I use a Dell D600 for work. Its only got a 1.4ghz Pentium M but its quiet when the fan is off but as soon as it kicks in at 2000RPM it can be a little noisy. The Machine does get warm but its hardly a scorcher, the only issue is on the left hand palm rest the HDD is on top of the battery and this ge...

Hi Everyone, It’s been a while since I posted on here. So I was reading the Inq and saw this - http://www.theinq.com/?article=29737 Like other Asus deluxe motherboards I thought it may be passive and found a picture at this site - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=345216 an...

sthayashi wrote:Do you have a reasonable way of measuring EMI? Neither do we. Don't worry about it.

haha best reply ever.... thought it might be a silly question

Ive got a 3700AMB and i know im going to cut off the rear grill. but im wondering whether or not i should bother chopping the front grill. Its a reasonably recent revision of the case and has the sonata style grill on the front. There wont be an intake fan only the exhaust (for now) and the front fa...

IMHO, the best way to do this would be to prepare a shim card that goes into the AGP slot and provides an AGP connector for the graphics card and all the necessary measurement points. Shouldn't be too hard to do if you have the equipment. You mean like an AGP version of a PCI Riser card? im pretty ...

Does anyone out there know any thing more about this? I know its pretty old news, but i never herd what happend to it, or ever saw any more pictures of it. It looks interesting to say the least, if you look carefully theres no 40MM psu fan.

Ok, Im bored, and i know everyone is as lazy as i am.
Finally got some hosting http://www.imgspot.com looks good so far.

Must say im highly impressed with the article, cant wait for the Nvidia follow up. Its about time definitive mesurements were made. Ive never used a ATI card(ive only had 1 new card since my GeForce SDR) but the readings on the 9600 are amazing, i knew it was low but not that low, needless to say fo...

Looks like Enermax has come out with version 2 of the noisetaker, and amazingly enough it looks like that stiff sleeving is gone. I dont have hosting but http://www.enermax.com.tw/upload/pringcore.jpg is a link to the new cables. Would be good to see an updated review. Even if its just an update to ...

Well i said id give an update when i got a reply. And after waiting 14 Days for a reply i finally got one. "Sorry for our late response and many thanks for your support toward Enermax's power supply. Referring to your question, 20A is combined for both rails, +12v1&+12v2. Therefore, it could meet wi...

Well I’ve sent an email off to Enermax like suggested, and will update when i get a reply. Mike didn’t the PSU trip out on you anyway when running it at full spec? Exceeding 20A could be the reason for it? How did you test it with the PSU having 2 rails (loading different ampage rails independently)...

Ok, no denying it seems like its the best PSU out of Enermax in a long time. But in reading the specs on Enermax's site i noticed somthing strange. It seems as if the Max current on the 12V line (both lines) is 20A. as in the specs it says that : Over current Protection - +12V1 & +12V2: 20A (max) Wo...

That's one way of looking at it. Here is another view: At the same RPM the tips of the 120mm fan move through the air at a higher speed than the tips of an 80mm fan. Tip vortices are giving most problems (ask any sailor) So I would vote for 2 80mm fans, each fed with a different voltage to prevent ...

Problems Problems and more problems, mostly due to the low 12V Rail. Its usually all over the place and nvidia doesnt like that one bit. Oh and i just realised those numbers are wrong. its actually 5A @ 115V and 2.5A @ 230V (Thanks again to maxpowers misleading numbers - one set for the place sellin...

My Ex-Flatmate a few years back had a GF2MX400 with a passive heatsink glued on, he didnt notice for months that it had fallen off, the card worked fine, admittedly rarely played intensive games, but none the less it was an impressive feat for that little old card. but i wouldnt recomend you try it ...

Can anyone beat Maxpower? Seriously. I have a "400W" unit here and its basicly +3.3V = 26A +5V = 30A +12V = 12A But at 25C, and the other thing that gets me is that AC INPUT CURRENT: 6A RMS MAX. FOR 115 VAC 3A RMS MAX. FOR 230 VAC Is really low, any explination for this? other than its crap (which i...

Ok, anyone can feel free to contradict me on this, im not 100% sure im right. but anyway. In theory the area for air expelled with a 120mm fan is roughly 113cm. Where as with a 80mm fan its 50cm, so even if you have 2x 80mm fans your still not getting the same area to expell the air, no matter what ...

Thanks to Ralfs excellent reviews I have that exact combonation as well. And I can say that it fits fine. There's tonnes of room, id upload a pic if i had space but i think there is one on SPCR somewhere, probably in Ralfs 3700 review. I wouldnt bother with the 2.8C heatsink either the zalman is far...

True, wim, very true. Ive never really understood why theyve kept the Imperical mesurements after all these years. 240V isnt so bad. Unless it is high current 240V and then it stings, oh that and being 6 feet in the air on a metal ladder while being stupid and young, you quickly learn alot of lesson...

http://www.systemcooling.com/sst-30nf-01.html It looks pretty good, Aside from the recomended 25 Degree part. Still its a step in the right direction. Nice to see it actually done rather than alot of (so far) empty promises. I cant complain seeing as im on 240V here, but its interesting to note the...

Well, this is odd. Its a Seagate 120Gb 8mb PATA, Its not freezing here mabye 10-13 degrees here on a pretty cold night, and at the moment im getting 26 degrees with no active cooling aside from the drive being in the path of the intake on a 3700AMB with no front fan and mounted on the standard rubbe...

in a word.....NO
i never ever ever want to go back to 7k Rpm 50&60MM fans.
if there is a hell, you can bet thats where those fans go.

The PSU sounds pretty dodgy at best. alltho i would probably try it first and if it doesnt work, upgrade then. Supprisingly by looking at western digitals site they have electrial specs. And it seems as if 10k raptors dont use that much power - Read/Write = 8.4W alltho it would potentially be alot h...

Well, personally i think everyones on the right track with the wiring issue. but there is more that can be done. Its just a slightly different idea. Surface aerea is your friend in order to cool down things that are hot, and i dont really know with dual athlons, but i know with a prescott my mosfets...

Ok, ive got a 120gb ATA 7200.7 8mb. Anyway, ones died on me allready and im thinking this "new" one might be headed that way too. Im using HDD Health by http://www.panterasoft.com which reads the SMART status. anyway i was wondering if anyone knew what the deal was with the Raw Read Error rate and t...

Yeah, going along with some other posts. The path through the body has much to do with the shock danger. A current passing from finger to elbow through the arm may produce only a painful shock, but that same current passing from hand to foot or through the chest from hand to hand may well be fatal. ...

I found this a while back when deciding on either a zalman 400B of a Truepower 480, still havnt decided... anyway im not sure of the site its come from or the source, but i remember reading that the guy experimented and then checked his results with antec who confirmed them. so here goes : 1500Rpm :...

MBM allways has seemed a bit dodgy with PSU readings, but yeah i cant understand how people can even sell these junky PSUs, i just need to replace it before it explodes, and then burn it. Im not running any fans on the MB and its an Asus P4P800. ive allways found asus to be pretty reliable. also not...

No flame intended, but it does make me laugh.
unless of course your using an older Lian-Li case with a solid chunk of aluminium where the lower psu fan should be.

Hey, This is driving me mad. Ok currently i have a god awful Maxpower "400W" @25Deg/C its craptastic but hey it came with the case, but ittd be lucky to power a single LED. anyway im trying to decide between a antec trueblue 480W (the trueblue is cheaper than the truepower, i dont really like the li...