Fit just fine. Passive with ok but not great air flow yielded temps near max allowable on synthetic tests. Plopped a 800rpm near silent case fan on it and temps are great.

Its been 10 years since my last post, so probably about time. i7-3610QM / 45 watts. Stock cooler sounds like a freight train and motherboard PWM seems to not work. CPU fan is 50mm. Willing to take quiet over silent, but there doesn't seem to be much out there. I think this thing would fit: http://ww...

The forums at bjorn3d.com host some XFX tech support. I'm not sure of the exact nature of that agreement, but you could get some attention about it there.

Thanks!

Any reason for going with Easyubuntu over Automatix?

By chance, I was looking over the speedfan website today and found the following text at the top: SpeedFan 4.29 Final is available. There are a lot of improvements and fixes. Added support for Intel ICH8, nVidia MCP04, new revisions of the ITE IT8712F, new revisions of the Winbond W83627, and detect...

Same board, cooler. No problem.

No surprise here. Why would anyone get an "low power" solution on a 90nm process when they have access to 65nm CPUs is beyond me. Fanboism would be the only explanation.

Wasn't the pentium D 65nm?

Does that motherboard support fan speed control? If so, it might not be too bad on low loads. Hi loads could probably cause it to get pretty loud though. You can always try and if it's too noisy, make the upgrade. Yes, there is a largely unadjustable BIOS feature which can be disabled in favor of s...

So the stock clock rate on standard and EE models of the X2 3800 is 2.0GHz. What was the article talking about here? Note that there is nothing extraordinary that Energy Efficient AMD processors appeared in the market. It is known that there is a linear dependence of the CPU heat dissipation on proc...

There are no benchmark comparisons of the EE vs standard vs Conroe processors that I know of. The EE versions are cherry picked, but clocked lower. I wonder if perhaps they take less of a performance hit than their 85w TDP bretheren would when underclocked.

They seem to have concluded performance per watt for us, but I was hoping to see actual benchmark/performance numbers alongside the power consumption measures to determine just where the X2 3800 stands.

Couple things...first, the vast majority of cases don't come with any sort of CPU cooling device. Also, bear in mind that current video card solutions tend to come with noisy fans. I'm not saying that you need to go with changing the cooler on that, but if you are aiming for a quiet computer, you'll...

I have a motherboard with q-fan2, and the most useful aspect of it is that I can disable it :lol: Seriously though, I think that asus motherboards with qfan2 will allow Speedfan to change the fan speeds. So although the qfan software itself isn't useful, the presence of qfan2 should allow you to con...

You're talking about spending what, 1500+ on a new computer? It is definitely in your interest to get every question that you might have answered beforehand. I went through 3-4 tech forums on my latest built before I started getting the answers that I "wanted" to hear (they happened to be here 8) )....

I don't want to hijack this thread too badly, so I think this will be my last post on this line of conversation. I guess I'll let you have the last word on it if you will. http://img.clubic.com/photo/00FA000000150225.jpg http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/233/Front-DoorOpen.jpg Notice the vent hole...

Sorry, I think I misspoke earlier. The M2N-E is an nforce5 board. The fact remains that the ethernet drivers didn't work by default, and I wasn't able to get them to work after ~30 minutes of messing around. Maybe things will fall into place in a few months.

I originally had the P150 as my #1 case choice for at least one of the systems, but all the bad stories about the NeoHE PS + Asus motherboards honestly scared me. I'm trying to avoid any incompatibilities, and I've read quite a few good reviews on the Seasonic and recently the Antec Solo case. I'm ...

A 2fer! Sounds like fun. My first thought is, is there any reason why you wouldn't want to go with the Antec P150 w/ PSU? As the SPCR review points out, the PSU is right up there with the seasonic on efficiency, noise, and quality. Using this bundle will save you $30+ on each build. Also, on the vid...

I wouldn't choose your final motherboard/processor until it gets closer to the time that you actually order. That will give the new intel processors time to hit the market, and for more end users to see real numbers. One thing you should also note is that quiet is a bit subjective. That said, this s...

I don't remember exactly. It has been a couple of weeks since I've worked with it. However, I did try googling around, and I am not the only person with the ethernet issue.

edit: I should say, I am not particularly knowledgable when it comes to dealing with driver issues in Linux.

Well, I can advise you on what NOT to get. I just built an AM2 system with an Asus M2N-E (nforce4), and there are lots of issues in Linux. I couldn't get the integrated NIC to work, and sound is spotty.

Last post by me, really!

Have you seen this thread with a list of vendors in Australia? http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... 21&start=0

I'm a little lost. Was the 9500 on before the ninja?

Also, I've read some issues where the base of the Ninja isn't flat. Perhaps try taking it off, and make sure that the entire base is making contact with the IHS of the processor.

Well, I just built the following rig for myself: Antec P150 w/ NeoHE430 Asus M2N-E AM2 Sempron 3000 1GB Ram XFX Passively Cooled Geforce 7300GT It is pretty similar to your build in some ways. I decided to go with the sempron 3000 to hold me over until the AMD price cuts came. Now I will probably ho...

Yes, but with the price of the AC 64 pro, I'd probably just prefer overkill.

Wow, the CPU fan seems to have developed a rattling. This needs to go

Any more ideas? Otherwise I will probably go for that globalwin solution. I just wonder whether it will fit on an AM2 board.

It is possible that you will see compatibility issues between the motherboard and the PSU. See here: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=27863&start=0 Also, why not go with AM2? That will keep your options open in the future in terms of a CPU upgrade. Finally, you didn't mention anythin...

Sure, I could go higher for the MB and probably the processor. But like you said, I think it would just create more time in between ramping up and ramping down. I think the temp is of the chipset, but I'm not entirely sure. A cheap 120mm cooler is a very interesting option. It might make more sense ...

AM2 Sempron 3000. I'm using the stock HSF with the stock thermal pad. Also, I use speedfan to control the speed of the CPU fan and the chassis. At the stock clock/voltage and at idle, speedfan runs the fan at the minimum, 72%. At 72%, it is almost inaudible. There is occasional bearing noise, but ve...