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- Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:55 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone Raven RV02-E
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10076
Let me tell you, the FT02 is nearly perfect for high end multi-GPU supercomputing. I have two of them next to my desk right now, with 3 GTX480 and 3 GTX295s. What would make the FT02 even better? The 8 PCIE expansion slots needed for quad-GPU mounting like the RV02 has.. the FT02 only has 7 slots so...
- Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:53 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT02 ATX Case
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68916
Is there enough room for the cover to fit when using a DVI to CRT adapter? No... I just tried on mine. But it might work if the dongle and connector were low profile, and especially if the cable was flexible enough to make a tight bend. The cable bendiness is pretty important for this.. it can use ...
- Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:36 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: And advanced PSUs with built in monitoring?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2270
And advanced PSUs with built in monitoring?
This may be a niche market, but I'd love to have a PSU that (like a UPS) had a USB connection allowing the PC to monitor the current power state of the PSU. This might help find situations where input voltage is sagging and (like a UPS software alarm) you want to shut down. More advanced features mi...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:42 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silent 41cm side-blowing fan case mod brainstorm..
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4899
Wow, thanks for all the feedback... this is why SPCR is the best! @Lubb, thanks for the thoughts about the air filter itself. You're right quality could be an issue. And cleaning the filter could indeed be annoying.. but then again the alternative is to be UNfiltered, which means you'd be cleaning t...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:12 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silent 41cm side-blowing fan case mod brainstorm..
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4899
What would be the point? Extreme air cooling for an overclocked rig? Yes, but cheap and silent . The tradeoff just seems to be that it'd be big and ugly. Admittedly I am an extreme case, since I am trying to cool a PC which draws 1040 watts under load (GPU computing on 3 high end boards.) Silent an...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:25 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silent 41cm side-blowing fan case mod brainstorm..
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4899
Silent 41cm side-blowing fan case mod brainstorm..
You can get silent room air filters for cheap.. here's one for $40 which has an AC-powered 41 cm fan. http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?PIN=93701&SC=WIS20001& It would be as ugly as hell, but would it be a stretch to make a case mod which replaced a case side panel with such a filter u...
- Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:01 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec p183 case rev 2, they have changed the design
- Replies: 25
- Views: 19508
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:30 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Intel 980x stock tower heatsink and gummy compound
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6495
Intel 980x stock tower heatsink and gummy compound
My new 980x is working well. It's notable that the 980x comes with a "Real" heatsink.. a quite nicely engineered tower. I didn't use it (I use a Nocua NH-D14) but it really is a change. It'd be interesting to see a performance comparison with Intel's new heatsink versus all the current modern towers...
- Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:02 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT02 (P182 killer?)
- Replies: 173
- Views: 145784
Re: warning
Well, be careful, I had some thermal shutdown problems when I had a gtx 275 and a gtx 295 mounted in the case. I now have just the 295 and an i7-980x in there, and things seem fine, but be warned. I suspect that since I have the ft02 under my desk, it might not let all the heat escape, so a quad gp...
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:00 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Passive quick RAM cooling - hack heatsinks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2696
Passive quick RAM cooling - hack heatsinks
My system is working well but using a temp gun I see that my RAM is by far the hottest part of my system.. 55C at idle and 80C at load! And that's the surface heat spreader temp.. who knows what the actual RAM is at! These are 6 sticks of 2GB DDR3. (i7 930 system, P6T motherboard) The minimum voltag...
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT02 (P182 killer?)
- Replies: 173
- Views: 145784
Just got this case today, I'll be making a build in a few weeks with a i7-980X and some Fermi GPUs. I misunderstood the FT02 case specs, and didn't realize that there were only 7 expansion slots and not 8. This sucks for me since I actually expect to put 4 GPUs in the case. Since there's room for 8,...
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:42 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT02 ATX Case
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68916
Just got this case for a new 4-GPU supercomputer build (free shipping via Amazon!) GPU heat is really a big problem so the rotated motherboard should work well. BUT... I was careless. The review says the interior is the same as the Raven 02 case, but it is not! The Raven02 supports 8 slots for PCIE ...
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:24 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Silverstone Raven Two
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28303
Yep, it will definitely hold 4x GTX 295s. I found a pic showing 4 full size cards (and a water cooling radiator at the bottom!) http://silverstone-usa.com/images/RV02/RV02_blackice_GT_Stealth360.jpg I wonder if it would help to mod that side window to add a single 120mm fan pointing at the card tops...
- Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:18 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Silverstone Raven Two
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28303
I notice the case has 8 slot cutouts for video cards. I wonder if this would make it appropriate for CUDA supercomputers using 4 double-wide GPUs. But I also wonder if the case, as big as it is, can handle a full length GPU. The build uses Radeon 4870 GPUs, but those are only 8.7 inches long. A dual...
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:33 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Scythe pushes towards Infinity
- Replies: 49
- Views: 45042
I'll take one of the all-copper Ninja! They only made 100. I wonder what they weigh. And how they perform.
Some pics when they showed one at Computex this year.
http://www.digital-daily.com/editorial/ ... ndex04.htm
Some pics when they showed one at Computex this year.
http://www.digital-daily.com/editorial/ ... ndex04.htm
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:15 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Shuttle's long awaited SD11G5 Pentium-M SFF
- Replies: 74
- Views: 70416
- Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:59 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: computer in a bathroom - is it safe?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5077
You've got a point. But I think condensation point is when hot steam hits really cold surface (like bathroom mirror). I never had condensation on my bathroom mdf shelf, so maybe there will be no condensation in htpc mdf case. Actually steam doesn't condense on your bathroom mirror because it's cold...
- Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:53 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: computer in a bathroom - is it safe?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5077
Actually, you're lucky. Condensation is NOT a problem if the computer is on. A computer, even a low power one, is considerably hotter than the ambient temperature, and the most sensitive electronics tend to be the hottest. This will completely prevent condensation, even in pretty heavy shower fog. B...
- Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:02 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Temps and Video Card advice please
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7919
2D display quality is almost entirely governed by the digital to analog conversion process, and then getting that analog signal into your monitor. Most modern LCD screens and video cards pretty much eliminate this now by using DVI (digital visual interface) which takes the analog conversion off of t...
- Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:13 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Problems identifying noise
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3177
Fan noise is best isolated using the "stop each fan with your finger" trick. While you Just touch the HUB of the fan.. low RPM fans don't have lots of speed so you won't be hurt. DO NOT TRY THIS WITH FAST FANS.. like a chipset fan or stock GPU fan. This lets you iterate through all the fans in your ...
- Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:35 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: P180 and Nexus NX4090 PSU
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2130
teejay is correct. The PSU has a good 1"+ gap both above and below the PSU. There's plenty of room for air to come into the PSU's bottom fan. Also, there are rear intake holes, but, like the P180''s review shows, you can boost hard drive cooling by closing the holes, and the PSU fan will make a hard...
- Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:39 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: I visited, learned and took action, what now?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12308
- Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:35 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: What do you think of this system?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4387
Bar21 is right, that's not a silent PC at all. Maybe more quiet than the average (mostly due to the Sonata). Clues that it's not silent: 1) Using an Intel CPU 2) No mention of CPU cooler.. which means stock Intel fan, which means noise 3) No mention of case fans 4) No mention of northbridge cooling....
- Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:06 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: building a quiet rig
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3313
You can definately get very quiet with that setup. It's somewhat similar to my new 4800+ rig. http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=24898 With the 3800+'s clock rate and especially if you undervolt it, you can proably get away with passive if you have two case fans. Undervolted Nexus fans...
- Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:57 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Better passive northbridge heatsink than Zalman ZM-NB47J?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10402
Better passive northbridge heatsink than Zalman ZM-NB47J?
I'm running a near silent system (Athlon64 X2 4800+, Lanparty-SLI-DR, 2GB, P180 case, 7800GT, full details http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=24898 ). I'm using a Zalman ZM-NB47J for the northbridge. It's working well, but my NB temps are still high, ambient+26 C under full load. I can...
- Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:44 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervolting Experiences with Athlon64 X2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11138
Slightly different regime, but another datapoint.. I'm very mildly overclocking my X2 4800+ from 2400 to 2520Mhz. It does this at stock 1.30 voltage. However, this voltage seems necessary for this speed, 1.275 volts will almost work, but dual Prime95 testing failed after 5-8 hours. 1.30 volts succes...
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:46 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: SPCR's PSU Test Platform V.3
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20992
Intersting point. I had not considered that, really, tho I did take care to try and keep the shunt resistors cool. It's probably a very small effect anyway.. and that's still worst case scenario. I thought of it only because of a magnetic field physics experiment I did in college involved precise c...
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:38 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: SPCR's PSU Test Platform V.3
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20992
The Dale RH25 0.01 ohm shunt resistor has a 100PPM/C temperature coefficient. Datasheet: www.sal.wisc.edu/PFIS/docs/archive/ public/Product%20Manuals/vishay/rhnh.pdf The interior of the case can get 30C warmer than ambient as shown the example Seasonics chart. Where is the shunt resistor located? If...
- Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:41 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Entire system spec'ed except for 7800GTX - Asus TOP??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4575
Your design is VERY CLOSE to the machine I just built. Same CPU, RAM, PSU, fans, hard drive and case! I picked a 7800GT and not a GTX though. But please don't get that OCZ RAM! It was a big mistake, 1GB OCZ Platinum is running at its speed limits. I used a LANParty SLI MB, I'm pleased with that choi...
- Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:31 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Designed my new X2 4800+ system, thanks to SPCR
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10067
spworley, let us know what RAM you end up getting. Starting my research again now. So far the best option seems to be OCZ Gold 1GB modules. It really makes me unhappy, I DON'T TRUST OCZ. But I HAVE seen it documented by a user who got FOUR 1G sticks of OCZ Gold to run at 240Mhz. http://www.dfi-stre...