Hi everybody I have a question. I would like to buy a new graphics card. I want to buy the XFX Geforce6800GT, 256 mb, AGP Is that a 'silent' card or not? What...
Nick, If you want a silent graphics card, this is the most powerful stock silent AGP card: http://tw.giga-byte.com/VGA/Products/Products_GV-N68128DH.htm I have...
... Unfortunately the Celeron M chip isn't compatible with the Pentium 4 socket. (They are both 478 pin chips, but are not electrically compatible.) There are...
Hi everyone! This is my first post, so please be gentle. :) I would like to build a mobile (as in "luggable") hi-fi music server that I can run off batteries...
I was wondering if anyone has compared these fanless PSUs, or has experience of the Thermaltake one. I couldnt find any reviews of the Thermaltake which...
Hello Christopher. I find it interesting that you mention the old Compaq luggables in this context as a have a Portable 286 that blew it's power supply a while...
If it is electrical isolation you badly need, and you want a REALLY left field suggestion... try a small genset and long extension lead to an outside...
Hi, I am looking into something similar. I am planning to use a VIA C3 MB and a custom built case. I think the stock 12V "brick" power supply is compleatly ...
I just wanted to thank everyone who has made suggestions so far, and to let people know that I read somewhere that using batteries is not a sure cure for...
A quote from www.tomshardware.com http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20050217/wd3200jb-07.html ... Looks like my MythTV box needs this drive for upgrade. ...
Step 1 Download Portable Firefox http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/ I downloaded to c:\backup\firefox Step 2 Download AR Ramdisk I setup a 20M...
Or, do as I do and use a $20 USB thumb drive for the portable firefox...and then run it from any machine with a USB 2.0 plug.... I have also optimized Firefox...
Hi, I would like to have your inputs for building a silent system. Since there are many choices offered and because I live in a remote area where I cannot...
Gilles, I will make only a few comments, as others on this list are far more current than I in many of the areas you mention. Water cooling may be a good...
Hi, I would like to have your inputs for building a silent system. Since there are many choices offered and because I live in a remote area where I cannot...
... I'm using an Antec P160 currently - be aware that it is aluminium so it's a *lightweight* compared to their steel counterparts. To my ears, this case...
Hi, I would like to have your inputs for building a silent system. Since there are many choices offered and because I live in a remote area where I cannot...
Sorry for the last 2 posts. I got a small problem with my computer; before I disabled the "messages to send", he sent them . I just figured this morning. ...
I have a Coolermaster Stacker. It does not have thick side panels, but thin aluminium side panels. It also has a lot of ventilation holes (at the bottom, top,...
Thanks for your previous replies. I'd like to know how to calculate the power required for a quiet computer I'm building. The specs of many PSU are impressive...
Thursday Morn Many persons will advise you to get a high wattage PSU. Not needed. But they will advise it anyway. Time for science. And research. I have 2...
Jesse was quite right, I think. Note that most power supplies are not at all constrained by the total current limit, but by the limit on the +12 volt line. The...
As far as totally silent hard drive cooling ther are a couple options. If you go watercooled the Koolance Hard drive Hydra-pak cooler. As for fanless...
Zalman and Thermaltake have several fanless video card cooling options. Some models are: Zalman noiseless VGA cooler ZM80D-HP, Thrmaltake Fanless VGA heatpipe...
Hi Folks, I need to purchase a more powerful vidoe card and had a couple of questions. ( Sorry for the long post ) I have an Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 . I would...
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