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- Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: schnee's quiet Coolermaster
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5841
Your Zalman is dusty! :lol: :P Mind showing one pic from the cable area? Sure, but I have to show you a few pictures for it to make sense... IMO it looks like a mess until you see it from a few angles. Side view. All I really did was tuck the PS wires up and velcro bundles of them together. I also ...
- Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:32 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: schnee's quiet Coolermaster
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5841
i have never seen a motherboard that was not extended atx that has 6 ram slots. what is the max you can put in there. It's capable of running in dual-channel mode with four slots of double-sided DDR. If you want to fill all six slots then only two banks can be double-sided, and the other four have ...
- Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:15 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: schnee's quiet Coolermaster
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5841
Weren't Silent Drives bad for HDs at 7200 rpm and above? Or was it Smart Drives? You're right, I have Smart Drive enclosures . I fixed my post to have the correct info. I tested one WD with S.M.A.R.T. hooked up to the regular IDE port when I first got the enclosures, and the temps are 2-3c above wh...
- Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:58 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: schnee's quiet Coolermaster
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5841
schnee's quiet Coolermaster
Time to show off the rig. I've put a lot of work into making this a quiet machine... and SPCR's articles and recommendations have been essential. First, the specs: Coolermaster 110 (drool) P4 2.4c w/ Zalman 7000Cu heatsink Gigabyte 8knxp w/ Zalman passive northbridge heatsink 1gb PC 3200 ATI Sapphir...
- Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:34 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Apple G5 Pictures
- Replies: 40
- Views: 20549
Just to be difficult, I'm going to suggest that my 7 year old Aopen beige box is a better example of case design than the new G5. Really. Oh please. :roll: The G5 is the ultimate example of what can be done when an engineering team can throw out the ATX spec and design for the new hot machines. All...
- Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:49 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Opinions on WD Raptors
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12395
I'm running dual Raptors in SmartDrives and they're barely audible. The system has several things that are fairly quiet but contribute to a quiet but not silent system - Zalman 7000cu, four Papst case fans (the two in front are audible), Zalman 400w psu, 2 x 120gb 7200.7 Seagates (right behind the t...
- Mon Aug 11, 2003 6:33 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Smart Drive Enclosure and S-ATA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4695
OK, a better answer: I just dropped two WD Raptor SATA drives into SmartDrive silencers, and they fit perfectly. The connector is just short enough to fit inside the enclosure if you press the HD slightly in as you put the cover on. I can barely hear them. It rocks. When I formatted the drives for m...
- Mon Aug 11, 2003 9:25 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Smart Drive Enclosure and S-ATA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4695
- Mon Aug 11, 2003 9:23 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SmartDrive 2002 bad experience
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5896
Another data point... I've been using my WD 100 SE's in Smart Drives for two years straight, leaving the 'puter on 24/7, not a single problem. The Smart Drives are slightly warm to the touch, so I know the heat's being transferred. The 'do not cover' hole is to allow the drive to adjust for slight a...
- Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:33 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Quiet EPS 12V power supply?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3369
- Thu Jul 10, 2003 7:24 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Quiet EPS 12V power supply?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3369
Quiet EPS 12V power supply?
I'm looking into a dualie setup, and it'll be a pretty decked-out rig, so I'm considering getting an EPS supply. Anyone have experience with these? Are they OMG LOUD and there's nothing I can do? Or are they in the same ballpark as some of the quieter supplies on the consumer side of the fence? FWIW...
- Thu Jul 10, 2003 9:57 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Zalman Video Coolers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15075
Personally, I love 'em. I've put the ZM80a-hp on two cards now (a Radeon 9100 and a 9700) and have beat the hell out of both of them with 3-d games and haven't ever seen a glitch. Installing it isn't difficult IMHO, it just requires patience and attention to detail. It has a lot of parts, but 90% of...
- Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:19 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How much will a 300w power supply run?
- Replies: 284
- Views: 1305030
Hey, put some more crud in my box, and my 300w Zalman is still chuggin' away perfectly - additions are bold: XP1800+ 1.5gb DDR 2100 Radeon 9700 Pro (w/ Zalman ZM-80hp passive HS) CD-ROM CD-R/W 320Gb of storage - 2 x Western Digital 100Gb SE (RAID 1, in SmartDrive enclosures) - 1 x Western Digital 80...
- Mon Jun 09, 2003 6:57 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: zalman 400w very similar to silenX 400w
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2068
- Thu May 22, 2003 2:01 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: what am I doing wrong. A sad story.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7291
This is a bit 'further back' but this struck me. mb temp is 30, cpu is 51!!! Honestly, that's not that bad. I get the same temp on a Palomino XP1800+ - the original, super-hot one that consumes the same amount of power as a Barton 2500+ - and the machine never crashes. The reason I don't mind a 51c ...
- Wed May 07, 2003 12:26 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Who is Digitalix?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 125983
"Oh yeah, absolutely no threats implied, but I recognize a lot of names here on Arstechnica (yo GamingGod wassuuuuu)" Huh? Im not on any other forums under this name, im on the ocaddiction forum sometimes but thats under another name. Sorry, man. Your posting style reminds me of the guy with the sa...
- Tue May 06, 2003 1:19 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Who is Digitalix?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 125983
Shameful, simply shameful. :roll: You have a good product guys, why did you have to go and act with such dishonesty? I don't care about your rationalizations... there are a dozen ways you could have gotten better press instead of masquerading as a legitimate forum member, trashing every other power ...
- Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:08 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: The Thumbtack Computer
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17099
MY EYES, THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!!!! Ok, kidding. But hey, you learned, right? :D I'd say you could get those cables a LOT cleaner with just a bit of tucking here, looping there, some zip ties, etc... no much money, but some creative use of space and rearrangement will work wonders. I'd get some pain...
- Fri Mar 07, 2003 3:16 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: engelking?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4159
- Fri Mar 07, 2003 8:43 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Review: ExoticPC SilenX 350W PSU.
- Replies: 73
- Views: 60765
You know, digitalix, with how much you've been pimping silenx, and the fact that I'd never heard of them before, I was pretty convinced you were a 'guerilla marketer' for ExoticPC. In fact, I'm still somewhat convinced you are. :twisted: (Joke, man, joke.) BUT, considering how well they've been rece...
- Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:37 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Smart Drive Enclosure
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18464
WD's are EVIL. They have a high-pitched whine that drives me to drink. I have two of 'em. I bought SmartDrives for them (dual 100Gb SE in a RAID 1) and it's made a huge difference, and the drives are no hotter than before. The SPCR review was right, the enclosures conduct away heat. SmartDrives are ...
- Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:04 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Cooler Master ATC 201 case airflow strategy.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11956
- Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:46 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: fan for sony monitor
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2640
- Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:49 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How much will a 300w power supply run?
- Replies: 284
- Views: 1305030
On my 300w Zalman PS: XP1800+ 768Mb DDR 2100 Radeon 9000 Pro (w/ Zalman passive HS) CD-ROM CD-R/W 320Gb of storage - 2 x Western Digital 100Gb SE (RAID 1, in SmartDrive enclosures) - 1 x Western Digital 80Gb (in IDE pullout cartridge, not always in) - 1 x Barracuda IV 40Gb 2 PCI cards (USB2/Firewire...
- Mon Feb 03, 2003 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silent video cards
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10205
- Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:35 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Aluminum Cases and Dynamat
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9984
- Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:28 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Fan Isolators experience (good report)
- Replies: 66
- Views: 40860
I have a Coolermaster 110, and I used those exact same fan mounts on the front fans. I got a pair of angled needle-nose pliers from Radio Shack and was able to pop them in in about ten minutes. The angle allowed me to reach around the edge of the fan from the inside to get a grip on the isolators. A...
- Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:22 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Safe fan swap on Zalman ST300BLP?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4486
Huh, I guess my reply got eaten. Here goes again... your fan swap will do nothing to change the speed-up-and-stay-there behavior I was either going to use a fan with it's own thermal control (i.e. a Verax or those Papst w/thermal control on Silicon Acoustics) or just use a fixed-speed fan. My dilemm...
- Sat Jan 04, 2003 2:02 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Safe fan swap on Zalman ST300BLP?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4486
Safe fan swap on Zalman ST300BLP?
I bought this PS a while ago, and have found the 'accelerate quickly to a high speed and stay there' behavior annoying. I want to swap fans. Which fans would anyone recommend? Would a PapstNGL be enough, or should I put in another thermally-controlled fan instead? Any specific makes/models? Also, I ...
- Thu Nov 21, 2002 9:16 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: More detailed sandwich questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4985
Actually, I plan on using Dynamat. The 'cork' was in relation to the original idea. The fiberglass idea is good. I'm thinking of using it as the 'filler' around the edges of the sandwich. I"ll have to do a bit of research to figure out the best way to construct it... I don't want dust and other crud...