Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC

Advantages: Cheap, Effective, Lightweight.
Disadvantages: No manual speed control, Size could be a problem on some boards.

...I recently upgraded my CPU to a retail version AMD 64, that comes with the standard cooler and fan. I found it to be very noisy and decided I needed a quieter CPU cooler. After looking at various options, and not having lots to spend, I decided on the Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC that retails at under £10.00. This heatsink is suitable for socket 754/939/940 AMD Athlon CPU's, BUT is 15mm wider than the standard heatsink, so make sure there is room on your motherboard before ordering one. The box that the it comes in also contains a motherboard retention module, a tube of Artic cooling MX-1 High performance thermal compound, a case sticker and a small sheet of notes, that is printed in English and German. The fitting instructions are printed on the back of the box. The cooler. The heatsink itself is made of aluminum. It...

kevinwj 26.11.2006 · Read review
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Arctic Cooling Silent 4 Ultra - Fancy silence??

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: none

...If you are looking for an ultra quiet, stable and very efficient processor cooling system that's the one for you. Installation At first have to admit that I have good computers knowledge but it was first time ever in my life to install cooler. Thus instruction was extremely helpful for me. Everything in there has been clearly marked and shown. When switched on computer, did not want to work. Forgot to connect it  Newer mind. Silly mistake but when have done it and started my computer up was not sure if it is working. Simply could not hear anything. When checked - was on and doing great job. I was impressed. Silence Arctic Ultra Silent fan is moving on high quality Ceramic bearing. Trust me or not, had many computers in my life and in my hands but this cooler is seriously well made and designed. Thanks that...

panther23 14.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Arctic Cooling Super Silent 4 Ultra

Excellent cooling at a great price

Advantages: Very quiet, great value and a breeze to install
Disadvantages: Possibly on the large side for some motherboards

...After soldiering on for quite some time with the AMD retail fan that came with my Athlon 64 3000+, I decided that I couldnt put up with the noise anymore - especially since I was going to convert my computer into a Media Center. Requiring something that was quiet as well as cheap I did some research as went for this and was not dissapointed. In the box came the heatsink/fan, mounting brackets for the motherboard, some thermal grease and two cases badges - very nice! My first impression was 'how on earth is this going to fit on my motherboard?'. Looking at the capacitors dotted around my CPU I thought there was no chance that this beast wasnt going to foul them, given its montrous size. However this ended up not being an issue as it just about fitted, but be careful if you have a small motherboad where RAM etc is in close proximity...

andrewdavies629 07.07.2006 · Read review
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Silence of the Lambs - Sink your teeth into this

Advantages: Iconic, powerful, mesmeric and brilliantly performed
Disadvantages: Seen as homophobic. Gruesome and disturbing

..."A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." John Hurt, Patrick Stewart, Jeremy Irons, Jack Nicholson and Sean Connery were all considered to play the role of the cannibalistic serial-killer Dr Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme's 1991 psychological thriller/horror "Silence of the Lambs." Fortunately, however, we were spared the thought of James Bond becoming the silver screen's most notorious serial killer when the role was handed to Anthony Hopkins. A legend was born. Hopkins is on the screen for precisely 24 minutes and 17 seconds, yet his powerful presence casts a shadow over the movie from start to finish. His performance as the psychotic doctor was so memorable that not even this lack of screen time could prevent him from picking up the Oscar for Best Leading Actor...

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Cooling with Boots

Advantages: Does what it says on the box
Disadvantages: A bit expensive in my opinion

...This review is about the cooling eye masks available from Boots. Currently the box of 6 cost £4.98 from Boots. The eye masks are to be placed on the eyes covering both eye lids, the bags under the eye (if any), and the bridge of the nose. It can also cover your eye brows. Its can be used stright from the packet or after its been in the fridge for an even cooler sensation. It is for tired eyes and when they feel uncomfortable. Usually caused from lack for sleep, heat, use of computer and to much reading. It is to soothe and help refresh the eyes. So you feel and look better. Leave the eye mask on for about 10 minutes whilst laying down. Remember to take out contact lenses. It is advised not to use on broken or inflamed skin, as I guess it would sting and might cause an affect. Each eye mask comes in a foil sachet to keep the coolness...

wingnut888 15.02.2009 · Read review
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Power Computers Power Tower PC

Advantages: Good helpfull company
Disadvantages: None

...Being the first decent PC that I owned, this great tower system gave me everything I needed to get stuck in to the world of computing. Power computers of Bedford made sure that all my needs were met at a sensible competitive price, and offered plenty of support as and when I needed it, and still do. The whole system was made up using parts selected by myself and built to my desired specifications, so the end result was exactly what I wanted, at the price I wanted to pay, so it's only real identity is via the Power PC logo unique to Power Computers. Before I got this PC, I only had the limited knowledge of the basics in dos or with machines like the Amiga and C64, so all this power and win 95 was quite a challenge. It was a huge step for me, and as I have learned and progressed I can now understand just how good this system...

Trev1000 02.04.2001 (31.03.2001) · Read review
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Silence is deadly

Advantages: Quite original storyline, pretty entertaining
Disadvantages: Not scary at all

...If you've read any of my other recent reviews, you might have noticed that I've been watching a lot of crappy horror movies lately. Dead Silence is the latest of those. Upon watching it all I was expecting was a film about ventriloquist's dummies, which let's face it, are pretty creepy. It's been ages since a film has actually delivered something to scare me, so there was definite potential. At the start of the film Jamie (Ryan Kwanten - Home & Away, Flicka), receives a mysterious package containing the spooky puppet, with no note explaining who it was from. His wife Ella (Amber Valletta - Hitch, What Lies Beneath), joked around with the doll and started reciting a poem from when they were kids (growing up in the same small town) about an old lady named Mary Shaw who had no children, only dolls. Jamie then goes to get a takeaway to...

bamamo 23.08.2008 · Read review
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cooling on a budget

Advantages: cheap and quiet
Disadvantages: installation nightmare

...I bought this cooler the other day on Amazon and it arrived today, thankfully 20 minutes after my new cpu did. The first thing that struck me was that the fan is positioned to the side of the heatsink rather than on top of it. Thus blowing hot air through the fins of the heatsink, which has the added advantage of cooling the electical transistors on the motherboard. The heatsink also came with thermal paste already in place which made things easier. After my old generic fan (that came with my medion pc) this seems so quiet, its unbelievable. A few times today I have thought the pc was not coming on because I could nt hear anything. In fact I never realised my hard drive made so much noise. So a few hours in and no problems and very happy with the product. That said all was not "sunshine and lollipops", the installation was...

sim_simian 08.03.2008 · Read review
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Is music as easy as Silence?

Advantages: A couple of complete gems
Disadvantages: Mostly below the standard that the band can do

...for EMI in 2000 (before being shuffled to Virgin Records in 2008) which is where they still are today. The bands first album was ?Love is here? released in 2001 it peaked at #2 in the British charts and #129 in the US charts. With 5 singles from the album released in the UK such as ?Fever?, ?Good Souls? and ?Alcoholic? which were top 20 hits, whilst their other 2 singles from the album both broke the top 40. The follow up to ?Love is Here? was ?Silence is Easy? the very album your now reading about. Originally the plan was to have it mixed by famed producer Phil Spector in LA but this turned out to be less than productive with the combination only completing 2 songs together, the band Co-Produced the remaining 8 tracks with Danton Supple and John Leckie. Originally released in early 2003 to mixed reviews with all music giving it 4 out...

iamasadlittleboy 16.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Silence Is Easy - Starsailor

PC Pedal Power

Advantages: Huge Fun, Easy To Play, Great Value, Addictive
Disadvantages: A Bit *Too* Addictive, Soundtrack

...I've never been one for computer games. In the early days of the Sega MegaDrive and then the Sony Playstation I was insistent I had them, simply because I wanted to make sure that I had the best gaming system available to make my school chums jealous. When Sega released the MegaCD component to turn its cartridge-based console into a CD-based one, I was first in the queue the day it was released and paid the exhorbitant sum they wanted; two weeks later it had already come down in price. I did the same when Sony released its Playstation, again paying top whack for something that was bound to come down in price once the Christmas rush was out of the way. Eventually I realised that I had purchased these wonderful gaming systems, but I never actually played them. I like computer games; if someone sticks one on in front of me I...

markd_uk 15.10.2004 · Read review
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