why not just get a sunbeam rheobus and use mobo sensors for rpm?

The thing in Directron is not the Akasa, and i researched about it and it goes down only to 7v.

Without Fan - 29-33c Still seems that the case is helping to transfer heat. This case has no fans whatsoever except for the fan on the HD, cpu fan and PSU. It also feels warm to the touch, unlike when it was on foam. When it was on foam it was quite hot. Noise difference? Nothing actually.. it's in ...

I have a new (one platter) 40Gb Maxtor 2mb Buffer HD... I put it in my server pc in a 5.25" bay on a piece of foam so that it wont transmit vibrations to the case. The case front bezel had a bay cover removed so the hot air could escape outside. The drive temps (from SMART readings) were a whopping ...

Those temps seem to be very high... Are you sure the motherboard probe is working properly? I would recommend getting some kind of thermometer and sticking it inside the case and seeing really how hot it is inside. What exactly are you using for the exhaust? Only one 120mm fan? Did you cut off the g...

Which PSUs should be bought for the future? I think I read something about new NVidia card will need huge wattage...

any ideas?

It was the crappy Enermax PSU
Unfortunately I have no warranty on it coz I sleeved it :/ Was intending on changing the fan as well... I cushioned it with alot of foam and it seems to have stop the whining... dont have money to buy a new PSU now..

Disconnected the Vid card... no luck. Bah, I just modded my case yesterday and had to take all the parts out... Now again?!

My pc is making a high pitch noise... I removed everything from it except CPU+PSU and ran it.. still makes the noise... I took out the PSU and put my ear to it... doesn't seem to be coming from that... Could my motherboard be making the noise?
Help.. anyone with former experience with this thing.

That's regular packaging white-break-apart-foam-thingy?

I think you need pretty high heat.. like 85-90c (for some epoxies). So heating it up is not an option in my opinion... Will kill the CPU. Put it in the freezer in a bag. If you can get a vacuum bag then even better. I don't think it will suffer from condensation if it isnt put against one of the fre...

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probably the hot air from the HD's is blowing on the probe or in general making temps hotter... probably the hot air is having problems escaping thru the exhaust fans... kill grills?
make bottom vent.

Well from what people around here say... the Panaflo 92mm aren't that silent. From my personal experience, the Zalman 92mm EVEN with resistor is not silent at all. My recommendations: 1. Forget intake. Work on exhaust. Negative pressure will pull air inside. 2. Remove 92mm fan from HSF, and put 80mm...

Sleeving the fan tail will have NO impact on fan noise and is only for esthetic purposes. Save your cash.

Whats the noise drop after the PSU duct?

Get any cheap 40mm fan and undervolt it to 5volt. No one said you can't use 60mm fans as well... so it wont fit perfectly.. so what? :) Just an example for a potential fan: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_YS_Tech_60.html Or... Get thermal paste adhesive and glue a nice big he...

Well, after I managed to break one of the blue fan holders and almost break the second one... I decided to make myself a new fan-hold-case-part-thingy. One reason being the obvious, those fan holders stink. Second - I can put vantec fan dampeners instead! Plus it's an opportunity to get used to modd...

Trip, not looking to buy a new case... just getting some fans + fanbus.
I currently have a Chieftec Dragon case.. will be modding it with a bottom vent asap I think

Save your money and don't buy a northbridge HSF... who needs one? Mine barely gets warm... ever. Upgrade your CPU heatsink instead... preferably to something with copper or a nice Zalman 7000 hsf? May also give you a nice potential for overclocking. Also instead of getting 2 fanmates how about getti...

Where can I read up on that stuff dude? Sounds like very interesting material. BTW, if I use Sound dampening material it can seriously cut down on the high frequency whine that fans make. So 2x80mm + dampening is a good way to go. Anyway, I have purchased 10 Panaflo L1A's from SVC and should be gett...

80mm fans have less deadzone (when in regards to blowing on specific things such as PSU's and CPU's).

And If i recall correctly... 2 fans at the same db running together cause for a 3db increase, not 6db.

http://www.overclockers.com/tips1129/decibels.zip

Download that and run it...

Import from jab-tech.com to Israel if you want Panaflo. http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=2044&cat=105&page=1 No one said you have to use a 92mm fan... but if you really want... http://www.pandas.co.il/product_info.php?cPath=55_140_634&products_id=2490 or pay 8 more NIS for the ...

Remove stock fan on Radeon and put VGA Silencer or Zalman VGA passive heatpipe thingy.. HP-80 I think We can't really hear your computer so you will have to find out for yourself whats the loudest component and tackle each problem at a time. Suspend the hard drives, get a fanbus or just volt-mod you...

Who needs intake? Just use exhaust fans... will save you a whole lot of noise.

Who needs coolers for HD's? Just suspend em and make sure case temp is good. If you REALLY want them cooled then get a fan blowing on 'em or sucking the air from them.

Actually regarding WD HD's.... it depends.. sometimes you get whiney HD's.. and sometimes silent.. I have one of each and I'm gonna remove it from my PC asap ;\

But, when suspended... the non-whiney WD is damn silent.

For most PSU's, in most systems, 7 volts for the fan seems to work. You get much more airflow than 5 volts, but hardly any more noise. (I've had an Enermax 365 running with a 7v'd L1A for better than 2 years) What happened to it after 2 years? ;) I have the following thingies in my system: p4 1.8a ...

Do i hook up the the L1A to the thermistor in my Enermax 350w? or do i hook it up at 5v or 12v? How can i make sure I wont fry my PSU? It has 2x80mm fans that im looking forward to replacing with panaflo L1A

any remarks? dont have money to fry the PSU

get cheap computer, run it passive and underclocked.. and add as many HD's as u want.. can even put NTFS or w/e if u want. U can get many HD's at $60-80 for 160gb+ with rebates.