mgiammarco wrote:The problem is I am not finding any hotswap adapter without fans.

i only knew one was out there, but checking the reviews, build quality was poor.

best bet is just unplugging the fans.

hmm... was thinking about it, and perhaps reversing the airflow would work better with this cooler. rear exhaust becomes intake, blows through tower section, some gets sucked through downdraft section, front fans exhaust. seems like it'd love being put in a lian li pc-a05n. without question though, ...

are you doing the window yourself? if so, go with thicker acrylic and the weight will act as damping. this does leave your other panels light though, so maybe pick up an AcoustiPack EXTRA Sheet for the other areas. if youre buying a case with a window installed... it depends. it might be very well d...

Anyway, I'm going to use it as a OS (Win7)+ program drive, and maybe temporary files for my photoediting. I've seen comments about it need some configuration, and I'm a total newbie at SSD's. Are there any nice guides on the internet I should use? Or some good advises from you guys? if you're using...

your going to want to be careful with the thermalright pressure vault mount. the amount of pressure it can put on a cpu has been known to damage sockets.

5v is quieter, but it might not provide enough airflow. i'd go with 7v.

zyrobs wrote:OP, that's a pretty nice looking mini system. What is that CPU Cooler? Freaked me out a little on first sight.

its a scythe orochi.

was just looking at pics of the Gelid Tranquillo. that cooler has the folded down sides as well... it doesnt have the hole through the center, but the twoo heatsink seem kinda similar.

from what i can see here and here and here , it should just plug in. if the plug is physically different, then you'll have to remove the wires from the plug thats attached to your psu fan, then use that plug on the wires on the new fan. remember which position the wires are in with regards to the ke...

thanks for the review, was just looking at a situation where top down coolers were the only option, so for me the timing was impeccable.

kinda wonder how it'd do in a case, with how the different fan orientations affecting airflow.

also: unique? nobody wants to talk about the cooler master v10, eh?

GPU : GeForce GTX 460 OC, 1 Go, Gigabyte if you can find a SPARKLE Calibre Series X460G , you'll be better off. it's probably the quietest 460 youre going to find. case wise, pick the one that you think looks nicer, the fractal and the solo are both going to be very quiet. everything else seems cov...

the 40mm fans will probably be loud. either buy one without fans; or be prepared to disable them, or swap them out for something like the noiseblocker 40mm fans

it looks like the pcb of your ups is fairly easy to access...

while i might lean towards warranty service, it doesnt seem like itd take too much work to get in there with a hot glue gun if thats the path you want to take.

a little update. decided to suspend my hitachi 2TB. its the only drive thats always in use, as it holds my music, current downloads, and documents. since i spin down and unplug the rest of my drives, i decided that i could give it some special treatment. this all came about when i was putting my ha...

ces wrote:It seems like it is possible it might generate different results if you are talking about motor noise. If there is no motor noise, it seems like it shouldn't make any difference. Does that make sense to you?

yep, thats what i was talking about.

i wish i lived near a microcenter... i always see these great in store deals.

I got it from the website which came out on top when Googling 'Scythe'. http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu_top.htmlebsite This site doesn't even mention a revision B of the cooler, so . . . official site: http://www.scythe.co.jp/products/cpu/mugen-2-rev-b.html usa site: http://www.scythe-usa.com...

somethings been bothering me about the way you test PWM fans. just by undervolting them, theyre not running as they should be run, or as most people would run them... at 12v, but with pwm control. would it be impossible to test them at various percentages on pwm control from either a motherboard hea...

figment wrote: If I get the 650D (which is seeming more likely now), the side panel would almost certainly be covered with acoustic foam anyway. I have some GPU fans to dampen and that's more important than showing off.

sounds good to me. make sure to take pics

what materials are you making the case out of? how thick, etc. for the rubber at the bottom, is it super cushy like silicone, or no? that would seem to make a difference. i'd hold off until later for buying the drives, because the 2tb/3platter drives will probably drop in price. with the areal densi...

kinda depends on your ambient temperatures, but you should be alright...

if not, you could run the second fan in the front too. with that you might be able to lower the fan speed a little to get more airflow with similar noise levels.

its not necessary at all to match the cfms.

since you're running more than one fan, i might lean towards more intake, for a positive pressure system.

Have you considered other solutions to your cat problem? You could probably come up with some kind of cover for the power switch on the PSU. Or you could even just tape it to the "on" position. SilverStone SST-PP02 cat problem? solved. >$9 at amazon or performance-pcs as for the case... have you th...

well i went wandering around scan, and this is what ive come up with. obviously this is just an example of what can be had. case/psu : antec nsk3480 psu fan : noctua nf-r8 motherboard : msi h67ma-e45 ram : 2x2GB corsair xms3 cpu : intel i3-2100 heatsink : scythe mugen-2 strap the slipstream from the...

i'd try this. ive got no experience with it, but i'd be a bit quicker to trust it given the names dropped on that page.

disappointing. they're recognized as one of the best waterblock makers out there, but i guess that just doesn't translate.

kinda wonder how it'd fair with a GT, the added pressure might be just what this thing needs.

so you have the card. you have the cable. you have the tv. but youre asking us if it works? i was gonna come in and say that most new cards should be able to handle such a task, but now im just wondering why you dont just try it out? if it doesnt just work right away, it'll be a software issue. what...

The slipstream specs are sort of interesting. I wonder what that 0 rpm means in real life operation? I was confused by that too. Do they really have a fan that can operate at, for example, 5% duty cycle? That would be an impressive --albeit useless-- feat. 05% pwm set by speedfan = ~144rpm. note th...

check out the scythe mugen-2 review to hear spcrs take on the slipstream pwm.

quest_for_silence wrote:

fumino wrote:if i had a p190/3 this would be something i'd consider.

It doesn't fit (IIRC).

its 160mm high with the fans, so only 135 without them. definitely would fit.