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- Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:24 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Fanless Power Supply PC Build Guide
- Replies: 35
- Views: 30964
Re: Fanless Power Supply PC Build Guide
Very thought provoking article. I'm considering putting a fanless PSU in my P150 (aka Antec Solo White) case, now that the stock Antec Neo HE 430 is finally creating issues for me after so many faithful years. One thing I'm confused about though is the discussion/picture of the "typical old school A...
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:23 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Apex MI-008: A Cheap Quiet mini-ITX Case?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 64977
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I just finished this mod and turned an external USB IR receiver into an internal unit. It involved some soldering to extend the IR receiver module (that's the 3-pin device with dome shaped lens) and the status LED (a total of 4 wires - Vcc, Gnd, IR module signal out, and LED out), enlarging the hol...
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:27 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SpinPoint EcoGreen F4EG 2TB HD204UI/Z4
- Replies: 121
- Views: 173131
Why u trying to do this I have just bought One of these for my videos backup and using it with windows 7 will I be alright as I have a f3 as well which is a 2tb Are you asking why he's not trying to use it under Win7? It's because he has an existing NAS running Linux and he doesn't want to get a ne...
- Fri May 14, 2010 6:09 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Apex MI-008: A Cheap Quiet mini-ITX Case?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 64977
I just finished this mod and turned an external USB IR receiver into an internal unit. It involved some soldering to extend the IR receiver module (that's the 3-pin device with dome shaped lens) and the status LED (a total of 4 wires - Vcc, Gnd, IR module signal out, and LED out), enlarging the hol...
- Wed May 12, 2010 8:50 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: mini-ITX suggestions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7272
Don't know if you've already moved past your planning stage, but if not the Rosewill RC-CIX-01 may be of interest: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147133 I'm eyeing it myself -- it has a PSU, but it is in the front, and removing it seems to give some actual usable space, plu...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:37 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Recommended Hard Drives - a major revision
- Replies: 73
- Views: 102711
I agree. The "Recommended HDDs" section needs a major overhaul. In addition there are hard drives that really need a review, such as new Samsung F2Eco or the new Seagate 7200.12. I understand that it takes money, maybe some people will give these hard disk, if close enough to the SPCR's staff. Plea...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:17 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD20EARS or WD20EADS? What about seagate's 2tb drive?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 121443
I don't know where you got this bizarre idea that I tool it personally. It helps if you don't just assume the worst. I guess it was from the fact you felt compelled to announce that you were not going to discuss anything with him any more. If that wasn't taking something personally, I'm not sure wh...
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:45 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD20EARS or WD20EADS? What about seagate's 2tb drive?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 121443
fjf is right, that is why I have stopped responding to whiic. He's just ranting off on some tangent now. He didn't call you an idiot, like you are making out. He didn't call you anything. He said people who don't do backups are idiots. Which is pretty much true (I would have chosen "fool" instead o...
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:38 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2: AMD 690G, Take 2
- Replies: 65
- Views: 52047
Interesting review of a product I did not know existed. But for the life of me I cannot figure out why you would ever look at buying this gigabyte 740g board for $65, where for $76 shipped (newegg) you can get the very highly acclaimed gigabyte 780g board (which also has HDMI and just about every ot...
- Mon May 05, 2008 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Tkpenalty's Silent/Quiet PCs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13025
Re: Tkpenalty's Silent/Quiet PCs
-Xigmatek HDT S1283 - Running passive (on CPU) I realize this is 50 day old thread, but if OP is still around I have to ask? What did you mean when you wrote that? the pictures show a fan on the Xigmatek. I'm wondering because I'm trolling for ideas myself, somehow getting down to one 120mm fan ser...
- Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:11 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Scythe Mini Ninja review
- Replies: 64
- Views: 68572
Hi everyone. impressed by the review, this product is coming right at the good moment since I was looking for a compatible heatsink for Fusion case ! I am planning to use a E6750 on an Asus P5K-VM motherboard. Do you think this little Ninja will hold the overclock from 2.66 GHz to 3.4 GHz ? No fan ...
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:18 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Passive Scythe Ninja Mini on AMD X2 4800+ (65W)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20052
The bottom line, imo, is that the question is moot. As long as you have one fan in there making some noise, whether you have a second fan making as little noise doesn't matter. There's no real perceived acoustic benefit to one versus two if both fans are really quiet -- the difference will easily b...
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:01 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: what´s the best passive heatsink right now?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12038
as the Ninja has wider fin spacing which makes it better for LOW airflow It's not such precise: The Ultra-120 beat the Ninja at every voltage level except the lowest, where the two were equal it is a better passive heatsink. Very likely, or so I mean. Luca That thread you link has this very clear s...
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:49 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: New York Times Story on Quiet Computing
- Replies: 20
- Views: 27595
Someone did suggest doing another CPU power survey -- limiting it to just the lower power high efficiency devices, of which there are quite a few these days. This would be a compelling read.... I would find that interesting. If you do, consider including a section on "future directions & attraction...
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:40 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Hiper Media Center Barebones PC
- Replies: 32
- Views: 32063
Looks like Newegg might have paid attn to this discussion -- the price has just dropped to $359 & shipping is included. OK, at this price I would have seriously looked at it if it had been available earlier this year. It looks like from pics that the riser board is included, thank god. As I wrote e...
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:31 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: New York Times Story on Quiet Computing
- Replies: 20
- Views: 27595
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:08 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Recent Samsung drive failure rates?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 34617
- Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:35 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Hiper Media Center Barebones PC
- Replies: 32
- Views: 32063
Third generation model is already available at Newegg. $400! That's too damn much for a barebones. By the time you add CPU, RAM, HD, and OS, you're up to what $700? Even more if you swap crappy PSU for a pico and brick. For that money, why not just buy a Mac Mini? Yeah, that struck me too, expecial...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:18 pm
- Forum: Consumer Advocacy
- Topic: Antec customer support - all thumbs up!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 54462
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:22 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU for fusion case?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8884
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:54 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Scythe 120 mm S-FLEX fans on sale at Newegg
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6148
I ordered two of the very silent ones. It will be interesting to see how they compare to the Antec Tri-cools that I have in my case (on low). Thanks for the tip. You will be bery happy -- that's exactly what I did -- replaced TriCools. Only thing is you might not want slowest ones if you have tempe...
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:41 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Scythe 120 mm S-FLEX fans on sale at Newegg
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6148
Re: Scythe 120 mm S-FLEX fans on sale at Newegg
They've been at this price for at least 10 days, mine were delivered on Monday (although the E model was $9.99 too then). Don't know if that reassures or not.clalor wrote:I don't know how long the instant savings will last on these. They all appear to be in stock.
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:46 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Lightweight CPU cooler
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3823
I just put Ninja mini in my fusion black case & 65w amd 3600+ x2 with the scythe sflex D (1260rpm) model fan (it's actually a case fan, but is so close to minja in the fusion that it might as well be CPU cooler -- see review on this site). I have the fan set up to be cpu temp controlled in bios, and...
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:50 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Scythe Mini Ninja review
- Replies: 64
- Views: 68572
OK, I finally got my Mini Ninja & Scythe SFLEX -D fans all in on Tuesday. My system now consists of an AM2 x2 3600+ 65w cpu (no over or underclocking) on an MSI K9AGM2 690g board using x1250 integrated graphics, with a passively cooled Ninja Mini (using arctic silver 3) in a Fusion Black with side f...
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:33 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec Fusion v2 Silver Issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6821
OK, I finally got everything in Tuesday & took some measurements. My system now consists of an AM2 x2 3600+ 65w cpu (no over or underclocking) on an MSI K9AGM2 690g board using x1250 integrated graphics, with a passively cooled Ninja Mini in a Fusion Black (identical airflow to fusion v2?) with side...
- Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:31 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: building my first HTPC
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6427
I watch HD movies all the time and I don't have bluray or hddvd or HDCP or HDMI... 0_o Look, I know that not every last 1080p video in the world exists only on bluray or hddvd. But let's be realistic, any commercially produced 1080p movie is going to be released on those formats -- and only those f...
- Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:26 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec Fusion v2 Silver Issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6821
I am using a mini ninja and tried using both 120mm fans as intake. Using the fans as intake created a high pitched whine due to air turbulence. I have since reversed the 120mm fans to exhausts and added a 80mm nexus CPU fan. The 80mm fan blows toward the 120mm so all the fans are moving air in the ...
- Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:16 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: building my first HTPC
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6427
- Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:11 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Albatron KI690-AM2: A Mini-ITX Motherboard For The Masses
- Replies: 25
- Views: 33214
- Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:23 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: NB heatsink/fan is out of control!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4516
I had an nforce 3.5 gigabyte board & also wanted to get rid of northbridge fan & had a similar problem. Only difference was it was AGP not PCIE, this was a few years ago :) Don't know if this helps you, but in my case the overlap was minor enough that I just broke maybe a half dozen of the fins on o...