It has to be good. It got the Bling Bling award.



Looks can be deceiving - though I too would like to see (hear) what this thing really stacks up to be.

Yeah, seriously. I'm not going outside unless I have to. Madison isn't a place where I would want the wind on my face this time of year.

Reminds me of my two WD 80GB drive days.

That pulsating drove me insane. So insane that I bought a Seagate and never listened back.

I recently bought an 80GB WD SE for a couple of systems. I have to admit that I was quite impressed. There was no jet-airliner whining, and I could barely tell it was on. I also didn't notice the intermittent "chirps" that my 200GB Seagate does every so often. I give WD a thumbs up. Looks like they ...

Is the CPU fully burned in (give it a week or so)?
Is it making good contact with the CPU?
Did you glob enough paste on it to make The Blob jealous?

I can imagine a hit on video editing, as my 7200RPM 8MB cache cuda just sits there with the HDD light blaring for as long as it takes to render. I think that is space isn't an issue that a larger Samsung or Seagate 7200RPM/8MB cache drive would be a good fit for you. Otherwise I'd wait for the new S...

Probably a Lite-On or a Sony (made by Lite-On). Easily the loudest drive I've ever heard, but one of the best. Plus they're shorter (SOHW).

Leave the disc out, if you value your ears!

Hahahaaaaaaaaa The computer pooped on you. What a perfect opportunity to have them replace the HSF!!! Jump on the opportunity now before they bring it back screaming again!!! Yeah I said poop, and yeah I guess you could wear earplugs all day. But I think eventually you'd get sick of that. Anyway, co...

Earplugs are not part of the budget. Sorry.

= eyes after looking at a 60Hz monitor for more than a minute.

Is your PC on the floor? Under the desk? I've had to place my PC on the floor because the MaXtor HDD whines so much that it annoys the hell out of me. Not to mention that if I put a CD-ROM in someone can feel it 20 feet away... Maybe you could talk to someone in your IT department about changing the...

I should change my ID to "JohnAshcroft".

I own it and would own another at that price.

That thing is ridiculous.

Weird. I was lying in bed last night reading The Onion when I heard this noise. At first I thought it was something outside, but when I put my ear up to my PC I knew it was my 200GB Seagate. I'm glad it's a new drive and that it will go away. It is annoying though...I wonder how long the specified t...

Tomato tomatoe. I guess it would be worse if someone accidentally got Seagate and MaXtor confused, or recommended a 40mm fan to cool your cpu. :) I just used the anandtech website to limit the risks involved setting up my A64m system. I am the only user up there (or at least was with my MSI board) w...

Is this a fan in a Shuttle box?

I was thinking about taking the 40mm fan out of one I was building and then cutting an 80mm hole in the side of the PSU. Then insert an 80mm Panaflo...

You should have room to do this, no?

I recently purchased the Logitech UltraX Keyboard. It's as quiet as a notebook keyboard, as it has the same type of keys. Space bar is quiet too.

I thought GW outlawed Slot As in the UK? Oh, guess not:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/slot-a_AMD-Ath ... Z1QQsotrZ2

I found this page and wept. You will too.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... id=1321894

I've been thinking about doing the same thing for my hard disk too. It gets a bit toasty in my Micro-ATX case, and I'd like to try and help it out. I've been eyeing some old Pentium II heatsinks, and found a really nice one in a Compaq Deskpro that someone threw out on the curb. Funny thing is, I to...

You should try on an AMD 64m. They run pretty cool, especially the 35w ones. You can find tons of info about moving into this sector here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... id=1321894

Oh god yes.

Check this page out for recommended HDDs:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article29-page2.html

My 200GB has louder seeks too. I'm not a SeekPhreek so it doesn't really bother me.

My temps with the 200GB are higher, but of course I have a new case which restricts airflow more.

But it's still quiet in idle, so I have no complaints.

I've used the CoolerMaster Aero (or whatever it's called) before. Did you undervolt it? I couldn't stand the humming sound it generated after it warmed up.

Nice systems though. Looks like you need a windowed side panel for your p1mp3d rigzzzzzzzzzzz

Here's a link for the inside:

http://www.tinkafoo.com/temp/inside_low.jpg

OMFG.......

I thought the Gateway Profile PCs were hard to work on...

Alas, one can only mess with RAM and a HDD. I guess that's the price you pay for being 'cool' (n' Quiet?????).

Who would flame you for saying games are better on PC? Everyone knows that!!!

I think it looks pretty rad, and hopefully there will be reviews up soon with the innards all over the place.

I would not want to work on one of these.

But cool looking nonetheless

Looks like I'd better stock up!!!

Oh No!!! No Speeze FalconRock, my favorite Socket A HS/Fan!!!



Oh well...So many heatsinks, so little time.

I've both successfully and unsuccessfully bent capacitors.

Success:

Abit
Asus
MSI

Failure:
PC Chips
ECS

Do so at your own risk...I wouldn't recommend it.

In that case:

Motherboard
CPU
Video Card
RAM
HDD

you name it, I (or a storm) have killed it.