I apologize in advance for bumping my own question, but I am still very curious: is there any benefit (noise-wise or cooling-wise) to be had from using a 15mm thick fan as opposed to a 25mm model?

I understand both fit equally well, I'm just interested in which one would yield the best results.

Does anyone have an idea whether it would be better to swap in a thinner fan? I think the stock fan of the VF700 is a 80x80x15mm fan whereas most swaps I've seen have been done with a 25mm thick fan. I'm not really sure what the benefit of such a thin fan might be, other than losing only 1 slot on y...

Taking out the dust cover at the front would help a little eh? Not what I meant: I would uncover a few of the lower 5.25" bays and leave the door open By which I mean a few drivebay covers. That way the upper section gets its own supply of fresh air, allowing you to see if that has any effect. I wa...

Yeah, the Ninja in a PC-V on that board might be a tight fit, even though it looks like it might fit. The Ninja extends roughly 1-1.5cm outside the retention bracket, so if I had to guess I'd say it would fit, but that's just guesstimating. I think the main problem with the V1100 is it's limited air...

A couple of questions in return: can you quantify "overheating"? What temperatures are we talking about? Which components are heating up? What happens: crash, freeze or just a bad feeling? Do you have a Phantom 350 or 500? What fans configuration do you have? Is there a "plus" version of the V1100 (...

I have a 3000B which I've dampened with vinyl (the stuff you put on the floor usually). Not the adhesive tiles that have received some attention here recently, I simply glued it onto the side panels. My theory on the entire dampening scene (besides the fact that it should only ever be used as a fini...

3000+ Venice core is a 90nm cpu (the Newcastle is not). Apparently it is no longer in production but it will be sold as long as resellers stock lasts... given the choice between a CPU and GPU upgrade in your case I'd definately go for the faster GPU (I second the suggestions made by Aris ). Obviousl...

Eventually you might want to suspend your harddisk in the area where the 3.5" drive cage was/is: in the 5.25" bays it's not going to get a whole lot of airflow so it might heat up more than you'd like. Do you use the blow hole in your case? I'm assuming you do since you use 4 80mm fans... have you e...

The Zalman 7000 comes with a FanMate (or FanMate 2), which is a small, in-line fan controller that allows you to set the fan voltage anywhere between 5 and 11V (I think I got that 5 right, could be a bit higher). So you can simply use the Fanmate to reduce the fan speed to your liking.

You can do a suspension of a single in the bottom removable harddisk cage with some sewing elastic. Or just leave out the cage and hang it from the fixed 3.5" drive bays. Another sound controlling measure for the LL PC-6x range is mass dampening with something like roofer's tape or vinyl tiles: the ...

Yay! Another silence-freak action my girlfriend can make fun of! I think I'll postpone this particular action until I'm *sure* she's out of the house; it offers FAR to many ways for her to make more fun of my obse <<< hobby. Hi honey... oh, what's for dinner? Well, I finally got him in the kitchen c...

My desktop varies wildly... right now I am looking at the BMW Concept Z4 Coupé from various angles at a resolution of 5696x1536 (3 displays side by side) but I use the UltraMon gradient colored backgrounds a lot when I want visual peace & quiet. Many images I use come from Caedes.net or from Serious...

It appears to be cooled by a high-speed sleeve bearing Yate Loon (D12S H -12) according to this image ... that does not bode really well for its quiet potential... doesn't the NX-4090 use a medium-speed fan? Sure, the fan controller can keep it at a low speed, but still. Oh well... we won't know unt...

... and stability wise I really don't want one as a 24/7 server. Why? My 1 GHz T-Bird has been running as a stable web and file server for almost 3 years on a Via KT133A chipset. It is about to be replaced with my current Athlon XP, mostly because the old box is starting to become memory-limited an...

I've found that obstruction on the "suck" side of a fan leads to much more turbulence noise than on the "blow" side; the placement could have a lot to do with the noise in other words. However, the 92mm on my Zalman 7000B is audible to me at 12V too, inside a padded case even. However, do you need t...

I take it you watched it translated in dutch? Nope, English (with subtitles though). Can't you tell from the way I express myself that the Dinobots had an important place in my grasp of the English language? :) What was so annoying about them? Oh, I don't know: they were just rude, clumsy, noisy, m...

The S12-430 is enough, but the S12-500 has the right power connectors for your video card... I think you'll need a conversion cable with the 430. The Raptors are reviewed on the main site, just like the power supplies; have you read the reviews?

I don't remember blaster ever being carried by a person in the cartoon. Actually, I don't remember ever seeing blaster in the cartoon, except once in the background ... was that in generation 2? I never managed to see many of those. Thank you very much, I've been thinking about this this the entire...

Drill out all the rivets holding stuff together that you may want to remove later (floppy drive cage, harddisk cage holder on the bottom) and replace the rivets with nuts-and-bolts. That way you don't have to start drilling in a case with stuff in it (which you shouldn't do. Ever.) The fan grills ar...

Easy: the bottom fan in 120mm PSU's sucks in air with the bottom fan and blows it out of the back of the power supply.

I have a feeling you are relying too much on manufacturer specification of fan noise for comparison and too little on your own hearing. Have you ever tried running your Zalman at 5V with no other noise sources present (i.e. outside of your PC)? Mine has a very noticable motor rumble that seems to ge...

I second the fan swap suggestion, my 7000AlCu is very quiet with a 92mm Nexus fan. That way you have enough budget left for that S12 430 :) I've never heard of Raptoxx PSUs (which says enough in my book, no more non-SPCR-approved models for me)... have you looked at the new dual-fan Antec line? I th...

Exactly what I hated about them! Come to think of it: I was a pretty smart kid for my age

I'd try the stock setup first. Isn't that the one that has 2 fans, where the inside 80x15mm one always spins and the back fan only kicks in as needed? Sounds like a very quiet setup already.

The Zalman is an older, ATX1.3 style PSU that is no longer considered a very good candidate for quiet setups or 12V-hungry modern CPUs anymore. Of course, I use one for my server rig, but it's been modded with an external Nexus fan and an air duct so that doesn't really count. Without having heard t...

There is no need to mod a Nexus 92mm to fit on an XP-90: the Nexus 80 and 92mm models both have open flanges. CPU cooling will be more than fine, it will be top of the bill. My X800XL is currently running stock cooling also, but only because it is still below the (too high) noisefloor of my current ...

Probably Soundwave since he didn't even know the name and you gotta admit that Blaster made a whole lot less appearances. I always sort of disliked both those 'formers, since they had huge size differences between their robot and appliance shape in the cartoon.

Whaddya mean, misspent!?!

Yes. For some not-so-obvious reason, the ground wire is often white for the case wiring. The polarity doesn't matter for the power and reset switches though, only for the lights and the speaker (although even that last one is debatable).

The S12's are very good ones indeed. Have you looked at the German shop SH EDV-Vertrieb ? A lot cheaper than the store you mentioned: €77 for an S12-430 versus €108 at "your" shop. For your current setup, an S12-330 or 380 would be sufficient. For the price difference I'd get a 380 or 430 to ensure ...

Newer Lian Li models have thicker aluminium panels than the older PC6x style cases... some have a somewhat... "alternative" airflow which may or may not be good from a silencing perspective, though. As with all cases, check the intake and outflow openings/fan positions before you buy. Especially goo...