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by kjetil
Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:17 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Is Passive CPU Cooling Best for Silent Computing?
Replies: 48
Views: 114827

Re: Is Passive CPU Cooling Best for Silent Computing?

MikeC wrote: The usual solution is to increase the airflow from case fans, which then increases the noise -- which then negates the whole point of running the CPU HS w/o a fan.
I don't agree it has to negate the point. My experience is that case fans causes less resonance than CPU fans.
by kjetil
Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:21 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Scythe Ninja 3 & Scythe Yasya CPU Heatsinks
Replies: 29
Views: 21527

Nostalgic reveries aside, am I going blind or was the concept of passive cooling left out of this review entirely? It could just be that the Ninja no longer rolls that way, but in its glory days, passive performance was part of what made it so special, so I think it should be mentioned in this revi...
by kjetil
Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:53 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: CPU cooling might not be the most important thing to review
Replies: 24
Views: 12761

--Deleted my message--
by kjetil
Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:59 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Fanless PSU Torture Test Roundup
Replies: 67
Views: 39955

Like I said, the problem is that this "fanless" PSU has a fan -- a built in fan. See -- http://www.hardware.no/artikler/northq_500w_pacific_ii_fanless/48865 -- the title of the article says it all: "Fanless" Power Supply - with fan The article says that the fan kicked in after about 30 minutes of 3...
by kjetil
Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:42 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: I7 930 stock with Noctua D14.... on the hot side?
Replies: 5
Views: 2964

thanks yall.. my room temp is around 23-24C so it's a little on the hotter side i guess. I guess I won't be too worried about these temps as long as they don't go over 70 :D 70 is certainly not a problem. You can safely turn down the speed of your fans a lot. When does it start throttling? Is it 90...
by kjetil
Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:18 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermalright HR-02 !!!
Replies: 52
Views: 46440

Ninja 2 ? HR-01 Plus ? It's like one "review" i saw on someones blog where they compared a 7200.10 320GB drive with WD10FAEX and the difference between them was credited to difference between SATA2 and SATA3. There are passive heatsinks, so test against them, not against coolers which weren't even ...
by kjetil
Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:47 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermalright HR-02 !!!
Replies: 52
Views: 46440

faugusztin wrote:Uhm, trying to run passive on non-passive heatsinks, what a surprise they fail (NH-U12P and Venomous X).
Oh yeah, and there's so many other passive heatsinks they could have tested against instead. :wink:
by kjetil
Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:21 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermalright HR-02 !!!
Replies: 52
Views: 46440

Saw this on Termalright's website this morning. (yes I load it up every morning to look at the HR-02...) http://www.techxpert.lt/reviews/739-thermalright-hr-02-procesoriaus-ausintuvo-apzvalga.html Wow! The chart below was for Intel Core i7 920 running prime95. Hope this is true. :-) http://www.tech...
by kjetil
Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:39 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: SPCR's 2010 CPU Heatsink Test Platform
Replies: 123
Views: 116814

Noctua DH-14

Hopefully Noctua will send their latest heatsink to Mike for testing very soon.

I just got mine yesterday and it ran passively reaching only 75 degrees during prime95 testing! (i920, asus p6t, default settings)
by kjetil
Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:18 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Simple [inaudible] computer w/ 1x700RPM and 2x400RPM Noctua
Replies: 3
Views: 4396

Very nice project. Is the airflow decent even at those RPM from the front case fan? I ask this because the airflow produced by the fan must pierce the case door and filters. Thanks you very much. Depends what you mean by decent. None of the cores went over 79 degrees during stress test, the MB temp...
by kjetil
Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:26 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Simple [inaudible] computer w/ 1x700RPM and 2x400RPM Noctua
Replies: 3
Views: 4396

Simple [inaudible] computer w/ 1x700RPM and 2x400RPM Noctua

Hi, Here is a wiki page with parts, building instructions, pictures and video for a simple and noiseless (as long as you are not in an anechoic chamber) computer: http://www.notam02.no/projects/index.php?title=Noiseless_PC Processor: Intel i7 920 Case: Antec P183 CPU fan: 700RPM Noctua Case fans: 40...
by kjetil
Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:24 am
Forum: Test Forum
Topic: test
Replies: 8
Views: 6649

testing

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by kjetil
Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:24 am
Forum: Test Forum
Topic: test
Replies: 8
Views: 6649

testing

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by kjetil
Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:23 am
Forum: Test Forum
Topic: test
Replies: 8
Views: 6649

test

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