I bought the Gigabyte GTX 670 OC and I'm quite amazed by its power and quietness. The windforce triple-fan cooler is probably the best non-stock HSF that comes standard on any GTX 670 manufacturer right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zPKcfWgtt4

Thanks for posting the review.

So looks like the WD 6400AAKS is better performer all around than the Samsung F1, but just slightly. It has less HD space though.

Going to wait to see what the price is when it pops up in the stores and I'll pick between the two.

So I overclocked my E6600 to 3 Ghz but left the vcore at stock... whatever that is. I'm using the Ninja Rev. B with a the Universal Retention plate with the copper spacer... I used a thin layer of AS5 of course. This isn't my first build... however it is my first Core 2 Duo. Idle temps were around ...

So I overclocked my E6600 to 3 Ghz but left the vcore at stock... whatever that is. I'm using the Ninja Rev. B with a the Universal Retention plate with the copper spacer... I used a thin layer of AS5 of course. This isn't my first build... however it is my first Core 2 Duo. Idle temps were around 3...

yeah, i took pictures during installation because i thought people would like to see it. one word of caution though, the only reason the retention kit fit on my motherboard (asus commando) is because it doesn't have capacitors around the cpu. its got these other funny looking black cubes that are sh...

hate to say it, but it sounds (pun intended) like you guys have bad samples. i just built my new system over the weekend, and in the dead of night, i have trouble telling its on. its about 10 feet from my bed. i have 3 120mm case fans that run at the slowest speeds possible plus the 120 mm fan on th...

yup. it definately adds a lot more pressure and i think that helps. i'm using a lian-li v1100 plus. so the fan in the back of the case actually blows onto my ninja and it has a little duct or sorts. so there's no fan directly on the heatsink but i might as well be. its just more stable and less vibr...

I have the Asus Commando and Speedfan can control the CPU 4 pin fan header, as well as the three 3 pin chassis fan headers.

There is also 3 additional optional fan headers, but I haven't tried them. I think they operate with "Q-Fan 2" which is some Asus quiet thing that works with the temperature.

Just use the << Scythe SCURK1 Universal Retention Kit & Backplate >>. I did and works like a dream. :lol: how do you use the scythe universal retention kit with the ninja? do you remove the push pins from that 775 bracket that screws onto the bottom of the ninja? or do u use the socket 478 bracket ...

Has anyone used the Scythe Universal retention mechanism with the Rev. B? I bought one the other day...

Going to try it out on my E6600 + Ninja Rev. B tomorrow.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... e=Gigabyte

igabyte GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out HDCP DIRECTX10 Passive Video Card

I bought the 8600 GT version just because I don't really care that much about gaming.

OMFG IS THAT VIDEO CARD SITTING RIGHT ON THE CARPET!?@#$% NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!@#$%$!@#$%@#$% hrm i've never thought about that. does it really hold a lot of charge? i've never shocked myself touching the carpet. but i will avoid putting parts on the ground in the future, its just dirty.

wow how quiet do you want your sn95g5. mine is already very quiet. i could easily put a passive zalman nb on the chipset. but replacing the fan is not easy because u need to find a 4 pin pulse width modulation fan. i just use speedfan and put the fan speed to 40%. if that is still too loud for you.....

View my gallery of the mod http://www.macpham.com/albums/shuttle/DSC_0294_Large.sized.jpg suprisingly it makes little to no difference in cooling in my shuttle, idle temps are the same when fan is turned down as when its full speed screaming. probably because of the relatively higher idle temps. bu...

amazing stuff for sure.

as others have said, it would be cool if the copper coiling was artistically molded to do something else too... but then i suppose it makes it hard to move if you should ever need to. maybe just hide it under your bed

graham do you mean the diamondmax 10? what is the plus 10?

i just got a diamondmax 10, its pretty quiet idle.. seeking... i'll say its not bad. kinda a deep clicking not high pitch or anything.

Does anyone have any experience with these drives? I want the quietest obviously, I'm having trouble finding a 200 GB DiamondMax 10 in my city but thats originally what I opted for. I've herd the Seagate 7200.7 are loud in the 200 GB flavour. There are also Caviar JDs available, but those are ball b...

ya xfx 'overclocked' their agp 6600 gt memory to 1000 mhz which is the pci-e specs.

hrm i wonder how good that gainward heatsink is.... anyone know where i could buy the Gainward PowerPack! Ultra/1960 XP 128MB in canada?

well you definately only want 1 drive so the samsung pair is out. i would look for some reviews of the maxtors and seagates. find out which is quieter. or even just find a store that will let you return them if you don't like them. i run two 80 gb segate 7200.7 sata drives in my sn95g5. the 80 gb ve...

ah thanks for that info tyrdium. grr, shipping to canada is a fortune. for a silly 2 dollar thing. edward, ya its the only reason i got the xfx as well. i am using dual lcds in dvi. sigh... i'm quite annoyed why they dont have more dual dvi cards. its so easy to just put an adapter and make it vga. ...

u can't change the fan on the sn95g5 so easily. well it uses the 4 pin fans, that have pulse wave modulation. i think thats how the ice system varies the fan speed. if you swap it with panaflo you lose that feature. in my opinion, the ice system is very quiet. in my sn95g5 anyway. it was suprisingly...

don't get the xfx one, i have it, and its pretty loud but not insanely loud. i'm trying to come up with a way to make it quiet in my shuttle. any advice? i was thinking a fanmate or something. if i could mod the ends to use the 2 pin adapters...? pics here: http://www.macpham.com/gallery/shuttle?pag...

is there anything smaller that will fit on this that is quiet? or a way to slow down the fan? i'm trying to get this card to quiet down in my shuttle.

so unfortunately i don't have the space of an extra slot to use.

see pictures here: http://www.macpham.com/gallery/techy/

does anyone in Canada wanna buy my XP-120? its new in the box, i just found out it won't fit on my Neo2 motherboard

yeah i'm wondering this too, i am comtemplating getting one. i'm hoping we have control over the speed of the stock cooler fan at least, so i can slow it down when i'm in windows and not playing games.

eep, how quiet is the vantec stealth? sigh, unfortunately i'm having trouble finding any panaflo 92mm in canada that have rpm monitoring, i may have to settle for the vantec in the mean time. i'm not sure about the nexus, it seems like its too weak for my purposes. i do want to overclock my amd64 wi...

wow that looks nice phil, i think i may have to get some of those nexus fans too.. the orange is nice

7200.7 are quite noisey. except for the 80 gb version, which only has one platter... but i originally bought a 120 gb and it was screaming like a banshee...

i think samsung is a better bet if you want a larger hd. unless u have RAID, then u can buy two 80 gb seagates like me

heh i like the cat...
or a mouse... 'quiet as a mouse'
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all good ideas

so you are using the z-680s with the nforce 2 digital out and it hisses?

i'd make sure your line-in and mic are muted, anything you do not use mute. check all your wiring again for unwanted contact, if it still buggers, get a audigy soundcard... and if the z-680s still suck for you toss em my way