The reserator I think is too expensive for me. MCP350 is the pump that comes with the Swiftech kits. Is this the one you are talking about? Yep, that's the one. They also do (did? they may have stopped recently) supply the MCP650 which isn't quiet. The MCP350 is arguably the best pump in the world ...

If you've got the space and don't plan on moving about a lot, get the Zalman reserator. If you plan to move it, or don't have room for a reserator/don't like the looks then some of the Swiftech kits are probably worth a look - they're well engineered, and have simple plug-in fittings for the tubes i...

Ideally i would say Seasonic but the only place you can buy them from is Xcase and they want over £50 for 350w. :shock: The reason is because they must import them rather than buy them from a local distributor. XCase have the Rev A3 (Super Tornadoes?). Other places like coolnquiet have the Rev A2s....

When I close the front door the airflow goes dramatically down. Theres no PC in this case yet so I have no idea how this will affect temps, but it's an issues I really didnt see coming. It reduces the allready very-very low airflow of the Nexus fans to a bare minimum. I'm wondering if the effect is...

Wasn't that welcome for me :shock: :D I think im in exactly the same boat as Big Donut Well, it was originally for you as I could see you were new. Since it turns out Big Donut hadn't had one either it goes for him too. It's one of the things I love about SPCR that it's just such a friendly and hel...

I had a look at a wattage calculator, the one constantly referred to on here and it looked like 350w was going to be very close so i thought i'd need 400w. my specs are abit av8 athlong 64 3500+ (winchester) i may try overclocking abit siluro fx5600 40gb seaate barracuda 160gb seagate or samsung sa...

HalvSame wrote:I suggest asking the same question in the Electronics forum at bit-tech.net, there are quite a few clever heads over there..

Edit: lol, my first actual post here at SPCR and I'm referring to another forum! Sorry 'bout that :+\

Welcome in anyway

problem is after spending 35-40 quid on the case theres not enough left in your 70 quid budget for a good powerful quiet psu if 350w is enough you can get the fortron source 350w from microdirect.co.uk for 30 quid the 400w come in at just over 40 quid. There are also hiper power supplies, but i don...

Oh, and Welcome to SPCR!

Reachable wrote:A hearing test with a closed case puts the sound's intensity loudest about where the hard drive should be. No certainties there, either.

I've got no better ideas than you, but if I even suspected my HDD was making funny noises I'd start backing everything up very rapidly!

Couple of points: 1) CPU/GPU are very dense heat sources - PSU parts tend to be less so, and hence are more suitable for quiet air cooling. 2) PSUs can already practically use 120m fans, and these are the same size that would be used for radiators/heatercores anyway in most cases. These aren't easy ...

Other issue is the NB/SB Chip fan. Stock it is an 8000+ screamer. If you go dual video you can't fit a tall cooler so I'm stumped. I've undervolted way down, but don't know how much cooling I'm getting though... Yeah, very relevant to me to as I'm planning pretty much the same build (only watercool...

Also, nForce4-SLI chips have active cooling - the others are passive ;) Yeah, that's the only think counting against it in my mind. And there doesn't look like there's any room for a passive cooler if the card overhangs the slot at all. However, I do have a "cunning plan" I'd like opinions on. I pl...

Does the fan look like this pic?: pic (from this link). Not really - it's got 7 blades and while they're not swept back the edges are very rounded - they look quite like flower petals actually... Both the A2123 and 2123XST are heavy metal 38mm thick fans which 'weigh' against them from a mounting a...

How did turn out? Any update? I've not tried them in a system, but attached to a Thermochill 120.1 one of them pulling shifts a reasonable amount of air (several times what my Papst 92mm @7v does) while being virtually inaudible. The fans have a little bit of 50Hz hum (I think I can hear it @ 2m in...

If you've already got a 1048, already run AC inside your case, then why not just replace the 1048 rotor (the only wear part) and have done? Note that you'd then be best off with something like a Swiftech 6000 series waterblock. That or run it until it finally dies and get a new one. This is still a...

Yeah, I've been following ProCooling fairly closely (I'm registered there too), it's just I hadn't previously noticed that the DDC was meant to be quieter than a 1048. There was a discussion on accoustics for various pumps, but I actually got the impression from that the 1048 was still quieter. Perf...

Laing DDC is smaller, lighter, quieter , flows faster and has more head than Eheim's 1048. It runs on 12V DC via molex and has a 3-pin activity line you can plug into your mainboard to get speed report. -Ed What sort of difference is there? I must have dozed off for a bit recently because that's th...

I'm thinking about how to plumb up the system I plan to build in the next month or two, and could do with some noise related feedback. The current plan is to run a Thermochill 120.1 where the HDD bay is on the TJ-06, with a Sunon A2123 HSL sucking air through it and exhausting out a blowhole in the ...

Probably because there is no real standard position for a motherboard. If the fan is blowing downwards then the CPU cooler can be put anywhere on a motherboard, for a given mounting point. If you're going to blow air out of the back you either need to standardise motherboard (and indeed case - remem...

Has anyone noticed that silenx now sell silent led fans that look to be made by adda. As opposed to all the other SilenX fans, of course :roll: The thing I don't get is why people in otherwise fairly good forums like say this one seem to think SilenX kit is any good... This despite claiming SPCR's ...

can you even buy 100cfm fans without a license? Or do they come with "hearing hazzard" labels? :lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah, I've got a couple for my next build. They're actually no noisier than my PC used to be before I started silencing it, and undervolted they're the quietest fans I've ever heard. The...

HDD blocks probably arent worth bothering with - they add quite a bit of restriction to your system (thus increasing CPU/GPU temps) while not improving the performance of the HDD. It is worth doing if you plan to copy someone like bladerunner and go completely fanless, but if you have any fans in th...

There is currently one for sale on the Kustom PCs forums, but I haven't seen any others.

I've got a 17" Acer TFT, and it does have a very high pitched screetch to it. However it's very quiet indeed (I can only really hear it within about 12 inches of the monitor, or if everything else is turned off). For some strange reason it is far louder when the screen is showing dark colours than l...

Sudden thought - is there anyone else in the US who wants one of these fans? I'm up to 4 fans already between myself and ferdb, and if I can scrape together an order for 6 they're a bit cheaper. If so, contact me by monday afternoon UK time on <removed to deal with spam robots> and I'll sort somethi...

Will do - might take a week or so before I order as I'm naturally disorganised and am only just starting to get the components together for this build. I'll probably email you from work monday/tuesday to sort something out.

Presumably you are talking about the unusual HDD cage location? The cage itself is a smidge taller than a 120mm fan, and there is some space above it below the PSU -- perhaps 10cm, as you suggest. A 120mm fan would fit on that back panel -- obviously you'd have to drill out a hole for it. Yep, that...

I have a sample of the TJ06 and can say it's pretty impressive. No chance to try it out yet but even the odd HDD placement doesn't seem bad, the CPU cooling channel definitely a keeper and the way the front bezel just swing is awesome Mike, could you possibly tell me the exact distance between the ...

Hmmm... can I summarise that the active PFC results in lesser energy consumption and is thus more environmentally friendly? Seems to be the idea I get from what I've read. There is no change in the actual energy consumed by your PC, but any form of PFC reduces the amount of power that needs to be g...