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by as530
Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:37 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 5470

Re: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice plea

well anyway i chickened out and changed to an Asus H87 Pro mobo !
by as530
Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:16 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 5470

Re: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice plea

Thank you for your help!

Yes I did want to game, not a big gamer but Thief 4 coming out soon and I don't think HD4600 will do it justice on my 27" display...
by as530
Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:14 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 5470

Re: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice plea

I guess I wanted some forward compatibility in case i ever decide to downsize to a microATX case, and I'm positive I don't actually need all the explansion slots found on a full ATX mobo. Also some people do appear to have got the HR-02 to work on a microATX mobo without blocking top slot: http://ww...
by as530
Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:56 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 5470

Re: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice plea

oh that's a really good point, didn't think of that :-( I've just ordered: ASRock H87M HR-02 Macho Rev A i7-4770 And yes I did want a modest discrete GPU card too although haven't yet decided which... Do you think the HR-02 will definitely clash with a GPU card on the H87M? If so I'll change the ord...
by as530
Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:28 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 5470

Re: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice plea

Sorry all please ignore that question - just looked it up and of course microATX motherboards are compatible with all ATX cases!

Any other thoughts on heatsink choice - any experience of using the Panther on a 84W i7 Haswell? Would I be able to get away with just the rear case fan?
by as530
Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:43 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 5470

Re: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice plea

Many thanks. Will a micro ATX mobo fit in my old Antec 3000B? I would assume so but I've only ever had full ATX mobos in there before...
by as530
Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:32 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 5470

New Haswell in an old Antec 3000B - Heatsink advice please

Dear all I have an old Antec SLK-3000B and Nexus Value 430 PSU, both of which I want to keep. Looking to purchase: Asus H87M-PRO Intel i7-4770 16GB DDR3 RAM Now, I need some advice on the CPU cooler. Regrettably I have to ditch my original Scythe Ninja from 2006 because socket 1150 is not supported....
by as530
Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:02 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Advice needed on components for Lian Li PC-Q08 Haswell build
Replies: 8
Views: 6195

Re: Advice needed on components for Lian Li PC-Q08 Haswell b

Thanks boost for the answers, very reassuring. Abula - I've seen the Fractal 304 but I need an in-built optical drive I'm afraid... Are there are any other major disadvantages to the Asrock b85m-itx, other than fan control? Would it not have some sort of intelligent fan control in the BIOS? If not, ...
by as530
Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:58 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Advice needed on components for Lian Li PC-Q08 Haswell build
Replies: 8
Views: 6195

Advice needed on components for Lian Li PC-Q08 Haswell build

Dear all After a whole weekend of researching a mini-ITX new build for my wife, I've settled on the following choices and wanted some feedback and some questions answered: Case: Lian Li PC-Q08b - large for mITX but prefer the airflow and HDD swapping ease cf. smaller mITX cases like Sugo 05. Prodigy...
by as530
Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:18 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: How to slow Nexus 120mm fans on Asus M4A785TD-V?
Replies: 4
Views: 4420

i see. that clears it all up completely. shame it's not common knowledge. (or is it?) Certainly I rarely see mobo specs mentioning this sort of thing. I could buy the Nexus PWM fan but I've heard poor reports of its noise response. my rear case fan is an Antec Tri-Cool set to Low, and this is now th...
by as530
Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:14 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: How to slow Nexus 120mm fans on Asus M4A785TD-V?
Replies: 4
Views: 4420

you were exactly right.

my mobo (m4a785TD-V) has 3 fan headers: CPU (4-pin), Chassis (3-pin) and PWR(3-pin)

The only header which Speedfan seems able to control is Chassis fan.

Therefore I put my CPU fan on Chassis header, and fanmated the other front case fan.

Thanks for your help.
by as530
Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:58 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: How to slow Nexus 120mm fans on Asus M4A785TD-V?
Replies: 4
Views: 4420

How to slow Nexus 120mm fans on Asus M4A785TD-V?

Hi friends It's in the title really. My rear case fan is an Antec Tri-Cool, running at Low. CPU fan is standard 3-pin Orange Nexus Real Silent 120mm, connected to CPU-Fan (4-pin) header, and the front case fan is the same fan type, connected to a 3-pin power_fan header. I have been trying to use Asu...
by as530
Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:38 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Will Scythe Ninja+ RevB passively cool Phenom IIx4 965 125w?
Replies: 6
Views: 2858

ok, so i ran cpuburn (i found i had to run 2 copies to get both cores maxed out) and after a few minutes my 'core' (assume nForce 4 chip) was at 70 deg, and CPU was at 62 deg - this was with both front & rear case fans at full speed! so i think y'all are right. having said which, i don't see myself ...
by as530
Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:00 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Will Scythe Ninja+ RevB passively cool Phenom IIx4 965 125w?
Replies: 6
Views: 2858

oh dear. but i'm willing to increase my rear Nexus to eg. 7-9 V, or eg. 20% off max speed. i just want to know if I also need to buy a new cooler if i want to do it passively. BTW maybe i'm being silly, but my Opteron 175 (currently passively Ninja-cooled - easily) has a TDP of 110W, whereas my prop...
by as530
Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:56 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Will Scythe Ninja+ RevB passively cool Phenom IIx4 965 125w?
Replies: 6
Views: 2858

Will Scythe Ninja+ RevB passively cool Phenom IIx4 965 125w?

votes please!

i'm buying the 125w version of Phenom II X4 965 BE.

I want to use my old cooler: Scythe Ninja + rev B with NO fan (as i currently do with my opteron 175)

Do people think this will work, with ninja close to rear case exit (nexus 120) fan?
by as530
Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:03 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: AMD Opteron 175 system needs upgrade - comments please!
Replies: 1
Views: 1651

AMD Opteron 175 system needs upgrade - comments please!

Dear friends My current system is: Opteron 175 with Ninja plus Rev B, Asus A8N-Sli Deluxe with NB47J, 1.5gb ram, 6600GT w/ Aerocool VM101, Samsung spinpoints on sorbothane -all in Antec SLK-3000B My system is very quiet, but increasingly slow (especially with 20 firefox tabs open). I'm starting to n...
by as530
Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:40 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: How to enable EIST on laptop (Samsung Q45) when plugged in?
Replies: 2
Views: 3055

looks good, will try, many thanks
by as530
Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:55 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: How to enable EIST on laptop (Samsung Q45) when plugged in?
Replies: 2
Views: 3055

How to enable EIST on laptop (Samsung Q45) when plugged in?

Hi friends The title says most of it. I downloaded Speed 3 to tell me CPU speed. On battery, it rightly hovers as low as 400 MHz (normal 1.8Ghz) when idling. but on AC power, EIST seems to turn off. now i've looked all around power options in control panel, and i can set Minimal CPU state and Maxima...
by as530
Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:29 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Dell rep claims desktop machine absolutely silent
Replies: 5
Views: 4603

Dell rep claims desktop machine absolutely silent

i was looking at monitors on the Dell site when a pop-up asked me if i wanted to chat to a customer rep. here is the conversation: 13:29:54 System System Initial Question/Comment: does Dell make any silent PCs? 13:30:05 System System You are now being connected to an agent. Thank you for using Dell...
by as530
Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:21 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Is it possible to enable AAM on external HD? (WD MyBook 500)
Replies: 2
Views: 2480

that's terrible. they should figure out a way of allowing it to be enabled via USB. the other thing that irritates me about the drive is, i can turn it off by using the stop USB devices icon thing, but how to turn it back on? have to unplug usb then replug in - unlike previous WD externals which hav...
by as530
Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:41 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Is it possible to enable AAM on external HD? (WD MyBook 500)
Replies: 2
Views: 2480

Is it possible to enable AAM on external HD? (WD MyBook 500)

My Book essential 500gb, USB interface only. bought it a few days ago. nice but noisy. seeks are main annoyance - can i enable AAM? if so how?
by as530
Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:46 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Upgrade from 3000+ Winchester - which X2 to settle on?
Replies: 13
Views: 7369

Just to say thanks for the Opteron tip to all involved. I had never realised it was an option (didn't know they existed for s939) I've successfully installed an Opteron 175 plus Scythe Ninja. Idle temps (with CnQ) about 32-33. Load - don't know. Let's hope I start to notice a difference when multita...
by as530
Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:43 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What are you listening to right now?
Replies: 4309
Views: 2477332

Does anybody here listen to ambient music? I don't mean sounds of nature like birds and oceans - i mean proper ambient music which is beautiful and often gripping. I'm talking about: Brian McBride Dead Texan Stars of the Lid Rich Lustmord Biosphere Higher Intelligence Agency Pan American Vidna Obman...
by as530
Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:39 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Bizarre SD11G5 video problem - help !!
Replies: 8
Views: 7122

i actually never solved the problem. tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers - no help at all. my bro is still using it with the analog / d-sub connection.
by as530
Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:17 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: passive XP-120 for Opteron 175 ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2889

I have decided to buy the Ninja Plus. I just hope it fits in my Antec 3000B - it is very tall indeed.........
by as530
Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:05 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: passive XP-120 for Opteron 175 ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2889

I was assuming I would have to create some sort of cardboard duct to the rear fan, yes. [Is cardboard safe in a PC? Is it a fire risk? ] But could I (i) remove the XP-120; and (ii) fit the HR-01 without removing the mobo (A8N-SLi)? And given my low airflow / passive intent, is the HR-01 a better cho...
by as530
Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: passive XP-120 for Opteron 175 ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2889

passive XP-120 for Opteron 175 ?

Hi all Quick question. Want to change Winchester 3000+ to Opteron 175. Got the latest BIOS on my mobo. See picture of my system The CPU duct in the side of the Antec 3000B currently helps me to cool the CPU passively with the XP-120. I'm guessing XP-120 may not be good enough for the Opteron, but wa...
by as530
Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:40 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Upgrade from 3000+ Winchester - which X2 to settle on?
Replies: 13
Views: 7369

the best i can get is 1.5Gb. There is no configuration which gives me 2gb. I'll have to sell the other 512 stick. Very weird.
by as530
Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:29 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Best upgrade?
Replies: 9
Views: 4290

Logitech Ultra-X Media Desktop is very good: customisable buttons, quiet, laptop-style keys
http://www.anglianinternet.co.uk/acatal ... 007%2ehtml
by as530
Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:25 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Upgrade from 3000+ Winchester - which X2 to settle on?
Replies: 13
Views: 7369

memory problem

Thanks folks I can get the Opteron 170, 175, or 180 here in the UK. I presume my mobo (A8N-Sli Deluxe) will take any of these? Do they CnQ normally? I have a new problem though! Just installed my new memory and it doesn't take! Old memory: 2x512 Crucial BL6464Z402 - Ballistix 64Mbx64, unbuff, non-EC...