I'm pretty skeptical. Other than SPCR, pretty much all review sites blow when it comes to analyzing noise. A lot of times what they find "whisper quiet" is just not audible over the rest of their system, which is probably louder than an average SPCR member. Hopefully MikeC will get a review sample, ...

I covered some methods to make a mouse quiet here . This is quiet, according to the website, but no one has used it and can say how good, quiet, or comfortable to use it is http://www.silentmouse.co.uk/ This might be quiet, but it doesn't say. It's expensive at $99, but it may be worth it if it anno...

Dang that Korean one has an ugly sticker.

SilenX, why we hate them.

Dude, dump the stealths, DUMP THEM NOW. They're crap. Crap crap crap. I've had them, I know. Everyone else on this forum agrees that at most, MAYBE the 80mm is okay.

Get some Yate Loons, you'll be happier, especially if you couple them with a fan controller or use speed fan to undervolt them.

I tend to recommend Samsung, personally, because I haven't had mine die yet, though I've had drives I've used for the same amount of time (or earlier) that died from WD and Maxtor. Never tried Seagate, but if MikeC says they ain't quiet, then they ain't quiet... unless unlike the competitors, they f...

claude05 wrote: Actually, the front fan is an exhaust. It's sucking air out of the case, and so is the PSU. They work together quite nicely.

Oh, I just skimmed through the content of your post and mostly looked at the pictures. I didn't notice the CD-ROM drives above the PSU and system fan

One thing about the design; it seems an odd design choice, with the PSU fan and the system fan fighting for airflow, as the PSU blows it out while the system fan sucks it in. So the cool air tends to be "caught" by the PSU to an extent (even if heat rises) plus the heat from the PSU is getting sucke...

2. As quiet as possible. This system is in a very spartan and echo-ful room so even the slightest noise is amplified. I would like to go "silent" but that's just not going to happen due to #4. Try to put a blanket, pillow, some foam, etc. behind the case. Not TOO close as to impede the air coming o...

slaman , SPCR's policy on posted images for the GALLERY SECTION: DIALUP USERS NOTE: Pics here are allowed to be larger in size than in the rest of the forums. As of Oct 26, 2004, 640x480 pixel size and file sizes up to 100KB are acceptable in this forum. Smaller files are preferable, however. So it...

I'm looking for general advice. I'm sure a lot of this has been discussed before, and I've tried to do some reading, but there's a lot to read. Please forgive if this is completely redundant, and feel free to point me to other discussions. Plenty of people on this thread will help you with specific...

Interesting how we've gone from this, All this is part and parcel of the general prevailing attitude in the industry that, somehow, noise is not an issue, and more importantly:[/b] Quiet is not a sellable feature.[/b] Simple things such as soft mounting of hard drives, optical drives and fans that c...

Since some people have reported having problems mounting fans on cases with large fan mount holes using this isolators, here's an easy way which usually works: put the isolators on the fan OUTSIDE the case, then place the knobs against the holes from the inside, and pull the rubber heads through. Mu...

Eh, I'm still on Windows 2000 Pro. Mostly because I'm poor and I never really saw a benefit in going to XP. Well, I basically had no interest in even considering it with the "maximum number of activations before you have to call Microsoft to be able to use it some more." I refuse to have to ask perm...

I actually thought this was spam, because it's such a weird name and I've never even heard of Bearlake before, then again, I don't keep much of an eye on technology until I'm ready to upgrade my computer.

In terms of absolutes? The Zalman TNN all passive case.

I remember the occasional bitching about cases that can't take full length video cards, even though no one has made them in years. Lots of people who buy Antec cases are going to be pissed when they find out this can't fit...

NeilBlanchard wrote:Greetings,

It's a Athlon 64 4200+, 2GB RAM, 2X XFX 7600GS, a Samsung 80GB and a Seagate 120GB SATA drives suspended (sorta'), in an Evercase 4252.

Poor Evercase... everyone's ripped off their designs of using rubber grommets and side intakes in the front, and almost no one remembers them...

ShadowKnight, excellent suggestions. Thanks! It's a P180, but I use those items in my system here, in case you want to take a look: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=24308 ETA: The pictures are a bit outdated, as my cooling on my video card is now mounted directly on the card instead...

Sounds like you've made some great choices. The only suggestions I have, if you want to go really hardcore, are: 1. Get a Smardrive 2002C hard drive enclosure. You can't use the built in suspension system, but you could lay in on some foam on the floor of the case. 2. Get some Acoustipack deluxe 3. ...

You can get a cheap Samsung drive for about $40 from NewEgg. Get that and some Stretch Magic (or some $3 foam) and you'll be good to go.

After getting in on the P150 deal at outpost, I got it today. I ordered it Sunday, it obviously couldn't ship till Monday, and despite living all the way across the country, DHL ground got it to me in only two days. I initially thought that either I had a bad PSU or one of the ones that needed a cra...

Hi everybody. The Nexus fans have Molex and 3-pin motherboard jacks - if I connect them to the motherboard, I don't need to connect them to the Molex connectors on the PSU cable, right? Correct. They 3-pin connection is just another form of power plug, so you use a 3-pin or 4-pin molex, not both. T...

It depends on the size of the fan, I guess. Thermaltake makes a 130mm fan that's similar to being "rimless" like the PS3 fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811999144 I suppose you could try modding the "rims" of a normal 120mm to fit. Going by the picture, which I don't have a ...

Chocolinx wrote:I've had a Mime before and its very very quiet.

Only problem with a mime cooler is that it comes in a transparent box, and it's impossible to get out

Wrong forum.

The media cards didn't work on mine, and the floppy was pretty fickle about the disks it wanted to run at boot [more on next post]. I'm looking for a sim. replacement but we floppy people are a dying race. Sorry to hear of your crash. They're always expensive for me to fix. For the record, here's t...

SPCR is DOING A REVIEW, not an article on how to take something that's blatantly crap and making it decent. Do overclocking sites go out of their way to mod cases for better cooling in THEIR reviews? No. The reviews take much time for testing, writing, and editing of each piece. Discussion of modifi...

The floppy *IS* a Mitsumi. One of those with about 4 flash card slots. I can't see having just a floppy anymore. This gets more frustrating. Bruce Maybe it varies by model, maybe it doesn't, but I had one of those floppy/media reader combos. One of the two Media slots worked, and the floppy, but th...

What brand is the card reader? I know from personal experience, and hours spent searching google, that Mitsumi makes readers that are incompatible with Asus boards.