It took me half a year of pure research before I put together my first system. Granted, that's much longer than most people's attention spans, but I didn't just want to build a computer, I wanted to learn and understand. It might not be quantum physics, but you still need to invest a lot of time and effort if you really want to gain any knowledge. Just because you build a computer that powers on doesn't prove anything.
the new case + psu !!! WOOT actually... since i haven't moved any of my drives into it yet it is basically a complete build... i just did it in stages.
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ooops.. didn't take a pic of the case closed and standing up meh... its awesome though... im in love w\ it.
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hah that mobo is so rediculous haha, nice case though.
My thoughts exactly.Originally Posted by darkshadow
Ok so taking some things into consideration thus far, i've come up with this
lemme know what y'all think. thanks
Formerly known as 'Animemaster'
Where did you get that Lanparty sticker?
Lanparty Mobo
Oh what the hell...it must be a new thing DFI is doing then. My Ultra-D from 2005 certainly didn't come with a huge sticker like that...
upgraded last night to 2 matched 17'' dell ultrasharp LCD's, from 2 15''s (1 emachine , 1 hp)
This was such a drastic improvement, maybe somewhat due to being straight DVI input and not analog to DVi adapted. Pictures posted later.
Meanwhile... my core2 custom build sits in my room collecting dust... e4400 @ 2.5ghz, 2gb patriot xtreme @400-433, 36gb raptor boot drive... if i have time over the weekend i'm going to get some sata cables and configure 750gb-1tb raid w\ 36gb raptor boot drive and use it as NAS / file server w\ 2008 server.
How can you tell it's a subwoofer? The noise level of that picture is simply so epic it could be anything. Like a table or a shelf (aren't there some papers jutting out of it on the right?).
Let's suppose I want to build a very very quiet multimedia PC, with enough power under the hood for playing a game like GTR2.
What would be the best options available, I can build everything from scratch.
Thanks a lot.
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Can't really help you here since noise control has never been a concern of mine when building PCs.
Start here for quiet parts: http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l1/g33/Ultra_Quiet.html
You should consider a ready-made watercooler kit that cools the CPU, chipsets, and the videocard. You can get decent cpm flow fans that are pretty quiet.
Otherwise, it's the usual.
I can't, that's why I'm asking. But I've seen enough PC setups where they put the subwoofer next to the PC case to wonder if that's the situation here.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
For quiet, you need low speed fans. 120mm 800 RPM fans should do the trick. You'll also need a case that will allow you to install a lot of these fans, because a bunch of low speed fans is much quieter than a few high speed fans. Antec 900 comes to mind.
You'll also need a very good CPU cooler, which negates the need for a high speed fan on the CPU. Heatsinks like Ultra-120 Extreme, Ultima-90, Scythe Ninja and Scythe Infinity come to mind when you're talking about quiet. Zalman 9500 and 9700 are also quiet coolers, but they're quiet expensive and not worth the money, especially when you can get a Ultra-120 Extreme plus a good fan for cheaper.
You'll also need a third party cooler on the video card unless you're getting Radeon 3850 or 3870, which come with very quiet coolers. Zalman VF900 and all the Thermalright coolers will do the job.
I remember reading ages ago that only variable magnetic fields are really deleterious to magnetic media, and static ones don't cause failures (well, at least as long as we are talking about reasonable forces).
That might be totally untrue, though, because it has been probably 10 years since I read it from the ever reliable source of somewhere.
Just some food for thought... The electromagnet that drives the hard drive motor at 7200 RPM doesn't seem to have any effect on the platters.
Not saying hard drives aren't affected by magnets, but I just think this is interesting. Maybe electromagnets don't affect magnetic storage the same way regular magnets do? I don't know. I'm no expert in this field.
My brother hasn't had any typical data corruption problems. The only thing I've noticed on his is whenever he does a chkdsk check, stage 2 of 3 always stays on 0 percent for like a min before it moves on to 1%. It's fine from there. He's also always getting things like "empty space marked as allocated in system volume, or MBT etc, but that's also happening on mine of late. It's not affecting usage in anyway noticable, and mine's away from any strong magnetic fields. I read somewhere that the magnets in hard drives are really strong, and that the disk shouldn't be affected by computer-rated speakers, since they don't carry that strong a magnet, or are shielded.
edit: note, that comp is also right next to an old tv with mono speakers since forever.
Maybe the two magnetic fields are canceling each other out.
You're right, PC shielded speakers are fine, just not home stereo speakers. It might just be a myth altogether, though the science is there. Someone call Mythbusters with a segment idea!
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
maybe depends on the computer case.... idk.
anyhow, i just found the X2 6400+ on newegg w\ a $25 price drop to 179.99 w\ free shipping..... i'm biting my nails and giving serious thought to ordering it w\ 4gb of patriot pc2-800 they have for 130. i currently have an x2-4800+ that is working fine. Im thinking of buying stuff to put another system together and selling it but idk yet.
Sorry bbaucom, but you're talking about Ford Escorts at a Ferrari owner's convention. It's hard for us to get excited about your bargain basement PC parts. You have to give it your all or stay at home when it comes to PC builds.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
E6300 @ 3.2 GHz
Radeon Mobile HD3850 @ 750/925
8.44 RC3 driver (unreleased to public)
Woot...? I dunno...
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