Any experience with the 7200.12? Is it notably quieter than the old .11 and how does it compare to the Caviar Green?

How significant is the acoustic difference between Caviar Black and Green?

I'm building a new silent (or semi-silent) desktop most probably in an Antec P182 case. It has come time to pick the new HD for all my goodies. I've already decided that I will have an SSD drive (any recommendations are most welcome) for the OS and most programs and will be using the conventional di...

I've been very pleased with my Plextor PX-800A slowed down to 8X with Nero DriveSpeed. Has a quiet, smooth whoosh about it and no hard noises at all.

Rumbles a bit at full speed, but nothing out of the ordinary and still smoother than a lot of other drives I've tried.

Looking at a budget PC for a friend, the 8000 (T2) would come at a reasonable price, and although Zalman is not the quietest even a 9500 would be acceptable for this build. So is it good or bad for a low-noise but not-necessarily-silent solution? Better or worse than the 9500? How is the T2 differen...

Suosaaski wrote:Exel, you can get Nexus for 4,80 eur here

I will be eternally grateful to you for that one.

My velociraptors were around 53+ degrees each before I added the lower fan. They are now 37 and 34 degrees. I am happy with that and having the flexibility to add more air easily if I need to. I would not be happy to rely on the psu alone having lost a Seagate from heat that way. The lower fan is i...

I wonder if it has more airflow at 5V than the Nexus 92mm. It would make a better candidate for replacing the stock 92mm in the Zalman 9500.

I'm not sure if the intake fan is a hindrance really, but it might be unnecessary. To move the same volume of air as you would with the intake fan, you could run the two exhaust fans at higher rpm for the same noise level that the intake fan would produce. Of course, if you are using the intake fan ...

Have you blocked the rear vents around the PSU? If not, the PSU drags air from there instead of the front by the HDDs. Taping those holes up may improve airflow around the HDDs vastly, and you might not need a separate fan. If you do, however, I would suggest mounting the fan in the middle in place ...

A64 3800+ with Zalman 9500 and two passive 7600GTs now with a 120mm Scythe blowing air to them from the front intake. The two TriCools and the Zalman run at 5V, the Slipstream is not yet undervolted and runs at 800rpm. The Zalman is the biggest source of fan noise in the system, but the TriCools are...

The Fan Round-up #2 article mentions a retail version of the Antec TriCool fans with double ball bearing, aptly dubbed TriCool DBB. They were not tested, however. Has anyone here any experiences from the DBB TriCools versus the old, P180-standard-issue TriCools? Are they any quieter or smoother? And...

Do you mean the area near the pci slots? That hdd cage? If so, it can hold a fan as seen in the pic on the following page: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article741-page6.html I don't have those clips. My version of the case, one of the earliest production models of the original P180, didn't ship wi...

Bought a Slipstream L to do the job. It's quiet and smooth, but clearly audible - though less so than having to run the Zalman CPU faster to get the same airflow.

I just wish the P180 had a fan mount in the upper drive cage so I could get the fan further away from the front intake.

I've used Nexus as top exhaust by 3 months without any problems. Now this same fan is in my PSU - another 6 months. So, 9 months horizontaly and no single problem. Might I ask what voltage you run them on? Is 7V enough to keep them more silent than the TriCools? I just installed a Slipstream L (800...

Quote from the review:
"The bottom line is that they are good looking, do their job and won't cost you the Earth; you can't ask for much more really."

I'm not convinced.

What's the easiest (non-permanent) solution for blocking off the top vent?

So... 10€ for Nexus 16€ for Slipstream 19€ for S-Flex 20€ for Noctua The only one's I wouldn't need to undervolt with resistors are the 800rpm Slipstream and the Noctua that comes with a low-volt adapter as standard. So that makes it 13€ for Nexus and 22€ for S-Flex. Still an advantage f...

What's the easiest way to undervolt a Nexus? I wouldn't want to spend dozens of euros to get a front panel fan controller, but I also don't like the idea of tinkering with the wirings on connectors. Someone mentioned Zalman resistors that would do the trick, what exactly are those? Oh, and Nexus is ...

Availability of Scythes is very poor in Finland, and the few models that are available are usually high-pressure heatsink fans. I haven't seen a single Slipstream available anywhere, and postal order would raise the price considerably. That's why I'm thinking about the Nexus, as it seems to be the b...

I'm thinking of replacing the TriCool fans of my P180 with quieter models. Nexus is my number one candidate at this point, as it's reputable but cheap, but reading on SPCR that sleeve bearings are not recommended for horizontal mounting I'm having doubts about it. What have you P180 owners used as a...

So anyone tried these yet? How do they compare to the old orange Nexus?

Anyone know if this thing comes with a manual switch so it can be set to run at 500rpm only?

Anyone have experiences from fitting a Nexus horizontally (blowing up)? Does it really affect noise levels or longevity?

Considering availability in local stores the options are limited to Nexus, Noctua and Papst, maybe Scythe. Haven't seen Globalwin available anywhere. I've read the spcr fan roundups, and based on those I am currently leaning towards either Noctua or Nexus. The "ultra low noise" 640rpm mode on the No...

Are there any news regarding Antec's new dust filter doors? Anything on what they'll be like and when they'll be coming out?

With the addition of a second passively cooled GPU I encountered the need to have a front intake fan installed on my Antec P180. I don't need a whole lot of extra airflow, so the fan doesn't need to push around a lot of air, but my number one priority is that the new fan is silent. So what is the ho...

But Exel, your old Samsung is not the SH-S203B, isn't it? No, it isn't. And it could be lightyears better than the SH-W163A I had, I wouldn't know. But the bad experience with this older Samsung kept me from getting the S203B and I got the Plextor drive instead - just reporting how it is, as a viab...

So I got that Plextor PX-800A installed. Plextools works to the effect of setting the drive speed, but apparently setting the spin down time does nothing, though it's by default shorter than with the Samsung. As for noise, it might actually be a bit louder in absolute dB than the old Samsung SH-W163...

I cobbled the term together from the words "spin" and "in standby" to implicate that the drive just idles there for two minutes after action stops. It's not a huge irritation as the speed is slow, but it's still a source of noise you pick out, and then there's the little squeal when it finally stop...

Hold on there, new Plextors are just rebadged, they're not real Plextors and Plextools can't control them. Recommendation: avoid. And what would the alternative be? The Plextor I'm about to get is PX800A, so it's not exactly a brand new product. Still new enough to not be a genuine Plextor? Or shou...