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by Storm
Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:24 am
Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
Topic: FS: Zalman TNN300 Computer with 20" LCD (UK)
Replies: 0
Views: 1366

FS: Zalman TNN300 Computer with 20" LCD (UK)

Hi, Im selling my Zalman TNN300 based computer with hard drive enclosure cooled by gel packs, includes 20" LCD, keyboard, mouse http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230269372317&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=013 http://i15.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/fc/7c/38de_12.JPG http://i24.ebayimg.c...
by Storm
Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:46 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Zalman TNN300 with AM2-Mainboard
Replies: 8
Views: 5842

Hmm I have a TNN300 and everything is fine (but that doesnt help you) From the layout of your motherboard everything is fine the CPU block should fit because the capacitors are not in the way. What do you mean by no bold in the middle of the Socket. Place the lower CPU block on the cpu, put the 6 he...
by Storm
Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:13 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: TNN 300 build - seeking people's experiences
Replies: 20
Views: 9203

Ive had a TNN300 for a few months now and I love it, my best silent purchase I ever made. Biostar Geforce 6100 Amd 64 3000+ at 1.2v Gigabyte 7600GT 2GB Ram Finally finished my two 2.5 7k100 hitachi raid in gel pack enclosure I will say that the heatpipe cooler will be incompatible with all the matx ...
by Storm
Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:18 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: how do i beat silence addiction???
Replies: 23
Views: 19597

Only when its completely silent 'to you' is when your finished. For me it was a case of cost. How much am I willing to spend on silence? Over the years I have spend alot getting the next silent upgrade which was quieter by one db or so. I just deciding to get one big costly upgrade and im happy. I g...
by Storm
Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:14 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: AMD A64 TDP Poll
Replies: 71
Views: 84318

Sorry for not replying I was busy doing the stuff documented in this thread. Anyway, I bought this CPU from ebay and it is now in my Zalman TNN 300. Heres a screen dump of the TCaseMax http://homepage.ntlworld.com/christopher.mcculloch/Tcasemax.jpg Did you lower its multiplier? I thought 3000+ got m...
by Storm
Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:54 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Calling all enclosure modders/DIY'ers you expert help please
Replies: 16
Views: 10533

*Update* ;( sniff I finally took delivery of more gel packs, I was able to fit five in total in the aluminium box. 2 bottom, 1 each side, 1 top. I still reached 55oC, but it did take a very very long time to reach that, probably 12 hours. Im gonna sell the raptor probably get £150 for it, and buy tw...
by Storm
Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:23 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: AMD A64 TDP Poll
Replies: 71
Views: 84318

Standard CPUID: Family: F, Model: F, Stepping: 2
Extended CPUID: Family: F, Model: 2F, Stepping: 2
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice)
CPU Speed: 1000.00 (200.00 x 5.0)
Revision: DH8-E6
Platform: Socket 939
Startup VCore: 1.400v
Maximum Case Temperature = 53C
TDP: 32.4 Watts
by Storm
Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:41 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Calling all enclosure modders/DIY'ers you expert help please
Replies: 16
Views: 10533

The ones im using are 10cm x 16.5cm yeah a bit small, but the only larger ones I could find are 12cm x 26cm too big for my box. I did get gel pacs suggested by someone in this forum. There called Chillerz you can cut them to size. They come flat and you have to soak them in water to fill them out, p...
by Storm
Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:19 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Calling all enclosure modders/DIY'ers you expert help please
Replies: 16
Views: 10533

OK ive ordered 6 more gel pacs, ill give them a try. If that doesnt work ill think about the other suggestions. I will either decide to live with the raptor or sell it on ebay and buy 2 X hitachi 7k100 100GB notebook drives and raid em. (only have 2 sata ports) Thanks everyone you have gave me alot ...
by Storm
Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:05 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Calling all enclosure modders/DIY'ers you expert help please
Replies: 16
Views: 10533

Maybe, but cause im using an undervolted A64 3000+ the idle cpu temp hovers around when the fan switches on for a minute then off. Zalman never specified I couldnt use a raptor with a their supplied rubber grommets. Seems its limited to a single platter drive or laptop drive. If it wasnt for the hig...
by Storm
Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:52 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Calling all enclosure modders/DIY'ers you expert help please
Replies: 16
Views: 10533

Thanks for all the replies!! I forgot to mention I do have a 92mm nexus fitted to the back, it turns on when the cpu its 35oC at a very low speed (using motherboards fan control). Although Im unsure if to mod the fan grill at the back its very restrictive, but taking a holesaw to the back of a £400 ...
by Storm
Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:13 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Calling all enclosure modders/DIY'ers you expert help please
Replies: 16
Views: 10533

Calling all enclosure modders/DIY'ers you expert help please

hey all I decided to stop constantly buying the 'next' good cooler or fan that comes out every few months to quieten my computer. So I coughed up the money for a Zalman TNN-300. Well Id probably do a mini review sometime once its finished but lets just say im extremely happy with the silence. Anyway...
by Storm
Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:02 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: new tforce build probs..
Replies: 19
Views: 7782

Thats weird Stacey Melissa I couldnt get my tornado to work either in 20pin or with 24pin adaptor. Although I am running onboard graphics till I get my PCIe graphics and I havent tried my tornado after updating the bios.

Where you using onboard or PCIe graphics with your tornado?
by Storm
Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:14 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: new tforce build probs..
Replies: 19
Views: 7782

Yeah I had similar sounding problem with the seasonic psu. Connecting a seasonic tornado using its 20pin, or a nexus 300w using the 20pin. It never worked with neither. I already bought a 20-24pin adaptor incase I had such a problem. Using the adaptor with the seasonic wouldnt work, using the adapto...
by Storm
Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:02 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Post your 90nm AMD underclocks here
Replies: 17
Views: 11333

New system still under construction s939 A64-3000+ Revision DH-E6 (Venice) 1.8GHz @ 1.136v cooled by XP120 + Papst 120mm Prime95 83w 45oC @ 1.136v Idle 63w 39oC @ 1.136 Mobo: biostar tforce6100-939 Graphics: onboard 6200 Sound: Creative audigy 2 zs Network: netgear gigabyte PCI Hard Disk: Raptor 150GB
by Storm
Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:41 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: new tforce build probs..
Replies: 19
Views: 7782

I had a similar problem with my tforce6100-939 box/mod im currently building, but this was because my seasonic tornado 300w wasnt compatible with the 24pin connector. Some people have been able to use a 20pin power supply with the tforce, but I couldnt. Also with a 20-24pin convertor my seasonic sti...
by Storm
Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:58 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: The perfect mATX s939 board?
Replies: 28
Views: 14041

we already talked about the nforce 430 MCP here
by Storm
Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:36 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: nForce 430 MCP chipset: First motherboards announced
Replies: 6
Views: 4858

It looks like board manufacturers have notice people are looking for a overclock (undervolt for us) options in mATX format.

Gigabyte states there vcore options in there boards and Anandtech review of a Biostar TForce 6100-939 says theres vcore options.
by Storm
Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:43 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Which passive Gigabyte: 6600GT or 6800
Replies: 22
Views: 10855

storm, can you please explain how one goes about unlocking the 6800's pipes and how to figure out if you have the right firmware release and how many pipes are enabled on the card? i have a passive 6800 of a recent vintage and i have not been overwhelmed by its performance. everest/home edition say...
by Storm
Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:08 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Which passive Gigabyte: 6600GT or 6800
Replies: 22
Views: 10855

6600GT is faster at higher resolutions above 1280x1024 generally, performance wise there very close. Power consumption wise the 6800 according to xbitlabs consume's 40w at load. 6600GT according to xbitlabs consume's 47w at load. If you unlock the gigabyte passive 6800 to 16x6 pipes the wattage will...
by Storm
Wed May 18, 2005 1:14 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Sapphire's liquid metal cooling - fanless Radeon X850XT PE
Replies: 35
Views: 15591

Sapphire's liquid metal cooling - fanless Radeon X850XT PE

Early liquid metal cooling prototype cooled Radeon X850XT PE card to just 12 Celsius. The final design will be fanless.

Info and pictures @ theinquirer
by Storm
Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:56 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermaltake's 0dB Solution: SonicTower
Replies: 90
Views: 52717

:shock:

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :lol:

It almost looks photoshop'ed
by Storm
Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:34 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Ideal Hi-end CPU to cool down - Winchester Athlons
Replies: 100
Views: 57186

Yes these processors are lower powered than 130mm, but I think amd is not making a big fuss about their processors low power because its not that low. Its similar to other amd die shrinks in the past. What xbit labs say is they tested the current on the 12v processor circuit if you look at the pictu...
by Storm
Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:19 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Ideal Hi-end CPU to cool down - Winchester Athlons
Replies: 100
Views: 57186

xbit labs 90mm review. I believe their power usage numbers are more accurate.
by Storm
Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:01 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Got My Passive Gigabyte Geforce 6800 NU - WOW & WOOPS!
Replies: 57
Views: 39892

davidstone28 wrote:Don't you need to do the coolbits hack to enabled temp monitoring in NV controller?
Ive used coolbits reg hack with 66.93 and 66.81 detonators and the latest rivatuner no core temp at all, im hoping a bios update will fix this someday
by Storm
Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:30 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Got My Passive Gigabyte Geforce 6800 NU - WOW & WOOPS!
Replies: 57
Views: 39892

The card i got from Dabs doesnt report core temperature at all with either F1 or F2 bios. My card had the 12 pipes working with the F1 bios. I upgraded to the F2 bios to see if I can see the core temperature, no core temp but my DVI didnt work anymore and I get a few random reboots! My advice is if ...
by Storm
Sat Nov 13, 2004 8:04 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Got My Passive Gigabyte Geforce 6800 NU - WOW & WOOPS!
Replies: 57
Views: 39892

I got my Gigabyte Geforce 6800NU a few days ago. Ive unlocked it to 16pipes. Conditions for both tests: PSU with Nexus 120mm @ 990prm Case Fan on back Nexus 120mm @ 1080rpm XP-120 with Papst 120mm @ 5v Idle was in windows Load was 30min of Counterstrike Source Asus GF4 Ti4600 X4 AGP                 ...
by Storm
Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:55 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Got My Passive Gigabyte Geforce 6800 NU - WOW & WOOPS!
Replies: 57
Views: 39892

Well I should hopefully have my fanless gigabyte soon. Dabs.com finally changed its due date on my order to tomorrow.
Hope I can unlock it to 16 pipes.
by Storm
Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:30 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Got My Passive Gigabyte Geforce 6800 NU - WOW & WOOPS!
Replies: 57
Views: 39892

luminous wrote:Can you get these cards in the UK atm?
dabs has them for £210.99 but they have none in stock


overclock for £226.83 but none in stock
by Storm
Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:29 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: passively cooled FX6800
Replies: 19
Views: 9777

Thanks for this information. I thought I was left with the option of a noisy stock cooler or the lottery of wether a silencer NV5 will be quiet enough, pre-installed or otherwise. If you read the sudhain thread carefully you will see that these ARE 8 pipe cards until you update the VGA bios to F2. I...