Ralf Hutter wrote:Has anyone with a "loud fanned" MX-1 enclosure contacted Antec tech support or customer service about this issue?

No. I was planning on returning it to Newegg...

Part of me says "return it to Antec" though, because then their engineers can look at it and see what is up....

I'm pissed; I have to eat return shipping + CA sales tax + 15% restocking fee. maybe try and sell it on Ebay instead? Yeah, by the time I deal with seller's fees, and all the hassle, not worth it. I'm tempted to return it directly to Antec to see if they can give me a better one... But I bet that w...

I just bought one and the fan is loud, loud, loud. I won't say louder then the rest of my system (3 TriCools on Low, an HX520, and an 8800GT in a P182b) but the noise *character* is extremely annoying, it reminds me of a sleeve bearing fan right before it dies. Back to Newegg it goes. I'm pissed; I ...

Any tests of power consumption in Vista w/Aero OFF? I wonder if that would bring the non-CnQ results more in line with XP.

Awww look our cases are twins! :wink: I may have to borrow your ducting strategy. Just switched to a bottom-intake PSU so I haven't had time to rework the airflow yet. That looks like it would work best. Since my 6800GT + ND-1 + sketchy custom duct does direct exhaust out the back of the case (and t...

When I built the system, I had 2xTriCools on 'High'.

Oh how much I have learned since then...

I have like 20 of the ugly-ass tiles left if anyone wants some

65nm X2-3600, Asus M2NPV-VM undervolted using RMClock for FID/VID selection, power consumption comes to:

S3 Sleep (took some effort to get that working) - 2W (may be high reading)
Idle - 1.0 GHz/0.800V - 50W
Full CPU + Graphics Load - 1.9GHz/0.950 V - 75-80W

I had very good luck with an NSK 3300:

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Very quiet with all stock parts.

SLK3000B + Rotate & Suspend HDD Cage + Mass Load Side Panels w/Self-Stick Flooring Tiles + Quiet Fans + Quiet PSU Done! Rotating & suspending the HDD is $5 worth of elastic max. I got 30 self-stick flooring tiles for $10 at the Family Dollar here - you might get individual tiles as 'samples' at a ho...

If you use a HSF with a 4-wire fan for PWM control and turn on the Asus Q-Fan feature, it will keep it nice and quiet. I used the stock AMD HSF in my NSK3300 build for family (trying to keep costs down) with a 65nm X2-3600+ and it was reasonably quiet. I also used RMClock for frequency/voltage trans...

My old 89W X2-4200 is idling away happily at 33C with a Ninja Rev B right now. I got the best temps with the 'put a dot of AS5 in the center of the IHS, press down, and wiggle' method. A lot of C2Ds have concave IHSes, which is why this is the recommended method for CPUs that have an IHS. Also, runn...

I have the same case, and it can be very quiet. I haven't gone to the trouble of adding the tiles to the case sides yet, but I need to do it. I definitely get some extra noise from the side panels resonating. I love your USB connector fix. Another simple thing that I need to implement. I have a pro...

It's an original series X2 from July 2005, so it doesn't undervolt very well. I've done the ducting work with cardboard, just waiting to do it again with a more permanent material. I can get the same temps with one fan as with two. I was waiting until I replaced the PSU so I could do something more ...

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_ati_radeon_hd_2900_xt_performance_preview/images/24.jpg HD 2600 - TDP 45 W http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_ati_radeon_hd_2900_xt_performance_preview/images/29.jpg HD 2400 - TDP 25 W Both on 65nm processes. Idle power may be in the single digits. Full ...

It's kind of hard to get drivers running when the chip won't even communicate except over the debugging bus. From the Anandtech review: Apparently, the first spin of R600 silicon could only communicate over the debugging interface. While the upside is that the chip wasn't totally dead, this is not a...

My 'classic' X2 box (excuse the dust/mess, moving right now): http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1229/walnut20memoriesgraduatkz0.jpg Ahhh, the understated SLK3800. Calmly concealing the power contained within. http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7893/walnut20memoriesgraduatco5.jpg Relatively clean ca...

This kid of discussion is why I love reading SPCR!

Jumper & Filias Cupio: I bow to my accusers and admit my guilt -- I did knowingly oversimplify a technical process. I promise not to simplify so sinfully again.... at least until my next article. :wink: However, I stand by the practical implication of my simplification: For most PC thermal issues, ...

Once the airflow to any heatsink exceeds its heat transfer rate between CPU and fins, then any further increase in airflow is useless. Unfortunately, this isn't quite how heat transfer works. I'll try to explain this briefly and concisely, but I may fail. Please bear with me. I have my heat transfe...

Jumper, I'm thinking of building something very similar to this. I'm looking at using either a 4600+ or 4800+ CPU with that Asus MB. I've heard that it's fairly fussy about what memory it will use. What did you use? I used this Patriot stick: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682...

I would strongly recommend AM2 + X2 if cost is an issue. The P-D is hot hot hot and loud loud loud. Why is that RAM so expensive? You can get Patriot DDR2-800 for $50/stick from Newegg. I think TigerDirect is screwing you on some prices. Take a look at the build I just did for my family: http://www....

What about an Athlon64x2 3800 Energy Efficient? I have one in my NAS/Server rig. Most of the time it's running on low power, but it peaks when I need to do background video encoding. I believe there is the Athlon64x2 SFF Energy Efficient, which draws even less power. I undervolted a 65nm X2-3600 to...

I just built a system for my family... So I can add my own data point to this discussion. 65nm X2-3600+ on an Asus M2NPV-VM (6150) in an NSK3300. With 1GB of DDR2-800, a single HD, a single optical drive, and a wifi card, I got it down to the following power consumption (at the wall) undervolted: S3...

I'm graduating in two weeks and moving to CA for work in late June. Right now I have two HDs totaling 570 GB in my main box, and two more totaling 280 GB in an older box that has been serving as a house media PC. I'd like to remove everything but an OS/Programs/Games/My Documents drive from my main ...

I like the toy plane propeller in the "finished" photo up there. It really brings home the "for family" aspect of this build. Haha... That's from a senior aero design class activity. Sophomore year we all built balsa wood gliders. A lot of people had trouble even getting those to fly. Some people s...

Excellent! The hot wire is really the way to go. We use them in wind tunnel testing to make flow measurements for low-pressure flows without disturbing the flow too much. For high-pressure flows you can use a pitot tube, but a PC fan is nowhere near that point. I'm sure you could experiment with a l...

Kretschmer wrote:Wait, his sisters are coming back up?

No, my little sisters aren't coming to visit anytime soon. Someone's going to jail...

AND_YOU_ARE wrote:Hmmmm, I recognize that couch in the background. It looks familiar. I hooked up with a girl and spent the night on the couch with her. Can you get me her number? I'd love to hit that again.

I don't know man. It's your couch. Maybe you should call your GF and ask her?

The grommets seem to do a very good job, although the drive in there is pretty quiet allready (old Seagate 7200.7). Since the HD is mounted on the bottom surface, it doesn't have as much chance to transmit vibration into the case is it would sitting in a lightweight drive cage, mounted near the side...

I am hoping that the Antec stock PSU is immune to the issues that others have been having with Antec PSUs as of late. I have been using it as a media PC for a couple weeks now to try and show any instabilities before my family gets it. So far it's been rock solid. It's my first all-new build in almo...