MagnusT wrote: Being in the room feels like being in vacuum, it’s a strange experience....

You mean you suffered the sudden agony of explosive decompression?

But of course the overall system temperature is better in an aluminium case(if airflow is equal in both). This is a myth. While scientifically true about the heat conductive properties of the different metals, when it comes to computers this means at most, the hard drive MIGHT be 1-2C cooler. Every...

Johnny Guru has also tested these supplies, but the one area he's weak on when it comes to PSU testing is sound measurements.

last time i was looking at these things they were fat beasts - is it safe to put it onto the mobo so its sideways? They're not FAT! They just have a... genetic disorder. Think of their feelings, dammit! On a more serious note, I and many others have been running this heatsink for more than a year w...

I've read many reports of people who consider the stock cooler on the 8800 to be quiet, but I have to be skeptical. I've seen a few almost quiet <60mm fans, but none quiet enough for my PCs (even the non-silent ones). Agree, here. The 60mm stock cooler for my current VGA card was actually louder th...

1. What's so wrong with the computer in the article?
2. The pictures are too big; you're not supposed to post anything bigger than 640x480.

Poof wrote:From the .pdf

that means Sonata was 3 times quieter.

3 times quieter than what? their other quiet cases?

The solo is awesome, and with the p180 your paying for a crappy PSU. Not going to find much better for the price.

Uh, what PSU? The P180 doesn't come with one.

Honestly? No. There have been a record number of complaints on almost every forum I've seen where there was a thread discussing them. The Acousti stuff is reputed to be alright in the SPCR review.

The middle fan pulls the air across the hard drives, so they're still getting the same benefit as if the fan was in the front.

The case isn't designed to accept a 120mm intake for the bottom chamber... that's what the fan in the middle blowing on the PSU is for. To put a fan in the front, you'd have to mod the case.

[ Thanks for your reply. Man, you're not kidding about the cabling issues... :shock: Doesn't seem like a lot of air gets through all that cabling in the lower chamber to cool the PSU, but obviously it's not hurting your system. I use a 350w Phantom, and if you're careful, cabling isn't really that ...

going by a pre-configured system here, using the tnn500, it should be able to handle that processor. The 300 is a smaller case and hence the lower price tag and cooling ability.

main spcr site. Recommended tab. PSUs.

There have been PSUs built for years that way, that are meant to be used in modern, tower ATX cases. Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about.

See link in my sig.

Just saw this on ocforums as well

2. is the door removable i am not sure why antec is trying to limit the number of drives installed in the case, and the cases are rather too tall & not deep enough to hold very long graphic cards that are popular nowdays Yeah, you can take the door off. As to the number of drives, the vendors that ...

Has anybody noticed there are certain system components that are over-represented here compared to other websites on quiet PCs? For instance, the Antec P180 case, the Asus P5B motherboard, SeaSonic power supplies, the Scythe Ninja (one of Scythe's least-popular models AFAI can tell). Why is that? F...

Hi all, I hate two things about Seasonic - one, they not modular and two, they're not sleeved. Sleeved, modular cables are the key to a neat PC (IMHO!). I don't have the time or inclination to sleeve my own cables, and I really hate having 200 cables that I will never use inside a case. Seasonic. S...

I have the SPCR all-black edition. The plastic and the metal are painted the same shade of black; it's just bad lighting in the pics you've been looking at.

re: why we don't like SilenX on this site; start here: viewtopic.php?t=4551

All P180s now have the revised door. The SPCR is based on the original design, and comes with the VGA duct. The only other difference between it and the P180B is a clip to attach a fan to the hard drive cage and a smaller fan in the PSU chamber.

This side panels of the Solo help with vibration, but not from cavity resonance (i.e. noise echoing around in the case). Go for it.

I'm using the Asus P4C800 Deluxe with a ZM80C with no problems.

try endpcnoise.com they offer ready to go, quiet systems, and allow a small amount of customization, based on what model you get.

legion wrote:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... ories.html

OcUK Silentmaxx Aluminium Hard Drive Enclosure (HS-000-OK)
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- Reduces hard drive noise by over 95%

Uh, huh. I bet it does.

I just bought this mouse off e-bay and I'll report my findings when it arrives.

I have an old Mitsumi serial 2-button ball mouse, which is very silent. It has a different type of microswitches than recent optical mouses (it's smaller with round "button"). Pitty that mouse manufacturers do not declare power consumption and noise levels. I'm not sure which one eats less watts - ...

Look on the main silenpcreview website; SPCR has done some reviews of fanless systems offered by several manufacturers like HUSH, but I don't know who all of them are or the specs of the machines offhand.

I don't know, could you be more specific? Try quoting and linking to the page where you saw the phrase. He's referring to the list of features on the first page of the review. It mentions the CAG without ever giving any details on it. ETA: I didn't really see any more info on Antec's site, but they...