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I mean I know of plenty of worse processes (eg extracting tar sands) but I was under the impression paper production isn't that environmentally-friendly, esp. in places like China etc. I can only speak to US production. First: Trees grow back and all US tree harvesting is either from managed land t...

If you want to get upset about people being wasteful of resources, paper usage should be VERY low on your list. It's about the most renewable resource there is and is generally produced with little enviromental impact. I'd get upset about plastic being used in place of paper (being non-biodegradable...

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Live recording at the Filmore West, 07/01/1971.

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The live concert archives preserved by Bill Graham, the legendary rock producer and manager.

The Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe/Premium could work. I think the newer ones have a passive heatpipe for the MB chip. It's a 939-socket board, SLI, dual gigabit network, and SATA support. I have the older version of the Deluxe and had to replace the MB fan with a NB47J heatsink (before the heatpipe version wa...

No, I don't have a motherboard, video card, case, or PSU (that I'm willing to use).

That's the stuff I was looking for recommendations of price/performance/sound level to go with the items I do have.

AMD64 TCaseMax - v1.19 ---------------------- CPU Information (CPU #1): Standard CPUID: Family: F, Model: B, Stepping: 1 Extended CPUID: Family: F, Model: 2B, Stepping: 1 CPUID String: 20FB1 Processor APIC: 0 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Manchester) CPU Speed: 2010.30 (201.03 x 10.0) Revision:...

Just upgraded my computer and realized I have a fair amount of the parts to build another machine which would probably just be used for FAH. I'm looking for suggestions on what would be the cheapest setup for best folding results. What I have: AMD A64 3200+ (939 socket Winchester) 1 GB (2x512mb) DDR...

Just upgraded my computer (A64 3200+ to a A64 X2 3800+ dual core and went from 1gb to 2gb of faster memory) and have the FAH service running on both cores. (One-Click install worked great.) We'll have to see what this does to my folding progress. Meanwhile, the machine isn't any louder. CPU has gone...

I'd suggest reading the review on the S12-500/600. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article247-page1.html However, the short story is that the S12-500 & 600 use the same controller and have the same noise signature. The S12-330, 380 and 430 use a different, and quieter, fan controller. If you really ca...

I'm using an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (though the standard should be the same) with a XP-120, NB-47J replacing the stock fan, and all 4 DIMM slots populated.

(BTW, it doesn't look like the XP-120 will miss the first DIMM, but it does. Barely.)

If I was getting just a temp monitor, I would probably get something like this...

http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp ... SEN-CNU-00

However, I'm a fan (HAH! Made a funny...OK, maybe not...) of temperature reporting combined with fan speed control.

If putting on an XP-90 is like the XP-120, you want to do this BEFORE putting in the case. The clips take some force to attach doing it inside the case could make it more difficult than it needs to be.

I had no problem getting to the screw holes, and an XP-120 is much larger than a XP-90.

If it helps you feel better, I'm using a Nexus on a XP-120 without any problems. (AMD64 3200+ Winchester, not a P4, though.) I use a T-Balancer to control my fan speed, and being fairly conservative, it keeps the Nexus running between 50%-66%....which means I can never hear it inside an AcoustiPacke...

I've got 3 in an Antec 3700BQE with AcoustiPack using the standard grommetted trays that come with the case. I have never heard the drives.

(My true problem may be the Panaflo I'm using as an intake fan. I may try turning it off tonight and see if I can hear the drives.)

How you're cooling isn't as bothering as the sudden normal temp change. What are you using to determine your temps? Did you change anything? (Please say you started running Folding @ Home....in which case your CPU is never idle.) What about the temp where the PC is? It's getting hotter in some parts...

What's the grill addition do to the noise level?

From the thread on reversing the direction that the heatsink fan is blowing ( http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?p=180795#180795 ), I changed the fan on the XP-120 to blow UP. The digital sensor I have next to the heatsink base went from 42C to 39C. The motherboard reported temp went fro...

This thread reminded me to try the same thing. From my setup (see http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=21871 ), I also have 3 120mm fans all in the upper rear of the case. A 120mm Nexus blowing out the back, the 120mm in a Seasonic S12-380 pulling up-and-out, and a 120mm Nexus blowing do...

We are not a Support Group.

We are Enablers.

I've got a similiar setup, using the GeForce 6600 card, though. Still, it's a passively cooled card. See my writeups on my system build. At the end I'm discussing the temps I'm getting. The short answer is what you're getting told here. It is possible, but you have to have good airflow to make it wo...

The picture above looks like a Nexus fan without the Nexus label. That's not what I found at CompUSA. I picked up a Mad Dog Whisper Fan 120mmx25mm at CompUSA last Friday. It was a black fan with a standard 3-wire plug. It stayed in the case about 3 min before I jerked it out and the old fan (a Panaf...

A lesson learned on motherboard BIOS. The Asus Motherboard I bought came with BIOS level 1002 on it. I found that if you disconnected either the Chipset Fan on the motherboard (by, uh, replacing it with a passive heatsink) or the CPU fan (because it was being run by a seperate fan controller), the P...

I turned off Folding, resulting in CPU usage listed as 3% (vs. 100% with Folding running), and removed the AcoustiPack filter in the front (leaving the "L" shaped piece to cover the intake slot at the bottom). Front Intake Fan running at 100% (12v): Digital Sensor on CPU: 39.5C Digital Sensor on Chi...

I haven't enabled Cool-N-Quiet. Between F@H always running the CPU at 100% and the T-Balancer having control of all the fans, I don't think it would do anything for me. I actually did some more numbers, earlier, under other conditions. I'm just getting punchy this late and with all the writing. With...

Now, sound and temps.... Right now, I'm just running Internet Explorer and happily folding@home. All fans are at 100%, and have been while I have been writing this entire thread to this point. Temps are: Digital Sensor next to the base of the XP-120 on the CPU: 46.5C Digitial Sensor on the NB47J on ...

M0002A - That is exactly the method of mounting I wanted to try. Even already picked up the brass screws and the electrical box insulation.

I just won't go that road until I can hear the HDs.

Thoughts and experiences with Power Supply Units. I decided to try the SL350S that comes with this case. It definately is quieter than a normal PSU, so kudos to Antec for that! It was also noiser than I wanted and was blowing warm air even at idle. Having tried it for, oh, 1 or 2 days, I ordered a S...

I've got 3 drives (minimum to run RAID-5) and the case has drive slots for 4. And the motherboard suports 4 in RAID-5. No problem there. I originally ordered 2 of the Samsung Spinpoint SATA drives and got one with the Nidec motors marked FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing) and one with the JVC motor. Is Sam...

M0002A wrote: One way to make the task easier is clean off the OEM HSF that you removed, and use the holes on it to exactly line up the wings/push pins on the Zalman chipset cooler. DOH! That would have made it much simplier! I kept carefully dry fitting it, tweaking the arm position, repeat, until...