buying from them again, particularly as I went with the cheapest...

I used RaBiT on my X800XL BIOS. I had previously been using ATITool and then ATI Tray Tools but I just didn't like the idea of having another piece of software running. There always seemed to be issues with hibernate and/or standby too. Additionally, if I booted into Linux or a DOS prompt, the fan w...

Perfect. Thanks for the information .

I've been considering replacing the two empty 5.25" drive bays in my case with some black metal mesh (the stuff with small round holes rather than the large hexagonal stuff) but wondered if there is an easier way. Is it possible to purchase drive bay covers that have mesh in them already? It seems t...

For MCE 2005 any of these are fine: - Radeon 9600 or later - GeForce FX or later But Radeon 9100 IGP is not really suitable, and some people have reported problems with the GeForce 6100 IGP too. I don't know the validity of these problems though - the 6100 should work (on paper at least). One thing ...

You don't need a particularly powerful CPU for a HTPC. I have an MCE2005 system with a 1GHz PIII processor and it's fine. CPU usage viewing live TV is ~30-40% because the graphics card does most of the work. The only things you need to be careful of are: - DX9-class graphics card for VMR9 support. -...

Unless you need the IEEE1394 port, go for the Audigy 4 PCI OEM over the Audigy 2 ZS to save some money. £33.90 at Komplett.

I've reached a point with my system where the noise floor is set by the two suspended Hitachi 7K250 drives. It's not an unpleasant vibration noise, just a "whooshing" sound (the Evercase ECE-4252 seems to let a lot of this noise out). Would enclosing the drives in a Scythe SilentBox make the Hitachi...

Interesting. How well does the VF700 fan respond to PWM? (i.e. any clicking noises etc.)

My Connect3D X800XL AGP 256MB (reference ATI cooler) board idles at 45°C and tops out at 65°C under load. I'm using customised fan speed settings though, set by ATITool's driver (but ATITool itself isn't running):
0°C - 10%
50°C - 19%
55°C - 31%
60°C - 40%
65°C - 55%
70°C - 81%
75°C - 90%
80°C - 100%

My old case, a Nexus iStyle (aka Suntek Vivid etc.) was thick steel chassis with coloured acrylic panels. It was very quiet in this respect; better in fact than my current Evercase with Nexus Damptek. The problem however was that there was hardly any front intake ventilation.

It's probably not the PSUs fan, because if there's no cable plugged in, the motherboard can't possibly know how fast it's running.

It's probably either a case fan or your CPU fan.

Yes, they are conductive. If it wasn't, it would just be a plastic bag. Whether it can carry enough current is up for debate, but it's safe to assume that if it's sufficient to ground a motherboard then it's sufficient to short the pins and soldering on the back side of the motherboard too. The case...

nVidia's hardware firewall never worked properly for me (nForce3 Ultra), it would often prevent web pages from loading. After disabling it everything was fine (and yes, the Windows Firewall was disabled). I don't think that the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset is all that bad, and up until the nForce3 250 it ...

Thanks for the replies. Trying a front fan means taking apart my hard drive suspension (which took about an hour to get perfected last time) so I think I'll leave it as is.

I've seen conflicting information on this - should I fit a front intake fan (Evercase ECE-4252)? I have a 120mm Nexus exhaust @~650RPM and a Nexus NX-4090 PSU. I have another Nexus 120mm spare which was intended for another system but wasn't really needed. Some people say "no because it impedes airf...

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Oh, and I havent had any problems with clicking or anything with the fan that other people have had. I don't know if I've just been lucky or something. I have the rev 2 though and they supposedly fixed the fan clicking problem. I wouldn't describe it as "clicking" per se (so perhaps the Rev.1 were ...

Running from the graphics card's fan header, it is smoother at 100% than at any lower speeds. Basically: X800XL stock 100% - loud X800XL stock 10% - inaudible ATI Silencer 5 100% - approx equal to X800XL stock at 40% ATI Silencer 5 10% - louder than X800XL stock at 10% (bad vibrations and clicking) ...

Running on PWM, it is VERY harsh sounding at anything other than 100%. If you connect it to a Zalman Fanmate 2 at minimum speed it is very quiet, but I don't know how good the cooling is (since I haven't had the guts to change it yet).

I'd keep Spread Spectrum OFF, particularly if you have an nForce2 based motherboard. The interrupts get screwed with it on (on NF2) and the result will be even worse sound quality in the form of squawks and clicks. Given what sound cards can achieve in actual real-word tests anyway (>100dB SNR) I th...

Any of the reference X800XL cards (large low profile cooler) can run quietly with something like ATITool. The Connect3D is available in the UK.

SFFs are great but you're limited to how quiet you can get them by things like: Proprietary PSUs Limited space around CPU Little room to suspend hard drive (and often aluminium construction) Little space for a larger VGA cooler I've got two Biostar iDEQ systems, a 200N and a 200V. Neither get partic...

Yes, the Rev.2 is still noisy, in fact it's louder (and harsher) than the stock cooler on the reference X800XL cards when running at lower speeds. The only reason they get away with it is because a lot of websites give them good reviews for these coolers being "silent", and only a few of us have sys...

Most VIVO cards are just software based capture. PVR cards have a hardware MPEG1/2 encoder onboard. If you want to capture AVI/DivX, then you don't need a PVR card. If you want to capture MPEG2 then you are better off going for a hardware PVR card. Good quality real-time MPEG2 software encoding will...

You'll need to replace the motherboard and the PSU. Once the ATX connector on the motherboard is scorched, it will quickly burn any new PSU's connector you plug into it. Often this is a result of inadequate connection - over time, especially if you do a lot of plugging/unplugging the wires will work...