your findings surely prove why Dell and many OEMs install 250W power supplies even in their top p4 machines...

then what do you think IAA is for? some of my friends also have not noticed any significant performance improvements.

i currently own a gainward geforce 4 ti 4600 golden sample which i believe has a higher-rpm fan than the nvidia stock gpu fan. Since my system stress temps kick up to 40 C, i doubt that i can use the zalman gpu heatpipe setup well and there is little space between the card and the case's side panel....

hey everyone, recently, i began to fiddle around with the Intel Application Accelerator program. my system includes a wd 120GB SE HD w/ 8mb cache and i noticed that IAA allows users to set the drive in three different acoustic modes from normal to least acoustical output (and lower performance). Had...

hey everyone,

what is the best way to silence a Western Digital 120GB SE drive? In addition, it is to my understanding that the Dell 8200 series used this same HD--based on my familiarity with Dells, im assuming its quiet. Was is installed in any unique way? thanks

i have the gainward geforce 4 ti 4600 750xp ultra (bought it from newegg) and the gpu fan is pretty loud...that is, compared to my creative geforce 2gts gpu cooler.

I used to use a almost inaudible Dell Dimension 4100. After examining the features that made the system VERY quiet (i.e. ducting, plastic enclosure), I set out to build a 2.53GHz P4 system in a Dell case. Unfortunately, despite my efforts, my PC is still much louder than the Dell Dimension 4100. I t...

mike, about the zalman psu temps, i dont have a temp probe; however, if you are familiar with the Dell XPS or 4100 series midtowers (beige ones), I can say that when the psu gets stressed, you can feel the heat thru the case!!! i have a enermax 431 whisper psu and it runs really cool so i really hav...

In addition, if my cpu should be running cooler, then i would get cooler temps and my zalman psu probably wouldnt get as hot as it does. By the way, does anyone know if the Intel 850E northbridge can be passively cooled? if then, what would be the best solution? System: Palo Alto Products ATCX (Dell...

But the SilentPCMember claims his 2.66 is oced to 3.0!

Hey everyone. I just wanted to know what P4 2.53 idle and stress temps should look like with a Alpha 8942 and a 80mm Panaflo L1A (sucking like Alpha specifies). My CPU is currently around 46-50C idle and hits around 54C during stress. Since I have been hearing around this forum of people with the sa...

hey ralf, what are your 2.66GHz cpu temps? do you know what they are when the chip is not overclocked? thanks in advance! System: Palo Alto Products ATCX (Dell Dimension 4100 case) 300 Watt ZALMAN ZM300A-APF Power Supply Intel Pentium 4 2.53 GHz Gigabyte GA-8IHXP (Intel 850E) 256 MB Kingston PC1066 ...