If you have a normal case, the Zalman 300A will solve your problem. It's got a flow-through design on both the bottom and the back, thus allowing the hot air to exit your case through the power supply. From experience, I can make this recommendation: Use one intake fan at a high flow rate (preferrab...

What, in particular, are we using a straight fan-duct for? Aren't fan ducts usually used to redirect airflow? If you've got some good applications, please let me know. Cool hack, though!

Copper conducts more heat than aluminium, silver is even better but not practical because of the cost. Ahh, good ol' heat transfer in action! While Silver may be marginally better (around 10% or so) than Copper, CVD Diamond is about twice as good as the Silver, and up to 10 times as good as Copper ...

My personal experience with the Zalman 300A is fantastic. I can't say anything about the Nexus, though. The system I am running has one side-intake Panaflo fan and the only exhaust I am running is the Zalman 300A. This seems to be working out very well, and I highly reccomend this cooling system. If...

As a student of mechanical engineering, I feel I may be able to answer some of your questions accurately... First off - the heatsink+fan weight rating on most motherboards is 500g. This is the largest weight that the motherboard is designed to withstand under normal operating conditions, and I don't...

The fan itself though is noisy as hell. Note to everyone: Stay away from thermally controlled fans. They are loud, and difficult to control. Good point. Thermally controlled fans, while a good idea, are not always the best option. Most thermally controlled fans are noisier at their lowest speed set...

Few options - First as loply suggests, you want to determine the ultimate source of your noise. If it's the fan, then you can deal with that, if it's the power supply's electronics, then you might want to go shopping for a new PS (I'm using the Zalman ZM300A, and it's very awesome). If you're ambiti...

I've been using MBM5 for quite awhile now. The features are great, and it has support for a good variety of temperatures and fans. I'm currently running an ASUS A7V8X motherboard, and MBM5 is able to report 3 different temperature readings (CPU, BIOS Chipset, and a 3rd temperature I'm not too sure a...

I recently replaced the noisy monster on my LeadTek WinFast A250 with a Panaflo. A bit overkill, I guess, but a rather simple mod that won't hamper performance at all. It will actually improve my overclocking while cutting back the noise. The LeadTek card has a very large heatsink on the ram, so it ...

I discovered that I had been running my Athlon 750 for about a month without any problems fanless. It was quite a surprise when I opened my case to upgrade my soundcard and I noticed that my CPU fan was not spinning. One of the leads had let go of my home-made fanbus. (note, this was a modified stoc...