Specs for Scythe Ninja 5 (Model No. SCNJ-5000)

Weight: 1190 g including fans
Dimensions WxHxD: 138 x 155 x 180 mm (including fans - more dimensions)
Airflow

Fans: 2 x Kaze Flex 120 PWM (300-800 RPM)

This concerns me as well as my old and trusty 7-year old APC Backu Ups RS 800 (240V model) has started clicking after I upgraded to GTX 1080. I have a fairly new battery as well (c. 1 year old) so I doubt that is the issue. Something is wrong and the UPS keeps clicking (not switching between line-in...

Only +20% - 30% faster than GTX1080 (OCed or default clocks) at 1440p or 4K. Insanely bad Founder's edition cooler that stays 30dBA at idle, 40dBA at load and the card thermally throttles clocks down at load No custom models coming (only aftermarket coolers, if any, and none have been announced yet ...

Raijintek Morpeus looks good. Here's a comparison against Prolimatech MK-26: http://www.insidehardware.it/hardware/cooling/3638-raijintek-morpheus-prima-recensione-in-italia?start=4 And another vs stock and MK-26: http://www.pcaxe.com/hardver/hladjenja/raijintek-morpheus/strana-9 Looks like we have ...

Thanks for the tips! I have been surfing all over the place and it still seems that the old Phanteks PH-TC14PE with Corsair AR1400 Quiet Edition fans beats even Noctua D15 and all the other new killer coolers (regardless of fans) for both cooling and noise. That is, with same fans, low or high, it p...

First initial reviews don't pair it quite up to the level of Noctua NH-D15 and others (in max cooling, with stock fan at high): http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?289285-Scythe-Mugen-Max In the same test, it doesn't appear to be any quieter (could be even more, hard to say what is th...

I completely agree on the methodology and of course dB(A) != sone. However, this can give a rough ballpark figure on the cooling efficiency of the heatsink with the stock fans (at certain airlow). Now, if the results are +/-6dB(A) then it very very likely is louder/quieter. If it's +/-10dB(A) then t...

Trying to make sense of the FrostyTech cooler rankings, I did the following plot today. Perhaps it is of use to someone. My apologies for the bad graphing. Quick & Dirty Scatter plotting in Excel doesn't make pretty graphs. http://i.imgur.com/bH8hYzX.png To me the graph points out the general trend ...

I'm looking for a Haswell-ready power supply that does not have a strong smell. I have a lot of allergies, and the smell of the new power supply I bought gives me a headache. It isn't a burning smell like the power supply is overheating. It is a smell from the materials the power supply is made of....

Looks interesting, anybody tried yet on a warmer/faster CPU setup? Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 http://www.bequiet.com/en/cpucooler/482 - LxWxH: 150 x 137 x 163 mm - Almost 1.2kg - All major sockets - 2xPWM fans (120mm + 135mm) So big in fact that may only work with low-profile DIMMs and may block the ...

Thanks for the heads up.

I ordered two pieces of mCubed Vertical Silcence Rev. 2 hdd enclosures. They didn't test too badly here against Scythe Quiet Drive 3.5".

I'll report back when I've installed them as to how well they work.

Thanks for the idea Steve. My full tower is already full and only 3.5" slots are free. I could of course buy two Quiet drives and install them vertically in the 3.5" HD bay/rack. That might work. Now just have to find out what kind of heat dissipation Scythe Quiet Drives can handle? ST3000DM001 norm...

Thanks Steve. You of course right and I had forgotten about the AAM thing. BTW, after moving the drives to older chipset on Linux and trying the latest hdparm, I could set the APM to 255 (disabled), but of course it does not survive cold boot. I have active cooling on my hard drives so this might ha...

No ideas from anyone?

Any success with Linux based tools to set AAM/APM models *permanently* (i.e. surviving cold boot) on modern Seagate drives?

Information seems to be a bit thin on the ground on these, or I just can't seem to be able to find the right keywords to go with the search button

Made a mistake of buying a couple of new Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB drives without consulting here first. In my setup the noise is tolerable (not WD Caviar green 2TB quiet), but tolerable. Except for the constant parking of the heads. I've tried the following software to set the AAM/APM values (to 254/...

This is an older thread, but always check out the TechPowerUp reviews as they have very good sound measurements using a standard methodology (so their results are comparable to each other). ASUS GeForce GTX 560 TOP Direct Cu II = 26/31 dBA ASUS GeForce GTX 570 Direct CU II = 28/31 dBA MSI GeForce GT...

Asus HD 6770 DirectCU Silent
http://techinstyle.tv/products/silent-but-friendly/


- 1 GB GDDR5
- claims 16% cooler under stress than reference HD 6770 silent
- HDMI, VGA and DVI
- Shipping early August

If the reference GTX 570 measurements are anything to go by GTX570 is not *that* bad: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_570/26.html http://ht4u.net/reviews/2010/nvidia_geforce_gtx_570_gf110_test/index11.php Will it be louder at idle than your 9600GT? Very likely so, although not ne...

Check also TechPowerUp measurements: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6850_Direct_Cu/27.html The Asus 6850 card has non-standard cooling and is less noisy compared to the standard cooling (on HIS cards). 28dB(A)/38dB(A) is by no means silent, but perhaps tolerable to some for that k...

An additional useful resource is the constantly update (as new reviews come in) list of power consumption by TechPowerUp: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6870/27.html The results / ranking are relatively very similar to that of BeHardware, even if the stress methodology and absolute...

I can't seem to decide witch. Why not use Noctua DH-14? It beats everything at low volumes, incl. True, Venomous X, etc.* http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56080 *At least it's not worse than the margin of error. It's big, pricey and heavy though, but it is good. I'm using one my...

So I don't know if I'm just having incredibly bad luck, I know how it can be. I feel for you. However, if you really are sensitive to noise, like it looks like you are (you're here after all), then you must keep on trying - and offering your dollars to the Silent God :) I have also a lost count of ...

Tzupy wrote:Don't you mean Scythe Setsugen, not Mugen? I

Oh yes, thanks. Fixed now.

Prolimatech MK-13 Multi-VGA http://www.techpowerup.com/110022/Prolimatech_Unveils_MK-13_Multi-VGA_Cooler.html Should be compatible with: - GTX200 series - HD 5000 series - Geforce 6, 7, 8 and 9 series - Radeon X1000 series upwards Review at Coputerbase against Scythe Setsugen, Xigmatek Bifrost, Scyt...

Review of Modu 87+ 700W :
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/900

Peak efficiency at c. 140W - 290W (120V mains)
Does not quite reach 87% at full load of 700W with high room temp
Low ripple & noise

Not a single mention about acoustic noise. Sigh.

There are no reviews of Midnight turbo as of yet - at least that I can find. For your set up, it sound like random write speed is what you need, not sequential write speed. Many USB sticks have high advertised sequential write/read speed, but completely fall apart on random write 4KB. Just like the ...

Thank you for your war story. Installation does sound a bit scary. I also wouldn't recommend it to others except hc users.

Also, it's worth noting that it's not supposed to be used with coolers that have exposed heat pipes (e.g. uneven base).

You guys need to look at the Traxdata drive again. Sequential Read : 30.593 MB/s Sequential Write : 27.324 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 30.296 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 25.202 MB/s Random Read 4KB : 7.326 MB/s Random Write 4KB : 2.128 MB/s Compare this with the Corsair Voyager GT 16GB Sequential Read: 3...

You can still buy Pioneer BluRay burners as a Plextor brand, at least in Europe: PX-B940SA. However, I still haven't gotten mine, so I can't vouch for if the speed is settable via Plextools.

Will report later, when I get it.

I'm using the same method with FF. I have FF installed, along with profiles and cache on a 500MB RAM disk. 1. Uninstall FF 2. Install RAMdisk as a drive in your operating system 3. Install FF to RAMdisk 4. Start FF with profile manager switch (e.g. firefox -profilemanager ) 5. Create profile on RAMd...