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Can anyone recommend a quiet case for my new build. Main purpose is music production, then some gaming etc. Needs to take a Gigabyte G1 gaming 5P e-atx board and a 240 rad and fans in the roof. I'm not bothered about 3.5/2.5 drive bays - I'll be using a samsung 951 nvme for storage. The mobo...

Hi, I'm not a newb here but haven't posted for some time, so re-introducing myself. I always found these forums very friendly, helpful, informative and knowledgeable. I'll probably need some help with a new x99 build - I'll post in the relevant sections if need be. Otherwise, it's nice to be...

MSI P35 platinum e2160 8800GTX 2 gig Geil ultra PC2-6400 Hiper type m 580W Samsung HD501 sony/optiarc dvdrw non-overclocked Had this mobo - MSI P35 Platinum - for a few months, without any problems initially. I've been using without a case - just open on my desk, on top of an...

Does anyone know where I can buy sprung push pins for attaching a heatsink heatpipe array (northbirdge, southbridge, vrms etc) on to a mobo? I'm missing a few on an MSI mobo - the heatsink heatpipe array is attached but missing a few pins.

AMD look set to release a new X2 card based on the 3850 chip, which should be priced to compete with the GTS. http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20080326PD222.html (mods, bungral etc, please feel free to redo this thread - sorry if this has already been covered)

Does anyone know what the comparitive noise levels of these cards are? I've a bog standard oem GTX and a Zalman cooled GT. I'm deciding between the two and veering towards the GTX. I presume the zalamn cooler will be quieter but it blows heat back into the case, so that may lead to noisier...

Sorry if this is re-treading over recently covered ground, but I have both of these boards - so, price not being an issue (as I already have them) which board would you base a new build on? I'm thinking of going with the P35 (better overclocker) and selling the asus - but seeing as the asus was...

I've got four 8800's - two GTX's, two gt's. I'm going to sell three and keep one for my new rig. One of the GT's has a nice factory overclock (660mhz and 1900mhz memory) and a zalman cooler - I like the idea of a quiet pc (after my existing hoover). Which would you keep - a GTX or the zalman...

I've recently picked up four 8800 cards - two gtx's, an overclocked 512mb gt and a standard 512mb gt. One of the gtx's and the overclocked gt look new and unused but the other two have had some use. I'm going to sell 3 cards and keep one for my new rig. Problem is I can't test the cards to see...

I'm going to build a new system and I thought I'd go with an e4300 and overclock it. What's a good mobo to go with this, which will allow a future upgrade to quad and allow easy noob overclocks? Also what ram would people recommend (think budget)? Thanks all.

I'm looking at some cards and I'm way out of the loop these days. Which would give the better performance (in general); 7600 gs, x800 gto, x800 xl, x800 gto16? or a 6800? I'm presuming the gto16 edges the other x800's because it's got 16 pipelines. Or is the xl better? The memory all seems...

I was intending to spec an entire new pc but impending tax bills etc mean I want to stretch out the life of my ageing existing rig. It's pretty useless; athlon 1.33 geforce 3 m/b asus a7a266 512 mb ram ddr 266 (crucial) 120 gig 7200rpm HD 8mb cache soundblaster live 300w psu win me dvd...

There's not much I can add to the title really. Any suggestions for a good quiet inexpensive psu, with the accent on quiet? Non Dyson emulating fans are the main thing I want. Thanks.

I have an 'arctic cooling pro tc' case fan. I don't use it because when it's fitted the temp control makes it slow right down - all very nice and silent, great - but the psu fan then speeds up to compensate and makes more racket than the original case fan. Can I either; A; get the psu fan to...

Hi folks. I followed a link at adslguide - this looks like a useful place.