Perhaps one of the other Logitech keyboards would suit your fancy. I'll repeat myself by saying that the keys of the Illuminated Keyboard are superior to even those of the UltraX. I think I tried it before and didn't like it as much. Plus it has double sized delete in place of ins key which I do no...

Ugh... glad someone else has asked this question. And sad that no one has found a good replacement. I have several of UltraX. I'm ashamed to say the one I'm using right now is so filthy it feels sticky :shock: on humid days. Unfortunately I just do not know of any good replacement for these. UltraX ...

How do you run your HDDs? Do you run them as JBOD? Or do you have them in hardware RAID? Software RAID? I'm probably going to need to update my file server sometime in the next year (or whenever spindle hard drive prices come back to reasonable levels). I'm running windows right now, but I've been t...

I ran GT210 or maybe GT220 fanless without any issues for two years. I just got the reference fanned design and simply removed the fan and it was fine. But if you want a little piece of mind you can get this card with a little beefier heatsink . BTW why won't you just run two monitors from one of yo...

The temps are back to what they used to be, give or take a couple of degrees. I cannot say conclusively, but I don't think it was bad contact between heatsink and GPU die, I think either one of the fans died or was getting caught on the elastic band I used to tie them to the heatsink. With 975Mhz Co...

When did 800rpm 120mm fans become loud? What case are you using? I'm using P182. Fan noise depends not only on the RPM, but also on the blade design. Slipstreams have small hub and straight almost vertical blades. This allows slipstreams to push more air than say Nexus at comparable RPMs but it als...

Two choices 1. Do the "mod" where you fit Antec Kuhler 620 onto the videocard http://www.overclock.net/t/1203528/official-nvidia-gpu-mod-club-aka-the-mod 2. Get some tools and fit Accelero S1 onto your videocard http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=129694 http://www.overclock.net/t/625...

Any update on the speed? I don't really buy the 24 hours excuse, seems sketchy, but out of curiosity have you tried running them for one or two days straight? These fans look interesting, but not if they run at 600rpm, 800-1000 is ideal in my experiences, 600 is too slow when my computer is pushed t...

If you look at the S1 Plus specs, it's 230 (L) x 135 (W) x 42 (H) mm big. The length and the width are almost ideal to put two fans on it. My reasoning behind running two fans is simple: two fans running at 500rpm will provide the same amount of airflow as a single fan running at 800rpm, but will be...

7850 is more of a midrange card. I purchased XFX 7950 with the same dual fan heatsink (see the thread about 7950 and Accelero S1) and while it was silent at idle (about 1000rpms for the fans), it was quite loud at any kind of load. Much quieter than single fan designs or default heatsinks from both ...

Sorry, I was lazy so I didn't take any pictures. You need attachment that looks something like this . And yes, copper is very soft, so it took me almost no effort to file it down with dremel. The most annoying part was trying to mark exact areas that needed to be cut down. If you take a look at the ...

Well 61 was at 18 ambient. I came home after work and at more reasonable daytime temps of 25 or so the load is now 70-73 degrees. Still as good as stock cooler while being much quieter. The bad news is that I can't find a way to find out VRM temperatures. I installed HWInfo64, GPUZ, even Aida64 tria...

Well, some kind of MSI Twin Frozor has hit newegg at $210 after rebate last month. And AMD just lowered MSRP on 78xx series. It might take a little while for the new prices to filter down to the retailers, but you'll probably be able to pick up the version you want close to $200. EDIT: looks like pr...

I have had exact same EVGA card up until a week ago. With stock fan it is loud, even at idle, at load it is screeching. If the choice is between EVGA card with stock heatsink and MSI Radeon 5770 with two fans (emphasis on two fans) the latter one will be more quiet. I don't think it will be inaudibl...

It's been a while since I visited SPCR, good to see it's still up and running. Over time I thought all was good in silent pc land seeing how more and more manufacturers were putting a lot of effort to make their products quiet, which is why I haven't visited SPCR in a couple of years now... Alas, my...

The 7850 card I'd want is still in the $240-250 range and AMD still has lousy 2 monitor power use. The 660 Ti is a little overkill for my current 1920x1080 games...but has decent 2 monitor power. Nvidia is no better when running 2 monitors. Both nvidia and AMD do not downclock in 2D when running tw...

Yes, I know about firmware issue, and I will update it if I buy Samsung. At this point I'm mainly wondering about compatibility with my Adaptec 31605 controller, including how it would handle 512byte vs 4Kbyte drive. With on board controller you can manually align the drive, but when using RAID cont...

Well, the time has come to upgrade my RAID array. I'm not running out of space yet, but it's getting there, and I'd rather plan ahead so that when the time comes I'm prepared, plus that way I can look for best possible hard drive deal. I'm planning to use 8 2TB hard drives in RAID 6 configuration on...

Apparently CrazyPC is going out of business, so they have lowered prices on a lot of their merchandise. Prices are not clearance level yet, but a lot of stuff is very nicely priced. Ninja 3 is $35, Thermalright HR-02 is $64, a number of Scythe fluid bearing fans are also on sale around $10 a piece w...

Need more info on the case. I have a feeling this would go nice with a fanless or semi fanless PSUs like newer seasonics. Two bad things I can see is it would be difficult to mount a hard drive in an enclosure and stupid side ports, my case is currently sitting inside a table and USB ports on the si...

Heh, I'll have to remember to run transfer rate test on mine then...

Eh... spam friends for a chance to win a game? Each to his own...

Think it’s the first time I ever seen someone with that amount of hard drives actually taken the time to soft mount them, I like it. :) Now imagine suspension string breaking on the top drive causing a top-down avalanche of all 8 drives. Personally, there is no way I would suspend my drives in a ...

Boy, you guys like to argue. Reviewing the original post, I fail to see any comment regarding needing performance...just the need to stream FLAC files. It's right there: "I'm concerned that the 'cool and quiet' part of that will be more theoretical and won't really offer any improvement. But I'll s...

That sanyo PLV-Z4000 does seems like it would be silent enough. Only problem is that the cheapest I found it here was about 2100 euros so a bit much. But I'll have a look at their other models and see what I can find. Thanks for mentioning sanyo :D I didn't even know about them since where I live i...

$700? F that... My $20 UltraX keyboard is quiet enough and has tactile feedback that I'm sure this overpriced keyboard can't touch. I suspect the reason this keyboard costs so much is because it is intended to be used in an industrial setting where resistance to water, vapors and dirt are important....

Every hard drive manufacturer does it. Samsung does it, Seagate does it, WD does it, Hitachi does it, Maxtor used to do it before they got bought out by Seagate. Occasionally they will send you a new drive, but that would be a very rare exception. In general you should always expect a refurb when yo...

Read reviews? I bought Sanyo PLV-Z2000 two years back based on reviews that said it was the quietest projector on "silent" setting, was offered with $600 rebate making it the cheapest 1080p LCD projector, and at the same time had a picture comparable to much more expensive projectors. So far I'm com...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3858/the-worlds-first-3tb-hdd-seagate-goflex-desk-3tb-review Short version: It has 5x 600gb platters and runs extremely hot. What a disappointment. Lame, lame, lame... No way I'd buy a 5 platter drive. I would rather take upcoming 2TB Samsung F4 with 3x666GB platters, ...

maxextz wrote:but did you notice any difference in the noise?

edit:update...done it and there is a big difference in air flow but not so much if any difference in noise.

Airflow and noise is really the same. If you get higher airflow now, you can run your fans at slower speeds resulting in less noise.