I've seen worse (for airflow) cabling in a P180, if its ugly and it works - who cares? I'd consider replacing that HSF completely, those zalman coolers are not wildely known for being silencer-friendly... I really like my CNPS9500, it's whisper quiet unless it's cranked up good. I cannot say the sa...

Clean up your cabling man! :oops: You can see in this pic that it's not nearly as bad as it seems from a dead-on side picture (and, believe me, I know it doesn't look great). Unfortunately, based on the plugs in use from the PSU, the position of the devices they power, and the effectively non-exist...

cortexodus -- The PSU in that Antec Fusion is years old, and its efficiency was not even 80% when new, so that's probably responsible for a lot of the high power demand. Also, is CnQ? I have a Phenom II 4-core 95W in a similarly minimalist PC that draws ~45W AC idle, but this is with a 500W 80+ Gol...

I have been looking in vain for review of this CPU, all the attention is focused on the unlock-ability of the second core. But I'm more interested in the power efficiency of the CPU ! any one? I have an unlocked Sempron 140 in this mainboard which in turn is sitting in this box with 8GB of Mushkin ...

I just got done with my latest mod and figured it's time to finally quit lurking around here share the love. My system is FINALLY inaudible at idle when I'm sitting at it with my headphones on (with nothing playing through them). I'm thrilled! This forum and the SPCR site have inspired me on more th...