Hi, I have been a happy user of Fortron's 300W CPU with 120mm fan. I bought three or four of them and have been recommending to anyone who ask. I paid $30+ or...
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James Hassinger
jhassi
Dec 13, 2004 5:52 am
thanks, think i'll stick with antec considering it's always rated number 1 in practically every psu review and i need all the help i can get when it comes to ...
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Naoyuki Tai
naoyuki_tai
Dec 13, 2004 6:45 pm
... Many moons ago, the component quality mattered. I had a SCSI CD-ROM drive, costed around $500 which still runs just fine. I got rid of it last night. 2x or...
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James Hassinger
jhassi
Dec 13, 2004 6:57 pm
you have a point, i could buy two or three fortrons for the price of one antec of similar output, but when a PSU dies the PC is dead so you're either PC-less ...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Dec 13, 2004 10:32 pm
Unless I am badly mistaken, Antec is a marketer and has their power supplies made by others. This is extremely common in the business...and the same...
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Arthur Gerla
artgerla
Dec 13, 2004 11:22 pm
... I would like to know: What are the odds of a PSU failing in such a way that it takes out the rest of the PC (frying the mobo, HD, whatever) permanently? ...
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mados123
Dec 14, 2004 1:39 am
Hey guys, My situation is that I have a 5.25" External Enclosure for a hard drive that is used for backing up my computer (and is always on 24/7). The 40mm...
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Peter Haglund
ph@...
Dec 14, 2004 1:56 am
I would simply cut the wires if I were you. One hard drive in an enclosure of its own hardly needs active cooling....
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mados123
Dec 14, 2004 2:09 am
The case is aluminum, so heat dissapation must be pretty good. I will definitely try that considering the costs (lack of) and benefits of it. To play it...
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A Martin
aidanjm2004
Dec 14, 2004 2:39 am
... You know, 2 years of service for $30 sounds like a good deal to me. :) Aidan...
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Naoyuki Tai
naoyuki_tai
Dec 14, 2004 10:50 pm
... I have had two occasions that dying PSU broke CD drives. Once at home, and once at work. When it died, it probably did some sort of surge. -- +--+--+ |...
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Naoyuki Tai
naoyuki_tai
Dec 14, 2004 11:29 pm
... I had a similar situation. What you'd want to try is Panaflo 40mm fans. FBK04F24H or FBK04F12L from www.digikey.com This is 20mm thick. FBK04F24H is a 24V...
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willg10
Dec 15, 2004 8:28 am
Does anyone have experience with this PSU, or have more specs? The website of the producer is not very informative. See: ...
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Ankit Jain
kalabilla2k
Dec 15, 2004 7:29 pm
I am looking for a relatively cheap and silent slim DVD drive to go into a Morex 3677 case. Any recommendations? Thanks, Ankit...
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Marc van Gemert
gamert666
Dec 15, 2004 8:30 pm
Anyone familiar with these PSUs? From test I've read they're quiet, even with two 80mm fans. Also their upcoming version will have active PFC. And a 120mm...
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Marc van Gemert
gamert666
Dec 15, 2004 8:35 pm
This is a direct link to the X-Connect PSUs: http://www.ultraproducts.com/index.php?cPath=38_57. * *...
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Silent Mike
mikechinvan
Dec 15, 2004 8:41 pm
One of the many PSUs claiming low noise thoroughly reviewed at www.silentpcreview.com See the PSU section: http://www.silentpcreview.com/section4.html ... ...
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John Paterson
duroby
Dec 16, 2004 1:29 am
Call me biasd Ankit, but I would be very careful of anything from Sony. They make good components, but they always seem to need special drivers. They are not...
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obarthelemy
Dec 16, 2004 1:49 am
Hi. I'm looking for a fanless, or very-very quiet PCI Express vidcard (i'll do a bit of gaming, but mainly office stuff). I don't want to mod the card. Is...
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A Martin
aidanjm2004
Dec 17, 2004 11:26 am
... The newish NVIDIA Gefore 6 series, at the lower end of the price scale, i.e., the 6200, is passively cooled. It will let you do everything the faster...
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Olivier Barthelemy
obarthelemy
Dec 18, 2004 11:58 pm
thanks ... From: A Martin To: obarthelemy Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Silent-PC] Silent PCI-Express $200+/- video card ? ... The...
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mados123
Dec 21, 2004 8:49 pm
Thanks Tai for your thorough solution. I will try without a fan first and measure the temperature but if it runs to hot, I'll try your suggestions. Just out...
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James Hassinger
jhassi
Dec 21, 2004 9:50 pm
why not just cut the other two off? Fans only use 2 lines anyway unless there's a temp sensor involved. ... ...
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Peter Haglund
ph@...
Dec 21, 2004 11:46 pm
Greetings, I have bought a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160 GB Serial-ATA hard drive, which I find noisy. The idle noise level is fine, but its seek noise is quite...
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krustybarthomer
Dec 22, 2004 1:41 am
There are some DOS based 'Disk Manager' Seagate utilities that used to be on their website that would enable adjust AAM. You might try poking around...
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krustybarthomer
Dec 22, 2004 1:44 am
maybe info @ google.com http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=aam+seagate+720 0.7&btnG=Search...
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Sebastian Paul Avarva...
sebastian_av...
Dec 22, 2004 9:07 am
Hello Peter, One option to silence would be to use rubber bands to suspend it in a 5" bay - it is described on www.silentpcreview.com. Another option which I...
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toddk111
Dec 22, 2004 6:51 pm
Hello, I have a ASUS A7n8x-Deluxe motherboard with an AMD 3200 processor and three hard drives. I'd like to use it for a home theater PC but the power supply...
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James Hassinger
jhassi
Dec 22, 2004 8:50 pm
water cooling only costs a fortune if you buy a complete kit. A radiator that fits two 120mm fans is only $20, quiet 120mm fans are only $5 each + shipping,...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Dec 22, 2004 10:16 pm
Unless I am mistaken, the P4 may be about the same -- or perhaps *more* -- of an energy consumer than the A64 (don't know because of the overclocking), I would...
