If either one of the drives dies, you lose everything I agree! Well here is my plan: 2 x 160 GB sata = 320 GB C drive: 60 GB for os and programs D drive: 260 GB data I periodically take a backup of the whole D drive into external HDD (looking for firewire daisy chained hdd). Thus if I want to do a ...

I am in the process of building a silent PC with P4C800-E deluxe mobo with INTEL pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800 Mhz FSB Socket 478, 2 samsung SP1614C in RAID 0 with w2k professional as my os. My understanding is that RAID 0 looks at the two HDD as one entity. I am planning to partition the RAID 0 entity int...

My idea is to have two or three computers on the network only for web surfing - I would like to isolate the web surfing machines from my workstation. Having set that as my goal I am looking for the smallest case (just one cd and one hdd) possible. I am afraid PC30 is too big! I do like LIAN LI and h...

JVM,

Sorry if this is off topic. Lian li T-3 is a 3.5 bay temperature monitor and T-4 is a 5.25 bay temperature monitor ! I know you were looking for temp monitors!

After all this info I went ahead and bought NEC ND-2500A DVD/RW drive - The price of $92 from newegg and decent review at cdfreaks.com swayed my decision. Also http://www.dvdrhelp.com has excellent user ratings of ND-2500A!

Thanks for the info!

Is there anything smaller than overture?

I am building a new computer and would like to reuse the old ATX mobo and build a small pc just for web surfing! Any recommendations? I am looking to keep just one hard disk and one CD (no floppy drive) and a small PSU. Silence is very important! I am looking for ATX form factor and not min-ATX

I found the correct machine screw and washer that go with G-410 from SEARS! Now I put in just ONE grommet into the DVD drive bay in my lian li PC-61 and tried to insert the drive! Well it is a close fit! Even with one grommet the drive cannot be inserted! Now if I put two the only way I can insert t...

Cough! Need help! Any user experience isolating optical drives would be appreciated!

Ed,

I just bought NEC ND-2500A DVD-RW drive -- I could'nt resist the price of $92 shipped from newegg.com (plextor was very costly )

I am defintely going to use the speed reduction using NERO but I would like isolate the drive as well!

I need ideas and help

Gosh, It was f**uped to find the specs for the screws and at last I got it! The spec for CD drive is M3 X 0.5 thread pitch and length is probably 6 mm (guessing the length here). To use the G-410 grommet I need a M3 X 0.5 12 mm length with some washers... And yes the CD drive screws, hdd screws and ...

I wish to use the EARS grommet G-410 with EARS screws SB4102 to silence my DVD-RW drive! Oops the SB4102 does not go in the DVD-RW drives :( Are the HDD screws different from DVD-RW screws? If so, what is the spec on the DVD-RW screws? I am basically looking for the appropriate screws that that can ...

JVM, You are right :D I just checked and it is 5.25 bay - I did not care because I have lots of spare bays :) Did you try Compunurse advance? This comes with same rectangular display but with dual temp readouts! But you will have to get handy to put this in 3.5' bay? See here http://www.extensiontec...

JVM, I think this is 3.5' bay fixture. I just ordered one and the cheapest one can get is here http://www.coolerguys.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=291 I am planning to use one sensor for the HDD (SAMSUNG two SP1614C in RAID 0) and one for the GFX (ATI 9800 PRO AIW). I will use MBM to read off ot...

I just ordered NEC 2500A from newegg.com for $91 shipped - You can beat the price and it has a good review at cdfreak.com

I feel the pain JVM is going thru to get the temps from sata samsung drives :( BTW all these utilities rely on the SMART chip reporting feature and it is either correct or incorrect - According to Alex (author of MBM) just because a drive is SMART it does'nt mean that reporting will be correct! I am...

Tigr,

I am in the lookout of the solution you just poste4

Can you provide me links to standard digital thermometers? Do u think two of them will fit in 5-1/4 bissel? I would welcome any information of the thermometers like make model etc

It is a fact that aluminium cases resonates! It is tough to get a girlfriend who is both intelligent and beautiful :) Having said that one can take precautions to minimize resonance like: 1. Making sure that all drives are grommet mounted (dvd drives, floppy drives etc.) 2. Making sure that all fans...

Most of the opinion is steel is quieter than aluminium -- I was restling with the same buying decision but ultimately I bought LIAN LI PC-61 case because of ease of working -- everything in PC-61 is removable including mobo and hence it is easy to build DIY computer especially for the first time bui...

I reseached the following: 1. Crystalfonz (fantastic and customizable but this has too much functionality) and 2. Computer nurse (displays 2 temps in one console and I need two of them - How to incorporate this in a 5.25 beats me :? ) If you have any other links please post it and I will research it...

sthayashi,

I am aware of lian li 2 display gizmo - I am looking for exactly the same stuff but with 4 displays! Anybody

I am in the market for mounting a 4 display temperature panel in the 5.25 bay! All the products I see has fan controls and one has to display one setting at a time. All I want is to see the temperatures of HDD, VGA, CASE & CPU SIMULTANEOUSLY (without any toggle switch) in four small displays. Can so...

MikeC,

When are u planning to publish the review for Zalman ZM400B-APS?

I shall look forward to reading this BEFORE I buy this PSU

Joudbren,

Thanks for your reply. The fan is shrink wrapped to the plate - I did not open the shrink wrap - Is the fan soldered or is it a simple molex connector? Can you post some pictures from the back...

I was comparing the VGA SILENCER revision 2 metal plate (the one which has the fan control) to that of ATI AIW 9800 pro output http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?style=album and they DO NOT match :cry: I bought the revsion 2 based on the compatibility list mentioned by arctic cooling that this ...

I am in for 400W PSU and was wondering if anybody has any experiences of Zalman ZM400B-APS?

JVM, I had an email conversation with MBM author about temp sensing! Temp sensing will not work for any SATA setup on samsung drives but he said that non SATA version (SP1614N ) one can probably get the temp readings. Since you have used the SATA and NON SATA versions do you see any advantage OR dis...

JVM,

I am planning to buy SP0812C for my rig - the o/s is w2k professional. I have heard praised for this drive and you seem to disagree! How happy or sad or you with this sata version of samsung? Any advice before I buy

My rig that I am building is similar to yours and I was wondering to buy Super Tornado 400W - But many have complained about super tornado so I am backing off

How do you like your super tornado PSU? Is it silent? Was this a recent purchase?

Edward Ng,

Are u aware that PLEXTOR is coming with PX-712A -- Also HP has come with using the DVD drive to burn DVD labels -- Read everything in here http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=11074

Hopefully I will wait till PX-708A price drops