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by ficod
Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:27 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 1TB most silent drive?
Replies: 27
Views: 21372

My answers may be not entirelly correct for your question, but i hope they help. your answers are definitely useful! Thanks... :-) So: 1) WD10EADS - i have 4 of them, if you hear anything then it is usually the platters. I'm not native english and I don't understand what you mean.. Do you mean: if ...
by ficod
Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:40 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 1TB most silent drive?
Replies: 27
Views: 21372

Thanks :wink:

c'mon guys vote! there's a giant panda waiting one for you :D :D :D
by ficod
Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:55 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 1TB most silent drive?
Replies: 27
Views: 21372

Thanks a lot for the suggestions :-)

I wish I would have written: Other (please specify)!! Otherwise, precious votes will be lost :D (kidding)
by ficod
Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:32 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 1TB most silent drive?
Replies: 27
Views: 21372

1TB most silent drive?

Hi everyone, I need a big, as quiet as possible, 3,5" drive of 1TB for storing media and resources (mainly mp3, some video in mpeg4 + fonts and more)... I'm confused about the WD-greens, since there are 3 versions (with 16,32,64MB of cache and the bigger the cache the lower the cost!). Then there's ...
by ficod
Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:16 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Samsung YP-S3 digital media player
Replies: 21
Views: 24681

What's the point in comparing it to an old ipod classic? This one should be compared to a new ipod nano, or a creative zen... I own a relatively old (3gen) ipod nano 4GB and I'm not that happy with it because of itunes and its music management (I love foobar2000). Other than that I think I would lik...
by ficod
Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:12 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Case Hiper HMC-2K53A-A0: quiet pc possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 3615

The max dimensions allowed are: Width: 45cm Depth: 40cm Height: not a problem but yes I prefer a desktop (horizontal) form factor None of the two beautiful Antec would fit.... Antec NSK2480: 13.97cm (H) x 44.5cm (W) x 41.4cm (D) Antec NSK1480: 12cm (H) x 39cm (W) x 41cm (D) Given the height of the c...
by ficod
Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:51 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Case Hiper HMC-2K53A-A0: quiet pc possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 3615

Maybe you could try an Antec NSK1380 with the stock PSU removed and a 120mm exhaust fan in its place? If you are willing to do a little modifications to the DVD/HDD holders, you should be able to fit a Ninja Mini in that case as a CPU cooler. There is a rig somewhere in the General Gallery section ...
by ficod
Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:05 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Case Hiper HMC-2K53A-A0: quiet pc possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 3615

Case Hiper HMC-2K53A-A0: quiet pc possible?

Hi everyone! (first time here) I'm looking for a small case to build a media center. The Hiper HMC-2K53A-A0 seem a good solution (though a bit expensive), the major doubt is about noise and cooling ... Components I have: - CPU: AMD Be-2300 - RAM: 2x1GB DDR2 800 Mhz - HD: Samsung HM250JI (or WD Blue ...