The Ninja, NCU-2000, and HR-01 do not include provisions for fan mounting for that reason. What do mean? The ninja at least comes with fan mounting. HR-01 is not released yet but the only review I’ve seen had a fan on it. A purely passive HS such as the Ninja, when mounted 1/8" away from a screamin...

Well the Nexus is the standard answer. If you want cheaper get the Yate Loon D12SL-12 and undervolt it.

All depends how much air you want out of it tough.

you definitely dont want to OC with cool and quiet if you use any multipliers less than the default one Well that’s one of the things DFI has solved in there BIOS. They let you choose the max multiple that Cool'n'Quiet is allowed to use. It can be done in BIOS, it’s just that the other manufacturer...

According to the review here they all come with Nidec:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article258-page2.html

Since You already have the raptor for performance you might aswell buy the samsung for storage. I know I did.

I'm personally not waiting. Just like you I don’t see any good reason. AMD will have a new ddr2 socket out next year as you know. But I tend to stay away from first revision components. They are very often expensive, plagued with problems and offer little gain. The first M2 boards will probably be e...

I went with the opteron 146 for its larger cache and supposedly good overclocking for my own build. I have seen little data on heat on the opteron so I don’t know if it’s hotter or not.

Or you could use a DFI board and do like this:

Overclocking in concert with Cool'n'Quiet

I would go back to the Abit and ditch the Raptor for a cheap, quiet hard disk (barracuda 7200.7 SATA) As for the Asrock, I don't see the point unless you have a nice AGP card. Asrock: the point is price as he just pointed out. If you dont need the space why not go the raptor route? I know I would. ...

Zalman Z700 & NV Silencer 5 rev 2/3 -- these are tough to review as VGA card temp monitoring is the pits. For the VGA cards are exact temps really a necessity? I think it’s more about the noise and about how the coolers affect other temps, i.e. does the silencers ability to evacuate heat or the Zal...

I have a few questions about the 2000. I use my keyboard mostly for gaming and as such I have a few specifics I am looking for besides it being quiet. If I understand correctly the keys on the 2000 are pretty low? Meaning that you don’t have to press down on them very far. That would be a good thing...

Review of the Scythe Ninja against Thermaltake Big Typhoon http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/5-cool.html The Ninja comes out on top but they use a 1600 rpm fan on the Ninja against a 1300 rpm on the Typhoon. So Typhoon is quieter they claim, which of course depends on the fan used. Pa...

Intelligent thermal management is the key to silent computing, but CPU temperature reporting mechanisms are inaccurate, with results that can vary by 10°C or more. The causes are complex, but correcting them to a more reasonable margin of error is not terribly difficult. Calibrate Your CPU Temp Rep...

Motherboard readings of temperatures are very unreliable. They differ from motherboard to motherboard. Even different bios or different revisions of the same motherboard can differ a lot. It’s actually the maker of the boards that choose how to interpret the temp sensors and which one they use. So c...

The 80 Plus and Intel power load testing scheme (which we use) assumes that the maximum +5VSB and -12V line rated power is needed. So subtract 9.6W + 12.5W from 500W, and you get 477.9W. Now look at 639W, and subtract 9.6W + 12.5W from that as well. You get 616.9W. This means the ratio of 456 / 616...

nutbar wrote:That 32X has a new chip on it that apparently needs additional cooling, I wonder what the heck it is? The non 32x SLI boards just have one "chipset" chip that needs active cooling.

The new SPP chipset is for the new PCIe lanes added.

If the only/biggest noise source is vibration that can be handled by suspending the drive or using other "soft" mounting tech. .

For CPU cooling I would go with the Scythe Ninja and the Nexus 120mm Real Silent Case Fan.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article251-page1.html

This might help you decide: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review&dId=813&dPage=1 - Pros Packed full of features Roomy SLI ports 3 x PCI slots Heat Pipe Cooling Future-proof design Good overclocker Great bundle with in the motherboard AMD Athlon X2 support out of the box No SLI selector...

But with the VF700 you dont get any ram sinks for the memory. Dont know if that is problematic cause I havent tried it, just saying...

mg1394 wrote:I couldn't fine ATI Tool on the ATI site. Did I do a poor search?

Its not an official ATI tool:
http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

Available from Newegg for 31 US$, in stock now. I can't notice differences with respect the Rev.2 version. 2-pin connector and 2,500 rpm fan, hmmm... I was expecting a 4-pin pwm fan for the 7800 GTXs. I'm planning to get a 7800 GT if I'll need it for Oblivion, but I'm not sure if this 'revised' Sil...

I will order some off the net now. Any recommendations as to how to remove the grease on the cpu from the stock cooler once it is removed as I have never done that before. can it just be wiped off with a tissue? I think you will need to use some kind of cleaning substance. I use chemical clean acet...

Review them all!!

PSUs for the P180 seems to be a problem for many. I know it is for me.

I have no idea but you could try and contact Deltas representative in Sweden:

NORDIC
Ultimate Renaissance AB
Veddestavagen 13, 17562 Jarfalla, SWEDEN
Mikael Rosvall
0046 8 56472060
0046 8 56472069
[email protected]

After reading the latest PSU article here at SPCR I followed the link to formfactors.org and found this: The 4-Wire Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Controlled Fans v1.3 defines the intended operation of a fan that implements the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control signal on the 4-wire fan interface. T...

The closest you get to a board like the nf7-s rev2 is definitely the DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI-DR. It tops all other boards in overclocking and has the largest enthusiast and bios support. It has won or scored top 3 in every roundup I have seen it in. But (and here at SPCR it’s a big but) it’s not "silen...

I replaced my stock cooler with a Zalman VF700-Cu with the fan volted to 7v. It runs almost silent. Acoording to Zalman site the AGP versions of 6600gt are not fully compatible with Zalman VF700. Do you have a AGP card if so did you have any trouble mounting it? http://www.zalman.co.kr/product/cool...

Nice Article. I wonder how a dedicated VGA card would impact airflow. The intended airflow also makes it impossible to use a VGA cooling solution that exhausts the air out the case e.g. Arctic cooling VGA silencer. You really should upgrade the test environment to something more modern. An AMD 64 on...

Another thing I just noticed... do you have to open the front door to hit the power and reset buttons? I consider that a blessing with kids in the house. That front door and key is a vital point for me when buying a case. Without it you newer know when the computer will be shut off :) The case look...

I guess the only time you draw that kind of power is if you are using a peltier. But that should be run of a seperate PSU anyways.