thx for the comments SometimesWarrior! The TV Tuner has no form of cooling.... I have a Gigabyte 7DXE Motherboard and I tend to believe the temps that its telling me. In fact the temps that I get in BIOS instead of from MBM are a few degrees lower. Ill try cooling the TV tuner and see if that makes ...

POLIST8 wrote:I guess I just thought that this was silentpcreview.com, not warmcpu.com.

I mean if you're happy with your setup and all, cool (literally).

-Nate

Fair enough, but doesnt cool translate into silent since u dont need as many fans etc...

I don't think your temps are going to be the problem. Your real problems will probably come later on in life when your lose the certain frequency in hearing that your dual WD HDDs kill because of their DBAs. What do u mean? I love my WD HDDs =) They seem to run at a low temp. To be honest I haven't...

Thx for your help! I have heard similar comments about CPU temps from other people as well so I totally believe you but I have just 1 issue... I use my computer to watch cable tv which utilizes ~99% cpu. The system seems to run fine but after running the cable tv prog for about 1 min the picture jus...

This is my system: AMD 1600+ XP cooled by Zalman CNPS3100-GP GeForce 4 MX440 cooled by stock fan Leadtek Winfast 2000XP TV Tuner WD 8mb cache 80gb HD not cooled WD 8mb cache 120gb HD not cooled Antec Sonata I am reasonably happy with the current setup but have a few questions. Basically I am running...

Yeah does look like a it could be quite a nice case.... I agree about the fans though. Anyone got this case? I live in australia and no one has any Sonatas left so I'm looking for another possibility. Just found a couple reviews http://www.modthebox.com/review197_1.shtml http://www.tweakers.com.au/n...

Well everyone in Australia is sold out of the Antec Sonata. They will be in stock at the end of the month at the very earliest... So I was wondering why hasnt SPCR reviewd the Lian Li PC-6070 which claims to be a silent case? Has anyone got the PC-6070? And if so what is your opinion of it? Has anyo...

Whats the 17 m8? And I live in Australia.

Ok here it is.... my setup =) XP 1600+ (Barton core) with the Zalman 3100GP HSF Geforce 4 MX440 w/TV-out & 128 DDR (and a whinny fan) Leadtek Win Fast TV2000 XP capture card 512 MB DDR ram 80 gb 8 mg cache 7200 rpm Western Digital HD 60 gb 4 mg cache 7200 rpm Seagate Barracuda HD 40 gb 4 mg cache 72...

Well mine definately isnt passively cooled. So does everyone agree that I should be fine if I just remove the fan (or turn it off) from my Geforce 4 MX 440 (TV-out) with 128 DDR?

And also, how can I check the temp of my AGP chip?

I have a Geforce 4 MX440 w/TV-out & 128 DDR. I don't plan on doing any overclocking and am wondering how much cooling is necessary? Is the Zalman ZM-NB32J sufficient if I have a fan above the card or would it be wiser to use a Zalman ZM17CU with fan above? I would prefer to avoid the more expensive ...