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- Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:19 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Building your own fan controller.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 130445
Re: Building your own fan controller.
I have a related question, I'm not very electronics minded, though I can solder, heatshrink etc no problems (used to install car audio). I have an amplifier with a noisy 80mm, 24 volt fan. Was wanting to replace with a 120mm Sycthe 500rpm 12v fan. (current draw 0.07amps). Would just wiring it up to ...
- Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: TJ08-E, going for near silent
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18840
Re: TJ08-E, going for near silent
Interesting that you found the 180mm air penetrator noisy. I was considering hacking up my cheap case to fit one in the front but since you say it's noisy... I wonder if it's sample variance as the SPCR review indicated it was 'acceptable' at low speed and with 9-10v. If I may make a critical observ...
- Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:23 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Lots of PWM fan questions.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2786
Lots of PWM fan questions.
My motherboard's fan control (Asus Fan Xpert) only controls fanspeed via PWM, not voltage. I am hence in the market for PWM fans. I have four options here; Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 (300-1350rpm) (~$21 NZD) (FDB) Scythe Slip Stream (0 -1300rpm) (~$25 NZD) (Sleeve) Zaward Golf Fan G2 (300-1300rpm) (~...
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:59 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which tool do you use to measure video card temps?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4323
Re: Which tool do you use to measure video card temps?
Furmark will do the stresstesting, display temps (also graph them), display GPU voltage, and also display fanspeed as an RPM and a percentage. In short, one app that will do everything you need for measuring. If you need to actually modify settings - that's when you want to progress to MSI afterburn...
- Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:28 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Is there a case that gives me everything? Quiet, cool, USB3
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7317
Re: Is there a case that gives me everything? Quiet, cool,
Where is the case located when you're using it? I have a Phantom (old version), which sits on the floor next to me (on my left). Due to the dual fans in the top of the case there is a direct path from the CPU cooler fan to my ear, so would not recommend any case with top fans (such as either the old...
- Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:30 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Is it possible to check the "usage" on an Intel SSD?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5658
Re: Is it possible to check the "usage" on an Intel SSD?
There is also a program called http://ssd-life.com/ that does much the same.
- Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:18 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: HDPLEX H10 Fanless microATX Case
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17312
Re: HDPLEX H10 Fanless microATX Case
Or rather mm, rather than cm.Johnsy wrote:The caption beneath the first photo on page 2 reads:
Like most fanless cases, a series of aluminum fins stick out at the sides to dissipate heat. They are 5.0 cm thick at the base and 3.1 cm at the tip.
I think that should be 0.5cm and 0.31cm
- Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:12 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: News for 2011-02-15
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5067
Re: News for 2011-02-15
Easy way around it is to not buy a Sandforce based drive unless you have enough money to buy a 160GB or larger drive. I always thought the "extended capacity" versions were a marketing mistake anyway. OCZ has way to many model numbers in their SSD lines and a few too many SSD lines on top of that. ...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:16 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: What is involved in replacing CPU cooler?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3408
Re: What is involved in replacing CPU cooler?
1. Unplug stock CPU fan 2. (for intel) twist all four pushpins anticlockwise, and pull them gently upwards to unseat them 3. pull CPU cooler upwards (may need to gently wiggle/twist to remove it) 4. remove old TIM (the goop) from the CPU by adding a few drops of cleaning solution (I used Articlean h...
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:28 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Core i3 530 vs. 550 for silence
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5560
Re: Core i3 530 vs. 550 for silence
The 550 is really the same processor as the 530. It's just binned higher (better quality), hence why they clock it a little higher.
If you got a 550 and underclocked it to 530 speeds they would be indistinguishable in performance and power usage. The 550 would be marginally more reliable longterm.
If you got a 550 and underclocked it to 530 speeds they would be indistinguishable in performance and power usage. The 550 would be marginally more reliable longterm.
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:18 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: WARNING! Faulty Intel P67/H67 chips causes SATA degradation!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4684
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:53 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: How long can a car battery power delivery 500 Watts for[?]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5111
Re: How long can a car battery power delivery 500 Watts for
Andy is completely right. Draining a normal car battery more than a few times will kill it. You want a deep cycle. I did some researching and some Exide deep cycle commercial batteries have a 200 minute reserve capacity @ 20A. (about 240w) (http://www.exide.com/portal/server.pt/community/transportat...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:39 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Is it possible to get POWER and silence?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10131
Re: Is it possible to get POWER and silence?
From whatI've been advised here Intel seems to offer slightly nbbetter performance at pres . They always leap frog though I guess. I think that's an understatement. Pretty much anything AMD offers that isn't a bargain-price part now looks obsolete. Except perhaps the 6-cores, which look agricultura...
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:33 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3456
Re: Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
"Doing the partition align with WD Tool" is the same thing that Windows Vista/7 do on a new (i.e. unpartitioned) drive, so there should be no problem when moving to 7. If you go the jumper way Windows 7 will actually misalign the partition if you try to repartition the drive with it. If you keep yo...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:49 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3456
Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
Hi all. I just bought a 2TB WD20EARS. Currently use WinXP Home. I'll be using it as a secondary drive, i.e. not installing an OS on it. It's a 4k sector drive ("advanced format"). I have the option of installing a jumper or doing the partition align. My problem is- that I'll be only using the drive ...
- Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:54 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD20EARS or WD20EADS? What about seagate's 2tb drive?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 121413
Re: Re:
I'm exactly the market you describe - and this feature is a problem. I would have nothing against it if we talk about shutdown after minutes of inactivity. But 8 seconds is simply idiotic, and there is nothing you can say to change my mind about that. 8 seconds is simply too short timeout for any s...
- Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:15 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Got an SSD for performance and silence, but what about TRIM?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 37822
Re: Got an SSD for performance and silence, but what about T
This is probably an idiotic question, but I can't see it mentioned in the thread.
Have you checked BIOS settings to ensure AHCI is enabled?
Have you checked BIOS settings to ensure AHCI is enabled?
- Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:11 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Unofficial way to play the original WoW as a Worgen?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3135
Re: Unofficial way to play the original WoW as a Worgen?
Play on a friend's PC that has Cata?
Internet/gaming cafe?
Work for blizzard?
Those are about your only legal options...
Internet/gaming cafe?
Work for blizzard?
Those are about your only legal options...
- Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:56 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD20EARS or WD20EADS? What about seagate's 2tb drive?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 121413
Re: Re:
Issue with head parking is not that it does many times (i don't care at all). What i care for and why this "feature" is bad is response time. It takes few seconds for a drive to "wake up" from this state. With good OS-side caching and some downloading it can happen to you that you will start the dr...
- Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:35 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD20EARS or WD20EADS? What about seagate's 2tb drive?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 121413
Re:
I've just bought a WD20EARS, because the dollar rules. It's going to just store FLAC backups of my CDs, so if it fails, no biggee. We'll see how it goes. It's like the cam belt in a car. You replace it after so many thousands of miles, even though it isn't broken. To use another automotive analogy -...
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:03 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Upgrade suggestions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3695
Re: Upgrade suggestions
I've been also checking the Corsair H50/H70 liquid coolers. Check the relevant SPCR review: I mean they should be avoided as noisy (and not an exceptional performer the H50). Yep. Unless lack of space and need for speed clash (e.g. ITX gaming build) then avoid. They are great for that purpose but o...
- Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:06 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: What should SPCR review? (offshoot of Accelero Xtreme+ review)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12295
Re: What should SPCR review? (offshoot of Accelero Xtreme+ r
I also wondered Mike, out of the silent PC enthusiasts, what percentage games? It would be an interesting poll. To me, the challenge of building a PC that is effectively silent (e.g. cannot be heard above noise floor) is all but gone. The challenge now lies in building a PC that is effectively silen...
- Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:34 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Consumer SSD Battle
- Replies: 58
- Views: 31550
Re: Consumer SSD Battle: WD vs. OCZ vs. Intel
A lot of people are saying that AMD's Cool'n'Quiet and C1E has a huge impact on speeds. I haven't tried disabling those features, but I do see that HDTune's read speed goes up with each CPU core I load with Prime95. Loading all four cores gives me maximum SSD performance. :O Oh, and specific to the...
- Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:01 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Achieving 6 V from serial connection in practice.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5060
Re: Achieving 6 V from serial connection in practice.
It's not hard to learn how to make electrical joins. In practice, if you are OK hardwiring the fans, then what you can do is: 1. Cut the Ground wire from one of the fans (let's call it A). Ground is usually black. We'll keep the plug for this fan. http://www.marnscda.com/Guide/3Pin12vMB.jpg 2. Cut a...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:36 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: How many devices can hang on one MOLEX?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2080
- Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:24 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Motherboard controlling fan speed?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1831
It won't affect the PSU fan speed.
I know it can affect the CPU fan speed; you can do this with Easytune 6.
Dunno if this extends to case fan headers.
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/products/pro ... l=1#manual (second from bottom for english version)
I know it can affect the CPU fan speed; you can do this with Easytune 6.
Dunno if this extends to case fan headers.
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/products/pro ... l=1#manual (second from bottom for english version)
- Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Looking for a 20-23" monitor, any recommendations?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5970
- Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:48 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What size case do you prefer?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9841
If I had my way I'd have a wide, very shallow desktop ATX case. Tall enough to house top end graphics cards, and with the optical / HDDs mounted beside the mobo instead of in front. (long box) I like it. The short path from the front fans to the rear would give great airflow to the graphics cards, ...
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:55 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Scythe Gekkou - a new case from Akihabara
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6486
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:20 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Best fan to Thermalright Venomous-X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3186