Over at htpcnews.com: The SilenX IXtrema CPU cooler certainly looks a lot like a Zalman 7000 style heatsink. MPCD was kind enough to let me know that this design was in fact not a rip off as I had stated before. They are in fact buying direct from Zalman. Sorry for any confusion, I will be sure to d...

Someone on the AMD forums said:

The 90nm semprons are allready available here in finland, alot of stores have them in stock.

Gigabyte has fanless X700, 6600, X700Pro, 6600 GT, and X800XL PCIe models listed on its site. Though I don't know that many/any of these are available yet.[/url]

The card (NX66T128VP) got very good benchmarks in the Legion Hardware 6600 GT roundup . Gigabyte NX66T128VP: This is possibly my favorite GeForce 6600 GT graphics card featuring a very elaborate cooling design. This is Gigabyte’s flagship GeForce 6600 GT product featuring two gaming titles, two soft...

What would an example be of a non-SLI PCIe board? Well, on the nVidia side of things, there are three versions in the nForce4 line: nForce4, nForce4 Ultra, and nForce4 SLI. ( Link ) The nForce4 and nForce4 Ultra are non-SLI, while the nForce4 SLI is, of course, SLI. And Via's K8T890 is non-SLI, as ...

What CPU is it? (P4? Prescott?3.X GHz?)
This is the load temp I assume?
73C is rather hot...

If you're not much of a gamer, you would very likely be wasting money getting an "SLI" board - which is able to run dual graphics cards for increased graphics performance. A PCIe board that's not SLI should generally be much cheaper than an SLI version. Though 939 PCIe boards in general are few and ...

I was wondering whereabouts the MiniMac's CPUs sit when comparing them to Intel and AMD - a rough estimate at least. (If I were to take a wild guess, I'd say it's somewhere between 2.0 GHz and 2.8 GHz P4?) Maybe someone who uses both Macs and PCs would have an idea, subjectively, how they compare. I...

Not wanting to start any OS arguments (I don't own a Mac myself), but wouldn't Mac OSX work for HTPC/Basic Workstation, and save $100 or so for WinXP? (Not that you could run WinXP on the Mac hardware anyway right...)

The HDD cage and the bracket on the floor of the case can both be easily removed

This is a change from the 3700AMB design? Or did I just not look close enough at my AMB?

What CPU/socket you need might help. And I assume you've already looked at the motherboard compatibility list(s) at the Thermalright website?

Hmm, that would make more sense. I assumed that it was a property of the processor itself, not finding any other explanation for it.

Looking at the AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet (pdf) , I noticed the Thermal Resistance (case-to-ambient) values: Sempron 3100+ - 0.45 C/W 90nm A64s - 0.34 C/W other 130nm A64s and A64 FXs - 0.31 C/W A64 FX-55 - 0.22 C/W I know that for heatsinks and thermal interface material,...

Otherwise it's pricegrabber all the way.

And Pricewatch.

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester (90nm) This is the best performance/heat processor, today. But It is not a processor with good performance/price against Athlon 64 3500+ Newcastle (130nm) which is almost $100 cheaper than Winchester 3500+. Newegg: Newcastle 3500 OEM - 259 Newcastle 3500 Retail - 274 ...

Yeah, I thought that sentence was a little odd. Aren't ignoring and tuning out about the same thing, in this case? And the sentence doesn't really fit with the rest of the article. (If is easy to ignore, why read the suggestions that follow?)

All the bells and whistles? It sure sounds like it (No registration required at CNet News.com, though it's also on NYT's site under Technology.) Lists many of the silencing methods discussed here, though of course not in that much detail. Nice to see silencing get some attention from major news out...

Saw the Soltek K8TPro-939 mentioned in the Winchester thread and was wondering if anyone has experience with what heatsinks will/won't fit on this board. Thermalright and Zalman don't mention it either way in their heatsink compatibility lists. Things look like they could be a little tight for an XP...

Also two versions of the 6600GT by Gigabyte: --------------------- GV-NX66T128VP http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/FileList/ProductImage/photo_nx66t128vp_small.jpg fanless --------------------- GV-NX66T128D http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/FileList/ProductImage/photo_nx66t128d_small.jpg fanned --------------...

Albatron releases heatpiped 6600 Ultra Available soon By Fuad Abazovic: Friday 03 December 2004, 14:01 ALABATRON NEVER believed in reference coolers and it always liked to experiment with its own custom cooling. It's done so many times in the past. It has just introduced PC6600 Ultra PCIe card cool...

Reviewed: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm? ... 695&page=1

Wondering about others' thoughts on this cooler (even though the company doesn't seem very popular around here). Looks like SilenX's clone of the 7700. The review doesn't seem overly-technical, or mention much about noise, but still looks like he got pretty decent temps, even with the fan turned off...

I don't know if this will help, but this is my 3700AMB foam setup: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wraithakamrak/drive01.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wraithakamrak/drive02.jpg Two thick strips of fairly dense packing foam, one under each side of the drive. Little strips cut out ...

Looking at the 1614N, it says right on the page:

We will no longer accept request to look for drive made specifically with Nidec motor

Though I got mine from them this way a few months back. Too bad.

I'd like to know as well.
I've just been taking out discs when I'm not using them, to avoid needless spinup.
And it also happens at other times when I'd prefer it not to, not just a boot.

TUL goes for heatpipiping on X700XT Dual DVI fruitfly By Fuad Abazovic in Wien: Tuesday 16 November 2004, 14:03 SAPPHIRE EXPERIMENTED with silent cards and it even did it for high end cards but this time TUL has decided to follow suit. The company just introduced a X700XT card completely passive he...

Id put glow in the dark paint on the keys before I would buy a $100 keyboard.

Not to steer this thread too far offtrack, but does anyone make a keyboard like that?

Link to the INQ article about the DFI board.

I was just going to post about this, after checking the Inq. But I see you guys are already on top of it.

- Suppose that flame-doohickey is easily removable? Doesn't look like it's there for much more than decoration.

- Any idea what the price of this thing will be?

2) I could send back the drive and get a 1604N -- Microcenter has the PATA NIDEC motors on sale now. I wanted the better performance of the 8mb cache SATA drive over the 2mb cache IDE drive.

Have you checked on the availability of the 1614N (8mb cache) with NIDEC motor?