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- Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:47 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD A8-3850 Quad Core Desktop APU (updated July 10)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 33138
Re: AMD A8-3850 Quad Core Desktop APU
Speaking of undervolting, I wonder how a Llano APU would respond, considering SPCR's sample ran at 1.40v... a lot of volts for even a 65nm CPU.
- Wed May 25, 2011 8:47 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Kingwin Lazer Platinum 550W Power Supply
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17245
Re: Kingwin Lazer Platinum 550W Power Supply
Wow, that's some seriously high efficiency there. Under the hood the layout looks super-clean, and with the platinum efficiency, even the small heatsinks are certainly going to have no problem with the VERY little heat this thing produces.
- Mon May 10, 2010 6:15 pm
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Avoid Dell PC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4305
In my experiences of working around Dell desktops, there are several different models that are very quiet, and others brutally loud. Here are some of my observations: Dell Dimension 4300/4400: Brutally loud motor noise even with the 92mm exhaust fan running at 1,100rpm Dell Dimension 2350: Fan speed...
- Wed May 05, 2010 8:23 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Enermax Modu87+ 500W 80Plus Gold
- Replies: 43
- Views: 41279
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:01 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: WD Caviar Green 2TB & Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB
- Replies: 42
- Views: 25352
The 5,756rpm spindle speeds of the Pipelines reminds me of some earlier SCSI disks that spun at 6,300rpm and the WDxxxAB drives that spun at 6,000rpm (of course the Pipeline makes 2% of those drives' noise). It seems that Seagate is taking a more performance-oriented approach with their Pipeline as ...
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:38 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Zalman 9300AT: Not me too, but me again
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12648
The reason that people buy Zalman is because they have visually-pleasing heatsinks that perform well. The 7000AlCu had the perfect balance of price-performance-low noise for Socket A/478 for its time and it's interesting how that design (7700, 8700, VF700 and VF900) has evolved. A heatsink that woul...
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:13 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: MSI employs Stirling Engine Theory
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8841
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:44 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Dell Dimension Fan Replacement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15818
Some of these Dell fans can be fairly loud, and of course it depends on the fan's make, the case used, and the CPU used. They tend to use fans from JMC, NMB, Nidec, and Delta. In my experiences, the Dimension 2400s tend to use the quietest fans (airflow and motor). For many other Dimensions, the mot...
- Fri May 18, 2007 8:52 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Dual-Channel Memory "Real World" Performance
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6836
Dual-channel really doesn't make much sense on an Athlon XP unless the memory is running at DDR200. My quick take on what CPUs may get a worthy benefit from dual-channel as opposed to single-channel: Any Socket 939 dual-core CPU (Athlon 64 X2, Opteron) Any Socket AM2 dual-core CPU (if running less t...
- Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:45 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Loudest case. Ever...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12920
- Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:48 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Radeon 9700 Pro versus 9800 Pro
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3591
- Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:30 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Intel Thermal Zone Information.....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2101
Interesting article indeed. That's about the only page discussing where various temperature sensors are for Intel's boards. But, for anything other than Intel, the "System" temperature could mean anything or measured anywhere, especially if there isn't an internal temperature sensor in the motherboa...
- Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:35 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: can a fan mate control 2 fans ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3219
I'm guessing about 2 watts max on startup (at 0-100 rpm) with the Fanmate turned up to maximum. At minimum, you can expect the power draw to be less than 1 watt for both fans combined. You could add more to that Fanmate and still be safe...as long as power draw is less or equal to .50 amp / 6 watts ...
- Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:03 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: How are the Coolermaster Wave series of cases
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5449
- Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:41 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: My Next Rig, thoughts? (now with SLI)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6502
- Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:03 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Need advice on Dell 8300 upgrade...Please Help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3576
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:09 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Motherboard northbridge reaches 120c (!) and dies
- Replies: 42
- Views: 61589
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:48 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: A 150mm fan in a 500W $30 PSU? 150mm?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9492
One more major technical flaw: It's a Powmax. Use it if you want your system to go "Pow." You have been warned. Jonnyguru blew up three of them trying to review this thing. Link: http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/Assassin/P ... assin.html
- Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:57 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: DFI Infinity RS482 - advice needed on coils squealing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4402
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:16 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: AMD A64 X2 TDP Poll
- Replies: 75
- Views: 98236
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:09 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Stock cooler for S939 4200+?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5429
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:11 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: A/C Alpine beats MINE and XP-90!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5126
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:04 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: A/C Alpine beats MINE and XP-90!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5126
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:55 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: A/C Alpine beats MINE and XP-90!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5126
- Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:36 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: How do U make PC start/turn on without going over to it
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6047
- Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:32 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Confused on how TDP works AMD
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7398
A little more info on TDPs: For Intel, TDP seems to be more of a typical value rather than an absolute maximum. In other words, it's possible to 100% the CPU with certain instruction mixes and not reach the TDP, and on other mixes, exceed it. This is especially true with the highest end model of a C...
- Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:56 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: ecc memory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3304
- Thu May 18, 2006 6:42 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: What is the startup voltage of your Nexus\D12-SL?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6521
- Tue May 09, 2006 6:20 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New SLK2650-BQE build, no longer loud.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2659
New SLK2650-BQE build, no longer loud.
Thanks for the tips, I'll get to it shortly. Update: Moving the top hard drive (my 160GB Maxtor) up one spot significantly decreased temps for both drives. Update 2: PSU fan runs at max speed even in standby mode and with the case side off. Haven't tried it out of case (I have to remove my SI-120 to...
- Sun May 07, 2006 7:15 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New SLK2650-BQE build, no longer loud.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2659
New SLK2650-BQE build, no longer loud.
System details: Case: Antec SLK2750-BQE CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ E3 (SI-120 HSF, fan pushing down) MB: ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 (NB47J on NB) Video: Sapphire X800GTO2 @ X850XT (ATi Silencer 5 Rev. 2) PSU: Fortron Green PS 400W 2 DVD burners 2 Maxtor PATA hard drives (DM10 300GB, DM+9 160GB) 3.5" floppy ...