Weird...I knew this stuff looked familar. Just a few days ago, I was looking at this page , describing gallium and a gallium alloy that you can buy and science experiments you can do with them. The page contains this picture: http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/thermo/liquid_metal/small_two_vials.jp...

I.m typing on a Asus A7M266 mobo w/ 1.4 GHz Tbird, stock NB fan replaced by Zalman ZM-NB32J . Has benn working great for 2+ years this way, though I'm about to upgrade...

Thanks all for the tips. Despite the assurances, I was worrying that the 300W might not be quite powerful enough, so I just went ahead and ordered a Seasonic S12-380. That should do the trick. It'll also help with airflow and should be nice & quiet. The 300W SilenX might have worked, but I'd rather ...

The CompuCase LX-6A19 is the same internally as Antec's SLK3700-BQE but it doesn't have a door. It does have 120mm fans in the front and rear, so you can get excellent airflow through the case.

Something to consider.

John

Has anyone tried one of these COLORSit PSUs? 120mm fan, honeycomb back -- looks like a Seasonic knockoff. I assume the quality/silence isn't as good, but you never know.

Anyone here have any experience with these, good or bad?

tia,

John

Be aware that tigerdirect.com's inventory system is apparently shot to hell this week and they aren't able to ship anything. After dealing w/ their customer service on this, and considering their stupid lawsuit against Apple, I think I'm going to put them on my "do not buy from" list along with Sile...

You might ask Jim from CoolCases, as I think he pulls those fans off the CompuCase LX-6A19s that he mods. See http://www.coolcases.com/catalog/case_cclx6a_cat.htm: Factory pack cases: the included fans are two Globe 120x25s, and these are equally feature laden: they are true variable speed, and have...

40mm fans already move so little air (~3.5cfm) at 12V that I don't consider them to do much good at lower voltages. You may well be right, but it's worth pointing out that the volume of the airspaces in this heatsink, measured in cubic feet, is very small indeed. 3.5 cu feet of air moving over a NB...

Thanks, Stjopatron.

I don't have a temperature probe or any other real way of monitoring the NB temp -- how will I know when it gets too hot? Maybe I'll put an undervolted 40mm fan on the NB47J. If there's room that is. Have any of you done this? If so, how did you mount it?

thanks in advance...

I'm reviving this old thread because I have been asking this same question as I prepare to upgrade my rig. I will have the following: mobo: MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 nForce4 CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice core) RAM: 1GB CORSAIR ValueSelect DRAM (2 sticks) GPU: Connect 3D Radeon X700 Pro / 128MB DDR / ...

Thanks for the tips folks.

I'm planning on a CompuCase LX-6A19 with 120mm fans fore and aft, and a Thermalright XP-90 on the CPU, so it should stay pretty cool.

P.S. Published specs on my PSU are as follows:

SilenX
14 dBA - ATX 300 Watt PSU (active PFC)
Input 115V/230V @ 8A/5A
Output 300W
3.3V 28.0A
5.0V 30.0A
12.0V 12.0A
±5% Load Regulation
±1% Line Regulation
Over Power Protection: 105%~150% of max load

Hey all, Haven't posted here in awhile as I am busy w/ small children, etc. Also haven't had much time to geek out lately so I am pretty behind the times knowledge-wise. Hoping someone here can help. I am about to upgrade my system to the following: mobo: MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 nForce4 CPU: Athlo...

Anyone have any experience with this or other cases from 3R?

http://www.3rsystem.co.kr/english/product/case/air.asp

Looks intriguing...

John

I have a 1.4 MHz Tbird overclocked to 1.503 and am getting idle temps of around 58C in a fairly hot room with peak temps up around 72C after a good session of CPUBurn -- 68C with F@H. Case temps are around 32-34C. CPU is cooled with a Zalman 6000-cu and an 80mm L1A at around 10-11 volts. I'm thinkin...

Doesn't sound like you'd need more than 250W.

http://www.sharkacorp.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SOS&Product_Code=ts-pws450&Category_Code=psu Based on the model number in the picture (JGE-450P4) it looks like it might be the same as this PSU with the A+Power brand: http://www.directron.com/jgw450p4.html I'm quite happy with...

Please see my post in this thread, if you are interested in buying a few of these fans: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=7139

Dakhor wrote:Well as for the cash I thought some 50 usd wasnt that much to spend on trying to make my comp more quiet - hell I burn 3 times that in one night out anyways.

Yikes! Where do you go out?

25dBA isn't twice as loud as 14dBA: the scale isn't linear. http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=2796&highlight=3db+ From the thread you linked to: +10 dBA sounds twice as loud for most people; -10 dBA sounds half as loud. It's a logarithmic scale: the sound doubles every 10dB. So 25 dB...

This design with the 120mm fan on the bottom and the honeycomb rear grill looks like a winner. But at 25 dB, the noise rating on this PSU suggests it would be trwice as loud as the 300W Ahanix SilenX, which claims 14 dBA. Anyone been able to evaluate the 300W Fortron "noise killer" and SilenX side b...

Now, this is what Thermalright should be doing. They should be continuing to produce innovations like this one instead of threatening to sue anyone who makes a heatsink with thin, closely-spaced copper fins. (Tt) Has Thermalright in fact sued, or threatened to sue, Tt or any other HS maker, or is t...

Zhentar wrote:I put a small bead on my proc and mount the heatsink. Thats after I wipe the old stuff off with a kleenex.

Ahem. This is a family forum!

I remove the excess with my tongue and then use it to brush my teeth. Save money on toothpaste and keeps those silver fillings nice n shiny.

IF all you change is the HDD, XP won't complsin about anything. I do this (swap an OS image around from drive to drive) several times per week and XP never bitches about it. On the first boot the OS finds the new drive and asks for a reboot, after that you're good to go. I use Powerquest Drive Imag...

I just used my kitchen counter to lap the HS under it's own weight. Seemed pretty flat at the time, but I didn't put a level on it. Just curious, why did you feel the need to lap it? Did it appear to have irregularities? Are the HS mounting springs still nice and tight, or might they have become "s...

According to the Panaflo S/N scheme and the picture in the ebay link, those are 1C fans...hence the third wire is for temp probe not RPM monitoring. Thanks! And that answers my other question: the V is for variable speed...anyone ever try using one of these in a PC? I guess you read the temperature...

I don't see the BX designation anywhere, but they do have 3 leads... Anyone know? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3430869057&category=3673 At 5 for $5 it sure beats the $25 I'd have to spend for a Papst 3412N/2GL, the only quiet 92mm fan with rpm monitoring I've been able to find....

I have a Zalman 6000cu flower cooler on my Athlon 1600. The 92mm Zalman fan is not the quietest thing around, and will probably be my next upgrade. However, I noticed that quite a bit of vibration was being transmitted from the fan to the bracket to my case, resulting in a low-volume thrum that coul...

I used Norton Ghost to transfer the data from my 30GB drive to my 40GB drive and it worked fine. Yes, but be careful if it's XP. XP may not boot if the system is copied to a new HDD due to WPA (Windows Product Activation) thinking it's a different machine. I just went through this. Had to do an in-...