Bitte Sehr, Mumrik - I just hope this information is helpful to people. There is no way I could pay back to this forum community what I owe in terms of helpful advice and information received! I did manage to get a couple of the additional measurements I wanted to get. I think they are probably the ...

This is the best picture I have been able to "borrow" to show the shape of the wind tunnel: http://www.hardwareluxx.de/Images/Silverstone/SST-TJ06/10060041.jpg If you go to http://www.hardwareluxx.de/cms/artikel.php?action=show&id=65&seite=1 you can see the article this picture comes from - and even...

MikeC , you said: ...just put the system together with a reasonably suitable HS and start playing with it. All you really need is a multi-fan controller to make it easier to adjust fan speeds. Oh, and a better 80mm fan. I am going to be using a Digital Doc 5 to monitor temps inside the case. I pick...

NeilBlanchard - funny you should say that! :shock: When I was describing tapering the wind tunnel walls in to the heatsink, I almost said "like a carb venturi". But then I thought "No, I'm probably the only old mechanic on the forum that this would make sense to..." As far as the actual venturi eff...

Bluefront - this is very interesting and valuable info - thanks! :D I'm going to try to get away with as little "modding" work on my TJ06 as possible, but I have actually been thinking that I might have to devise some sort of insert for the wind tunnel to block the airflow around the heatsink - the...

ChristianN said: I really also have to stress the fact that this case needs a PSU with long cables. The one I've bought now really doesnt have cables with the needed lenght so I'll most likely have to get another one. I don't know anything about what power cables an AMD mobo requires, but I suspect...

Trip , I was pretty sure that the fins on the XP-90 and the XP-120 both ran the same direction - and that both of them would probably run across the air flow on my mobo instead of with it. I know you could go ahead and an XP-90 with a fan - but if I was going to do that, I would probably go with a ...

Trip, You said Thomc, if you post what mobo you're planning to use, we could determine the fin orientation of XP-90. Several intel sockets seem to be particularly close to the edge - something to consider when looking at HSF I am using an Intel D925XCV: http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/cv/pix/D...

I have definitely decided on this case. As it turned out, my wife ordered it for me as a Xmas present not knowing that I still wasn't sure that I could find a heat sink that would work with the wind tunnel. I have the complication of working with an LGA775 system - there are still a limited number o...

The NX4090 is not a good choice BTW, the cables are too short. The Seasonic Tornado's leads are long enough, so check its lengths (in the review) to see what you need. Whoa Mike, this is sad news! :( The NX-4090 was exactly what I needed otherwise - super quiet, 12cm fan on the bottom to provide ai...

Boy did this review come at a good time for me! :o I have been dithering for the past three weeks, trying to figure out the best case to use to try to build a tolerably quiet system using a 3.6 GHz Socket T system. :? I know this is a ridiculously hot :oops: processor, but it's what I've got, so I h...

jafb2000 - wow! A million thanks for all the information - I hope you can type faster than I can! Like alglove, I was blown away. Your author field indicates that you are a vendor - can you tell me what and for whom you vend? Surely you didn't pick up all this info working in PC components wholesale...

Based on recent news from Intel, it is possible that I will be driving my current PC for longer than I previously thought. I have a 2.6C P4 on an Intel D875PBZ mobo. If the Prescott core CPUs are a thing of the past, it may be a while before Intel can make a convincing argument that I need a new pro...

I have a couple of the power supplies that Enermax laughingly titled "Whisper". I know, I know - they aren't really "whisper quiet" - or any kind of quiet for that matter. But otherwise it seems like a decent PSU. I know that Mike did a whole article on modifying the Enermax Whisper - and other PSUs...

I have heard/read that fans with sleeve bearings are quieter than fans with ball bearings - although ball bearings may last longer. I have also read that in general, fans with sleeve bearings work better/last longer when the fan is mounted so that the fan shaft is horizontal - like a case fan mounte...

dosaggio, do you still hang out here? You haven't posted in a long time... Anyway, if you do still hang out here, give me a shout! I am thinking about modding an Enermax Whisper 365 by dropping the 80mm exhaust and replacing the 90mm intake with a 120mm intake. I think this is what you said you did ...

First, I want to say that I agree with you Postul8or - losing a full hard drive is much worse than losing a CPU, even if the CPU costs more. That is why I currently have two intake fans blowing across my hard drives. When I said I was going to use 5-55°C as the manufacturer's specified operating tem...

I was just wondering - do you think this unit could used to control a TEC device? Something like a home-brewed version of the ActiveCool AC4G (aka ThermalTake SubZero4G) that Russ Kinder reviewed for SPCR. I like the idea of a TEC-enhanced CPU fan/heatsink - something like the Zalmann CNPS7000, mayb...

Answering the original question, probably the best cooling is provided by using the fans for exhaust. Also, using a pair of fans (or three or more) in parallel provides more air flow than using the same fans in series. In other words, using two fans with both of them providing exhaust will provide m...

cpemma & kesv - Thanks for the recommendation regarding YS-Tech. Unfortunately, it does not appear that the model recommended by cpemma is sold in the US - and looking at the website for the US disti of YS-Tech fans ( http://www.ystechusa.com ), it does not appear that any of the YS-Tech fans they s...

Guten Tag, meine Herren (und Damen?) I know that the consensus of opinion is that the Panaflo L1A is the 80mm fan of choice. I also know that if I were REALLY serious about building a quiet PC, I would use Panaflo fans and say the heck wiith RPM monitoring. Inspite of all that, I still would very mu...

Mike, Thanks for the reply. I realize that these other reviews are not as well researched or as accurate as yours - I said so in my original post. On the other hand, the fact that these other reviewers were impressed by these PSUs is certainly a better sign than if they all wrote that the PSUs were ...

Hi, Have any of you had experience, good or bad, with A+GPB Titanium PSU series? Please don 't tell me that some other A+GPB models are poorly made cheap PSUs - I already know that. The info I have managed to find on the Titanium has all been fairly positive - so I hoped to get some personal experie...

I have a pair of Enermax Whispers - but they are not the most common Enermax Whisper. Some Whispers had a factory option of manual control of the 80mm exhaust fan. When you have this option, the 80mm exhaust fan actually has a LONG three wire lead that allows you to plug the fan in to a motherboard ...

I am a newbie to the forums, and I hesitated to start a new topic on information everyone here may already know - but then again, maybe this issue has some people just as confused as I was. I wanted to replace the 80mm fan in my power supply. After reading LOTS of threads on this forum, I had come t...

Whoa :shock: - electrical boxes, stair flashing, PVC pipe, a chrome exhaust tip and excuse me :oops: , but isn't that a water closet (aka toilet) gasket? Has anyone every told you that you are a flippin' genius? Or perhaps that you are just a tiny bit crazy? Cause it seems obvious to me that you are...

Lilla, I just finished looking at the pictures of your project - very impressive, especially the extremely slick power supply cooling channel and those incredibly professional fan mounting holes! I hope you do something nice for your Dad - like changing the oil in his car or making him cookies, or s...

I have a PC-6070 case, and I like it. I am, however, disappointed with the "quietness" of the case. You are right about the rear fan grill - I cut mine out before I started building the system. The intake is also too small and restricted - I haven't addressed that yet. The scheme of having two intak...