thejamppa wrote:Does anyone else have first hand experience and not something like Sweeney Todd-like straight razor experiences?

Not me, but there was some discussion on just this topic not too long ago at one of my favourite haunts.

13dB?! I may have bought the wrong drive! Just out of curiosity, how did you measure this; I thought your noise floor was about 18dB? Also, I note that WD's own specs only claim 29-34dB... I'm sceptical. :?: Edit: Another aspect: this drive costs DKK 1.900 ; the WD3200BEVT I mentioned above costs DK...

Hej Ziphnor, I've just bought a WD Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320Gb. I'm still waiting for it to be shipped, so I can't comment on the noise yet. It's a SATA 2 1/2" 5400rpm drive which should be quiet, especially since I plan on soft-mounting it (with rubber bands) in a P182. If you want to wait for it, I c...

If the MBR is trashed, have you tried (booting off of a floppy and) using the "fdisk /mbr" command?

if you gave us a clue about what hardware you have Me? What I have is a Fujitsu Siemens Scenic D1322 ... what I'm getting (when it finally ships, in about two weeks :cry:) is a Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3R which is supposed to have a lot more hardware monitors. So, soon I should be able to make a lot more...

Depending on what else you've got going on inside your case, I'd say it should be pretty safe to run the disks as they are. If you put them close together, close to a "space heater" graphics card, or if you just plain prefer to be sure, then they may need additional cooling. Me, I'll be putting toge...

I also considered a Solo for the longest time, then ended up with a 182 instead. I haven't received it yet but boy , have I read a lot of reviews. :D Are you planning on putting a lot of disks in that lower chamber, or will the PSU have it all for itself? The PSU you've chosen has its own fan, so if...

thejamppa wrote:yeah, its no problem. Just get Socket 775 bolt thru kit from Thermalright

That's good info, thanks. Finding a shop that would ship to Denmark was trickier, but I got it right.

You guys know everything!

Sorry for reviving/hijacking, but I wonder if it's possible to use a bolt-through kit for the HR-01 on an Intel socket? Specifically, I'm wating for delivery of a Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3R board, an Intel E8500 CPU, and an HR-01 ... but I too am a bit concerned for the angle and the weight. Do Intel bol...

:!: Right -- I've now ordered all the parts! Faster_Madman, I caved in an went for the 425W PSU after all. Happy now? :wink: A few of the parts are currently out of stock, so will probably take at least two weeks for all the parts to arrive -- and then probably at least another one before I've had o...

Thanks for snapping me out of it, you're right of course: I should be content with just d-sub connectors; I was thinking too far ahead in an attempt at future-proofing. Having looked around I've found a passively cooled Asus EN8400GS . It costs about 1/3 of the Inno3D and doesn't require an S1 coole...

You guys don't stop posting responses quickly, do you? Thanks! nVIDIA 8400GS is your best bet, but I guess you've made up your mind already. Far from it. I could go on until I'm banned ! :wink: Really, I don't know what I'm talking about; I just read a bunch of reviews and change my mind a lot. Care...

Thanks, that means I can put all my memory worries to rest. If the Inno3D Geforce 9600 GT Accelero S1M is too powerful, it's still a good price considering it includes the S1. For comparison, I've looked at an EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GS (384Mb) which, as far as I can tell, is the only board that's reall...

Graphics * FreeBSD driver availability/performance: I think this will be all right. * DVI-to-VGA conversion: My "problem" is that right now, I have two nice LCD monitors with only VGA connectors. I've seen many notes and caveats that DVI outputs can't be connected to a VGA cable using a converter. ...

Finally, the parts are starting to settle down (see the first post in this thread). Only a few questions remain: :idea: Graphics : As stated, the Asus has onboard graphics but it's most likely crummy (reviews are unclear on this point). I spotted the Inno3D Geforce 9600 GT Accelero S1M which comes s...

I am amazed you can find a use for such an amount of storage! What have you got going on, video editing? All my ripped cds, in FLAC format no less, take up no more than 120gigs...

Hmm, I don't know, to me they look noisy.
70mm 1500rpm fan and a custom PSU?
Also, all the ventilation holes makes me doubt the accuracy of their nice airflow pictures.

But what do I know?

I'd make sure I had the most recent BIOS on there. Other than that, I dunno. Enjoy it while it lasts?

For some uses, I would not mind using refurbished parts. Heck, my beloved Palm T3 is a refurbished model, though my life darn near depends on it. Although, I do have an automatic running backup, and a spare T3 in a drawer at home. But using a refurbished hard disk? Never! I mean, I know these things...

I would have suggested any of a number of Lian Li cases, but most seem to break even the stretched budget (at least the prices I can get them at).

acidgoblin, if you're willing to spend, you should look into the Lian Li's.

Hmm, maybe an Antec Nine Hundred? It's got plenty of storage space, and is well within your price margin.

I don't know if it will accommodate an IcyDock, but from review pics it may be no or very little work.

Just a thought.

I'm quite sure that both the blind and the deaf community would argue these last posts. :lol: But I'm with Erssa, definitely. I think I might be able to enjoy silence, even forced ... but only when I'm having a migraine attack do I crave total darkness, so I don't think I could ever enjoy that . Als...

@ loimlo : Well, I have yet to actually buy anything. But the helpfulness around here is amazing , it's things like this that makes the Internet so great. As for the video info, thank you for clarifying, I didn't know. Looks like I may have to look into getting a separate card (thanks for the sugges...

@ Liacon : Thanks! Noted. But ... tima notes that he " won't be using the Pioneer [215D] to rip any more CDs " due to ripping artifacts. I have made a habit of ripping all my cds (to flac, using Grip) and I'd hate to have artifacts in there. Any opinion/experience on that? @ Hybrid : Thanks, I was o...

After you've, um, ventilated the PSU and the DVD like that, it's almost a shame to not go on using the coin-operated power switch! :wink: I had a few laughs reading your post, thanks for that. Seriously though, it's amazing what can be done with basically pocket fluff and very few new parts. From th...

Well my guess is that the seek movements are causing the drive to wobble about, and that's causing issues. Looking at your suspension, it seems possible that it's see-sawing and possibly also rotating. I don't know if you have room to do this: http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/images/P150_review/f...

gwark , feel free to kick me out of your thread if I'm stealing too much bandwidth. Having said that, ... m0002a , any tips on how to find a listing of cool-running quad cores in relation to speed? For my own part, I'm not so interested in AMD because their [ATI] chipsets supposedly aren't very wel...

Yes, it does, now that you mention it. I spent quite a bit of time reading through that thread, and for some reason it didn't occur to me how similar what you were doing is to what I want. I guess it was fairly early on in the process, and as you suggested there, all of the options are enough to ma...

Try googling freebsd sensorsd and you'll get an idea why sensorsd isn't in FreeBSD. Wow, I had no idea. Sad, really.