1- dB1 + dB2 = 10 log (10^(dB1/10) + 10^(dB2/10)) Example: 30 dB + 30 dB = 10 log(10^(30/10) + 10^(30/10) = 10 log(10^3 + 10^3) = 10 log ( 1000 + 1000) = 33 dB As u can see +3dbs is equivalent to double of noise. 2- Please read my silentek post before u buy: http://forums.silentpcreview.com//viewto...

Well, after spend some time with the latest version of silentTek with very poor and strange results I have made a test with SilentTek and SilentBios with two different fans: The noisy one: Titan TFD-8025H12C · 80mm · 3400 RPM · 1.92W · 0.16A The quiet one: Papst 8412NGL · 80mm · 1500rpm · 0.6W · 45...

Yes, it can be better. But are you going to use the enermax 356?? Too noisy for my tastes. I'm sure that your PSU is the noisiest component of your setup. You can archieve better temps with less noise with a Zalman 6500CU + panaflo undervolted (I have a zalman6500CU and i havent problems with the w...

ops... i see :| P.S. I think I saw your problem posted on Aopen forums - is that you, or just another victim? lol. yeah i am, but i see another person with exactly the same firewire problem. mmm... Aopen Hardware seems very cool, but software... sux. U say that Silenttek works well for you?? really?...

Performance: On my 2,4ghz@2,89 the processor temp is about 55 degrees celcius under load. When the fan speed is set to max it lowers to around 52-53. Before with my CNPS6500B-ALCU it could go up to over 60 degrees in silent mode! mmm... 55ºC underload? Can u tell me how do you test it? CPUburn? 15m...

Well, this offtopic but i need some help ... I know that some people here are using an Aopen AX4PE MAX mobo .. I got one and i'm trying to use the onboard Firewire (texas instruments) with windows 2000 + sp3... the problem is that device manager sometimes detected it and sometimes not (yellow excla...

have u seen P4 thermal specs? For example: Pentium® 4 processors at 2.40B GHz - sSpec Number SL6RZ - Processor Frequency 2.40B GHz - Package Type FC-PGA2 478-pin - Core Voltage 1.525V - Bus Speed 533 MHz - Thermal Design Power 59.8W - Core Stepping C1 - Max Junction Temp 71°C http://processorfinder...

As I said u can't compare an Athlon XP1900+ (1600mhz real) with a P4 1600... Thats not a fair comparation. AMD sells its CPU as 1900 not as 1600 cpu. U must compare PR not Mhz. Problematic P2? mmm... I bet that your chipset wasnt an Intel BX chipset .... VIA, SIS? I'd stand by the P4 = 66% of athlo...

And I can see you've plumped for the P4,but are you aware that if you're mainly running vstis and plugins,an athlon at the same clock speed gives you 50% more Cubase cpu power,i.e. a 2GHz athlon will run as many plugins as a 3GHz P4 (and cost a lot less). UH?? Thats not true. Why u say that? When u...

Here are some comments from differents websites: - The card becomes quite hot during operation. While testing the card in an open environment (i.e., outside of a PC case), the heatsink on the back of the card reached over 68° Celsius - The FX consummates up to 75 watts! The Radeon 9700 Pro has 54 w...

Gandalf wrote:Can you say deafening? Then again, I have 5 fans and my pc is dead-silent .

How can u got a dead silent PC with 5 fans ??

I'd like to know your setup... ^^

Tell me please.

ninguno... en este pais no se digna nadie joer >:( el unico que yo conozco que trae panaflos es el de computerminator pero solo trae los 'H' no los 'L' Dice que trae H porque reduciendolos se quedan igual que un L... lo cual no es verdad.. se quedan cerca pero no llegan..a demas si los quieres baja...

Thanks for your advice! Having taken closer look at the card over the weekend, I have concluded that the ZM80 is totally impossible even if there were holes - there seems to be several resistors (or whatever they are!) on the back of the card opposite the GPU... uh? mmm.. GF4 cards got resistors at...

Keep in mind that the reported temps for P4 by any mobo are wrong. Way too low at peak. SOme of the engineering fellas I met at IDF in San Jose (ADI, Intel) say the difference between the thermal diode reading and the hottest spot on the die can be as much as 15C! So if thermal diode of P4 reads 15...

:shock: whats hapening?¿? It seems that right now no one likes Papst fans....! I've always read that Papst fans were the best for a silentpc and now seems loosers--- :? :? :? I got 5 Papst 8412NGL and are the best quiet fans i ever eared... In relation noise/airflow i never see a fan like that... n...

yeah.. so cool dude :) Just 2 questions: 1- About reference fan... Panaflo .. mm.. ok.. but whats wrong with Papst 8412NGL? I think that here, in europe, its the nº1 choice among quietpc aficionados; Panaflo's are not cheap and easily to find :( 2- Could you test the heatsinks in 'blow' & 'suck' mo...