Hey all, I'm on the market for a socket 478 board (I've already got a P4 Northwood 2.8 from my previous desktop). The cases I'm considering are either the P180 or P150 (more towards the P150 for the HD suspension, but I've already got a Zalman PS that I'd like to use). I've already got a Ninja, I'd ...

I was looking at the video card you suggested and couldn't determine how loud/quiet the fan is on that card, so I looked around for a video card with the same GPU that might be passively cooled and I found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102001 It's teh same GPU, but wi...

From what I can understand of that code, it's a sort of percentage multiplier for wattage and cost? If so, why not have a percent for all three factors and then a person could rank which of the three are important to them, and associate percentage values to them. If something like this were implemen...

I was thinking of how best to quantify performance, cost and heat output all in one number, just for fun. So to make sure I'm making sense, I thought I'd post it up on here and maybe try to find some numbers if I've got a chance to: 3DMark score (whichever version I can find for the diff cards I'll ...

I just noticed a hard drive deal on OfficeDepot.com and I thought I'd come on here and see what the actual quality of the drive really is and if anybody has any experience with it. The drive is a Maxtor L01P100 IDE drive. My current drive is a Maxtor 6Y080P0. It's fairly loud as it is. If this drive...

Although I would love to recommend getting the Ninja (I love it, obviously), I can't b/c it's not at all necessary in this case. Like the others have said, work on improving airflow in this case. Try first to work on some cable management, it can actually help a few degrees, depending on how bad the...

I got my Ninja yesterday and finally installed it. During ambient temps of 20C, max load was 35C (a 10C drop). I'm running it with an Aspire 120mm fan and so far, it's one of the quietest fans in my system (I'm converting an old jet plane type into something I can live with). Here's my system: Asus ...

Newegg def has them in stock, I bought one last night. Hopefully it gets here soon, I want to run some more silent overclocking.

Here's an idea: there are plenty of cases available that have a top blowhole. Take the fan out, leave the grill. used some thin cardboard or plastic to make a duct from the back of the psu to the "vent" (top blowhole) on the top of your machine. Nice idea! You can actually put the otherwise useless...

Hey everybody, I'm new to the whole SPCR thing, so just let me know if I'm asking something redundant. I've been reading all the articles I can and trying to gain information about how to best cool a system and keep it quiet. How about a combination of ideas I've seen on this site? One of them is us...