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My old MB just died, so I went out and got an Aopen AK79D-400VN. Pretty nice, pretty cheap, and it has temperature-regulated fan speed control built in, apparently for the CPU fan and 2 case fans. It also has a 2-pin header on the edge of the board near the CPU socket. The silk screen...

I start out trying to simply quiet down some noisy machines and I wind up Pimpin' my PC. :) Since I'm shopping for acrylic cases, does anyone know if they are quieter on average than the standard metal case? Less vibration, perhaps? I've read that they tend to be hotter internally due to...

I thought the number above the Model # was a serial number of some sort. In any case, my L1As have a 3-pin connector (instead of the 4-pin molex), but there's only power and ground from connector to fan since it doesn't do RPM sensing. Rumor has it that the China models are not as good as the...

What motherboard?

My kid surprised me the other day by reading thru a big chunk of the original Star Wars book that I had picked up for him at a used book sale. Now I'm looking for other books that he might like. He's a nut about anything to do with space, robots, etc. Heinlein comes to mind of course, but I'm...

Couple of questions about this: To get the 7V you wire across the 12V and 5V lines on the Molex? I assume that the drop in voltage results in a proportional drop in RPMs, and a proportional drop in CFM, but an exponential drop in decibels. Is that correct? Is there a way to get 7V from a...

Thanks for all the help. I'm going to run down to Home Depot and see what sort of stuff they have that'll reduce vibrations. The Kingwin fan dB ratings are definitely baloney. Little quieter than a 727 at takeoff, but not by much. Live and learn :) I'm looking at buying a bunch of Zalman...

I've got a number of machines that my wife is threatening to ban from the house unless I can find a way to quit them down. Since I don't want to live outside, I've replaced two case fans and the cpu fan on one system with fans that are rated anywhere from 10-15 dBA less than the originals. I...