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by alext
Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:15 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Recommended Motherboards: From a Silence Perspective 1.1
Replies: 163
Views: 249596

I can report on the ASUS P5B (non deluxe), which isn't too different from the P5B-E. The NB is passively cooled, although the small heatsink gets finger burning hot even at stock speeds, so I have replaced it with a larger heatsink. The heatsink has hoop clips and no holes through the board making D...
by alext
Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:07 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: ASUS EN7600GS in Small Case?
Replies: 2
Views: 3382

I don't know about the 9800 since I've never owned one but I have an ASUS 7600GS and it gets pretty hot if there is no airflow around it (hot in my mind is not being able to touch the heatsink - finger burning hot!). Mine is in a Zalman HT160 case with a full size ATX case - I removed the PCI blanki...
by alext
Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:55 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: PECI - some practical questions....
Replies: 2
Views: 3930

Aaah thanks for that - makes sense :)
by alext
Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:05 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: PECI - some practical questions....
Replies: 2
Views: 3930

PECI - some practical questions....

So my P5B motherboard has an "Enable PECI" option in the BIOS which I did not recognise. I subsequently found a description of PECI to be: "PECI is a new digital interface that enables communication of the temperature reading of a systems’ host processor, enabling efficient platform thermal contro...
by alext
Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:50 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Additional quiet HDD recommendation
Replies: 4
Views: 4084

Additional quiet HDD recommendation

I currently have two hard drives in my HTPC - a WD 4000KS which is fine but I also have an older Hitachi 160GB 180GXP series drive that has quite a bit of idle hum/resonance which I would like to replace. The hum is not there with the WD drive only. I'm looking at a mid-range drive - doesn't have to...