I can donate this to you for the cost of shipping (like 5 bucks?). Its not selling anyways.

I've personally tried the panaflos and nexus in 80mm. The nexus is definitely more quiet, but moves the least amount of air (feels that way at least). Don't think you can go wrong w/ either though. Afraid I can't offer much feedback for the Sanyo Denki, but there is plenty of information both on the...

try and find out what's making the most noise? most people here recommend stopping some of the other fans for a few seconds in order to isolate the sound. You can always boot with some of the fans unplugged. Doing that, along w/ unplugging your hard drives will definitely be helpful in noise isolati...

yeah, there are three models; 6800, 6800GT and 6800Ultra. 6800NU is the same as a regular 6800.

A 6800LE was supposed to happen, but never was released... perhaps in the future?

Forgive me for any confusion! haha.

First off, gotta give a BIG thanks to everyone in this forum for all the fantastic advice. The willingness of this community to help each other is certainly unparalleled and definitely welcome.. Anyways, here are the specs: Lian Li V1000 case. Antec Phantom PSU. Asus A7N8X. AMD Athlon Mobile 2500+ @...

it is actually just a regular 6800NU, not an LE as some people have speculated. I just got one last week from newegg and it came w/ the old bios which only had 8 pipelines enabled. In order to get 12 pipelines enabled, I had to flash the bios. There's a review here (although not very comprehensive):...

but he got it fixed...

The slotted fan casing looks interesting. Do you think this could be used as a mod for 120mms? Is the resulting effectiveness worth a try or is it just flashy?

maybe your sensors are just hopelessly screwed up? Are you monitoring from bios/asusprobe or another app?

I'm afraid my A7N8X doesn't seem to exhibit this issue, so I can't help much :p

Samsung spinpoints are the way to go! Do a search and you'll find plenty of info on them. Just make sure you get one equipped w/ a nidec motor.

I'm personally skeptical that raid will have much effect on desktop performance. Check anandtech for a recent article which backs up that claim.

Get the AlCu, the value is definitely worth it. I went from a Silent Boost over to a Zalman unit (running at 5v), and while my temps went up a bit, the corresponding sound decrease was incredible. I dunno if my particular silent boost was faulty, but judging from other people's experiences, the loud...

If the silentx 120mm models are anything like the ADDA fans supplied w/ the Lian-Li V1000 series, I'd have to say I prefer my Papst 4412s over them.

I hear the ADDA fans respond well to PWM, but for straight undervolting (5V), my Papst beats out the ADDA in both sound AND airflow.

dunno if the phantom might be a better choice? It doesn't seem to run THAT hot for me.

I don't think any production environment should run an overclocked machine. If its absolutely critical, the extra performance would not be worth the risks. On top of that, if such an organization does in fact require cutting edge performance, they should allocate the funds necessary for the hardware.

hehe, thx

glad I could help.

if you download the iso from http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/, it includes a bunch of utilities in the bootdisk. One of the included utilities is the IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool which will allow you to manipulate AAM settings. This works for Samsung drives. This utility is generally platform independent;...

yup, I reversed my rear fan and its seem to have yielded positive results for me. Right now, I'm down to 3 fans, front, rear, and HSF. I'm pretty happy with where I'm at right now. That HS looks interesting. Be sure to check that it'll fit w/ your mobo and case though! I've got about 1-2mm of cleara...

Oh yeah, thanks for pointing that out sthayashi. I know better than that

haha, ok, embarrasing, but hvengel, you were completely right. When I was checking, i was pretty tired and eager to get to bed so I didn't properly check where the sound was REALLY coming from. It turns out that the USB port directly above the Phantom was making the whining noise and not the PSU its...

actually, i was one of the people posting about a buzzing phantom. Turns out, it wasn't the phantom itself, but actually the USB port ABOVE the phantom!

So, having said that, the phantom is a solid recommendation from me. I'm sure both units must be quite good though.

Noticeable whine (with case closed, about 1 meter away): None Noticeable whine (with ear next to harddrive): Nearly none Model Number: SP0812C Supplier: www.gogocity.com Month of purchase: 2004.10 Motor: NIDEC stamp with FDB Revision: Rev. A Date of Manufacturing: 2004.08 Any other relevant/interest...

Sounds like an interesting project. Have you looked into the diskless router projects? This way, you can save the money you might spend on obtaining an HD and of course, you won't have to deal w/ the noise. Here are some recommendations: http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html http://www.lin...

yeah, thanks for the tip. The first thing I do when i find the opportunity is to roll back the drivers. I was just curious if other people have experienced anything like this; i'd rather find a fix for it if such a problem has come up before.

anybody?

Just a quick update w/ my V1000. Since the Seagate seeking noise wasn't alleviated by drive suspension, I ended up selling the drive in favor of a samsung spinpoint. Thankfully, I got one w/ a nidec motor, and it has been absolutely silent. The Seagate it replaced was about as quiet as a freight tra...

Okidoki, not quite sure where this goes but anyways... So I installed the nforce 5.10 unified last night and right afterwards, I realized that my PSU, an Antec Phantom, started exhibiting a rather annoying whine. It's a high-pitched noise, but it goes away after I use audio such as playing an mp3, a...

if you're trying that i THINK you're trying, it's a cool concept, but hard to visualize w/o seeing placement of the CPU to the rest of the case and components.

Sounds like the first obstacle would be dealing w/ the backpanel by the processor?

In my personal experience, thermaltake is horrible when it comes to offering silent cooling products. In fact, I was happily (read: ignorantly) using some thermaltake HSF combos, including the silent boost, until I decided to try the Zalman 7000. To say the least, it was truly a revelation in my sil...

sorry to break this to you but i don't think http://www.gogocity.com is open on weekends...

There's a contact phone number listed on the website somewhere... you can try giving them a call.

Coincidentally, I just did this mod last night. My temperatures have stayed the same at the lowest voltage setting for both fans.

I did have a brief moment when temperatures shot up to an incredible 80C! I reseated the zalman though, and everything seems fine now...