I'm not totally sure how I feel about TV reviews here..with no fans, isn't coil whine the only relevant thing to review here? (not the picture, or connections, etc). I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be ungrateful for a thorough review...just a little confused, since no one would use thi...

what made you want to go with an 80mm fan on the side?

120 moves way more air, and by the looks of it your dad just used a jigsaw to make the cut..would have been same amount of work to cut a 120mm hole. oh well

nice home theater u got there! i want!

dont buy a desktop. build one. you will save a TON of money, and you get to pick actual nice components..not budget ones that dell, hp, apple toss in their rigs. its very easy..just takes a little time reading online. to answer your ultimate question: yes, buy a desktop and skimp on the laptop. As a...

I would lean towards a PSU problem honestly. Just for the simple fact that your graphics card acted weird, then your HDD failed SMART. Seems to me they arn't getting the right voltages sometimes? I could be wrong. Do you have another PSU you can swap in to test the platform? If so, it may be worth t...

I'm finding it really hard to picture what you're trying to do, but maybe this will help... As long as the drive is secure in your suspension, the orientation will not affect drive performance. The bearing inside it is very robust, and simply isn't affected by gravitational forces to my knowledge. Y...

Im actually pretty sure that orientation doesn't affect the drive at all. they rely on fluid dynamic bearings, which aren't affected by orientation.

I would still recommend suspending in the 5.25 bays though..its an easier job, and well proven to work

It's clear that the engineers who designed this had thermal properties as their number 1 priority...it seems excellently designed in that area.

but who, in god's name, would need THAT many optical drives?!?!1

Great recommendation. I have the 1200 RPM on order and pick up the Fanmate as well. I'll post back with how it went. good choice..at 1200 its MORE than capable of some serious cooling (say..when gaming), and if you turn it down it can be dead silent. I actually own the 1200rpm slipstream as a case ...

i recommend against using speedfan for things other than case fans... Reason being, you need to be loaded into windows for it to be working correctly. It's kind of annoying to tell you the truth. To answer your question, the 800 should be fine for cooling the CPU. The slipstreams move a lot of air f...

I guess I'm hostage to the M4A785TD-V motherboard being unwilling to allow a very low PWM signal to the fan. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks... Not true. It's just that you found the bottom threshold of that fan. (not the mobo). Honestly, if you want a quiet, cool cpu, get yourself a scythe...

the hx520 is no downgrade..its actually a better PSU if you are an SPCR reader...cause its quiet. Annndd theres no way you draw over 200W load, so its got plenty of balls to handle your rig.

did you import all the computer components into solidworks? if so, how did you obtain them. I see a ton of artwork on the back of the GPU's..so it seemed strange to me that you drew in all those traces yourself...

So cool u got sposord...im jealous lol

Seems like you're going "all out"...so why the DVD drive and not a blu-ray?

Parts look nice..very sexy.

No problem. As for the PSU, a cheaper solution would be to change out the fan for a nice one...but that said, it's going to be hard to find a quiet 80mm pwm fan.... If you've got the extra cash, and it's worth it to you, I would highly recommend the HX520 by Corsair. I would normally recommend the 4...

but I may try a bit of ducting from the heatsink to the rear fan as CPU load temp is a little high. whoa whoa whoa....since when is 50C load a high temp?! That is a perfectly safe temperature..and by ducting to your rear exhaust fan you will lower the effectiveness of your case's ability to change ...

This S-Flex fan uses a Fluid Dynamic Bearing, much like the ones in modern HDDs It does not use a sleeve bearing like you thought. As for the duct, If you have good case airflow, I still see it as unnecisary, but if you really find you want it, there's nothing wrong with making it out of the materi...

Just a tiny bit of airflow from a fan affords better cooling than giant complex heatsinks w/o a fan. This is SO true, and it's backed up by solid, proven, heat transfer equations. Fanless components are not the end-all be-all solutions. In most cases, its far better to have a little bit of inaudibl...

Also hard mounted HHD yep. The only way I can guess to suspend the HDD is to cut away the existing brackets as i think Ive seen others do... but this case is so cheap I feel that would make is super flimsy? Any suggestions on what I can do without placing an order online... maybe something at a loc...

Also hard mounted HHD yep. The only way I can guess to suspend the HDD is to cut away the existing brackets as i think Ive seen others do... but this case is so cheap I feel that would make is super flimsy? Any suggestions on what I can do without placing an order online... maybe something at a loc...

just cutting the grill that way wont make it easier to get rusted? I mean, you exposure the steel without painting to the air... The steel in computer cases is cold rolled. It oxidizes extremely slowly, and there is no worry of rust anytime soon. Also, being a computer, it most likely wont get wet,...

Nice mod on the front fan. Thats good stuff...but is there an air filter?! U better, mister.

And is that a hard mounted HDD i see in there?

60°C+ temps is a ripoff. Doesn't make your screengrabs look good. Plus high temps turns your PC into a heater. All respectable computer people should aim for 30°C or less idle; 50°C or less load. You can have the best of both worlds: cool and quiet. Just don't sweat over it though. 8) There is a...

yeah its hard to say. This build is by far the winner for uniqueness I think...murderbox is deffinatly going to be hard to beat...but as for uniqueness it's pretty much just a souped up gamer rig. Although, I tip my hat to that build becasue it obviously took a TON of work. I checked out the build l...

Yeah, I would deffinatly recommend an upgrade to the Solo if you are serious about hushing your computer. The case you have now just won't cut it I'm afraid...it has too many bad characteristics.

Nice! I need to learn more about volts amps and watts and how they relate because i have no idea what you guys were talking about with the passive stuff etc. In short: Voltage = Current * Resistance, and Power = Voltage * Current as a mech engineer, I don't like to concern myself with much more det...

not sure what you mean about the sound leaking thing...forcing the air to go back and forth in a custom built duct wouldn't make it any quieter. You want to go with something smooth and cylindrical if possible. Whatever you do though, make sure that you have some way of filtering the air before it e...

I should have numbered the many questions I had into points, but I'll do it now. 1) What is a good 120mm fan to point vertically upwards for use on a GPU? I have a Nexus doing this at the moment but it's a sleeve bearing design which I've heard isn't good for vertical mounting. The choices are betw...

First of all, when it comes to CPU's, anything under 60C is perfectly safe. In fact, 70C is probably also completely fine. These things are meant to handle much higher temperatures. The fact that you even own an aftermarket cooler puts you in the .1 % of computer owners that actually care about temp...

Thanks so much for the reply carpet.. To answer your question, I believe he will be mostly doing audio work with this computer. He's into making/editing music, and he will be using win7 as his primary OS. Right now, I'm heavily leaning towards an Athlon II platform, and with the savings pick up a sm...

Certainly don't rule out an affordable C2D system. Also, does he need an OS license included in the total? I believe he already picked up a $30 Windows 7 Pro license with his student email address. So the OS is already taken care of. As of right now, I'm leaning towards the Athlon X2 build ($125 fo...