mdearth,

Have you tried having the fan "push" air inside the case? I have mine setup that way, and I get at least -3C by doing that.

Doesn't installing fans to a watercooling system defeat the purpose of silent watercooling? Also, the Bigwater kit doesn't seem silent judging by its design and the fact that its made by thermaltake. why don't you hook up all the hot stuff to cheap $15 waterblocks and just get a real radiator, a 12...

qviri wrote:Did you CPUBurn / Prime95 it to see if it's stable?

elg2001 wrote:"I've run multiple simultaneous prime95s in addition to cpu burn-in with no problems"

Feyrhel wrote:1000W...should be just enough to engage the first chevron on the Stargate.

Does the fact that I understood and laughed at Feyrhel's remark make me a geek?

Does anyone know how much power one of those 64 way servers drain?

I casted the first 'No' vote, it was supposed to be a 'Yes'. Sorry

You'll need to give specifics on your components, as they all have different operating temperatures.

Speechless!!!

Not sure what the sound may be, but what I've heard around the block is that when a PSU is at its last legs, it starts making noises. I think you may have gotten a defective unit. About the temps going down... let us know if you find out the reasoning. I'd be very interested to know if related to th...

Just a little update:

Been running for a month now w/o any problems. Although I wouldn't suggest this mod to anyone.

DryFire wrote:wow that looks really good but aren't those threaded fittign for pipes and not for tubes?

I think you're right about that, but it seems to me that he's using them for cable management, not for watercooling.

Sanatarium,

This project of yours is not a case mod. It's case ART!

I know a case like this would be priceless, but would you mind telling us what kinda $$$ you spent to make it?

It's hardmounted with a screw through the side vent holes.

It sounds like vibration transfer through the case is not your issue here.

Hold the pump on your hand and if it's noisy that way, then it'll be noisy no matter how you mount it.

I basically want to make my computer as inaudible as possible while using water cooling. I would just buy air cooling or something, but I would feel stupid getting rid of my six month old 200 dollar water cooling. I did a little research on those Eheim pumps, and they seem to be the way to go. Unfo...

You might be interested in a new article: http://overclockers.com/tips1211/ The guy has no pump and passive radiator and got good temps. The idea is to use a weak peltier so that the radiator gets very hot and by convection no pump is needed and as a bonus heat is easily dissipated by the huge temp...

Why do you have to block off the top fan exhaust?

What are your goals?

Performance or quietness?

Check out what I snagged on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5218332874&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1 Has anybody ever come by this before? I didn't realize such cards existed. Gotta keep my eye out on eBay from now on, maybe I'll get lucky and come by a similar card based on th...

Is the card OC'ed?

If you run RivaTuner, it has a window where it displays a graphic with temperatures over time.

Also everytime the games skip, do you notice the hard drive light blink at the same time?

Some specs on your machine may help us try to figure out the problem.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know all X800 series have an onboard temperature sensor for the GPU.

So your answer would be YES.

I only used mine for about a month or so, and had no problems with it.

Nexus cherry-picks the highest quality Yate Loon fans, so the quality of fans directly from Yate Loon ca be more iffy. Also, Nexus installs an in-line resistor to bring the rpm level ~ 1000, which is slower than the Yate Loon normal speed of ~1350. Maybe try them again at 5v, and see if the noise i...

Got my Yates Loon fans, installed them, and got rid of them right after. They were noisier than the stock Antec fans, even at 7V. Very disapointed.

Now I have all original fans installed back, and connected to a rheobus. And that's the quietest it's ever been.

figarro wrote:My Radeon X800 XL shows around 80º Celsius in games at a room temperature of about 30-35º. I'm not worried but I would like to know what are the temperatures of other users.
Thanks

My X800XL ran no hotter than 60C after I installed the Arctic Silencer, about the same temps now with WC.

I just basically gutted the PSU of both its fans. And I indeed blocked off the bottom "hole" so that the air would just go straight through the PSU. Yeah, that's probably the best way. Bottom line: If it works and is stable, don't worry about it. If it dies a little sooner than it would have otherw...

I just basically gutted the PSU of both its fans. And I indeed blocked off the bottom "hole" so that the air would just go straight through the PSU. "assuming you're not running the thing with the cover right off? This would frorce the to flow directly over the HS and and through the entire PSU with...

How warm does the exhaust air at the back of the PSU feel? Can you get a temp reading right at the place of the back of the PSU? What is the ambient room temp? What's the PSU? WHat fan speed setting? Any drives in front? How about some photos? The exhaust air trickles out and feels pretty warm, Whe...

Do you mean SPCRs forums in general, or the "Cool & Quiet VGA" forum? I did realize a tad too late that there's a better forum for this kind of posts, (Deals, Vendors & Classifieds). Could a mod please move this post? BTW jojo4u, there are much nicer ways to state how much you dislike a post. I don'...

I did it. Ran CPU BurnIn + RTHDRIBL for 12 hours and system still up and running.

Will keep you guys posted. I'm sure this will cut the life of my PSU dramatically, but it has done its job for 3 yrs now.

I just bought a water block for my video card, and don't need my Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Revision 2 anymore. If anyone's interested in it I'm willing to part with it for $18 shipped (within the US). I've only used this fan for about a month, and though is quiet and cool (as in cold), I don't n...

tgenesis, Did you make sure you have the fans set to "L" (low)? In that setting they should be almost silent. From my own experience, you don't want to get rid of that top fan. You need that fan blowing out the hot air in the case. I removed that fan in the beginning and my temps went north. I'm get...