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- Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:15 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Help! seeking "new" PSU/wattage advice and brand.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3057
I have about the same power profile as you do (P4 2.4, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro, 1 HDD) and I chose a Seasonic S12-380. It performs admirably. My Zalman CNPS-7000AlCu is noisier than my PSU. I have tried it in two different cases and in both the noise was extremely low (I have to put my ear beside it to ...
- Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:13 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Enermax 420w NoiseMAKER!?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4243
This should give you some ideas
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:58 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: CPU_FAN failure?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4405
I would connect the Panaflo directly to the mobo header. Computer fans draw so little power (especially an L1A) that it's almost impossible to adversely affect the mobo in any way, and the header was designed for that purpose after all. But sthayashi's suggestion would be needed anyway since the fan...
- Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:17 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P180 Now Shipping
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7582
As mentioned in the preview :preti9cboi wrote:OUT OF STOCK MAN!!!
anywhere else i can purchase it?
U.S. : www.endpcnoise.com
Canada : www.frontierpc.com
These are the only two companies which will sell the black SPCR edition.
- Fri May 27, 2005 9:58 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec P180: A visual tour
- Replies: 224
- Views: 218457
If there're no intake fans installed, will air be pulled in only through the dust filters? Probably not. Unless the case is completely airtight except for the fan holes, some air will leak through the spaces between the optical drive bay panels, etc, but most of it should come in through the filter...
- Fri May 27, 2005 9:32 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec P180: A visual tour
- Replies: 224
- Views: 218457
Cases available for preorder in Canada
The cases are now available for preorder @ FrontierPC. One of the two cases doesn't have a picture, so I guess it's the SPCR black one. Silver I've noticed the cases are not displayed in the "silent" section, only in the regular cases one. I'll send them an email about that. Incredibly good work, Mi...
- Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:17 am
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: New core (QMD) gives BigWU's with even more PPD.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8536
- Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:03 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Start up fan speed
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2594
A zener diode would drop the voltage, yet allow full current at startup.
- Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:57 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Probably not quiet enough for you
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3563
There's even a link to Mike Chin's PC white paper on noise measurement made for VIAnici wrote:Heres a link where ISO 7779 is described, http://www.silent.se/iso-7779.php
- Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:55 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Do any of you guys leave your PCI slots uncovered?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6592
It depends on a few things. Would the fan blow air out or into the case ? And is your case pressure negative or positive ? The effects of doing this can be difficult to predict. The airflow of your case might change for worse and if your case pressure is negative, dust might come in, which Bluefront...
- Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:27 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic S12-430 - experience after one day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5290
I just got a S12-380, and I am also a very happy customer. The Seasonic replaces a 2-year-old 360W High Power PSU (without PFC) which was quite noisy, especially after one of its fans started making some annoying bearing noise. The noise emitted by the Yate Loon fan in the PSU (at ~35°C intake and ~...
- Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:13 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Where to buy Seasonic Super Tornado in the UK?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4267
Generally,when a product is not there, it is because no one has tried it. Since there are so many products out there, it is difficult for our community to take a look at all of them. The spec sheet of the Akasa 460 you supplied isn't very detailed. The main 2 things I found missing are the eficiency...
- Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:20 am
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: Why can't we post pictures ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8849
We can...
Just encase the URL of the file you want to show in tags like so
like here :
Just encase the URL of the file you want to show in tags like so
Code: Select all
[img]SomePictureURL[/img]
- Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:14 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Zalman VF700 Confusion.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4387
Getting 7V to the VF700 requires a little rewiring of the included molex adapter (there's no fan mate included), though, so I don't know if it's worth the trouble, since even at 5V, the Zalman heatsink is probably cooler than the stock one. Edit : I checked a review posted in HardForums and on the 6...
- Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:08 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Is this true about PFC
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5659
- Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:43 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: How do I apply the THERMAL paste?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8292
Re: Okay, got my Arctic Silver 5, and ready to apply...
a) With the the Zalman 7700 series, you cannot really "twist it around" as suggested. It's basically lower the heatsink on top of the CPU and screw in the screws. Or am I missing something? As Arctic Silver put it : Please note that some heatsinks cannot be twisted once mounted. You have 2 alternat...
- Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Seagate answers about 7200.8
- Replies: 42
- Views: 33710
Here's an interesting white paper from Seagate about NCQ.
As I understand it, we'll have to wait for SATA II to be able to use NCQ.
As I understand it, we'll have to wait for SATA II to be able to use NCQ.
- Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:47 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung spinpoint in Montreal (Canada) ???
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1793
I have found only one place around Montreal which has Samsung drives. They have a few Spinpoints, but I don't know if they have the NIDEC motor. It's located in Longueuil, only a few minutes from tunnel L-H-Lafontaine. Their website It's a very small buisness, but I bought my whole computer there an...
- Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:43 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Is it safe to run 2 Globe 120 mm fans with 7V adapter?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5725
Do you have an AMD processor ? If so, you can be certain many amperes will be drawn from the 5V line. I had forgotten to ask that. PCI cards also use the 5V line, but not AGP cards. I'm quite sure the power for RAM comes from the 3.3V line BTW. Edit: I just checked and most recent motherboards indee...
- Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:51 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Is it safe to run 2 Globe 120 mm fans with 7V adapter?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5725
Both optical drives probably draw some, and maybe the FDD too. Best thing would be to check on the manufacturer's site. I know some HDDs don't draw any current on the 5V lead (the Seagate SATA drives and the IDE ones don't IIRC), but maybe yours does. I have no way to make sure, but LEDs usually hav...
- Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:17 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Is it safe to run 2 Globe 120 mm fans with 7V adapter?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5725
All 5V wires are connected to the same lead, since all PSUs I know have only one +5V lead. So it doesn't matter which wire your 7-volted fans or your other devices are connected on, as long as there are enough devices using 5V. You need to draw 360mA on the 5V lead specifically, not from other leads...
- Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:48 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Is it safe to run 2 Globe 120 mm fans with 7V adapter?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5725
I would be careful about putting 2 120mm fans at 7 volts. According to Globe's specs , each fan needs 180mA, so that would mean 360mA total. If I'm not mistaken, that would mean 5V at 360mA would be going back to the PS, if you're using the 7V trick, that is. So make sure you have enough devices to ...
- Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:04 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: US/Canadian store to buy Seasonic PSU
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2507
Re: US/Canadian store to buy Seasonic PSU
Hi everyone, I'm assembling a new pc and of course I want it to be silent. Reading the recommend PSU guide it says that the new Rev A3 of the Seasonic Super Tornado 300 is the most silent one. Apparently previous revisions had a problem with the fan and the efficienty or something. My question is, ...
- Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:02 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: SPCR's Test / Sound Lab: A Short Tour
- Replies: 24
- Views: 23791
Nice idea to include fan acoustics in reviews I gotta say - gives a much clearer impression of noise than written explanations. Even if we can't set our speakers to the same levels as an actual operating panaflo it still gives an excellent relative noise comparison. And knowing the quality of the n...
- Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:33 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How I spent my Saturday afternoon
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5421
- Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:48 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Help I am having PSU issues
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19055
I think I've found the problem : According to this site , the problem seems to come from the memory. So I checked the motherboard's recommendations here and here's what they say for your motherboard : Due to the High Performance Memory design, motherboards or system configurations may or may not ope...
- Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:32 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Help I am having PSU issues
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19055
when it shuts down I see a blue screen with text flash up trying to tell me something That's a BSOD, a Blue Screen of Death. I had some IRQ conflicts a while ago and they ended like this. You should be able to find out a few things about the BSOD by looking at the System Event log (Controol Panel>A...
- Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:48 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PSU Ticking when powered down? Erk.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3656
- Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:19 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Buy Arimidex
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5013
This article on Tom's Hardware has good info on this. When talking about an example of PSU label, he says this : the currents of the individual strands are limited: 26 A, 42 A and 18 A are the maximum current of the +3.3-, +5- and +12-volt lines in our example. So if you have too many components usi...
- Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:44 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet DVD burner?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6821
I bought a Pioneer DVR-108 yesterday, an OEM version of the DVR-A08XL. Despite being a quite powerful DVD burner (16x write speed and dual-layer writing at 4x), it is quieter than my OEM LG DVD reader when reading a DVD or a CD, but the tray is slightly noisier than the LG drive. I haven't tried bur...