Hi, looks likes should end being very nice systems. Dual Ninja's is just fantastic! As for the PSU according to Seasonic's page the S12-430/500/600 all have the correct connectors to power your systems and even the 430w will be ample for your systems as outlined. I doubt you'll ever have them so qui...

Hi, the "head problem" is not a problem at all. The water coming back down compensates for the water having to flow up. (up to ~10m/30ft) I believe the tube used is a standard size so getting more shoudn't be a problem either. Having looked at pictures of the case I can see the problem with exhausti...

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Hi, I have a Diamondmax 10 (mechanically identical, I remember reading on Storage Review a post from a Maxtor employee saying the only difference is the Maxline undergoes more stringent testing) 300GB / 3 platter SATA version. I have mine in an aluminium enclosure (LEY FEK Pro) in the intake path of...

Hi, nice set-up. I'd guess dual Xeons with a Raptor HDD is pretty snappy. A few thoughts: I would guess the "passive" heat sinks are in fact intended to use case airflow as opposed to "properly passive" heat sinks like the some of the Scythe ones that can rely on convection. I think in their intende...

Hi, I have a Zalman 7000AlCu on my Barton 2500+ in A7N8X Deluxe (not E), most of the time OC'd to 2.2GHz, and it cools fine even turned down to minimum ~1350 rpm. It's pretty quiet at that but I can run it even slower 1100-1200rpm and then it's inaudible inside my case even when the case fans are tu...

If I had two Reserators I'd run them in //. Probably one on CPU and second on graphics card and everything else (e.g. Northbridge, HDD). Unless was SLI/Crossfire set-up in which case First on CPU & Northbridge and second on graphics cards. I possibly/maybe read about/saw pictures of such a system so...

Hi, another vote here for a laptop HDD as being ideal as they are quieter and lower power (and hence cooler) than any 3.5" drive. In the UK 20-30GB laptop drives are readily available, as are kits that come with rails to fit it into a 3.5" drive bay and adapter for the power and data cables. The dri...

Hi Ted, my suggestion is to try and find a fellow SPCRer who is (fairly) local to you to build a PC for you. That way you've a good chance it would get built and set-up to achieve the sort of quietness that we all look for. Personally I'd be happy to build a fellow SPCR's PC for the challenge of it ...

Overclockers.co.uk are listing (OoS) the Zalman 9500 with a price here.
Summary: 9500cu~£45, 7700Cu~£35 and 7000Cu~£27, I remember when the 7000 first came out it was £40+ so I don't think the 9500 is unreasonable although for comparison the Scythe Ninja is available here for £41.43.
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Hi, it sounds like my case configuration is similar to yours. I found modding the case to add a second fan to the rear helpfull. I never tried using the blowhole as an exhaust but it may help. Full length rambling, pics etc here.
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Hi, the only one I know of is the Gigabyte version. There are various cards with factory fitted VGA Silencers or Zalman coolers on them, I'm sure Sapphire do/did one and possibly HIS.
The Gigabyte is the fastest passive-as-standard card I'm aware of.

Seb

Hi, my experience is that AS5 can be trick to get right. I removed my HS to clean it and put it back and temps were worse and didn't settle so I re-seated with less AS5 and it much worse. I then tried with more and was better but not as good as before, I then tried with generic white stuff and was a...

Hi, now that's what I call a tight fit Bet you have no problem with the NB temp though. Looks like a nice system, I'm guessing it's pretty quiet and should be pretty snappy with the Raptor and San Diego
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Hi, I have an A7N8X Deluxe and have to confes to not using the onboard audio, but I don't have the gear to use a digital out anyway. At one stage I was having problems with the IDE controllers. Errors in Event Log and Optical drives would just lock up under heavy use (ripping). I'd read about about ...

Hi, I can see that sort of difference between idle and load temps with my system, at idle the CPU (diode) is typically quite close to the "case" temp. At full load with fans turned down it can be 30°C above case temp and the case temp goes up a bit too. However I think my CPU is hotter than yours an...

Hi, two of the best air coolers around at the moment are the Thermalright XP120 and Scythe Ninja. Both are fairly pricey and don't come with a fan, which is good as it means you can choose your own. Both take 120mm fans and are seriously good coolers. At the end of the XP120 review they estimate it ...

Hi, the Zalman 6000 you have is not that good, the design looks good but doesn't work that well and newer HS work much more effectively. I can't find a direct comparison but this old SPCR review shows the Zalman 6000 being out-performed by the Thermalright SLK800. In a more recent review we have the...

Hi ak, do you actually have the Sempron CPU yet? If not I would say the "upgrade" was minimal, (assuming you're talking about a SoA Sempron) they are basically the same core. Your XP2500 is 1.833GHz (11x166) and the Sempron is 2GHz (12x166), I doubt the performance difference is noticeable. Further ...

Hi BoB-0, I dug around a bit on Maxtor's web site and came up with this
If I read it correctly the "L" version is more environmentally friendly in it's construction.

Seb

Hi, you can read about my solution to pretty much what you're describing here The quality of construction using thin card, sticky tape and carpet is not exactly high but it works and may give you a few ideas. The PSU exhaust temp was noticeably reduced, at least until I changed the PSU fan anyway. Seb

Hi, if I was buying a 939 board now I'd probably buy an Abit AN8 with "Q-OTES" which is their marketing speak for their heatpipe based NorthBridge cooling system. The NF4 (& NF3) chipsets are pretty hot and their location under/around the graphics card slot can make cooling it a challenge. The Q-OTE...

Hi, have you read this user review

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Hi megazero, I find you need to understand what level people are coming from when they talk about noise levels. Most people are not in the same ballpark as SPCRs community. It's very subjective, what to me is silent to you maybe irritatingly loud. Ideally you want comparisons to known noise levels. ...

Hi, I have a Radeon 9600pro and it has a fairly small 2 wire connector from the fan to the board. I just shoved it on to a normal fan header, yes the pins have to bend a bit but it's been fine for 18 months. You may well be able to buy adapters, of could just make one from a old/broken case/cpu fan ...

Hi, as far as I'm aware all Athlons (apart from mobile ones) made after a certain point (about 2 years ago) are multiplier lock in a way that can't be unlocked. As you've found the older ones were or could be unlocked by various methods. I think you'll find with your Sempron it's multiplier locked a...

Hi Hentai, as you've got great temps you could try slowing the fan in your Zalman down further than the 5V/1350 rpm the fan mate allows. I run my Zalman 7000a AlCu at 1000-1100rpm and its enough to cool my XP2500 @ XP3200 speed. I think my chip is as hot or hotter than yours. There are two easy ways...

Hi, could be all sorts of things. Which parts are new and which are old (known working)? I would start at the beginning. Unplug and disconnect everything, all cables cards, drives etc from the Motherboard and PSU. Clear CMOS. (place jumer on pins 2-3 for ~1 minute, then back to 1-2) Start with mothe...

Hi, the heatsink I used is 55mm square and 30mm tall (Zalman NB are 37x37x32 or 47) and in its previous life was cooling a Pentium, 120MHz I think. It was aided and abetted by an intake case fan pointing at it, this was in a "big brand" PC where they could design the case and motherboard etc togethe...

Hi Andy, I've just replaced the heat sink/fan for a friend on a Radeon 9000pro. I think it has similar cooling requirements to you Geforce 3. They were complaining it was very noisy when first turned on. I decided to replace it with a large heat sink, which can't get noisy or fail. I had difficulty ...