RE: HT PC

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, as Phil says. If you use the Zalman Flower, its associated fan speed
controller and you connect them to the spefic fan connectors off the PSU
the
Overture is a quiet as it gets imho.

I upgraded my Overtures to these:
http://linitx.com/product_info.php?cPath=8_71&products_id=476
Gorgeous to look at, lovely LCD but actually NOT as quiet as the Overtures.
In fact with the supplied case fan on the Silverstones connected they are
quite noisy! I've disconnected mine and I've had no heat issues. Which of
course I can monitor using Motherboard Monitor fed into Smartie for the LCD
:-)

HTH

Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 January 2005 11:08
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HT PC



> Well I have all the stuff I need for my build. I went for a
> "cheap" chassis (Antec Overture) as this is a "toe in
the
> water" exercise - I might uprate it to something posher once
> I have proved the concept to SWMBO.

I have a couple of Antec Overture cases here - they are nice and quiet.
Well, they are once I found the fan connectors on the PSU! Got them
secondhand from someone on here.

> The case is really quiet - truly "whisper" quiet, but I need
> a CPU cooler that isn't noisy - has anyone got any
> recommendations?  I have bought a couple but none are very quiet.

I use the Zalman Super Flower cooler
(http://www.quietpc.com/uk/amdcooling.php#7000b)
but be aware that on my
mobo (an AMD board) the cooler extends past the edge of the mobo so I've
had
to mount my HD in one of the front 5.25" bays rather than in the nice
Antec
frame.

> I could also use a silver bezel for my DVD writer - I can
> find placed to buy DVD writers with interchangeable bezels,
> but no spare silver ones.  Anyone got one they don't need or
> can point me to one?

I'm sure I saw a BenQ drive with a set of three fronts - including silver.

Phil