Alistair : I dont know why your temps are that high, mine never goes over 42c. Try underclocking the BUS to about 100MHz and see if that does it. Everyone : My chip of choice right now would be a Barton 2800, kick @$$! Only problem is that I dont know if I can spend the money, it's supposed to run ...

I would get an air conditioner for windows, mine works wonders and only cost about $250. Of course, I live in a smaller room.

Harry Azol wrote:all my APC upses only make noise when the battery is being used (ie: during power outage)

Same here, otherwise it's very quiet.

I dont think that looks big enough for the GeForce4 TI and FX series and the Radeon 9x00 series.

Gandalf wrote:Thx Yo.
Guess I'll be buying a Radeon .

Radeon rock anyway, they have MUCH better AA and AF than the new GeForces. If you turn those on on the new GeForces they fall behind the Radeons about 50-70% of the time.

Was looking at some catalog pages and it seems the 370 Celeron had 256k cache, but the new one is only 128k cache? Is that right? No wonder. You are correct on both instances. The moble Celerons have 256KB of cache and the desktop versions only have 128KB. You must have seen a mobile version. If it...

pingu666 wrote:use omega drivers also

Omega? Where is that? I have a Radeon 9000 so I would be interested to try those if they offer any performance benefits.

pingu666 wrote:they oc well btw

Oddly enough the Throughbred Bs overclock better than the Bartons. I have no clue why but there it stands.

Thank you for your help. i ended up ordering a 9500pro, and will get a Zalman heatsink for it next week. I must say, I cannot believe the difference it's made to everything on the pc. It looks fantastic! The only problem I have now is that any Mpeg or DVD files is jittery, but this isn't the graphi...

Ralf Hutter wrote:An H1A (80mm) at 5V has a rather loud "ticking" sound and much more "rumbly, grinding" noise then an L1A or M1A (80mm) at 5V.

Sorry about the subjective, non-technical terms but this is the best description I can give....

Thats alright, thanks for the help! M1A it is then...

Athlon Powers Zalman is going to be releasing a newer, light model with better clips Are you refering to this? http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?s=005b60ddbecbb8155f4f8630398909cc&threadid=21667[/img] (look for the post with the image of ATI Radeon 9600 Pro) No, I saw it at Anandtechs coverage...

However, if it gets about 40-60fps running a DX8 game how will it do with a DX9 game which uses a lot more system and GPU resources?! I would just get a Radeon 9700 (pro or non-pro, your choice) and attach a Zalman Cooler to it. Those will be able to power games for a while.

Sorry, I was just let know that my post was a bit off topic for this thread (thanks Aphonos!).

I was looking at the datasheet for fans on the main page and saw that H1As at 5v has about 18cfm with 13db. This is a really good ratio!

I would have two of these, and these have about 7 more cfm than 5v M1As.

Any comments?

I have to say I dont quite follow you. But from what I gather you are trying to open more airflow so the fans buzz less? First off, the chieftec case vents are more than enough air in front. And second a large space would leave even more noise to escape because the bezel is not deadining some of it.

I know this is really stupid but did you apply thermal grease on the Alpha?

Im not trying to insult you but you might not know...

From what I've read on forums.anandtech.com in the CPU forum, the P4M will drop right into to any s478 p4 board. If that's true, then the Pentium-M (Banias) should be put right at the top of our recommended CPU list. You may be able to passively cool one of these puppies with a SLK900U or CNPS7000-...

I made this same mistake and the admins like it if you post this stuff in the Off Topic. Take it from someone who knows.

ez2remember wrote:Another way is to look at the core, thoroughbred core are rectangular in shape where palamino cores are much larger and has a square-ish shape.

True but the Barton is also rectangular shape, just a bit larger with the additional 256Kb of L2 cache.

These look pretty good! Where can I get one in the USA?

I want to 5v some S4s because they have about 18cfm at that voltage! For case fans and maybe a 92mm for my TruePower...

my 8500 does not have any holes on it. So he must of poped it off with the epoxy. So aphonos your fears may not be so off. Other then what has already been mention maybe you moved a part. the little spools of copper wire ( the name escapes me now) can provide stablility which if damaged may let you...

Zhentar wrote:actually you'd just have to use a lot of slow 60mm fans or get some good slot blower type things

I am a little inexperienced in server hardware so correct me if im wrong but, arnt blowers REALLY loud?

The temp of my hard drive is normally 29C, but today its 36C, CPU 50C, and system is 42C :( No need to despair, 36C and those other temps are perfectly safe! Dont do any serious CDROM work, if you look closely CD lasers are supposed to be kept under 40c otherwise they can get so hot the can melt pa...

How small? If you are thinking 1U then I dont think there is a real way to make it quiet except say for padding the outside with Melamine. You couldnt fit any quieter fans in it or anything...

I was wondering if any has had following problem or any advice? I have experienced a problem with the ZM-17. I snapped off the original ATI 8500dv heatsink and fan, applied the adhesive (one on the core; other on the zm-17) and then when it had set, I reinserted it back into the pc. Immediately, th...

rpc180 wrote:Aren't the VaporChill's these these types of phase change systems? Watercooling is also a way that people get "colder" materials to cool off heatsinks.

You got it. They are expensive and not exactly silent, around 30DB I think...

Radeonman wrote:My Cuda V died. I'll have to RMA it. Until then I'm out of commission.

Is this something that belongs in this kind of forum...

I just left some updated threads in your other post.

MikeC wrote:The SX260 looks easily beatable to me.

You are probably right now that I come to think of it. The office is right across from a variety of noisy machines so that is probably interfearing.

Maybe F@H, but for games currently they don't really take all the power of a cpu. usually it is more gfx card dependant. Like ut2k3 or AA:O. While C&C generals is slightly more cpu dependant and massive assault (a turn based game still in concept) take more out on your cpu but a 2.4 ghz p4 or it's ...