and you're sure the noise is coming from your psu?

might want to rma that if you can; if it is your psu then it's off to a rather inauspicious start.

when it comes to cooling, unless you're prepared to spend at least $250 on proper water cooling, youre going to get better performance(per dollar/watt/dB) from air cooling.

HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 2TB is a Shell Shocker going for ~$70.

dragonfire wrote:The Hitachi 5K3000 2TB is today's 3rd Shell Shocker at Newegg. $60 after rebate. Thinking about grabbing one.

just ordered mine. get yours before theyre gone!

strange thing is when I have tried to chain the noctua to the 2 other artic fans it was always running full speed (1200 rpm) ... even if the artics fan were not full speed... This is the reason I have switched it to chassis fan plug and it works fine. so the noctua was on the pwm header? that's gon...

I want to go completely passive cooling... I don't care about aesthetics at all... with those two statements taken out of context, lets get started on a new plan: start with a big chipset heatsink like a xigmatek porter, or a thermalright hr-05. two of them actually. grab some good thermal paste to...

i've got 3 of the hitachis, built nov'09, purchased in dec'09. i kinda feel more justified about jumping on them when they first showed up after seeing a review of them. :lol: they've consistently been one of the best priced drives on the market from what i've seen, definitely a great value. i dont ...

ive got some fans you might want to look into. they all look to have pretty good design, have what should be good bearings for horizontal mounting, and are generally considered silent (so they should at least be somewhat quiet xD). Akasa Apache Black Akasa Viper Arctic Cooling AF12 PWM Coolink SWiF2...

Jeroenlol wrote:The NH-P14 at 5v is silent unless you put your ear right next to it I can't see how you can say it "wasnt silent enough lol"

because the ULNA doesnt drop the noctuas to 5v, iirc that one takes it to 7v or 9v

virtual machines can be configured to have their own ip address assigned to them (at least with vmware, i assume there are similar options in other software) cpu cooler: im partial to the mugen myself. dont bother with swaping fans until youve heard the scythe spinnan slow. ram: youre not overclocki...

you can use the fillport on a t-line and run without a reservoir, but either option should still be placed before the pump. what case are you running in? maybe adding a new radiator could be considered... for watercooling help, i'd suggest wandering around hardforum or xtremesystems and just reading...

on the topic of vrm cooling, the sparkle does come equipped with custom(better) heat sinks for the card than a accelero xp comes with. should help a bit, yah? Which cards would be best for 2x SLI? well, if youve got a motherboard with its pcie-x16 slots spaced wide enough(2 slots in between each) th...

toroidal ring chokes. yep, they're low pass filters. not all motherboards use the ring style chokes because there are better performing options. solid state chokes can handle higher loads, and typically have reduced electrical noise. you still see ring chokes being used on new motherboards sometimes...

looks like a ZOTAC NF610I-E-E? sure is ring chokes and chinese caps in thar.

have you cleared the cmos?

try it out with just one stick of ram. try the other slot, etc.

if you cant get it to post, then you might have to try reseating the cpu. after that i dont know of much else to try really.

those will probably be the quietest 580s out there, unless someone comes out with a world beating vga cooler design. they certainly have the looks and performance that are tough to match. i'd venture to say that the sparkle card will be quieter, and maybe run a little cooler as well. the fans push t...

goatsandmonkeys wrote:http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/coolers/di ... ssors.html

xbitlabs wrote:The Kühler H2O 620 is claimed to be 20% more efficient compared to stock coolers

20%? sounds like air is still the way to go.
as if there were any doubt

can you run your system without the two top fans? just wondering about temps, differences in noise level and character, etc.

next move for the hard drives is suspension... looks like you've got plenty of space in those 5.25" bays to work with.

Gainward GeForce GTX 570 Phantom at scan for 305 including vat.

idk about fps vs gtx460 sli, but it seems to be doing a bit better than the 6950, and seems comparable to the 6970 judging from the oc3d review here the video is a good watch too, its on page 8.

i remember someone on [h]ardforum dampened their h50 with some akasa foam... made a difference, but i dont recall any specifics. i've also seen the ddc pump dampened by maybe 2cm thick box of foam. any excess heat buildup in thee pump gets transferred to the water, and cooled as part of the loop, so...

what case will you be working in?

Canada reverses metered Internet decision
shazam! should never have happened in the first place... but yeah SHAZAM!

well, ive got a Samsung F4EG 2TB, and a few 1TB Hitachi 7K1000.C drives... i can give em a listen later tonight if you'd like. (theyre not in my rig atm.) the 5K3000 is on sale at newegg for 79.99 with a promo code though, so its a pretty good deal if youre thinking of jumping on it. $20 off promo c...

yep. ;_;

good show. nice little loop still getting work done. certainly different than most anything ive seen... short of people going fanless with mo-ras

that tdp includes the on package gpu as well.

very impressive work sir.

i dont really like any of the first three ideas... i dont see the 50mm fan being quiet (or effective once made quiet), heatpipes... i dont see that plan ending too well unless youre some master case modder, and the fan blowing up, then venting out the dvd slot... not very efficient airflow, and some...

here is a (slightly) cheaper, fully modular psu. tweaktown's review is pretty good. for the video card, you could look at xfx's 6850's that have that same silent cooler, a design that was too quiet for anandtech to even measure properly! ;D definitely dont go with AS-5, either the mx-2, or shin-ets...

here is a solid bluray drive, inexpensive, reviewed well enough. i would go with a 5450, i dont think a new cpu will make as much of a difference for your application. also: a fresh install of windows can work wonders, or just getting your driver situation cleaned up and going with a driver package...

i would say absolute worst case you wont need more than 350w at start up from all those drives spinning up, and with everything at max load...

i'd say just go for it, and take pics!