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- Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:54 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermalright HR-02 !!!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 48328
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:08 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Two HD5850 cards for sale.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3985
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:06 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do SATA drives need 3.3V?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5410
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:40 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Silent 5770
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4207
As long as you have decent case airflow (or you just want to point a fan at the heatsink, you don't need a lot of airflow, a quiet fan at 5V or 7V would be plenty), an Accelero S1 rev 2 shouldn't have any trouble cooling that card. You might have to modify the heatsink for it to fit, though, I think...
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:05 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Free: Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1742
Free: Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB
Was just curious if anyone would be interested in a Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB disk (model number ST340016A). Nothing fancy by today's standards, but for many years these were about the quietest 7200RPM drives you could get. And they're still pretty nice, would make a good HDD for a simple and cheap ...
- Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Antec NSK1380 with PicoPSU, Minja etc
- Replies: 24
- Views: 44942
You could buy a Socket AM3 retention mechanism w/P4 clips. I'm using this one with an original Ninja.
http://www.svc.com/am2rm-revb.html
http://www.svc.com/am2rm-revb.html
- Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:48 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Modified Antec NSK3480 with new front panel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12688
Didn't even consider that, but yeah, it looks like you're right. Thanks, will look into this and see what prices are like. edit: Took some very rough measurements and did a design just to get an idea of price. Came out to about $50 for black anodized aluminum, 2.00mm thickness. At the upper end of w...
- Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Modified Antec NSK3480 with new front panel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12688
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:12 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Super-low-power desktop?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5992
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:41 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Silencing Scythe Mugen 2
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6379
I turned on PWM from bios and now it's quiet. But in gaming it boosts back to the 1400RPM. Would a GT 1150rpm be sufficient while keeping the max volume acceptable? Do you have a Gigabyte motherboard? That's one thing I really don't like about mine, the PWM profile for the CPU fan is way too aggres...
- Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:40 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Silencing Scythe Mugen 2
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6379
Yeah the Mugen 2's stock fan is actually pretty decent. Probably too loud for a lot of people on this site at 1200RPM, but if you use PWM and let your motherboard control the fan speed, it probably won't ever run that fast. If you have fan control off and are just letting it run at full speed 24/7, ...
- Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:25 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec NSK-1480 + PicoPSU
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7134
What's the purpose behind two 5450s? If you want to increase gaming performance using Crossfire, you're generally better off with a single, more powerful card than two cheapies. Your options are kind of limited in a low profile case like the NSK-1480, though (I'd assume this is why you're Xfiring tw...
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:07 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Still no decent aftermarket cooler for the Radeon 5870?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4806
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:06 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: 800rpm or 1150rpm gentle typhoon?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2366
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:01 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fanless Phenom II X3 720BE Radeon 5670 Silent Blu-ray HTPC
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7181
- Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Baking fixed my GFX card :D
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6097
Do you think this method would be likely to work with larger gaps in the solder? I managed to stab my nvidia card with a small screwdriver when trying to take the cooler apart, resulting in a scrape through 6 tracks. 2 tracks are broken completely... I might be clutching at straws a bit but does an...
- Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:06 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Baking fixed my GFX card :D
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6097
It's legit. I guess sometimes the BGA solder joints on graphics cards and other components fail (maybe due to flexing of the PCB and stuff like that, I'm not completely sure why). Baking them heats up the solder and allows it to reflow, fixing the joints. I mean obviously it won't work every time, d...
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:24 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Efficiency measurements, then vs now, comparable?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2933
If you look at 20%, 50% and 100% load, modern PSUs should be more efficient. S12 was a nice PSU during its day, but modern 80Plus Bronze, Silver, and especially Gold designs are better. When you plot power supply efficiency, it will have a curve with efficiency dropping off slightly as you approach ...
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:58 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: How to quiet a Silverstone SG05 PSU?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7642
One problem is that I think that PSU uses a thin 80mm fan (15mm I'd guess), so this makes swapping it out a bit more complicated. You might not be able to stick an 80x25mm fan in there. If there wasn't enough room inside the PSU, though, you could mount an 80x25mm fan on the outside of the casing. T...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:04 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: what type of fan control do you guys use?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6583
Automatic BIOS control for my current system, although I've also used fixed voltage mods and rheobuses in the past. I don't like having to rely on OS-dependent software for undervolting, fan speed control, etc., so whenever possible I try to avoid that. This is for case fans, though. PSU fan is hand...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: WiNDy Polo Rhapsody Mini ITX HTPC
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9126
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:46 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Sapphire HD5670 Ultimate
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2751
Appears to use a design similar to the HD4670 Ultimate. It doesn't take up an extra slot under the card, but the heatsink takes up some space above and to the side of the card.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6814102816
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6814102816
- Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:44 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: 7V Fan trick
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3408
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:57 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermalright HR-02 !!!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 48328
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:56 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: 7V Fan trick
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3408
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:53 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: AC Accelero S2 + 92 or 120 fan enough for GTS 250?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5086
GTS 250 isn't exactly a short card. Some quick Googling suggests they're about 9" long, and the Accelero S1 is about 8.5" long, so it shouldn't add much/any length to your card. Honestly I see no reason to get the S2 instead of the S1. That said, S2 is a pretty capable heatsink. Should be able to ha...
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:47 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Most Quiet way to achive ~1TB storage?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3487
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:10 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Need a quiet & cheap PSU ~400w
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3549
Have you considered swapping the fan on the PSU you already have? Anyway, SPCR reviewed the CX400W and it's reasonably quiet at low load. Past about 150w, though, the fan ramped up fast. Keep in mind, though, that this was in the hot box. If you're using it in a case with a separate PSU chamber or s...
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Staff Rigs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 114342
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:14 pm
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: The newest Mac Mini
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8716