Wire-clip retention mechanism for the nb chipset...no push-pins.

Just not sure if the Swiftech clips will work exactly with my setup (hopefully the clips arent too long/short).

The few P4 NB heatsinks that I've pulled off have a piece of ≈1/16" thick foam tape running around their circumference to help stablize them on the chipset. Kind of like the 4 little pads on an AMD CPU. I don't see why you couldn't do something similar with a Zalman heatsink. Every P4 NB chipset is...

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(all pics ganked from newegg, yes I actually buy stuff from them)

What about Newegg?

According to Zalman, the thermal adhesive + zalman heatsink only works for flat-surface chipsets like the NForce or Via's products -- not the raised die chips that are found on most Intel mobos. The problem here is that if I were to accidently brush against the heatsink, since its only attached to t...

The system can't even boot into safe mode.

BTW, if it helps, here's the main specs for my "loud/annoying rig:" 1.4GHz AMD Athlon Thunderbird 60mm Thermaltake Volcano 6 Cu FIC AD11 Mobo (AMD 761 northbridge 266MHz FSB) 256 MB Crucial DDR2100 (1 DIMM) Enermax "Whisper" 431Watt PSU Western Digital WD1200JB 120GB w/ 8mb cache 7200RPM Gainward Ge...

While I was conveniently working on my paper due this Friday on my "loud/annoying rig" :D , I noticed that my HD suddenly started making on/off whining noises as if it was shutting off and powering back up (like going in and out of sleep mode). I foolishly ignored the sounds as Windows was still up ...

In addition, my case temp usually hits 41C at load, then hovers around 39-41C for hours.

I suppose a very hot NB HS could cause trouble. How hot is it? If it's very hot and you're not OCing, something may be wrong. The pictures I can find of that board show it actively cooled with a little gold fan. Are you using this cooling or something else? I am using the Asus P4 i850 (400MHz FSB) ...

I was just wondering -- running an L1A and a Vantec Stealth at 12V for my exhaust would probably be way to loud, so I think I'm going to experiment with just using a 12V L1A 80mm as my exhaust once again. My case, based on the popular Chieftec "Dragon" design, has two 80mm fan brackets in the rear.....

Mr MechanicalMan, How about just not posting in a thread if you know NOTHING. Please run along and troll somewhere else. Since you clearly cannot read, the original unedited post in this thread was a comparison of the Super Silencer 300 vs. the Super Tornado 300. Agreed. Take a DEEP breath... :lol:...

Regarding the RAM, I've had the same RDRAM for two years and have never experienced the type of reboots I'm having now.

Since this thread has seemingly come to a screeching halt, does anyone fit under the "Unemployed" category at the moment? If so, would you like to eloquently comment on the terrible American job market and the fact that the U.S.'s labor force has become largely "disposable?" Please don't feel offend...

Welcome to the SPCR Forums! An "overall-quiet" drive would be the Toshiba 1612 -- I am aware however, that this model has been replaced with another (1712?) on retail sites such as Newegg. True, the drive does get noisy during intense operation like CD installs (not nearly as noisy/whiny as my Liteo...

By the way, a major reason for my concern is that my PC has begun to randomly reboot maybe twice per week (after being on for a long period of time)...many of these times, I leave some Word docs open after saving them, go to class, and return a few hours later to find that my PC has rebooted (my fil...

I guess I'm still "concerned" about one thing: my CPU idle/load temps. I know this is an old school thread as Ralf was running on a TruePower 480 at the time :D , but does anyone have an idea why my CPU temps seem to never fall back to the "idle" threshold? For example, if I play Wolfenstein ET for ...

And you also have to remember that the SFF PC doesnt use a power-hogging gfx board, which helps power consumption

But I just realized this...how practical is it for IBM to sell a SFF PC (for space-constained workareas) with such a powerful CPU? Does the average corporate employee need a 3.2GHz PC to run Office suites? Yes, some do CPU-intense apps need all of the GHz they can get, but this group would probably ...

Wow those IBM Thermal Engineers are intense. VERY IMPRESSIVE!

AS3 didn't ruin your heatsink. Like what others have said, it's just a stain. I remember reading somewhere that AS3 causes the copper to oxidize a bit and slight change to a darker color in some spots, but should not hurt cooling performance.

I'd say you should be able to mount a northbridge heatsink from zalman onto your GeForce 256 DDR (looking at 4-8 USD). I'm quite sure that an original GeForce as in your situation should run relatively cool enough to do this.

Winamp 3 is allows for more aesthetically appealing designs, but Winamp 2.91 uses memory more efficiently and is typically more stable and less of a resource hog. I use 2.91 as it has some cool looking skins and fits my needs. PowerDVD 5 Deluxe for most videos, rarely WindowsMedia9.

Actually I'd correct part of your statement in that a 120mm fan blowing over even a Radeon 9200 pro is total overkill.

So you do not have the problems anymore, correct? Btw, what do you exactly mean when you told Silicon Acoustics that you could "change fan?" Do you mean swap the Super Tornado's 120mm fan?

Just wonderin', but wouldn't one also need to get the same mobo as acj in order to ensure that the duct with line up perfectly with the cpu socket?

Nevermind...I reread your post and now all is clear...but does anyone know the deal with how the Catalyst 3.9 drivers perform (in terms of the "overheating problems" Gaminggod talks about and the refresh rate woes)?

Wait. Gaminggod, so what Catalyst version are you exactly running? 3.9?

It should also be made clear that Zalman does not recommend using the heatpipe gpu coolers unless in a tower system (so desktop form factor isn't recommended, probably because of less efficient heat dissapation).

Yes, acj's inwin case + zalman combo for P4C ducted cooling sounds quite alluring. Too bad I'm too lazy to swap my Alpha heatsink and I just bought a brand new case.