As far as i know, USB can only give 5 volts.

And im not sure if a fan would draw too many amps for a USB port either.

I have a TJ08 and its pretty nice.

Only problem is lack of harddrive room if you have a big heatsink.

It has 120mm fans front and back.

Well i bought a Vantec Nexstar 3. We will see how it goes.

Hi. Im thinking about moving my 500GB hard drive out of my case, and into an external enclosure. Its a samsung drive. I have a microATX case, and its very squashy with 2 hard drives in it. Anyone use an external enclosure on here? What are some good quiet ones? Also, with the bandwidth of USB be eno...

Try it out and see

I have no idea if it will work or not.

Thanks for that!

Just ordered a Ninja Mini and 2 120mm fans for my case.

Will start a thread when i install them all.

Can anyone with an AM2 CPU and mini ninja measure for me?

Thanks for that potsy.

Does anyone know if the AM2 CPU socket is taller/shorter than the Intel one? Also, do different motherboards have different height sockets?

I think i have about 117mm max, so i doubt the mini ninja will fit unfortunately

I was wondering if anyone could measure their mini ninja for me. If possible, could someone measure it from the flat surface of the motherboard to the topmost point on the mini ninja. I realise it is 115mm tall, but i need to know how tall it is one actually mounted, as i have very little room for i...

Anyone?

Well i got some measurments yesterday.

From a flat surface on the motherboard to the heatsink its roughly 117mm. Im guessing the CPU sits a bit higher though, so anything around 100-110mm should be fine i think.

Sorry, i dont have any measurements. It does need to be shorter than a video card though.

I used to have a Arctic Cooling Freezer 64, but it is too tall and hits on the video card heatsink.

Im starting to think this MicroATX case was a bad idea

I will see if i can get some measurements tonight.

Hi all. Im after a low profile AM2 heatsink for my 4200+. It needs to be low profile, as i have a passive 8600GTS that has a rather large heatsink that sits over the top of the CPU. Im not sure how tall the heatsink can be exactly, but as long as it doesnt stick out any further that the video card d...

I have an ASUS 20x SATA burner, and it makes horribly loud noises when you put a disc in, or when the PC turns on with a disc in.

Is your motherboard grounded properly?

A lot of people use those little red washers when they install the motherboard, which means it isnt earthed properly.

Ive read on here where someone did that, so they removed one of the washer from one of the standoffs and it fixed it.

Well, i put my stuff into the TJ08 last night. Depending on your CPU heatsink and fan, you might not be able to fit 3 drives in the normal 3.5" bays. I have an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro and i cant fit any hard drives there. For now, one is sitting on some bubble wrap on the bottom of the case, a...

I actually just got it delivered today. Im at work now, but i will be moving my system from a SLK370BQE to the TJ08 tonight.

I will probably take some pics and make a thread in the general gallery section later.

I just ordered a Silverstone TJ08.

Seems to fit all your requirements. Obviously its a little bit tight up near the PSU and optical drive, but thats something you have to live with when you use a Micro ATX case.

Looks like it could work ok.

Would have to have my Seasonic PSU upside down so the fan blows out the top of the case.

Can have 1 HDD on the case floor, and one in the 5.25" bay. Looks a bit cramped though.

Hi all. Long time reader here. I have finally got my PC to be as quiet as i want (for now), but i want to get a smaller case for it. My PC consist of: AMD AM2 3600+ Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 2 x 512MB DDR2667 ASUS EN8600GTS (silent passive version) Seasonic S12 430 PSU 1 x 250GB Seagate IDE 1 x 500GB Sa...

Im working on a Dell Dimension E520, and i cant even hear it. My latop is here too, which is a Inspiron 6400, and the only time you hear it is ever now and then when the fan kicks in for a few seconds.

If it is a router/modem in one, and it is plugged into your pc via usb, then you may have problems.

If it it plugged in via ethernet, then you have no problems at all.

Hi all. I need some help from anyone that uses or has used WinLIRC before. Basically, its set up and working fine. The problem is that when i watch a DVD or DivX file, the receiver tends to not receive any signals. It receives 1 maybe every 20 button presses. I have read on the WinLIRC site that thi...

I made a 0,5,7,12 volt switch using a Rotary switch, but beware. The switches i used wouldnt break the current curcuit before switching to the next, so when i went from 5 to 7 or 7 to 12, it would short, and reset my PC

Just a little update here. I just changed the front intake fan to 5v, the Video Card fan to 5v, and the rear exhaust fan to 7v. I then stopped each fan one by one, and there is only 1 left that is noticebly noisy. Its the PSU fan, which is still at 12v. When i change this to 7v, my whole PC should b...

Thanks len509. While the SI-97 would be great, i cant justify spending $75 on a heatsink :) I will definately get some uChannel/C-Strip too. Thanks for that. I didnt realise that thread was there, thanks again. As for the passive 6600gt, i dont want to void my warranty, so i think i Panaflo on lower...

Hi all. Ive been a reader of these forums for about a month or so, and thought id post some info on my PC. Specs: CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Mobo: MSI KT4V 6712 v1.0 Video: nVidia 6600gt AGP HDD: 40gb Maxtor 7200rpm, 80gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm Optical: LiteOn 16x DVD-ROM, 52x LiteOn CD-RW Case: An...

Sweet. Think i might have to go and buy a Panaflo or 2.

I did a test just now. Took out the video card and turned the pc on, and while it isnt silent, its a LOT quieter, maybe one third of the noise, than with the card in.

I know there have been a few threads on this, but im not really keen on voiding my warranty. Does anyone know what cfm the standard nVidia fan puts out? Im thinking of unplugging the standard fan and putting a 80mm Panaflo L1A under the card. Anyone think this would work? Or would the fan not move e...

I ripped out my drive cage too.
Where does your hard drives(s) sit now?