I'd also be very interested in more data on radiator thickness vs. cooling capability for a fixed noise level. This is a neat start: http://martinsliquidlab.org/2012/06/08/hesmelaughs-radiator-sandwich-testing/ Particular the part where he realized if he sandwiched an additional radiator on top of a...

Video discussing radiator fans, push / pull / push + pull. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyC3lZ5WFMk Says for performance, push vs. pull doesn't matter, and push + pull doesn't help as long as you have fans optimized for pressure. Of course, I'd love to see it tested. There are some big in-case ra...

MikeC: I noticed that when I search for pump decoupling, there are a lot of web and image hits, which suggests to me that there is actually a fair amount of interest in quiet pumps. So if you *wanted* to test lots of pumps wet, with your nice tools, and build an authoritative list, I believe there w...

"As long as the motherboard remains frozen in a form factor never meant for video cards that exceed the power and thermal profile of CPUs, liquid cooling will continue to attract." How would you like it to be changed? I saw a system that used a ribbon riser to lay the video card down flat next to th...

No, not at all! :shock: Haha, okay. Perhaps I should have included all the data on the iterative sessions? nah, most readers would have been snoozing after half a dozen. To address your wondering... yes, the two back and front intake fans did need to be on to keep non-CPU/GPU temps under control. T...

I would have opted for a considerably bigger radiator outside the case, the wall mounted type normally used for heating rooms. I've been trying to figure out options for large passive radiators. Do you have any info on using radiators like that? First I was looking at Alphacool Cape Cora, then I tr...

"Since the radiator is where most of the heat in the system will end up, the main task of any fans not directly on the radiator should to ensure as much cooler air to the radiator as possible." I have no doubt that you would've liked the opportunity to keep fiddling with this thing for months, but I...

"WD5000AVJS = AV = AudioVideo(more quiet) 8MB cache" http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=280 "Quiet - Noise levels have been minimized to less than one sone* - virtually below the threshold of human hearing." Also, the recommended WD5000KS is no longer available. I had one...

darthan:
Good to know, thanks. I was hoping the pipes were sealed themselves and the bolts were just threaded on to hold... the fins? I'll just work around them then.

Anybody know what happens when you try to remove the 4 bolts on top of a Scythe Ninja heatsink? I'm thinking that might lead to a cleaner duct install, if that doesn't destroy it. (http://www.chaosreigns.com/gallery/SANY0327b.JPG.html - 1 case fan (small tricool), no cpu fan, athlon 64 x2 3800+) Hav...

Ackelind:
I plan to try quiet 'n' cool (asus' dynamic cpu undervolting) once I get my nexus so I can dynamically undervolt the fan.

Yes my hard drive is relatively noisy, but not enough for me to replace it yet.

Ah the image you included didn't load last time. The arrows are pointing at which side of that card you're supposed to insert to switch between sli and single, not which slot to use. The Premium doesn't have that card, the switch is in the bios.

Ah, I misunderstood your question. I'm not certain you can get the full bandwidth if you use only one card in the lower slot, but the top slot certainly works. And it's not like these things approach using the full bandwidth anyway.

Tzeb:
Thank you.
No, you can use two PCIe cards. Why did you think you might not be able to?

Nice. I really like what you did with the speaker cloth, and I look forward to seeing what the whole case looks like in black

Most importantly, where do you get the polycarbonate? I need some of that.

Firetech: I'm sure that's not the only detail I missed. Yes, I used the stock A8N-SLI Premium backplate with the Ninja, because it was thread compatible, and that's what the Ninja instructions said to do. Plus it was way easier and looked more stable. Need to use the screws that come with the Ninja ...

Internal shot of complete (hah) system. All 24 pictures. Full parts list and explanations of choices. An Athlon 64 x2 3800+ can be effectively passively cooled (55C peak @ 20C ambient) with a Ninja, a single small tricool case fan set on low, and a bit of cardboard. Sealing the NV Silencer to its p...

I installed a ninja on my A8N-SLI premium motherboard a couple days ago. I used the existing motherboard backplate since it fit, according to the ninja's instructions. I practiced putting it on before removing the film on the ninja's base, then applied arctic silver 5, then mounted the heatsink. I h...

I would tape up all the holes on the back to make sure the vented hot air isn't just getting sucked back in. Then consider a Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 rev. 3 (with more tape to seal that duct to its vent).
(my plans for the parts I'm still waiting to recieve)

A8N-SLI Premium also has the passive heatpipe at 67% of the cost of the A8N32-SLI. There is stuff in the asus mb manuals about NOS.. looks like overclocking on demand, haven't heard much about it though. But if you want overclocking plus quiet 'n' cool, you should at least check out a DFI Lanparty n...

I'm waiting for the same case and motherboard from newegg. Since I couldn't find confirmation that the 4 pin cable from my PCP&C PS would reach, I also spend the extra $3.50 on an extension cable: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812198005 Ackelind: I also appreciate the confirma...

The nforce4 chip does not include onboard video (I don't know if there are motherboards that include a seperate chip that works with the nforce4 that you're thinking of). I agree fanless isn't a good idea with that cpu, and it seems like if you do enough research you should be able to pull it off wi...

I don't actually need another keyboard or mouse but the PCs won't boot without them. You probably have a setting on your bios something like "halt on: all" which determines which errors will stop the boot process. You should be able to change it to something that doesn't include keyboard / mouse. P...

Talorc: Thanks a lot for that particular input on striping. I'll at least put off getting another drive until I hear something good about the nforce4's raid0. Yes, the nforce4 can raid across both. Not sure which review I read that in specifically, but it also says it in the manual if not as clearly...

Why didn't you want the ninja?

stupid: I don't think I want to wait months for the price drop. Hell, I think I'd be more likely to wait till Q2 for the socket M2 release, but I don't want to do that either. It's nice to see a date on when they're going to stop making the socket 939's though (early 2007). Yeah, I've looked at othe...

stupid: I don't think I want to wait months for the price drop. Hell, I think I'd be more likely to wait till Q2 for the socket M2 release, but I don't want to do that either. It's nice to see a date on when they're going to stop making the socket 939's though (early 2007). Yeah, I've looked at othe...

jackylman:

Wait, the P150 is only available in white? No freaking way.

teknerd:

I checked the prices for the 5 most expensive components, monarch's prices were higher than newegg's or the same for all of them (graphics card, cpu, ram, case, motherboard).

teknerd: Interesting, I didn't realize the dual core would be better in any way I'd notice. I'll probably go with that then, although of course I need to try to find smore more direct comparisons. HTPC in my case will probably mostly be playing DVDs (proper upsampling to 720p over DVI-D). Venting di...