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by bussoguy
Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:44 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Industrial Damping.
Replies: 0
Views: 4010

Industrial Damping.

Not sure which topic this comes under. Maybe off topic. Maybe someone should have taken a patent on equipment rubber banding.LOL Seems to have taken a long time for industry to catch on. Maybe there was too much money to be made in more expensive solutions. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/02/gp...
by bussoguy
Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:55 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: The Computer I Could Not Silence
Replies: 13
Views: 12382

[quote=" Good to see a fellow West Aussie on here. Are there a few decent computer stores down in Busso (assuming from your nick) or do you usually order from further afield?[/quote] Not much in Busso, Harvey Norman, Goodguys etc are ok for printers,routers DVD players etc but I get alll my computer...
by bussoguy
Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:08 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: The Computer I Could Not Silence
Replies: 13
Views: 12382

Re: The Computer I Could Not Silence

(I’m approaching 70) I don't know if it's the alcohol, or just that I'm easily amused, but I find it AWESOME that you know how to build computers at your age. I idolize you. The first machine I built was a super heterodyne valve radio around 1961 (everything was hard wired and soldered)and I was ...
by bussoguy
Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:00 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: The Computer I Could Not Silence
Replies: 13
Views: 12382

psiu writes : Sorry to hear about the tinnitus- The ringing/whining is in background all the time but it does not bother me until there is silence and then I notice it. Prognosis is it won't get any worse but it is unlikely to go away. I assure you I am far from being a martyr but I can live with it...
by bussoguy
Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:55 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: The Computer I Could Not Silence
Replies: 13
Views: 12382

The Computer I Could Not Silence

This a bit off topic but all the silencing techniques in the world sometimes can’t quiet that noisy computer. Having started reading SPCR a couple of years ago I became obsessed with reducing the noise in my computer. Selecting the recommended little by little aquiring a corsair power supply , Scy...
by bussoguy
Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:32 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD's 785G Chipset Boards: 780G Evolved
Replies: 69
Views: 58589

Sorry to have upset you Mike but just a final note. There are the 17 or so boards in the CPU motherboard section.. Yes I can't count and I proof read crap. I did only count 16 but only one or at most 2 of any one type of board chip-set has been reviewed over the last year eg An Asus PQ5 done in Nov ...
by bussoguy
Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:00 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD's 785G Chipset Boards: 780G Evolved
Replies: 69
Views: 58589

OK sorry I raised it. I knew it was a bad move as I couldn't express what I wanted to convey.
Will crawl back into my shell and lurk.
by bussoguy
Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:20 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD's 785G Chipset Boards: 780G Evolved
Replies: 69
Views: 58589

While they do not go into all the superfluous time and space wasting of 30 pages of macro photography, synthetic benchmarks and egotistical juvenile overclocking exploits, they provide enough relevant detail to those people who are interested in such things as power consumption, component efficienc...
by bussoguy
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:46 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD's 785G Chipset Boards: 780G Evolved
Replies: 69
Views: 58589

Why do motherboards at all

Hi Mike your comments on wasted time and effort in testing early production models made me wonder why do motherboards in SPCR at all . I know I will probably be flamed for even questioning this but as I see it the Mobo doesn't have a great bearing on silence. The things which bolt to the Mobo are th...
by bussoguy
Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Is Mike Married?
Replies: 9
Views: 4361

Is Mike Married?

Having just read for the first time Mike's story on how SPCR came to be, I wondered how he coped with marriage. With kitchens and other rooms of the house devoted to "silent computer testing" seems Mike got away with what my wife certainly wouldn't put up with. Mike you either have a fabulous wife o...
by bussoguy
Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:26 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Anyone tried the HAF 932?
Replies: 8
Views: 6557

Is there prejudice here

I am up for a new case and I naturally searched SPCR but found only bad or neutral comments made on the Cooler Master HAF 932. I also searched here http://www.testfreaks.com/computer-cases/cooler-master-haf-932-rc-932/ and it got rave reviews from many sources. All said it was very quiet and with 23...
by bussoguy
Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:30 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Seven - and now Eight Years of SPCR!
Replies: 78
Views: 89513

From busso downunder, what a great seven years. Mikes term "morph" is a good one because SPCR is not was it was 7 years ago and it will be different 7 years from now....But what a site. I am in my late 60's had my first computer in 1989 however they were always so bloody noisy. Maybe 5 years ago I d...
by bussoguy
Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:31 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Renamed - Alzheimers Thread
Replies: 8
Views: 8540

aristide1 wrote [But very very old people have high cholesterol, there's more going on than we understand. Plaque buildup on teeth is an indicator, if it happens really fast there it probably happens fast elsewhere. Plaque on teeth has nothing to do with cholesterol. Teeth get a build up of bacteria...
by bussoguy
Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:01 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: scythe ninja or hr-01 plus?
Replies: 31
Views: 16742

Just to back FartingBobs post. I have a Ninja RevB plus and while I don't know what voltage the Silverstone fan on it is at, I do know it adjusted to 750 rpm (just checked it). Running the Intel TAT full load CPU temp rises 18 deg c in 10 mins and is stabilised in about 25 mins with a max rise of 19...
by bussoguy
Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:16 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Recent Samsung drive failure rates?
Replies: 51
Views: 33866

I have three SP2004C in RAID config over over 2 years. Quiet, error free
I love em.
by bussoguy
Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:32 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Fan direction?
Replies: 9
Views: 5477

It doesn't matter too much wich way the fan is blowing/sucking. What makes the most differece is to have a consistant flow.Air currents should not be fighting one another. That includes convection heat currents as well as fan currents.. If air comes in the front and sides it should exhaust thru the ...
by bussoguy
Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:05 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Quiet Internal 5.25 Bay Removable HDD Rack?
Replies: 6
Views: 3608

Yes it is possible to do Raid 1 with eSATA provided your Mobo has EsATA connectors. But I would guess you would have to build your own quiet enclosure, if you want quiet. If you want absolute security then you need to backup offsite. There are lots of free internet storage sites. Chances are in a fi...
by bussoguy
Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:06 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Don't Use Rubber Bands More Warnings
Replies: 1
Views: 2541

Don't Use Rubber Bands More Warnings

I did not heed the warnings about rubber bands to suspend my hard drives and suffered as a cosequence. I used 1/2' rubber bands which I thought were quite stong and the thickness would reist perishing. Wrong. Fortunately (or otherwise) for me the warning camewhenmy wifes rubber bands lasted just 6 m...
by bussoguy
Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:48 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: The ninja will work on a P35-DQ6?
Replies: 5
Views: 3814

Gigabyte will be discontinuing at least one of the P35-DQ6

bugger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just bought my P35-DG6 last month . Nice board though I am happy with it.
by bussoguy
Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:42 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: The ninja will work on a P35-DQ6?
Replies: 5
Views: 3814

Useless wireless keyboards

j ust got a new wireless keyboard and mouse and it randomly doesn't work or keys get "stuck" and I gt 10 million eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ec. Have been trying to get this post on for an hour or so so what you haveabbbbbbbbbbove is what I can give for nnnnnnnnow Will edit at later date. Edit: The post...
by bussoguy
Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:36 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: The ninja will work on a P35-DQ6?
Replies: 5
Views: 3814

The ninja will work on a P35-DQ6?

I did answer the question abou the ninja and P35-DQ earlier and the answer is yes. To those unfamiliar with the P35-DQ6 it has what Gigabyte calls "crazy heat pipes" which are passive coolers for the mb chipsets. They are quite large on on the mb and I had reservations about the Ninja fit. Trial pla...
by bussoguy
Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:44 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Will Scythe Ninja Rev. B fit in Gigabyte P35C-DS3R mobo?
Replies: 4
Views: 3731

Do you think the ninja will work on a P35-DQ6? Yes it does but only just. I fitted the revB to my P35-DQ6 mb. When I lined everything up before install there seemed to be plenty of room. However the Ninja heatpipes on one side ( facing back panel) just rested on the fins of the mb "crazy"heatpipe. T...
by bussoguy
Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:28 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: coupling Scythe Ninja RevB to LGA775
Replies: 9
Views: 4878

[The Thermalright kit isn't available either? I did find it in one eastern states place but seemed complicated and not sure if a Ninja would suit it. Will go ahead with homemade back plate and suitable nut/bolts. My thoughts are to tension evenly with just enough pressure so the HS won't twist. Sort...
by bussoguy
Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:02 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: coupling Scythe Ninja RevB to LGA775
Replies: 9
Views: 4878

[Just buy a SCURK1 kit for less ~10$... ]

I am located in Aussie and searched all sources here that sell scythe with no joy. Hence my thoughts on home manufacture.
by bussoguy
Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:27 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: coupling Scythe Ninja RevB to LGA775
Replies: 9
Views: 4878

coupling Scythe Ninja RevB to LGA775

AS a prelude, the current read to reply ratio on this forum is betwwen 50 and 100 to 1. ie lots of people read not many post. Please feel free to reply to this post as I will value all replys. I have just purchased (yet to receive) a Scythe Ninja Rev B to attach to an Intel E6420 on an LGA775. Curre...
by bussoguy
Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:47 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Gigabyte Volar CPU Cooler-Anyone tried it?
Replies: 1
Views: 1625

Gigabyte Volar CPU Cooler-Anyone tried it?

Has anyone used or heard anything on the new Gigabyte Volar CPU Cooler. Quoting 23dBa at 2000 rpm and 18 dBa at 1500 rpm. Specs look OK but yet to see a review.
by bussoguy
Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:22 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Been Messing with Case Fans
Replies: 0
Views: 1308

Been Messing with Case Fans

I have been playing about with case fans to lower temperatures of my GPU and HDD. Not withstanding what has been published here and elsewhere I was not happy that the idle temp for my GPU was around 58 C and HDD's about 48 C. The Gigabyte G power cpu cooler was great keeping my AMD 3800X2 at 28 C. S...
by bussoguy
Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:57 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Active Noise Cancelling for Fans
Replies: 8
Views: 5042

Yes on the hard drives

Yes I have 3 samsungs running and although they are isolated and there is no vibration noise there is that whine you talk about just above the hearing threshold which seems to come from right inside your head.
I am thinking about wrapping the drives in lead sheet to see if that makes a difference.
by bussoguy
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:58 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Active Noise Cancelling for Fans
Replies: 8
Views: 5042

Active Noise Cancelling for Fans

I came across this article [http://tech2.nytimes.com/mem/technology/techreview.html?res=9506EFDA123EF934A15756C0A9629C8B63] on active noise cancelling in computer fans. It has probably been raised before but thought it interesting enough to reference it. Sort of sets the mind going on other componts...
by bussoguy
Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:05 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: What temp does your X800 run
Replies: 14
Views: 8133

I had only a Gigabyte cooler on my CPU and no other fans with the X800 idling at about 58 what I thought was load was nothing after running atitool 3D I found out what load was and stock X800 went to 97. I did a bit of trialling and found that underclocking made only a deg or so diff at idle but was...