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- Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:47 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Making old, new again. Overkill in an Antec 3000B
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10008
Nice, just upgraded to a 2GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR2-800 'SLI Certified' memory kit. I wasn't too pleased; I had to OC the memory to work at Kingston’s advertised timing speeds. Originally set at 5.5.5.16, now 4.4.4.12@2.00volt EDIT: ordered an Antec P180 for 50bux after rebate, should have it today...
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:00 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Another P180 ! nice and quiet ! :)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12460
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:43 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Making old, new again. Overkill in an Antec 3000B
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10008
- Thu May 31, 2007 4:24 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Making old, new again. Overkill in an Antec 3000B
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10008
Sorry for responding sooner, work + holiday weekend = busy, busy ;) Thejamppa Thanks, with the front grill still in tact I doubt the fan would have fit, But since I had it chopped off from last time everything went smoothly. psiu Actually the duct is dead-on, my intentions were to have two heat extr...
- Fri May 25, 2007 2:44 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Making old, new again. Overkill in an Antec 3000B
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10008
- Thu May 24, 2007 1:37 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: dampening material
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2527
- Wed May 23, 2007 1:35 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet-ish PC build, inspired by SPCR
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8256
- Tue May 22, 2007 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet-ish PC build, inspired by SPCR
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8256
- Tue May 22, 2007 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet X2 in SLK3000/SLK3800B
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7186
Skip the suspended drive cage, I’ve taken that route before. If you balance the case so it's even with the case eventually the elastic will breakdown and you'll notice resonance from the FDD mounting plate. Instead sandwich it between two/four pieces of foam. Works really nicely and if your system...
- Tue May 22, 2007 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Making old, new again. Overkill in an Antec 3000B
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10008
Making old, new again. Overkill in an Antec 3000B
original title: 'Making old, new again. Stuffing an 8800GTS into an Antec 3000B' I recently decided to build another primary computer in anticipation of a couple upcoming PC games and a desire to decode H264 videos greater than 720p. My current system has served me well since it creation, but it’s...
- Thu May 17, 2007 7:57 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: High End Quiet System
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13120
SuperMicro is a great company, which builds quality boards. No doubt about it, and they offer unique configurations other brands often pass on. A good example would be a specialized ICA board which featured a socket 478 processor and an 875 chipset. A good example of how they distinguish themselves ...
- Tue May 15, 2007 11:49 am
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: Dell pc's quiet
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22177
A lot of office pcs sound very quiet, because of background noise. Offices tend to have ‘supple’ amounts of background noise, so you naturally blend it away. The end result is that you think the computer is quiet, when it’s actually not. I’ve experienced this phenomenon on at least one occas...
- Tue May 15, 2007 11:33 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: High End Quiet System
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13120
Since you are going with a QX6700 and ATI, not Nvidia I’d suggest an Intel reference board such as the D975XBX2. Comes passively cooled and can Crossfire it, when you feel the urge to upgrade to a 2nd card. In any case, if your going to spend retail for a QX6700, make sure you don’t cheap out on...
- Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:49 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: could use a couple [helpful] pointers, new system recs...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1764
could use a couple [helpful] pointers, new system recs...
Ok guys, I got took advantage of a good deal from my favorite company [Intel] and picked up a D975XBX2 and QX6700 processor. Which puts me in the market for a new videocard and tower... I’m looking at a PNY 8800GTS 640MB, not pleased with the cost, but that’s another story. As no DX10 card will ...
- Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:23 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Building a high end system. Is it possible to keep quiet?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15607
Well aware that it was total power draw, the point was that there should have not been a change of 78watts if there was so little difference in power consumption between the two. And if you were to assume that your average power supply lost 20% of it's draw to conversion, that'd still only reduce th...
- Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:02 pm
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Building a high end system. Is it possible to keep quiet?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15607
What? Do you mean this chip ? The TDP on that is 130W, not 300W. No CPU on earth could handle 300W, the power density is just too high, the chip would melt. Even with LN2 cooling I'd be surprised if it was possible. Is that so? http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/pentium-xe-840/index.x?pg=16 130wa...
- Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:21 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Building a high end system. Is it possible to keep quiet?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15607
While I have not had any experience with the 8800 series cards yet, I would recommend the highest watt PSU you can afford. Seasonic 600 watt PSU is a nice unit and might do what you want, but as an OEM with experience on mild to high performance systems, I can tell you that one was not enough to ade...
- Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:53 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: New "Quiet Your Xbox 360" Article
- Replies: 29
- Views: 27350
The 360s stock cooling fans are offensive, I wish Nexus or Scythe would release a replacement fan kit. There is the Talismoon replacement fan kit, but they look like crappy YS Tech fans and having used clear YS Tech fans in the past, I can say tell you that they are not silent and don’t last. Whic...
- Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:32 am
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: Alienware
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6400
All companies? As an employee of a small OEM, I somewhat take offence to that. Granted, our standard spec computers don’t meet my near silent mark, we’re always willing to custom tailor a system around an individuals needs. Which can be somewhat expensive, as our normal distributors don’t carr...
- Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:01 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Intel d975xbx + Scythe Ninja = gold?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2103
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:01 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Intel d975xbx + Scythe Ninja = gold?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2103
Intel d975xbx + Scythe Ninja = gold?
Hey guys, after months of beating Intel upside their heads I've finally got an Intel d975xbx 'bad axe' motherboard to match my Core2duo 6700 ‘confidential’ and I'd like to reuse my Scythe Ninja, does anyone know if the Ninja fits properly with this board? The passive 'blue flame' coolers look li...
- Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:48 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Harddrives in SLK3000B
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3611
- Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:26 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: after tons of upgrades, my computer is still pretty loud!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3147
- Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:01 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Running Zalman VF-700/900 off GPU fan header
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5923
On my eVGA 6800gt (pcie) I did this. Blew a capacitor after a week. you sure it was not because you bought a EVGA card? that brand has a horrible rep. I hope you returned it to stock form and RMA’d it. Anyway, IIRC the stock fan on my VF700cu was rated at .15amps, the stock AC Silencer fan was rate...
- Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:44 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Antec SLK3000B case - CDRW drive wont fit!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4498
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:51 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: VGA cooler shootout on LegionHardware
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3648
that was a real lame review, checkout this one as it's a little better setup and appears to be more believable. http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=743
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:44 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: 17-Way roundup of 120mm fans @ Madshrimps
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18774
- Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Old quiet computer in SLK3000B case (ca 400 KB pics)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17384
- Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:59 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: modest ducted a64 system
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5963
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:47 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: my quiet antec 3000b (not 56k friendly)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15728