Don't worry! Your PC will not ever break 200 W Seriously? are power consumption so over estimated? I honestly don't know how those calculators work. They're probably based on worst-case scenarios from all sorts of components. But a motherboard with integrated graphics and a low-power CPU like the 5...

Of the SPCR recommended PSU's, teh Seasonic M12D-850W is the quietest at 400 W. It's overkill for the watts, but VERY efficient at 400 W (87.9 % according to SPCR). I doubt you'll find may a PSU this good. Here you are: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article898-page5.html You can do things to take as...

Deffo go with core 216 over vanilla if you ask me! 55 nm means more energy efficiency than GTX260 and has more enabled stream processors (216 vs. 192 according to Anandtech). Core 216 and HD4870 1 GB seem to be about on-par with Core 216 having the slight edge, which is reflected in the price I gues...

Don't worry! Your PC will not ever break 200 W (unless you factor the monitor in, but you don't :))... Most good quality PSU's should be at their quietest at the load that your PC presents. Just get one of the SPCR popular PSUs. Maybe anything over 300 W PSU is overkill, but it's probably a necessit...

This is what im thinking so far: Motherboard: Asus P5QL Intel P43 ATX DDR2 CPU: Intel pentium Dual core E5300 FSB800 2.6 GHz box Cooler Arctic super silent 4 ultra TC S478 RAM: Kingston Value RAM DDRII 2 GB PC667 (*2) Harddisk: Seagate Barracuda ES..2 500GB Sata 32MB 7200RPM Graphics: ASUS GeForce ...

If you have your OS spin the harddrivs down when they're not used, you'll save quite some watts with ~10 harddrives. Other than that, looks fine to me. You can always get cable splitters, if you need more SATA connectors. Antoher thing. I don't think you can actually connect SATA 10 harddrives to th...

Yeah ... I second that. Add a fan-swap and you're sure to have a great, quiet PSU. So basically anything that comes with a 120 mm fan.


By the way, this is the first time that I've heard someone being flabbergasted, lol, WTH is that.

You can get a 200 W Dell DA-2 on eBay for $30-$40.

It's hard to tell from the description (unless I overlooked it, lol), whether that 230 W brick is 12 V or what it is, so I would just go with a Dell DA-2 like most other people. In that case, you'd also know the pins layout and such.

Lots of the netbook manufacturers are offering system drives in SSD form (we all know this) but of interest is both Asus and Dell offering them in Mini PCI-E format. And now this format is gaining ground in the retail world as well, Newegg lists 5 different models of Mini PCI-E drives. My question ...

AuraAllan wrote:You can read about the DA-2 and whick pin/wire goes where and why in the Antec NSK1300 with PW-200-V DC-DC and Akasa Evo-120 thread.

Ahh, that is awesome! Explains everything! I should have known that some time ago. Then your connector wouldn't have been that mysterious, lol.

Yeah, great review. Same format as always, which is in no way bad thing. I like the solid design of the Nightjar series. Definitely something to be copied by other PSU makers. Judging by the efficiency charts, the old 300 W Nightjar is less efficient for just about any PC there is (so ST30NF outdate...

Hey! You need to find a way to connect the Dell DA-2 to the two 12 V leads that goes into the PW-200-V, but that shouldn't be too difficult if you know the basics of to use a soldering iron. Mine has some special plug, but I have no idea where it came from. Maybe AuraAllan, whom I bought the PSU fro...

I think you're looking at about 100 W, perhaps even more (120-130 W?) at full load (TV-tuners on, Blue Ray drive running at full tilt, graphics engine and CPU thinking hard). You'll be stressing a 120 W PicoPSU for sure, and you are probably going to have the power-brick fan turning on at times. But...

Ah my bad, thanks for the correction. Still seems like a marketing gimmick, though. Multi-channel controllers already utilize striping to increase drive throughput. My thoughts exactly. The OCZ Core drives have been BS from the get-go. Let's hope this V3/Apex isn't as much an "improvement" as the V...

Hi! Your components look fairly standard for a HTPC. Only thing I will say, is that you should use a PicoPSU instead the Fortron Zen PSU. Your build is so basic, that it won't go past 100 W ever. Ninja 2 should fit the NSK4000. I have no idea if the HDD is fast enough, bonestonne and/or someone else...

Looks good, components are definitely up to the de-facto SPCR standards. Only thing I will recommend is that you think about whether you really want one or two hard drives, because they will be your primary source of noise. For instance one 1 TB WD Green Power will be a lot quieter than any two othe...

I don't want to go for a Green Power after reading the information about them killing themselves after time. I'm using Linux and don't want to go the hackish route by disabling the IntelliPower system through DOS. Mine works fine though, and no problems with the load cycles count. I'm running Linux...

I never heard of Thermalright before in the CPU cooling scene. :shock: You've been spending way too much time in the Finnish saunas I guess. :lol: The ThermalRight Ultra-120 Extreme is definitely one of them most discussed and reputable coolers at the moment. One of the best air coolers. And the TR...

Y have this case at home, and y was wondering if y could change the fan with an undervolted Nexus Realsilent 80mm @ 1500rpm, lets say somewhere at 1000-1100rpm. It will affect the psu? Now its king of noisy. Are the 1000rpm to few? What do you recommand? I assume that you mean the PSU fan. This has...

You will benefit enormously of an M-Audio Aduiophile 24/96. [...] Hey, great thread here and really good advices. Is the M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 you mention the same as the "Delta Audiophile 2496" mentioned on on the ALSA support matrix here: http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendo...

I'm glad it's unique .. 'cos it's not that good. :lol: They should have stuck 6 heat pipes from both sides on it, instead of the single sided setup there is now. I'd like them to submit their BigTyphoonâ„¢ 14 Pro to SPCR, because that looks like an excellent top-down cooler. Btw, what is the cause o...

On the efficiency chart, I calculate the efficiency at 22 W DC output to be 40% rather than the 62.2% stated in the chart. (22 W/55 W = 0.40) The efficiency at other loads I get more or less the same as you get. I guess the only difference is rounding off at the first decimal. But IMO you're being g...

Beautiful case, man. Did you do all the sleeving yourself?? I don't remember seeing sleeved SATA cables around here lately.

What is the most noisy part? HDD or PSU? And what VGA card is that?

Bakkone wrote:And here I thought my girlfriend would love the all exclusive double-pen.

She would ... after all it's patented!

I doubt that the EMI shielding effect of the case will be compromized if you cut the 2 mm wide metal strip, since the PCI bracked itself is made of metal.

If you hate it, go ahead .. cut it!

I forgot this one: NO SHARP EDGES for crying out loud. My hands always looks like I've been in a cat-fight after installing just a single component in my current ThermalTake chassis.

Great! By the way, see this link:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article763-page4.html


NSK3480 is a sweet µATX motherboard IMO. Remember to post pics.

The Antec NSK3480 looks great and is really what I want except for the power supply that it comes with. My power supply is one with a 120mm fan and could not be used on that case. If only antec made that case compatible with any PSU. Are there any links to the win-z series case? I have not heard of...

Something along the lines of NSK3480 - I would like to have it sold without PSU, though. I'd rather pick my own PSU. No bright LEDs. A black interior would be killer. Behind-the-motherboard-tray cable routing options. 120 mm exhaust with unrestrictive wire grill. UNRESTRIVTIVE 120 mm intake in the f...

Haha, I think I mistook good for bad then. :D Also liked this one Do you plan to buy a Mainboard using a new Socket in 2009 and if yes, which Socket? Option: Not planned until now Does that mean that by voting, I now have planned to buy a new mainboard using a new Socket in 2009? Nothing better than...