I don't have any experience with SLI setups, but as part of looking for an answer to another issue I dropped in at NVIDIA Forums. I noticed a lot of people have discussed slow performance of SLI, so maybe this helps. As far as I can see most of the problems come back to two issues; either the two (i...

I joined the SPCR forum because I have a newfound interest in quiet computing. So far so good, I hope we can agree that my interest is just as authentic and valid as the interest of everybody else who find quiet computing worthwile? This thread was about Bluefront's approach to promoting truth in ad...

qviri, It has little to do with simple-mindedness and a lot to do with values such as pride in your profession and friendship with your colleagues. I hope that as a salesman, you can understand the value of these somewhat fluid principles. You are right; so let's conclude that both engineers and sal...

AND, that brings us back after a detour to the original topic of Bluefront's thread and the question about whether it is more effective to try to force one's opinion down the throat of somebody else without respecting the other party or whether it is more effective to look at where there is an overl...

If you look at the responses to my arguments, then you will see that many of those completely ignore my argumentation and are focused on telling me why I have no idea about what I am talking about. Objectively, that a lot of the replies have 'targeted the man and not the ball' just proves my point ...

silentguy, I am not an expert in soud proofing, but from looking into buying new windows recently I got the impression that in general the better the heat insulation, the better the sound insulation as well, so absorbing noise while conducting heat sounds like two conflicting concepts. This link to ...

qviri, Is self-centered, arrogant, and aggressive better than narcissistic, intolerant, and condemning? English is not my native language, but I do know what those concepts mean, that is why chose them over misunderstood, persecuted, and friendly. If you look closely at my posts you will see that I ...

JazzJackRabbit, Going kind off topic here. Engineers posing threat to the company's survival? Ehmmm, they are the ones creating a product, without them you wouldn't have to sell anything... :roll: You should probably be more respectful to them. Maybe the reason you've had bad experience with them is...

Tibors,

Thanks for your, as always, simple and precise answer

MikeC, I don't see how you have come to the conclusion that I am looking for fans that can produce >25dB(A)!?! My concern is actually very well founded; the problem is just that I am not talking about the technicalities, but about user friendliness from another point of view, which you clearly do no...

You (Thomas) seem to have had some bad experiences with engineers, so I don't blame you for blaming them (although it is perhaps a little unfair to blame them for everything that ever goes wrong in a business, which you seem to be doing, after all Enron was not brought down by engineers); but it is...

Tephras,

I am sorry, I promise that I will not call you an engineer again

MikeC, I am definitely not a techie, so the fact that I keep coming back to your site and the forum for more information is a sure tell-tale sign that your efforts are successful :) However, the lack of easily accessible quality information is not the reason for the 'impotence' of silencers. I think...

I am not qualified to challenge the physical principles behind their test methods, but what seems a little worrying to me is the part about the ANSI/AMCA standard. According to the international standard of ANSI/AMCA where there shall be 1 meter between the instrument and the noise source, you would...

On a Danish site I found the following two articles (they are translated to English) about their extensive test of more than 50 fans, which is currently in the working. The first article gives a bit of background info: http://www.computergeil.dk//?artikelid=11102 The second article gives a descripti...

I am planning my new rig, targetted to be relatively powerful/relatively quiet and after a lot of searching around I found what could be the perfect MB for my purpose, the GigaByte GA-M59SLI-S5 . It is an SLI board, but I will only be installing one VGA card. I am a bit of a GigaByte fanboy (though ...

Well thanks for your input.....I'm listening even though my opinion of salespeople in general, is rather low. Where I work, the large sales-force is a standing joke among the rest of the company.....and it's been that way at every place I know of. I'm sure you're different though.... :) LOL, I have...

Bluefront, I am not suggesting to use SPCR as your personal weapon in order to call various companies for liars and frauds, because that is just as futile as when you 'attack' resellers. Instead of feeble unstructured attacks on individual companies I suggest a coordinated strategy which uses carrot...

Jaganath, Tephras, As my professional background is in sales and marketing I think you would agree that it would be ridiculous if I started telling you how to dimension the circuits on a PCB or which principles of physics you should follow when designing the electronics of a hi-tech gadget. Therefor...

Rusty, I think your connection between a string of vandalism in 1910 and the prohibition in 1917 is over-simplified and that it misses the point. My point in my above post was that no large scale change can be made without public awareness and a public sentiment towards demanding a change. The quest...

Bluefront, It is a marketing rule of thumb that somebody who has had a bad experience with a product will tell it to 10-12 people, while somebody who has had a good experience only tell it to 2-3 people. This rule is still true in 'physical' person to person relations and both warnings and advocacy ...

Bluefront, I am afraid you are wasting your time completely. Though very unfortunate, reality is that ruthlessness has more momentum than honesty - it has always been like that and it will always be like that. The core of the matter is that it is more profitable to be ruthless than it is to be hones...

cmthomson, If "maintain speed regardless of voltage, within reason of course" result in that you get a lower speed drop when undervolting and if you at the same time get a good rpm to noise ratio, then I guess it could just as well be seen as a good feature as a bad feature. From the test of the Sha...

Jaganath, For somebody who does not want a fan speed controller or who connect their fans with 7, 6, or 5V, comparing two fans at equal voltages is 100% apples-to-apples, but that does not mean that fan speed controller supporters are forbidden to compare fans at equal rpm which is 100% apples-to-ap...

Linguini, If I was you, then I would go to http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php and download SpeedFan (it is free) in order to get info on the HDD temps before making a decision about which way to go. Your MB is not listed under the ASUS boards supported, but readings are primarily based on 'generic' ...

As I said, SFF21D beats Nexus at 12V, which is factual based on the test Yes, but this is not surprising as the SFF21D spins 200rpm slower than the Nexus at 12V; it is not an apples-to-apples comparison. All other things being equal, a slower fan will always be quieter than a faster fan, but it wil...

I have no experience with either the Nexus or the Scythe yet, but based on the review I mentioned I will go for the Scythe next time I buy new fans. I am not a fan boy of any of the companies, I only judge from the review where they are compared. These are the comparisons from their tests: Equal rpm...

According to http://www.stillepc.dk , the Scythe S-Flex SFF21D beats the Nexus Real Silent fan at default 12V. I found a 120mm fan review from March this year, where they include the three 'new' Scythe S-Flex fans (SFF21D, SFF21E, and SFF21F). You can find the comparison tables here . You don't real...

In the test of the SFF21F they say that 3.7V is the lowest current where the fan will reliably start spinning and that, when it is spinning, 3.2V is the lowest current where it will continue spinning, so I guess I have plenty of 'safety margin'. By the way, the MB that I am almost set on is the Giga...

Guys, Thank you for the good answers (and the welcome). If there is a 1 amp max on the board connector (I did not find any mention of this on the GigaByte website or in their manual), then I guess two fans rated for 0.2A @ 12V each will be fine. I think I remember, that 'if you half the voltage, you...