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by Gew
Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:51 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Noise level -- 5400 rpm vs. 7200 rpm
Replies: 12
Views: 20777

How about today's hard drives?

Hi guys. Sorry for what may seem like a bump far of the edge. However, I'm in need of some clarification here. I'm going to buy a new HDD. It's going to be the one and only disk in my barebone system. The computer may be used a bit for video editing and suchlike, but mostly acts like a HTPC. Silenc...
by Gew
Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:46 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Do Intel chipsets run hot?
Replies: 13
Views: 9276

Let me add..

That line containing the sentence "semiconductors can handle temps up to 115c" was really comforting. Found this thread via Google. Got my neat ASUS T3-P5G31A Barebone system yesterday. CPU/MB temps are fine, but one sensor (only accessible via 3rd-party-utils ie. Speedfan/Everest/HWMonitor) shows 8...