The Antec Solo is now to small to fit most modern video cards and heatsinks your way better off with the Define R3 for this reason.

That sucks. But I guess it's expected as the HDD market begins to dwindle. Hopefully if Seagate does buy them, they use them to make a better line of drives. Maybe continue the series for a while at least. Dwindle? your serious? hardly SSDs are still far to expensive and small to even become close ...

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They Slient M looks great but it seems like there copying Antec much like what Factual Design has been doing either way looks great. I hope Slient M is cheaper then the expensive Factual Design R3,Antec P series Coolermaster always has lower prices for there cases.

the Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12LM-P is different from the normal slipstreams in that it has a FDB, as opposed to the standard sleeve. it too(like the GT) can be mounted in any orientation. Not according to Scythe, the Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12LM-P uses sleeve bearing and not the FDB bearing. ...

No matter what components you swap out as long your have your system inside cubby hole like that it's going run hot. Lack of airflow is lack of airflow, not to mention that case has awful ariflow as is something like the Coolermaster Haf 912,Elite 330 would be much better. I would suggest selling th...

Possible but not easy that will be expensive and a lot work.

speedkar9 wrote:Antec P183 or Fractal R3.
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Forsure the Fractal Design R3 larger then the Solo with many modern improvements and better airflow, cable management.

Well the Sonata will limit your space your not going be fitting Thermal HR-02 inside or HD 5850 it's far to small. Many people like the 690 for the choices you have available I would say it's the best even though general I would perfer the Antec 300,Antec P183,Factual Design R3,Coolermaster HAF 912.

If a slient PC is your goal and your not going to be running hulking video card or HSF then the Sonata III hands down. If your going to run beastly video card and Hulking HSF then Coolermaster RC-690 is your best choice.

Is the Antec NEO ECO 400C built by Seasonic? I read that 520C is just just a rebanded S12II-520 Bronze with 3 year warranty. I assume that would make the NEO ECO 400C a rebanded S12II-430 Bronze.

Rebanded S12II-520 http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=317192

I don't mind spending the extra as long it's quiet and I assume it is and 5 year warranty is worth it as well.

I believe this is reversion of the SS-380B I didn't think about this: however, if the only difference with reference to the 520W is the EPS connector, it should be a rock solid unit with a low operating noise and a very good efficiency (the 520W scored more than 82% at a 50W level, while the 80+ 38...

quest_for_silence wrote:

johnniecache7 wrote:What does SPCR think of the SeaSonic S12II 380 Bronze ?

There's a 2007 review: give it a look.

Yes, I see that review it's great one but I believe this is reversion of the SS-380B either way I think this be the supply for me.

Ok, I found the SeaSonic S12II 380 Bronze locally. it should hold up with my system.What does SPCR think of the SeaSonic S12II 380 Bronze ? Coolermaster Elite RC-330 Sparkle Power SPI 400W Nmedia ZE-C118 3.5IN Multi Function Panel LG GH22NS50 Black 22X SATA DVD Writer 3 x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120MM ...

I'm afraid those aren't common around my area and budget is tight, I'm going give the Seasonic SS-400ET a try and if it's to loud I'll swap it out for something else but I've got yet to be disappoint by Seasonic.

I agree there no way my system is taken up 350 watts, I doubt even 200 watt just I like to buy the PSU bit large stop noise.

Well the Seasonic SS-400ET is $46 where I live in Canada and AnandTech is one the better review sites not as noise truthful as SPCR but better then most. I asked about it on Johnny Guru they say to get the 400CX and they think that 40dba is slient :shock: . My video card the HD 4650 1GB DDR3 version...

I'm little concerned about off brand PSU's as they usually have bad noise and ripple. I was planning on the sparkle 400 watt but noise and ripple is bit high under loud. As long the Seasonic is under the noise level of the sparkle 400 or the 400CX I'll be happy I'm not as sensitive to noise as most ...

Hello, I've got some question about the Seasonic SS-400ET I assume this power supply is quieter then the loud Corsair 400CX? Seasonic SS-400ET does it have longer cable lenghts then the older SS-400HT? I know it's not as slient but as long it's not deafing loud 35+ dba I'm on a tight here budget but...

I would suggest against the Arctic Cooling's Freezer pro it's extremely loud and annoying fan on it. I would go with the Katana 3 because it blows the hot air out the exhaust of your case where the Samurai ZZ is topdown and blows it into the case.

Hello, I've built computer inside a Coolermaster Elite 330 it only has 163mm to fit a CPU cooler into and I'm using Matx motherboard with the dimms close to the CPU socket so I'm having a diffcuilt time finding 120mm cooler that will fit. Seems all 120mm tower coolers are out, most are 158-160mm tal...

The S-flex in Canada aren't so expensive 120mm guys are about $10.50 and the 92mm $12.45. I've heard bad things about the Scythe sleeve bearings fans they tend die within 6 months and the cost off sets the maintaince as you said. Once my systems are up and running I show them no mercy and they excep...

I like the idea of 1000 rpm fan PWM but I leave my system on 24/7 and stock fan is sleeve bearing will surely die in no time at all. I was thinking that 45w the Sempron 140 didn't need alot cooling why I choose the little guy over a dual core. I don't even mind the stock fan but since I'm upgrading ...

I prefer the S-flex's over the stock sleeve bearing PWM fan that going wearout really fast compared to 92mm S-flex. I don't consider the 23 dba of the 120mm S-flex's loud so there just fine at 1,200 rpm for my ears. Just wasn't sure about the 92mm at 1,500 rpm and pretty much thought 2,000 rpm 92mm ...

n-n-n-necro post :) Still love my sempron 140. And I agree, modern celerons are not the hideous sluggards of yester-year. :lol: I know but I couldn't let the budget CPU bashing go on E3300,Sempron 140 are great CPUs for $34,$49 CAD. E3300 is nothing but C2D E5200 Wolfdale with half the cache and is...

Trust me they don't fit I've tryed some people get lucky but they don't fit in mine atleast. 167mm doesn't include motherboard spacing etc...

You'd like gain more by getting rid of all them replacing them 120mm Scythe S-Flex 1,200 rpm version there just as quiet as the Nexus but with sony FDB bearings for longer life and would way better blowing threw tight fin heatsink or restricted grills then the Noctua's. Noctua's have very poor stati...

Hello, I'm building nice low power cheap computer and I'm going be using 45w AMD Sempron 140. I plan on overclocking this single core chip and I'm looking for equal quality cheap HSF. My case I'll using is the Coolermaster Elite 330 with two 120mm Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 1,200 rpm fans for exhaust and ...

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro can be had for real cheap. Works well with low power CPUs. Not exactly easy to replace the fan (92mm), but the stock one is pretty quiet and is decoupled. If you need a bigger cooler, Xigmatek has some good options, like the S1284 in the 20euro range. Calling the Freeze...