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- Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:47 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P183 vs Fractal Define R2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15541
Then get the P183 for its more solid build, and swap the fans. You'll look back after you build it and note that it was worth the extra investment, especially if your going to keep it for a few years. Just remember though, its not the case that determines a PC's noise character, its the components i...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:36 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: P150 Gamer system - somehow it all fits
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5470
That was perhaps a rushed opinion. My 8800GTS (G80!) has been working for two years with no temp issues. Solo isn't perhaps the most breathable case, but it is just enough :) Yeah, my 4850 running passive with an Accelero gets 41C idle and 54C load in a Solo. You just need to know where to place yo...
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:23 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: My simple fan controller
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4385
My simple fan controller
After fiddling with many PWM and voltage controllers based on a timer circuit and potentiometer input, I decided to go back to basics to control my AC PWM CPU and Exhaust fans in my Solo. I simply used a 3 position toggle switch and some 1N4002 diodes in series to reduce the fan's voltage. An RPM he...
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:14 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Final (?!) Setup ... any last opinions?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3564
Re: Summary of all responses
Games will only play at low resolution on integrated graphics.
According to system requirements, you should look at discrete [passive] video cards for what you will be doing.
What resolution is your display? This also plays a big factor in video card choice.
According to system requirements, you should look at discrete [passive] video cards for what you will be doing.
What resolution is your display? This also plays a big factor in video card choice.
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Mad Men Computer?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16978
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:10 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Final (?!) Setup ... any last opinions?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3564
Re: Summary of all responses
What exactly do you define as "mid level gaming"?
If your considering integrated graphics, I'd go for an AMD 785G based setup... It might be able to play WoW or something if thats what your after.
If your considering integrated graphics, I'd go for an AMD 785G based setup... It might be able to play WoW or something if thats what your after.
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:04 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: 5 years away from PC's, want a new build, please help.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3269
In that case, get a Phenom II X2 or X3 with 6MB L3 Cache; bonus points if it unlocks to a quad core .The Gangrel wrote:I'd like to cap spending on processor at about £70, so choice comes down to a higher end AMD dual core vs budget AMD quad.
Read this recent review on many AMD chips in your price range.
- Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:57 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: P150 Gamer system - somehow it all fits
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5470
Re: P150 Gamer system - somehow it all fits
Thats must be quite a loud Solo/ P150
I'd clean up the wiring, suspend the hard drives, and get rid of that cathode .
Looking forward for some better pics (try XP mode for compatibility?), there aren't that many new P150/ Solo builds in the gallery anymore.
I'd clean up the wiring, suspend the hard drives, and get rid of that cathode .
Looking forward for some better pics (try XP mode for compatibility?), there aren't that many new P150/ Solo builds in the gallery anymore.
- Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:30 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: 5 years away from PC's, want a new build, please help.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3269
OK, given their prices SSD & quad core cpu are out of contention.Also wondering about usefulness of tri-core AMD cpu... How about AMD Athlon II X4 6xx series of QC cpus? Since you may be doing processor intensive tasks however (VMware, etc), consider a CPU with more L3 cache (Phenom II X2, X3 or X4...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:47 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 300 Front Muffle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7109
Or, for anyone who wants to maintain a bit more of a 'gamer' look, use clear acrylic instead of aluminium for the plate, with a 240 rad grill cover screwed on top or some design cut into a second layer of opaque acrylic. Backlight it with a couple of LEDs if that is your thing. Thats exactly how I ...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:17 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Final (?!) Setup ... any last opinions?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3564
Re: Final (?!) Setup ... any last opinions?
I'd go with something a bit more powerful for the games, say a 5670 or higher paired with an aftermarket passive cooler like the Accelero S1.lirsch wrote: - Play mid-level graphic games ...
GPU Sapphire Radeon HD5550 1GB GDDR2 Ultimate-Passive PCI-E
A Pioneer drive might be a bit quieter than the Asus.
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:57 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 300 Front Muffle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7109
Hi speedkar9, Another solution: cut an aluminum plate and replace the fan grid, without damaging the front panel Then that essentially blocks all airflow coming in the front... Sorry for the bad explanation, maybe these pictures explain more of what I meant; a piece of metal or something that sits ...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:49 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Passive cooling and HDD suspension
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1887
- Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:49 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 300 Front Muffle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7109
Thanks Mike, What I meant to achieve was a more "professional" mod to the very popular and cheap Antec 300 that mimics the way quiet cases (like Solo and P18x) block hard drive noise, by allowing air to enter the surrounds while direct noise is muffled. This (and the fact that 300 doesn't have suspe...
- Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:50 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Need help with components for new computer
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8313
This all sounds too familiar, I recently did 2 builds , one i7-860 and one X6... including monitor they totaled $1500. Mind you they weren't built with super quiet operation in mind, but it gives you a ball park figure to what you can get for $1500. 2) I do a lot of numerical computations and progra...
- Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:38 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: carboard baffles?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2123
Use plastic from a cheap binder like Ralf Hutter did with a PSU duct.
1/8" - 1/4" foam boards might also work.
1/8" - 1/4" foam boards might also work.
- Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:35 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Need some help silencing my rig but still keep it cool
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2526
Re: Need some help silencing my rig but still keep it cool
Welcome to SPCR! Soft mount the drives, swap out the fans for quieter, soft mounted ones, swap left panel with the one on the right (if you can) to block direct noise path out of the PC from that side vent. You can probably get away with one front and the two back/ top exhaust fans in that case. If ...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:28 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Solo Bedroom PC
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40419
That is a good point. One thing this mod really makes possible is blowhole(s) for the PCI area. Thats exactly what I've done here :P. I have to confess there is one downside to this design however, yesterday I was unscrewing my back fan and the screw fell straight down.... plop! right into my power...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:06 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet Overclocker's Antec Three Hundred case mods
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13412
Re: Build experience and lessons learned.
Fourth, there is no other outlet for all that air below the card slot/video card area except the power supply. Well thats what the 120mm side panel fan was for originally :lol:. If you have a passive video card, you could probably rig up something to have a fan mount in the expansion slots below. I...
- Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:45 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Remove fan to clean heatsink inplace (stock AM3)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6041
- Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Solo Bedroom PC
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40419
This mod totally blew my mind away. One of the best ever, period. I'm seriously considering buying a Solo just to try this out. I've updated my previous post with new pics into a mini-tutorial on how to mod this case. I highly encourage others to give case modding a try, whether its flipping the PS...
- Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:15 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD Athlon II X3: An Affordable Compromise
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8335
Re: AMD Athlon II X3: An Affordable Compromise
Great article, I wished this came out a few weeks ago when I had a chance to upgrade my cpu/ motherboard platform from an old x2 5600. At my $100 target price, I had to choose from the X2 555 BE, X3 720 BE (OEM), and the X4 630. I ended up going with the X2 555 and was lucky enough to get my cores u...
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:41 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 300 Front Muffle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7109
Antec 300 Front Muffle
I was thinking about how we could mod an Antec 300's front end so that it would be a bit more silent-pc friendly. I came up with the idea to add a piece of metal in front of where the grille would be, leaving the surrounding for air intake. It would be supported by a piece of acrylic mounted on the ...
- Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Basement PC with 3.5 to 5.25 conversion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13650
Lightning and waterdropletsare the two easiest airbrushing techniques, which is why I chose to try them first .mentawl wrote:Really neat paintjob - how did you get the waterdroplet effect?
Thanks
- Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:25 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Basement PC with 3.5 to 5.25 conversion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13650
Update: I did a few mods: -Deriveted, sanded, painted and airbrushed a lightening theme on the case, clear coat -Made holes for cable management -Flipped motherboard/ PSU -Top blow hole 120mm Blue LED fan -Created a small air intake with sound baffle in front -Suspended HD in 3.5 to 5.25 converted ...
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:49 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 3480: maximizing air flow / minimizing noise
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6416
Re: Antec 3480: maximizing air flow / minimizing noise
I'm on a medium-low budget but I'd like to have a silent system. Thanks! To make the system quiet on the cheap, I would: Scythe Ninja or Katana 3 with Asus Qfan Cut out rear fan grilles No need for front fans atm since there isn't a graphics card Swap left side panel with right side panel Swap out ...
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:48 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Solo Bedroom PC
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40419
Thanks for the detail explanation, speedkar9. You could go one more step to take the PSU out of the case's thermal/noise equation altogether by cutting a hole directly beneath it in the bottom panel, and flipping the PSU so its fan draws air from outside the case. This might require taller feet for...
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:09 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Solo Bedroom PC
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40419
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:04 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Solo Bedroom PC
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40419
Thanks all, I didn't know this would spark so much interest.... Here is a brief walk through on how I modded this case, Stage One Remove the pesky PSU bar by drilling through these rivets, http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1230/img0733kk.jpg Strip down the case, http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/7...
- Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Solo Bedroom PC
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40419
Update I did a little bit of case modding, http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5913/img0286jj.jpg http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7720/img0241zd.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6738/img0246vs.jpg Mods Painted interior black Flipped motherboard and PSU upside down Made holes for cable management ...