LOL, that video was very well done!!! I love it!

Happily, there is almost no noise difference. I can detect a slight difference if I get up very close and completely cover the hole. I'm sure it would be another story if I set all my fans to max speed. The CPU fan is blowing down onto the heatsink. Originally, I was planning on somehow modding the ...

THANK YOU! Here are my temperature results. Running time per test: 2 hours Ambient: 25.5C according to thermistor on cheap digital clock CPU load: Idle running Windows XP BEFORE: (no duct) 39C - Motherboard Sensor 1 39C - Motherboard Sensor 2 45C - P4 2.53GHz CPU 27C - Samsung 160GB SATA Hard Drive*...

Wow, this is my 100th post. :) I thought I'd finally post a picture of my CPU duct. It leads straight to my Zalman 7000A-Cu which cools my P4 2.53 GHz CPU. The Zalman has been modded with a chrome fan (see my other thread in this forum). Here is what the duct is made of: 1. Hole in case panel 2. Met...

I have two Seasonic Super Tornado 300 PSUs and I like them a lot. Not everyone has had the same experience with these - there are different revisions and they behave differently with different hardware. But I love mine. I also use a SilenX 300 iXtrema Pro (from silenx.com ) which makes even less noi...

so by changing the fan itself, you dropped the RPM's to 1065 RPM and yet managed to keep the CPU cool? My duct has a lot to do with my CPU cooling. The Zalman fan doesn't have to work as a mere circulator anymore. My CPU is a 2.53GHz P4. My ambient temperature right now is around 24C (according to ...

You can replace your fan like I did here: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=11827 My replacement fan runs at around 1065 RPM plugged into the Fan Mate. My CPU is ducted so I can get away with lower RPM if the fan would let me. I have two Zalman 7000 heatsinks (one is the all copper ve...

For a home theatre PC, I'd get something closest to 17" wide, in desktop form. I wouldn't recommend the Antec Overture... It is the right width but way too deep for most stereo furniture. I have one in the garage. It ran very hot as well. I have a much older black antec ATX desktop case. It is one o...

What is your ambient temperature? Just curious...

As for keeping such a system quiet, hopefully someone here can help. I know I can't - part of my strategy is keeping the amount of stuff in the box to a minimum.

I think moving the computer is an excellent idea. XG2004's web site has some great things on it. I like the power and reset switches, as well as the LED lights.

I'd try unplugging devices and see if the noise goes away. I had a 6" cold cathode that would make my Seasonic squeal like crazy. I replaced the light with an LED light and it was happy.

My Samsung is showing 18C right now which is obviously false since the room is 25C.

Depending how the drive was mounted, I've even seen it do 14 or even 12C...

How are the case temps after the PSU switch? How about CPU temps? Did you notice a significant raise in temps after the machine has been on for a few hours (new psu vs. old psu)? So far there is no difference at all, temperatures (case, CPU, hd) are the same. My CPU fan pulls air directly from outs...

I've been using two Seasonic Super Tornado 300W power supplies in two of my computers for a while now. I'm not sure what revision they are, but I couldn't complain. The fans start every time and the 120mm fan spins at around 875 rpm and I've never seen it speed up any faster. I've read other user's ...

I love my Samsung. The only problem I have is the temperature sensor. It has aways reported the temperature to be way lower than it really is. I wouldn't be surprised if many of these drives are getting destroyed simply because they report that they are running "cold" so we think we can get away wit...

the lists take a while to update. be patient, mikec will eventually find time to put it in :) hopefully one of the things he's busy with is fixing the 'recent post' panel on the main page to show recent posts in the new watercooling forum, something i requested a while back. I always wondered why n...

YIKES, I always thought bigger fans were better... I even modded my front intake to use 92mm instead of 80mm....

Should I just get eight 40mm fans??

How about the noise difference between sucking and blowing? I've tried switching the fans on at least 5 different heatsinks and fans at different times. They were always noisier in the suck position. Anyone else notice this?

LOL :) http://members.cox.net/clemente39/images/cpu/chromezalmanmounting.jpg Hopefully this picture will give you an idea... The two holes in the bottom of the fan spaced apart just like the original Zalman fan. Tied up with the stretchy stuff, looping through the fan's holes, below and obove the me...

I guess I'll have to try and get a picture, LOL. It is basically tied together, but in such a way that there is stretch magic between the fan and the mounting (so the fan isn't touching any of the hardware. I did it in such a way that there is no wiggling going on...

The Evercool fans I got were from CompUSA. They were pretty expensive ($15 each!) but I was desperate. To mount the fan, I first drilled two 1.5mm holes below the fan, just as the stock Zalman fan is drilled. I left the fan in the aluminum frame during this procedure. Then, I removed the fan from th...

Thanks! This suspension really does an excellent job at making the drive quieter. I'll try and get another picture - right now I'm still refining things. :) Here is the trick to vertical suspension in the 3.5" bay. It is arranged exactly like the 5 1/4" picture - just tilt your head (or the picture)...

Thanks, everyone! I'm not really sure about the temperature difference, because since removing the original Zalman fan, I have also made a duct on the side of the case. The Zalman pulls air directly from outside. Even though I'm using a much slower fan speed, my temperatures are a lot lower than bef...

Now my Zalman 7000A AlCu has a chromed fan. I have previously modded it with a black Panaflo fan as seen here: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=10443 I picked up a 92mm Evercool aluminum frame with chromed fan modded for use with my Zalman. This time I mounted it with 1.8mm Stretch M...

I have decided to move the drive back to the internal 3.5" hard drive bay - but this time mounted vertically and suspended with Stretch Magic. I don't think I can get a good photo of this configuration - not as much open space. Directly in front of the drive is a 92mm Panaflo FBL09A12H attached to a...

http://members.cox.net/clemente39/images/cpu/stretchmagicsuspension.jpg I have tried hard drive suspension for the very first time. I couldn't believe how much better it works over grommets! I found a very nice suspension material at Michaels. It is called Stretch Magic. I got the thickest they had...

I'd say SeaSonic Super Tornado, most likely rev. 1. :D Cheers, Jan Yes, it is a Seasonic Super Tornado 300. :) I'm not sure which revision it is. The fan starts all the time at every power-up. It stays around 880 RPM and never speeds up no matter what I make the computer do at 100% usage. It is a 2...

1000 RPM is already pretty slow, and if you were to go much lower, I think it would become just about useless for any kind of cooling. The 120mm fan in my PSU spins at 880 RPM (stock, no mods). It is very effective at cooling not just the PSU, but my system as well. This is what makes larger diamet...

Don't worry about -12 and -5. My PSU doesn't even have wires for those pins. Your motherboard likely doesn't use it and is reporting whatever it feels like...

Well, the top dog brand in rotary tools is FOREDOM, (sp?) but you are talking $eriou$ industrial tool quality and price for one of those. That's what I use, a FOREDOM Flex Shaft series CC setup. But for case modding, I usually use nothing more than a $10 Nibbler from Radio Shack. No electricity nee...