Of course, the best cooling one was the loudest.

I'd stay far far away from SilentMaxx, just based on their piss poor customer "service" in the past. That is if you consider stealing your stuff to be "service". :rolleyes:

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Anyone found a better enclosure than the SmartDrive2002?

I like that it silences both high pitched idle whine and seek noise, but I wished it was better at cooling.

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Just got one myself. It's much quieter than the LiteOn drive it was replacing. Doesn't "hiss" like the LiteOn's do either.

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The Aerocool VM-101 performs better than the Zalman HP80. That is if you can direct a small amount of airflow across the fins of the VM-101's heatsinks.

I would be using it with my X800 XT PE, but it won't fit in my Aspire X Q-Pack case. So I had to settle with a Zalman VF700.

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BTW, no heatpiped coolers like the Zalman HP80 or the Aerocool VM-101 will fit the Aspire X Q-Pack, without significant modifications. There is a support section that is in the way. The only quiet opportunity is with the Zalman VF700. I did manage to fit a Seasonic S12 330 and a Benq DW1640 in there...

Alas, I noticed that my AOpen i855GMEm-LFS Pentium M mobo is letting out a really high pitched whine when the computer is off. I think it is coming from the Gigabit Ethernet socket, or caused by it. Because when I unplug the network cable the noise is greatly reduced. The primary network jack (neare...

The inverter for the backlight for my Dell 1900FP 19" LCD monitor is making a high pitched whine as well.

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ARGH!

This is so fvcking annoying. I can't believe Seagate added this feature with NO WAY TO DISABLE IT!!!!

DTemp does not work to disable Autoscan.

This is THE LAST Seagate drive I buy for my personal computers.

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As far as I know, it is not possible to read SMART readings from drives in a hardware RAID array.

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Autoscan disable feature in the latest DTemp does not work on my 7200.7 120GB PATA drive.

WTF was Seagate thinking? I think my next drive will be a Samsung.


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sensei wrote:Might consider this for scratch disk/Photoshop installation drive... but I'd like some more space...

Nah, you are better off upgrading to a 64bit OS and buying more RAM.

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Anand got closer than usual but missed the boat on the benefits of this thing. Although the first thought I had about this guy was for a silent workstation, the first practical plan was for an A/V workstation. In such computers, putting in 4GB of system RAM is a no-brainer. 4GB is virtually never e...

OK, so the price is DOUBLE and the capacity is HALF what they initially publicized? Great going, Gigabyte. :roll: Looks like this toy is going the way of Cenatek. It benchmarks well, but overall real world performance is rather weak in comparison. If you are rich, then this is a great idea, but it's...

Any updates?

Which stores brick and mortar and/or online will be stocking them?

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Good luck, Instigator.

Hopefully you can get a show going about Silent PC's.

When is Gigabyte going to start distributing stock for sale to the public?

I too live in SoCal, wish they would sell here faster. :p

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Why bother with 3D gaming cards?

My current favorite vid card for my Photoshop workstation is the Matrox P650. Dual DVI goodness, and passively cooled.

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Don't forget Asus's adapter. But it only works with a few of Asus's i875 and i865 mobos.

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Was thinking of ordering from Newegg, but the Chenming version is more expensive for some reason. Not much, but weird. Shipping costs more too.

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Any news from any resellers as to when they will receive stock of the iRAM "drives"? Particulary in the USA?

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Those are no different from the classic "blue" ones you see for fans. They are not threaded, so they are not really screws, per se.

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Stay away from SilentMaxx. They don't honor their warranties. Worst yet, I had a case where I even got an RMA from them, I shipped a defective PSU to them, and never heard from them since.

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Which DVD burners are known to fit with a standard ATX PSU in place?

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That's good news for me considering the Zalman 7000 is much easier to find.

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WTF? That is ridiculous.

Brute force engineering is really turning me off.

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Which Heat sink would be better for fanless cooling? (there will still be a case fan.)

Alpha PAL8952 P4 heatsink or Zalman 7000?

I plan to use an Aspire X-PACK mATX case probably.

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I tried the Thermalright XP-120, Swittech MCX478-V, and the Scythe NCU-1000 and NCU-2000 heatsinks and they did not work on this board. Why exactly didn't the XP-120 not fit? Were there capacitors or something that the XP-120 itself was hitting? I couldn't use the supplied back plate and retention ...

I know I've seen a posting by palled saying he's using a regular XP-120 on his AOpen without problems, ... seems you wasn't able to install it on your AOpen, however? Also.. is there any news on the Soltek 855GEI? It'll also have a Socket 478 retention bracket, cheaper and it looks like it's going ...

Phantom 350 bought in December of last year. Still going strong. Running A64 s939 3500+, Asus A8V Deluxe, 1GB RAM (2x512), Seagate 7200.7 200GB PATA, ATi Radeon X800 Pro, Sound Card, and two 120mm Papst Fans. Been running with zero problems. I had a SilentMaxx ProSilence 350 die on me within 4 month...

I recently had CNQ fail all of a sudden. It was stuck on 1GHz no matter what was running. I had to uninstall the program and disable it in the BIOS. Strange, it was working perfectly for so long.

My system: A64 s939 3500+ Asuys A8V Deluxe.

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I have the AOpen i855GMe Pentium M Mobo, and can't stand the stock HSF. It has what looks to be standard Intel P4 retention bracket. So would it be possible to use a HSF that uses through hole mounting? Otherwise, I don't think most HSF's that use the retention bracket will clamp down enough to have...