I have a CompUSA a few miles away, and they are my main equipment supplier. So, when I blew a PS, that's where I went to shop. The hade a range of units, from...
I find it intersecting that Zalman power supplies are never mentioned on this group. Where I live (Or rather lived - I just moved from the Northern Beaches of...
Soemone posted recently asking about zalman power supplies, so I thought I should share my experience with a 300W unit from www.silentpc.com. I read somewhere...
I use Mac OS and windows, Mac OS for almost everything, and windows for some specific applications, like diablo, and pspad. Hardware wise, the mac mini is a...
I'm lucky. I'm in Houston - we have Directron; MicroCenter (which has gotten much better recently) and 2 Fry's Electronics. If I can't find it locally, then...
I remember when I was living in Houston there was a CompUSA down the road, and another downtown... both were WOFTUM. My memory is hazy, it may have been a...
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... I have an Asus A6Vm that runs Ubuntu without any problem. Ubuntu even saved my data: it detected a disk sector corruption long before XP crashed (without...
... -- Frederic Da Vitoria I believe you will find this is due to the drive hitting it's physical limit stop Frederic. It is not a problem, it is the way the...
I bought this laptop about a month and a half ago...an HP DV5000 series machine. I have yet to hear the hard drive--just a (relatively) quiet fan. As you might...
Hello, on <http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephaneascoet/sets/72157594286524285/> you can now watch shots of my sandwiched hard disk (and eventually subscribe to...
looks real good, congrats. Did you cut the aluminum yourself or did you buy the pieces that way? I once had a 6' piece of aluminum i bought on ebay for like...
... Yeah, the computer looked like a PowerMac after that :-) ... I was facing the same problems, so I gave the mesures to my father, who works in a metal...
... The HD from the Dell laptop I had (actually I still have) was more silent in this respect. This is why I felt I should mention the Asus noises: the Asus hd...
I am looking for an external hard drive, around about 500GB, but I want it to be quiet! I have a Macbook. That is quiet enough for me. But I don't want much...
... Hi, watch from time to time <http://www.cdr-pays-brest.infini.fr/index.php/Sauvegarde>. -- Bien cordialement, Stephane Ascoet, conseils pour que la...
Hello Silent PC Reviewers. This question is a bit unusual for this group as it concerns the interaction of high end video cards. Don't worry I intend to cool...
I'm currently running a Duron 1200 in an Antec Aria SFF case. It gets pretty hot in there and the system is too noisy for my liking. It's time to get more up...
Nice concept Steve... I run an Antec P180 myself, and swear by it. As distinct to the Lian Li that I swear at. I find my 1600 Athlon in the Lian Li getting...
Unfortunately, the Aria is the main reason for your system being loud and hot. It has poor airflow and the PSU is the only exhaust. This means all the heat in...
Mike, I've been meaning to send you a note on that comparison article. I think there must have been an incompatibility in the BIOS or somewhere else that...
Terry Gray
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Would you name a quiet and cool running case? I seem to latch on the loud hot ones.<G> Dennis Jenkins ... From: "Mike Chin" <mikec@...> To:...
Interesting, Terry. About the HP Intel system -- it was as uptodate as possible w/regard to drivers, BIOS, etc. Nothing was really adjustable in the BIOS, and...
Well Dennis, and Steve I suppose, I like my Antec P180, and I am buying a second one for my new computer as I like my current one so much! They are not...
I completely agree on John Paterson statement in regards to the dual-core / hyperthreading. 2 CPU's will yield you a more responsive system; which not ...
From opinions I'd seen elsewhere I was suspecting that the Aria might have to go. I may well leave the old MB in there and use it elsewhere. The Antec...
John, On the OS issue, I haven't used Windows on my main PC for 18 months or so. I have a couple of very old machines running it (PIII/600 laptop with W2K and...