The Antec FAQ for the P182 says to face the fan towards the top of the case. I have the fan facing the bottom (as it would be in a normal case) and haven't had any problems and it's been very quiet. I think some people have floated the theory that putting the fan on top will cause problems in exhaus...

Are you sure about that adapter, Andy? To me it looks like that would put the fan in series with whatever else is connected to that particular line. If it's three fans it would end up splitting the voltage (not current... you can't really do that) in three. That would effectively run each fan ~4v, w...

I don't know about Sandra, but DXDiag and SysReqLab show total available video memory, which includes any shared memory. For my 8800GT it shows 2.2GB...

The best I've found is my current Buffalo with DD-WRT firmware installed. For the most part it's fine, but after an extended uptime ( > ~60 days) trying to make changes to router settings can sometimes kill the web interface and require a restart. Other than that, I've never had a problem that I cou...

The kill-o-watt reports it as 15W, which is actually the apparent power (assuming it's got a power factor of 1). From the P3 Kill A Watt usage guide: The Watt/VA Key is a toggle function key. Press the Watt/VA key once to display Watt meter, then press key to display VA meter. The LCD will display ...

Check your power savings options. By default, Maximum performance disables throttling, Balanced setting will go between 2-2.5GHz (Q9300) and Power Saver will lock it at 2GHz.
Also make sure you have all the related drivers installed (Windows Update hardware should have them all).

Yate Loon makes their D12S(H,M,L) fans in a variety with blue LEDs. I can't speak to their performance, though.

http://jab-tech.com/120mm-Fans-c-81.html

gmontem, it looks like the text instructions on that page do not match up with the pictures shown. Just follow the printed instructions, they're fine for the most part

SVC usually has it in stock at $50: http://www.svc.com/hr-01plus.html

Here's an update. Installed an HR-01 Plus with a Nexus 120 PWM fan. I'm not very impressed right now, but ambient is a bit above 25C, and there's still time for the AS5 to do it's magic. I'm going to mess around with the fan speeds a bit and hopefully find a sweet spot. Is a 4-5C difference in core1...

If it's an annoying buzzing sound, it's probably the CPU fan. Do not disconnect that, though. He was referring to the PSU compartment fan (the fan at the very bottom of the case) which is usually deemed unnecessary. If you can determine that the CPU fan is making the noise, you would need to buy a n...

I think some motherboards do not provide both PWM and voltage management on the CPU fan header. There should be an option under Thermal Management (or something similar) to disable the fan fail warning. Easiest way to slow the fan further (if the fan will support lower voltages) would probably be to...

Strange that they would make it full height when it's targeting the HTPC market.

Not that anything about this product makes much sense. Is noise such a rampant problem that a 10% reduction would make the experience $80 more enjoyable?

Well if you look at the side shot, it appears that only a few are spaced unevenly, so I don't believe it was intentional.

I wonder how thick those fins are. They're all supposedly soldered to the heatpipes but even the marketing shots show bend finds directly over where they would be soldered.

http://jab-tech.com/Vantec-Stealth-Fans-60mm-pr-1492.html http://jab-tech.com/Cooljag-Everflow-60x60x10-R126010DL-pr-4056.html Two quietest fans at Jabtech. First one doesn't explicitly state it has RPM sensing, might be worth looking in to. I don't know if the switch enclosure would permit it, but ...

Me....I switched to a Pentium M and VIA machines, added a solar panel to run the VIA. My energy usage...haven't seen any change at all. I don't understand. If you take something off the grid, even something as minor as a VIA machine, and don't add anything else, there has to be a difference. I agre...

I would try mounting the HR-03 the other way and remove a few PCI covers, then tape up unwanted intake holes to create some airflow over the cooler. Might lower the temps a bit. That wouldn't be a bad idea, but my Raptor would really suffer from the lack of airflow. The HR-03 is the GPU cooler, isn...

I think the pipes fill up with vapor quickly enough that it wouldn't really be a problem. The wicking material *should* keep the liquid distributed throughout the pipe as well.

Recommended heatsinks: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article30-page1.html The Xigmatek comes with a PWM fan, but it's DC so it should work just fine on a 3-pin header, though I've never tried this so I can't say for sure. For 775 it only provides the push-pin install, which the review found to be de...

I'm not sure how cost/time effective it would be to build. Pulling the parts from the bay (unless it's ridiculously expensive) might be a better plan. There's no part # listed for the receiver, so you'll need to find out what kind of consumer receiver can be dropped in there. Not really sure what th...

Thanks Andy, that's good to hear. Ambient temps could easily go up by 5C mid-summer, though I try to keep my computer usage to a minimum on those days, for obvious reasons :p Right now I'm leaning towards a TR HR-01 Plus. The Noctua NH-C12P is tempting as well as I've heard the VRM components run so...

I'm running an Intel Q9300 on an aBit ix38 QuadGT. I just replaced the tri-cools in my P182 with the slow Yate-Loon fans. Running these at 6v, my core temps seem to have increased ~4C each, using the stock Intel HSF. I plan to replace this eventually, but it's not really in the budget right now. So ...

Just a theory, but I would think that LED backlit monitors would have the best chance of being silent. That said, I've actually never heard of anyone with audible buzzing from LCD monitors, and certainly none that are as loud as you suggest. Have you tried running the same monitors on a different co...

walle wrote:@ FartingBob
You really meant to say that there actually was a cooler amongst those cables somewhere ?

I'm sure a bunch of wires melted to the CPU core would have been sufficient cooling, and quiet to boot!

To me it seems like one of the *only* useful tasks an AV app can do is scan incoming files. If you're so confident that you aren't going to be downloading any files of questionable integrity, why have AV at all?

Ctrl +/- now enlarges the entire page (text, images, tables, etc) instead of just the text, as before. Can't say I'll use it a lot, but it's a neat feature. Right now the Awesome Bar is anything but. I'm hoping I'll get used to it... I do see possibilities, but I keep getting the wrong pages when I'...

There are a few good posts in the discussion of that article that have some good information. I thought this explained it quite well: The walls are lined with a wicking material that holds the liquid and carries it back to the hot part, where it boils and enters the lumen of the pipe, travels to the...

Thing is, the measurements of the Nexus fans were spot on. The Scythe fans reviewed appear to be rated below the ambient noise level when tested, so it's understandable that they would test higher than advertised. Furthermore, if this Noctua review was done in the past week or so, it appears Mike wa...

However I wonder if something was wrong with the specific fan. It does seem odd that the measured noise (32dB) would be over 12dB above that of the rating. Looking at the review of the NF-S12-1200, though, that was measured 8dB above the rating. Perhaps Noctua uses some questionable methods of rati...