Wow, that's an enormous difference. No idea HDDs could produce that much heat. Thought heat was chiefly from CPU/GPU/PSU

I have a Cuda V, they are suprisingly quiet as well. I'm happy with mine, but are Barricuda IVs actually quieter? EDIT: my bad, sounds like they are (according to practically everyone here at SPCR. Wow!) I think the Seagate website claims IVs and Vs are the same, but then again their new rankings of...

Via ITXs and several PIII mobos lack AGP slots. What PCI graphics cards do you all recommend? Here is the selection and prices from the ati website: (Having no ability to judge for myself I pasted them all) ATI website PCIs w/prices ALL-IN-WONDER VE (64MB PCI) $199 RADEON 7500 (64MB PCI) $129 RADEON...

I've looked around as well and was puzzled by the DDR on the VIA mobo. That's good to hear that it is overkill. Ha, those 820Es with Rambus are overkill as well, right? However, the USB and firewire ports would be really nice... I'd hate to buy a USB/1394a card just for my new quiet rig. The ones wi...

type in www.nano-itx.com, ha mini-itx.com bought the rights

What is the ultimate mATX board for 1.4Ghz, 133MHz, PIIIs?

RAM types:
SDRAM
DDR
RDRAM

and where is a good place to purchase them?

thanks man

I've got no problem with maxipads as long as they're not used... Hell, you could probably name your computer, say Cindi, and sell the worn out ones on e-bay as Cindi's maxipads. Might make some money. I'll bet some perverse and loney soul out there would purchase one. Maybe one of our boys stuck in ...

what's a ferrite ring?

I've been looking at those same PSUs and I have a Barricuda V. Are ferrite rings easy to apply?

I have one of those USB drives that fits on your key ring. Get one of those, they are silent and boot newer mobos. External USB floppy drives are pretty easy to use as well. WOL is becoming more popular and I could have sworn I saw a boot from network option somewhere. Some setting in CMOS ought to ...

Via's C3 is basically an improved Tualatin PIII, right? When's the 1.4Ghz C3 Nehemiah scheduled to appear? By the way, why has the PIII mobo market all but disappeared? I mean if all you use the comp. for is internet / word processor / old games, why would you want anything more? As long as Kazaa wo...

ADDA 60mm at Low Speed 16.1dB 13.2CFM
ADDA 60mm at High Speed 32.3dB 23.2CFM

ADDA seems to make the quietest 60mm fan at 15.1dB and 13.2CFM; 32.3dB 23.2CFM. That SPCR chart is really helpful!

Any high pitched wines or clicking noises?

Has anyone used these before?

http://www.mouser.com/adda/index.cfm?me ... pplierid=4

For a Coolermaster ATC-600

was that a siemens-fujitsu mb you were refering to? Is it very good? I am looking for a uATX D1683 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers Great idea with the mouse. I read of a company in Germany that produces wooden keys for keyboards and mice. Would they be quieter somehow? This was just for the look/feel of w...