positive presure lowered my psu and cpu temps but raised my hdd and northbridge temp so finding the happy medium is always the best

My old computer shorted out so its time to upgrade my basic plans are Athlon 64 3000 Gigabyte 6600gt w/zalman heat pipe the part I cant decide on is the motherboard I really want to use an xp-120 but I could settle for an xp-90 here are my top picks Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI or the non sli version b...

You only need to connect one or the other 3-pin or molex

nexus min rpm is around 600 rps I think

and you should probebly mount the fan blowing towards the heat sink

nice to see a duct that dosen't go through the side panel
good improvements

mathias wrote:How about "soundproof room for big angry drunken rants"?

that would work too

you have good tastes in cases I almost got that case but I realy wanted an all aluminum case.

silverstone makes the best looking cases in my opinion

I hate dell
we should have a rant forum were people just go of topic and rant about big companys and such

Right now my sys is down (bad cpu) But before I had this Athlon 2400 w/ yate loon 80mm ducted to back case fan Vantec Ion 2 w/ yate loon 2 yate loons front and back Seagate hdd planed for suspending but my CPU died before I could set it up Fanless graphics And of course the lian li pc-7 plus Ect I h...

The reason Intel sell so well is marketing. Up until about this year AMD only advertised to the enthusiast/system builder market and they only sold to that market Now they are starting to advertise to a broader market so naturally they should also sell to a broader market You can’t sell your product...

Little fans like that are never silent or even quiet
I recomend replacing it with a Zalman heatsink

I own this case and it is a very nice clasic lian li pros back grill is removable good for wire management looks good front grill and filter aluminum for weight 10lbs easy to work with cons front gill lets out lots of noise aluminum for sound not tooless HDD cage is riveted down (hard to suspend) Th...

I had that case and buying a new one was the best thing I ever did.

ASUS "A8V-E Deluxe"

GIGABYTE "GA-K8NF-9"

CHAINTECH

SOLTEK "SL-K890Pro-939"

MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum"

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D

try coolcases
pre-modded just add your own foam and psu
cost is a little high though compared to modding it yourself

Be sure post how the Soltec is when you get it all set up.

Why do I not like the soltec?
Well last time I built a system I bought a cheap off brand mobo I was disappointed, so I guess I don’t want to take any chances.

You have a few things wrong First the on the weight issue you start with a ten pound aluminum case add parts and dampening and you end up with a 20 pound system or you could buy a 20 pound steel case and end up with a 30+ pound system. And on the price, melamine foam is very cheap and I would buy it...

I forgot
Welcome to SPCR!

That’s a pretty good looking system. I have also be looking for a good nforce4 mobo, since you are water cooling I would recommend the ASUS "A8V-E Deluxe" they make great motherboards and the northbridge fan could be replaced with a Zalman HS or you could water cool it For graphics card the x800 is ...

I'd love to see SPCR review of this case. I think it has great potential for a silent, lightweight and best-looking case. I'm thinking of buying this case so I could certainly send some pics and my findings, but I don’t have anyway of measuring sound so I could only compare it to other cases I have....

I’m planning on building an Athlon 64/ nforce 4 systemin the next few months. I want to use a thermalright xp-120 CPU cooler and a fanless Northbridge cooler like the Zalman. Unfortunately I don’t think that is possible with any of the motherboards. I have them ranked in order of preference 1 ASUS "...

for me the aluminum light weight and the sexy looks of lian li cases out weigh the extra hum and vibration.

I have always though they should just put 120 fans in the good old lian li design.

what do you guys think of the Lian Li PC-7bplus ?

http://www.coolerguys.com/840556060673.html

If I had known techgems was in SF i would of ordered from them, I live only an hour away! O well my week of wating for isellsurplus fans if over so I guess its ok in the end.

I ordered from isellsurplus and the order came in 7 workdays, make sure all of the things you are ordering have the little green circle next to them in the checkout screen otherwise it will take longer. Also my status said approved, not shipped right up to the day they arrived. Looks like the tracki...

I’m sorry if this was asked before
But would a Zalman ZM80D-HP be enough to cool an Nvidia 6600gt?

thx

sry this was a double post nevermind

O by the way WD diden't ask any questions they just asked for a 30 letter decription of the problem, so u might be able to RMA yours if all else fails

I had a WD drive that passed all the tests but kept failing, but what finally worked for me was to use a utility to write all zeros to the drive then reformat.
(In the end the drive had a bad file allocation table so I RMA’d it)
hope that works

Try suspending your hard drives.
Don’t do anything elaborate to start, just see if that helps.
Also the door might be rattling, I fixed this once by putting adhesive doughnut shaped pieces of silicone on a few contact points inside the door and the rattling stopped.
Good luck with that.

Good point Tibors, I never thought of that.
Its not worth painting then.
thanks anyways guys

Thanks

I will probably use standard plastic spray paint, because it is easy, but if there is any special spray paint type or brand you recommend I would appreciate the advice.