Re: Quiet HDD (was Quiet cases)

2003-03-11 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Joao Pedro Clemente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030310 17:20 PST]: > > > I just got a seagate barracuda ata IV (ST340016A) and it's freaking > > silent. It's almost eerie; it sounds like a solid state drive or > > something! > > > > In terms of cost, I traded a few GB to get back a handful of dB; I

Re: Quiet HDD (was Quiet cases)

2003-03-11 Thread Mike Dresser
On 10 Mar 2003, Fraser Campbell wrote: > For cases I love Antec. I recently built a system with the SX835II from > Antec (see > http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=80843). It is > hard to tell if the PC is on despite the CPU fan, video GPU fan, dual > fan power supply + 2 c

Re: Quiet cases (was Re: buy or build computer?)

2003-03-11 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 17:17, Robert A. Knop Jr. wrote: > > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Find a _quiet_ case; noisy fans can damage your hearing (ask me; I'll > > tell you. I've been around loud electronics for about 6 years now, > > servers and routers, and my ears ring all t

Re: Quiet HDD (was Quiet cases)

2003-03-10 Thread Fraser Campbell
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 18:49, Vineet Kumar wrote: > I just got a seagate barracuda ata IV (ST340016A) and it's freaking > silent. It's almost eerie; it sounds like a solid state drive or > something! I love these drives, they run quiet, they run cool and they are just fine performance wise. I ha

Re: Quiet HDD (was Quiet cases)

2003-03-10 Thread Joao Pedro Clemente
> I just got a seagate barracuda ata IV (ST340016A) and it's freaking > silent. It's almost eerie; it sounds like a solid state drive or > something! > > In terms of cost, I traded a few GB to get back a handful of dB; I think > it was worth it =) Good! I am thinking of getting one of those afte

Quiet HDD (was Quiet cases)

2003-03-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
I just got a seagate barracuda ata IV (ST340016A) and it's freaking silent. It's almost eerie; it sounds like a solid state drive or something! In terms of cost, I traded a few GB to get back a handful of dB; I think it was worth it =) good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "They th

Re: Quiet cases

2003-03-10 Thread tjm3
Can you recommend any good (not too expensive) quiet cases? I may build a computer soon to be my home grown PVR/DVD combo, and of course anything sitting in the living room on all the time needs to be quiet. -Rob Over the years, I have been using power supplies from PC Power and Cooling ( http

Re: Quiet cases

2003-03-10 Thread Glyn Millington
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Knop Jr.) writes: > Can you recommend any good (not too expensive) quiet cases? I may build > a computer soon to be my home grown PVR/DVD combo, and of course > anything sitting in the living room on all the time needs to be quiet. I've done some busne

Re: Quiet cases (was Re: buy or build computer?)

2003-03-10 Thread Jamin Collins
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 06:18:24PM +, Joao Pedro Clemente wrote: > > > Can you recommend any good (not too expensive) quiet cases? I may > > build a computer soon to be my home grown PVR/DVD combo, and of > > course anything sitting in the living room on all the time

Re: Quiet cases (was Re: buy or build computer?)

2003-03-10 Thread bob parker
outers, and my ears ring all the time). > > I feel your pain... never mind the computer, the bloody temperature > system in my office is non-stop noise. > > Can you recommend any good (not too expensive) quiet cases? I may build > a computer soon to be my home grown PVR/DVD combo,

Re: Quiet cases (was Re: buy or build computer?)

2003-03-10 Thread Joao Pedro Clemente
> Can you recommend any good (not too expensive) quiet cases? I may build > a computer soon to be my home grown PVR/DVD combo, and of course > anything sitting in the living room on all the time needs to be quiet. For that I would advice the Shuttle cases. I 've read plenty of g

Quiet cases (was Re: buy or build computer?)

2003-03-10 Thread Robert A. Knop Jr.
the computer, the bloody temperature system in my office is non-stop noise. Can you recommend any good (not too expensive) quiet cases? I may build a computer soon to be my home grown PVR/DVD combo, and of course anything sitting in the living room on all the time needs to be quiet. -Rob -- -