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- Fri May 08, 2009 5:07 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: New HD Silencer: Grow Up Japan - Smart Drive Neo
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5047
The price is high for what's basically just a disk box. They claim a noise reduction (which I do believe) and a heat reduction too. For one reason or another I don't believe this last claim. On the site they "explain" the cooling possibilities as follows: 1. Others do use heatpipes, holes or vents. ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:48 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: hardware.info 122 casefans comparison test
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1683
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:01 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: HDTach CPU usage
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3980
Not a problem at all: if hdtach pushes the cpu load from nearly nothing to about 50% you really found (and probably removed) the bottleneck. In fact it would be perfect if hdtach uses 100% cpu, as this would mean the processor never stalls waiting for I/O, just running the hdtach code as fast as pos...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:57 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 640GB Roundup at Xbitlabs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9098
I've got two 640AAKS/Blue and there's no noise by the drives self. Mounted in my Solo (with the supplied tray mount/silicone grommets), there was an unpleasant humming sound. Sometimes the sound disappeared when I grab the front of the case. So probably it is vibrations, going to the case (via air o...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:38 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Surprise! OCZ is first to announce 80plus gold retail psu
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8404
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:28 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: New Scythe Heatsink -- GODHAND
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17640
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:56 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: New Sharkoon fans with modular cable system
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2043
New Sharkoon fans with modular cable system
At the CeBIT, Sharkoon demonstrated the new Silent Eagle Modular Fans. With these 80 and 120 mm fans, with the typical golf ball design, you'll get four cables: A PWM cable, a 12V, a 9V and a 7V molex cable. Prices are 11 and 13 euro. Also see: http://www.techpowerup.com/86463/Sharkoon_Designs_Fans_...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:24 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Yate Loon vs Nexus vs Scythe
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12492
With all the top fans, there is no sound from the fan construction itself. The only sound will be the air flowing through the case and the cooler fins. So the sound produced will be related to the actual CFM only. More CFM means a higher air flow, thus more noise. Maybe the Zalman is as good as the ...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:01 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: What's the best performing heatsink w/ low-medium CFM fans?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5235
I think all the coolers in the top 20 are good enough. Of course some are slightly better than others, which is important if you want to overclock seriously only. Running in the 4 - 4,5 Ghz range I mean. I choose a Scythe Mine myself, because of its weight (only slightly over the max weight specs of...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:22 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Anybody else have problems w/ Catalyst 9.1?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6854
- Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:03 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Scythe Katana III (announced)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5914
Scythe Katana III (announced)
The Scythe Katana III Cpu cooler appeared on the Japanase Scythe site. With dimensions of 94x108x143 and a weight of 495 g it's relatively small. The 92mm fan (PWM controlled) is specified at 6.7 - 55 cfm (7 - 31 dBA). It's build diagonal, tilted by about 30 degrees, so it will probably cool some pa...
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:48 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Single-slot quiet Video card (>8600) recommendations?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8751
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:05 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Best Q9650 cooler ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8308
I run a Q9550 OC @3,4 Ghz, with a Sapphire Ultimate 3870 (in a Solo case with a Modu82+, two slow 92mm Scythe intake fans and 1 slow 120 mm Scythe outtake fan). I use the Scythe Mine CPU cooler, which is good enough to keep decent cpu temperatures. Without overclocking the cpu temperature is about 5...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:54 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS P5Q Deluxe and fan control
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2249
My P5Q-E works just fine. Both Scythe input fans (SA0925DFB12L) are lowered from 1600 rpm to 800 rpm. The output fan (SFF21E) went down from 1200 to 800 too. Only the processor fan (SY1025SL12M) didn't slow down, cause the motherboard handles PWM fans only. So I bought a fanmate2 to slowdown this fa...
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:54 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Noise level -- 5400 rpm vs. 7200 rpm
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20772
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:12 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Storage decision for new setup
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2106
Of course Raid is not a replacement of a backup. Raid-1 is fine if you need to continue work if a disk fails. You (or other persons) can continue work while ordening a new disk. Buying a new disk and restoring a backup costs about a working day. So if it is not a problem to continue your work an tue...
- Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:36 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: [P182]Final Decision-SPCR you make the choice!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6312
My choice: Fan 1: None Fan 2: S-Flex @500-600 Fan 3: S-Flex @500-600 Fan 4: S-Flex @800-900 (depends on the graphic card) Fan 5: None Fan 6: None The function of Fan 1 doesn't make any sense to me. Also if you want silence, you don't want an exhaust on top I guess. Fan 2-4 make a nice airflow, and s...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:59 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Are Tri-Cools really *that* bad?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12618
Same over here. I build a system using an Antec Solo, and used the standard Tricool. Why spend more money where the tricool can be good enough for me? Apart from the Tricool fan, this system has two KamaFlex input fans @700 rpm, and a Scythe cpu cooler with fan, and another fan in the Modu82+ psu. I...
- Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:16 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Are 2 fans noisier than 1 blowing the same CFM?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 231882
Of course two fans running at 6V are more silent than 1 fan at 12V (pushing the same amound of air). Two fans are, well, twice as large as one fan, giving the effect of a 17 cm fan running at 6V. In fact you have to count the sound of the fans self doubled. This can be ignored however, as with good ...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:23 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Modu82+ 625w vs 525w - Any noise difference?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3480
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:49 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Cannot slow down Scythe fan despite undervolting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4212
Problem solved! Q-Fan on the cpu does work with PWM only on this board indeed. Whereas you could change the control into DC control on older Asus boards, this isn't possible with the P5Q-E unfortunately. The Sharkoon volt mod cables do not work either! I bought a Zalman Fanmate 2 controller, and thi...
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:38 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Cannot slow down Scythe fan despite undervolting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4212
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:40 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Cannot slow down Scythe fan despite undervolting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4212
All three case fans are connected to their own 3-pin motherboard connector. The q-fan setting in the bios can be dis/enabled for all three at once. This works fine (even with the additional resistor-cable). The cpu fan is connected (with a 3-pin connector) to the 4-pin connector on the motherboard. ...
- Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:58 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Cannot slow down Scythe fan despite undervolting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4212
Cannot slow down Scythe fan despite undervolting
I've got a Antec Solo case equiped with 2 Scythe KamaFlex 92mm intake fans, and replaced the TriCool with a Scythe 120mm SFF21E fan. For CPU cooling I use a Scythe Mine rev.B, with fabric installed 100mm fan. All Fans are connected to the motherboard via an extra 3-pin cable with internal resistor f...