http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=bezugsquellen

Noctua dealer in S.A.

depending on your mobo bios, you can tell it to ignore the fan sensor. in my asus p5ql-em i do this since i control the cpu fan from the fan controller in the 5.25" bay.

Why chance it with a lesser-known one?

(oh...your location)

there are 5.25" bays with cut outs for internal burners.

http://www.slidirect.com/Combo-Kit-for- ... lack-Bezel

there's one somewhere out there with room for a hd underneath or something.

http://rackmountmart.stores.yahoo.net/hda1mounbrac.html

How about one of these?

http://mediasonicinc.com/store/product_ ... cts_id=150

You can replace the 80mm fan--I just have to get a 3/4 to 2pin fan header adapter.

The Silverstone SG05 looks promising: paired with a mini ITX Zotac 9300-ITX mobo you can build a little powerhouse or go as silent as you want. The Zotac. Even has a big-ass Scythe Shuriken revision designed for it. The mobo not the case though I think it fits. I still have an unused 3840 (or whatev...

AAAGH! The hard drive cage makes hard drives in it noisy as hell. I own 6 WD Caviar Greens and this is the first one that has literally driven me crazy with its incredibly audible grinding and crunching from all the seeking/writing/access. So much so I have to order a NoVibes III from the states for...

Thanks for the suggestions. I haven't switched it yet since I've been busy. I did get the store to swap out the E8400 for a Q8400 and temps remain the same. 40-45 C idle and 65-70 C load. So that's fine? This is with it 15-20 C outside. With summer there, things will heat up 10-15 degrees more. As w...

My idle temps are 45ish with it blowing down normally.

50-60+ load.

I have an E8400 (soon to be Q9400) that I'm worried may be running too hot. It's in a Silverstone SG02-F SFF mATX case like the pictures here: http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1032548728&postcount=1 I have a Corsair HX520 PSU like depicted above and a Scythe Shuriken HSF on the CPU directly u...

Damn, the WD Caviar Green grinds loudly in this case. Same model HDs are relatively quiet in a Mediasonic ProBox enclosure.

Yeah I was going to order a NoVibesIII (I may still order, just to have for future builds) but I think I won't bother and just fill out the other HD spot underneath.

Er, nvm, frozencpu.

Where do I buy one of these suckers?

It's not quiet. The HD mounting mechanism is poor because they are screwed directly into the case, transmitting the vibration of seeks and accesses so that a WD Green is quite audible.

I went with a P5QL-EM and SG02B-F.

This is expected of a passive card. I get it too. No, it's not healthy.

I've owned 4 or 5 passive cards. They all are scorching. X800XL, 7950GT, 8800GT, HD4670.

It needs a fan on it.

I'll also own an eVGA 55nm GTX 260 Core 216 next week inside a SG02B-F so I'll let you know how it is.

Thanks in advance for the fan profile setup tips.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-geforce-n260gtx-lightning-1792-mb-review/10 Unfortunately for MSI, this is where things get tricky. In IDLE (desktop mode) everything is fine, and the cooler is very silent. Unfortunately once we start to really stress the GPU (simulating a game) the temperature on ...

http://vr-zone.com/articles/elsa-s-gefo ... l?doc=7043

Elsa's GeForce 9800GT Goes Quiet With Just 15dB

Too bad they've withdrawn from North America.

Bah, nvm, looks like the final PCB uses a different fan: http://hothardware.com/News/ZOTAC-Intro ... 800GT-Eco/

From Feb: http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-8020- ... n-PCB.html

The 9800GT looks to have a shorter PCB length as well and may be the fastest available card in that size.

Buy the 4830.

One generation ahead of any future driver update where they finally drop support for a series like they did recently for the X800-type cards.

spcr is the only one to mention pcb length. won't fit for me in my silent3 since it's 20cm and my max is 19cm.

Might be best to drop MikeC a PM directly. The SPCR badge my Anitec SilenT3 comes with is quite nice. I saw some other forumgoer in the General Gallery section of the forum put one on their very nicely-painted Antec Fusion so I'm not sure how one obtains them--if MikeC gives them to donators or some...

yippee. my Anitec Silent T3 died for some reason. screen just fades out/turns off, even before going into windows. now it bsods on windows startup assuming the picture stays on. i suspect it is my sapphire ddr4 radeon hd4670. i'll have to try the passive 4670 this weekend. :/ the fan has always been...

Try the CoreAVC codec?

The V350 looks pretty damn sweet though: http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p ... tcount=605

Hmm, that looks shorter. I wonder how long the PCB is and if it will fit in my Asus T3.