I have just initiated a return request at my local shop in virtue of two sound faults with a new Corsair HX650 power supply. SilentPCReview users will want to know and any other Corsair HX650 owners may want to add their experience. Part Number: CP-9020030-AU Part Description: Corsair HX650, 650 Wat...

The safe bet Z77 board, as of 2012-09-30, seems to be toss up between the Intel DZ77GA-70K and the ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE. These board satisfy my idiosyncratic requirement for an external eSata-III connection. But they might also satisfy the requirement that all of us, who visit silenctpcreview, will b...

Motherboard Model: ASUS P5Q-E WiFi-AP Headers Speedfan Controllable: 4 of 5 Header Grouping (For speedfan controllable headers only): 4 Pin x 1, 3 Pin x 3, 3 pin pwr_fan (for monitoring) 4 - Pin header(s) controllable via: PWM only (untested) Chipset: p45 Socket Type: LGA775 Hardware Monitor Chip/T...

I have a fairly demanding system: MSI X48C Platinum, Q9550, GTX260, 9600GT, and 3 monitors. Yet it is built with some, maybe inadequate, regard to quiet cooling, for example: * CPU Cooler: HR-01 Plus with fan; * The GTX260 is an ASUS quiet model that blows directly out the back. * The 9600GT has a T...

swivelguy2 wrote:SSD is MUCH MUCH faster for anything involving random access

Thanks. I now see that SSD random access for *both* read and write is much faster than for traditional drives. Edit: And this matches with the subjective reports from users in this thread.

Mike wrote "It's [Intel X25-M SSD (G2)] way faster [than the VelociRaptor]". From Eunos' link to Anandtach > Updated: The SSD Improv: Intel & Indilinx get TRIM, Kingston Brings Intel Down to $115 the "2MB Sequential Write" Graph has results of: * Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB at 119.7 MB/s * In...

Consider the freeware version of XXClone . It uses file-by-file copying which is ideal for copying all your files from a smaller to larger disk. It worked without problems the one time I used it. From memory this entailed a 16GB HDD to 80GB HDD. The OS was Win2000. I don't know if anti-pirating meas...

The Scythe KAMA PWM 120mm has a sleeve bearing. From these forums I have learnt (if I have it right) that, as a general rule, you shouldn't use sleeve bearing fans in high heat situations or horizontally. From Fan Roundup #5: Attack of the 120 Scythes part of Devon Cooke & Lawrence Lee's conclusion ...

An obvious and profitable gap in the market for motherboard manufacturers then.

ntavlas, thanks. You have many good suggestions to consider. The fans I have in mind for the system I'm to build, for an Antec Solo: * Case, front. Nexus Real Silent Case Fan DF1209SL-3, 92mm Sleeve bearing. * Case, vertical (Rear). Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12M, 120mm rated 1200 rpm, Sleeve bearin...

For those watching this thread MikeC has informed me that my previous post "Motherboards with lots of fan headers Speedfan controllable" had been inadvertently deleted due to a server issue.

Hopefully you can now see Motherboards with lots of fan headers Speedfan controllable

This is a call for any and all motherboards that have lots of their fan headers controllable by speedfan, where lots means four or more. My previous call for Motherboards with all fans Speedfan controllable is deprecated. If your motherboard has lots of headers controllable by speedfan, and this is ...

Mike, great. This thread is now deprecated in favour of Motherboards with lots of fan headers Speedfan controllable

Edit: url due to my mistake.
Edit: url again due to server error.

Mike, if I change the header and first post here that'll make the current 5 subsequent posts sound bizarre. No? Wouldn't it be simpler just to close this thread and begin again?

Of course, I'll defer to the way you would like your site setup.

cmthomson. You might be right that no modern board have all of their headers speedfan controllable. It would be good to know whether this is true. (Somebody posted one of their boards here but then deleted it). It is helpful of you to point out that even for speedfan supported headers, some of them ...

hmsrolst, thanks for the 32 bit confirmation. I hadn't thought of your use: You run IE 7 (or IE 6) under win XP and IE 8 under win 7. That'll be very handy for web developers.

Edit: Could you confirm that you do not need a seperate XP license to run XP Mode in Windows 7?

Thanks for the replies. I'm not clear on differences between "virtualization and compatibility modes". The basic information from Microsoft Windows (7) Virtual PC ... Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC, available on Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate, allow you to run multiple Windows...

The X bit labs fan power draw (and other results) shows that some of the fans I'm interested will draw more than 0.1 amps. The motherboard I'm eyeing off doesn't provide its fan header power rating in the specs. This route, then, is all a bit too tricky for my tastes. Your responses have saved me fr...

ascl, thanks for the suggestions about Hardware Monitor Chip/Temperature Sensors and reliability fields. I've added those. As I understand it if a 4 - Pin header has voltage control that means a 3 pin fan can be controlled via this header. I have intended this thread only for motherboards that have ...

I have start a new thread: Motherboards with lots of fan headers Speedfan controllable

Edit: thread url from "all fan headers" to "lots of fan headers"

This is a call for any and all motherboards that have all of their fan headers controllable by speedfan. Recommended Motherboards: From a Silence Perspective 1.1 has large wholes in the speedfan support data. The Motherboard support list on the Speedfan website merely has a vote on how "good", out o...

ascl, thanks for the further advice in your PM to me ... I assume you have no objection against making this public ... If you are after software controlled fans, (3 pin), you might want to check out the Silverstone CMD01. It allows fan control via NVidia's System Tools or HWMonitor. You do not need ...

not all their boards can control a non pwm cpu fan. The 780g and most p45 boards can ...

Thanks. That gives me hope. Now I just need confirmation.

Do 3 pin Fan Y splitters, where one 3-pin motherboard header drives two fans, work straightforwardly?

If the motherboard header is controllable via speedfan will it vary 2 fans attached, vai the Y splitter, in the same manner as if 1 fan is attached, without the Y splitter?

I have an EP45-UD3L ... it also has a PWM CPU header, and SYS_FAN2. BOTH are controllable using Speedfan, and do not require PWM fans (ie voltage control works too). ascl, are the two remaining headers, the 3 pin SYS_FAN1 and 3-pin PWR_FAN, also controllable via speedfan? I'm eyeing off the GA-EP45...

Could you verify that the following system requirements for Microsoft Virtualisation/XP mode are correct? * Windows 7, 64 Bit. * A 64 bit processor with Virtualization Support (Eg an Intel 64 bit processor with "Intel VT"). * Change some setting in the BIOS. Could you confirm that I do not need an X...

I just bought this controller and it works like a charm with my fan (3 pinned Scythe S-Flex SFF21E, 120mm rated 1200 rpm) and heatsink (Thermalright HR-01) to cool the CPU. A bought it via ebay from AEROCOOLER , located in California. Straightforward and easy transaction. It took 8 days to ship to A...

REQUIREMENTS ************ For gaming and work while being reasonably quiet. I'm happy for the graphics card fans to ramp up a bit during gaming. It will have 3 widescreens. I have a generous budget but I will still prefer bang-for-buck, even if toward the high end. CANDIDATE BUILD *************** SY...

Koomoo, thanks for your feedback on the Pulsar 590A. Do you agree that those things listed as cons, are? I mean what's your experience with respect to these cons?

Over at Widescreen Gaming Forum the Advanced Search allows * Search topic title and message text * Search message text only * Search message title only It is driven by phpBB, like spcr. Being able to search by title only would certainly be more convenient. Is there any reason to not give us the opti...