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- Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:26 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Solo II vs R5 (specific questions)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8410
Re: Solo II vs R5 (specific questions)
Thanks for the reply and tip about Super Flower. Unfortunately I can't wait for the lower wattage models. I have however looked into the EVGA 650 G2 but it has been priced the same or more than the 750 recently in the retail channels available to Canadians. As for the Kotetsu reviews, I can't tell y...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:38 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Solo II vs R5 (specific questions)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8410
Solo II vs R5 (specific questions)
I am putting together a quiet gaming build that will likely include i5-4690K, Asus Maximus VII Hero, EVGA 750W G2, MSI GTX 970,... <tbd>. My plan is to use this conservatively for a couple years, then overclock and add another GTX 970 (or upgrade the graphics card) to squeeze another couple years ou...
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:56 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do suspended hard disks break sooner?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8335
- Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:21 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: First take on reading the Radeon 4850/4870 reviews
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25935
- Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:36 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: First take on reading the Radeon 4850/4870 reviews
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25935
If you do, be sure to post your before and after temps. :D Yes, I would like to. I'm still waiting for delivery and will break in the card a bit to be sure it's not defective before voiding my warranty. :? In the meantime, I just discovered this report of a fan-replaced VF900 on an overclocked 4850...
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:15 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: First take on reading the Radeon 4850/4870 reviews
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25935
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:39 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: First take on reading the Radeon 4850/4870 reviews
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25935
- Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silencing A/C to Silence PC (images posted)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2734
Silencing A/C to Silence PC (images posted)
I hope I don't push forum topic boundaries too far with this question. :oops: I am trying to quiet an Air Conditioner to help lower ambient temps of my computer in a hot location (among other reasons). Window A/C's have become *intolerably* loud in the last few years. I found the lowest noise machin...
- Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:13 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Double layer/Dual layer DVDs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3958
- Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:32 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung HD501LJ vs WD 5000KS
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10794
- Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:58 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung HD501LJ vs WD 5000KS
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10794
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Finally, a quiet SATA drive...I mean really quiet.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 53810
My HD321KJ is great. See my reply in this thread . Are others finding the T166 series, when suspended, to be fine for idle hum and vibration noise? I'm much more sensitive to noise on the low end. I'm considering the 500gb model (in an Antec Solo) though so acoustics could be quiet different than t...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:19 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Silent DVD drive
- Replies: 47
- Views: 62494
I have had a few DVD drives over the years and currently own Pioneer DVR-111D and BenQ DW1640 burners, and an Asus DVD-E616A2 reader. The Pioneer is an excellent all-around burner but it is unfortunately very loud as reported above. The BenQ is significantly quieter at 4x and especially 8x, and I he...
- Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:29 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Is Asus P5W DH Deluxe mature?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10909
Two reasons (for me at least) to go for the P5W instead of the P5B: 1) Four PATA interfaces (instead of two) 2) 975 chipset (instead of 965) The P5W also has two PCI slots together on the side, instead of between the PCI-E 16 slots as on the P5B. These are precisely some of the reasons I went with ...
- Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:04 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Scythe Mine fan swap to Nexus raised temps?!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1606
Scythe Mine fan swap to Nexus raised temps?!
SPCR's review of the Scythe Mine showed lower temps after swapping the stock fan for a Nexus 120mm, so I am guessing I mucked up my own swap. Has anyone else done this that can report their results? I did go about it all wrong: in initial testing I was happy enough with stock Mine noise levels and t...
- Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:11 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Gigabyte 7900GT with VF700 stock - quiet?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5793
I have an eVGA 7900GT with VF-900 connected to a P5WDH motherboard fan header. Speedfan controls the fan speed just fine in this case, although I found that on the lowest fanmate setting the VF-900 keeps the GPU cool under load (low 40s C) and at extremely low noise levels. Speedfan control of video...
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:30 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Speedfan on P5B?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10914
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:37 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Speedfan on P5B?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10914
The conclusion is that with this BIOS, the 965P-based P5B is now almost as good as the 975X-based P5W DH. Anandtech's conclusion, true, but elsewhere opinions differ. At xtreme forums, it seems that others are having far more luck overclocking the retail e6400 and e6600 chips on the P5B to 3600-400...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:57 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Speedfan on P5B?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10914
It doesn't seem to be an issue for you, but if you don't have a good audio card, the one on P5W (Realtek ALC882M) seems much better than the one on P5B (ADI Soundmax). I have this ADI solution on M2N-SLI and it's crap, at least with the current drivers. Some MP3s are great, some are rather distorsi...
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:36 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Speedfan on P5B?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10914
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:57 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Speedfan on P5B?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10914
I found a similar thread at the xtreme forums with a revealing post that confirms the problem with the P5B but implies future Speedfan support is likely. It's here if anyone else is interested: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112452 It's encouraging that the P5B will probably ha...
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:55 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Speedfan on P5B?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10914
Speedfan on P5B?
I am upgrading my system and trying to decide on a motherboard to go with an e6400 or e6600, primarily between the Asus P5WDH and P5B Deluxe. Software fan control is one important factor. Speedfan seems to controls the P5W very well. But, according to what I read, on the P5B Speedfan does not curren...
- Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:57 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec Solo build/review
- Replies: 119
- Views: 133848
Looking GREAT, thanks for the pics. I think I'll end up with a similar fan/hsf setup when I build into my SOLO in the fall, and I'm happy to see even the ninja fits well. What's up with the beige/silver DVD-ROM drive, though? ;) ;) ;) It does look great, nice pix. While I am not really one for colo...
- Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:58 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Most stable 7900GT to choose ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14912
A very interesting development for those still considering the 7900GT and deciding which board to buy:
http://www.evga.com/community/messagebo ... hichpage=1
http://www.evga.com/community/messagebo ... hichpage=1
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:57 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Most stable 7900GT to choose ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14912
My eVGA 7900GT stock speed has been a bit unstable but that's becourse of the drivers, haven't seen any BOSD that I can relate to any hardware. 7900GT is a really good card. Very cheap consider it's performance. When you say unstable at 'stock' speed, do you mean eVGA's stock overclocked speed or n...
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:21 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Most stable 7900GT to choose ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14912
Unfortunately it probably does not matter which brand of 7900GT you buy since they are all (except the Gainward 512MB version) manufactured by Flextronics in China, according to what I have heard. In theory they are all equally susceptible to the instability reported in the various online forums. Th...
- Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:24 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: P150 + Psu duct need help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5614
- Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:18 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: P150 + Psu duct need help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5614
- Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:55 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: P150 + Psu duct need help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5614
Re: P150 + Psu duct need help
Hi everyone, I'm new to SPCR. I seen some of the people here has done a very good job on ducting their psu in their p150. So I was wondering if anyone that has ducted their p150's psu can give me some advice on what material I should use etc etc :D I am also interested in trying a duct for my S12 4...
- Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:21 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P150: Back in Black? [called: Solo]
- Replies: 228
- Views: 176035