I have never used (or even considered) an Ali chipset, I'm still not going to now they have changed a letter, the ATI's USB performance is bad enough. I will pass on the results of my LAN performance tests, (not scientific), I cant be bothered with netio, or Iperf, so I have made my up my own. Basic...

Sorry Aleksi but the SLK1650's PSU has 2 fan's, one 92mm (underside), and one 80mm (back), this is the UK version, yours may be different outside of the UK. Whether their PSU's have 20mm fans I dont know, but in the system next to me, the PSU fan'S are pretty quiet, as is the 120mm case fan (modded ...

As Mats has pointed out. The board is a fake, here is some more info. http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1038408 I found what I was looking for in the above article, why it had an additional heatsink in the top left corner of the board, the MOFSET's, even worse, a 4cm fan, and another...

Vacuum static, never heard of that before, does anyone have any info on that. I should have been more specific, yes the brush is nylon, but I only use it on fans + heatsinks, not on components, never ever had a problem caused by static (not that i'm saying they dont happen). Also, care has to be tak...

If you have built machines before, why not do it again. 30 mins per PC, 60 mins to install the software. Get yourself some imaging software, then you only have to install one PC, and image the rest @ 15 mins each. I make that 4 hours 30 mins, and you just know the machines are going to be better tha...

I have never personally seen it permanently kill a system, just temporarily. Also, do'nt forget laptops, especialy if its a really badly badly designed on that draws air through the keyboard, and then blows it out of the side/back (twas a HELL laptop). It worked perfectly after being taken apart, an...

I am currently testing this board, and comparing it to an MSI KT6 Delta which uses a VIA KT600 NB + VIA VT8237 SB. I was shocked when I saw the results of the USB test, which were conducted using a Maxtor DM9 2MB 120GB drive in a Belkin USB 2 Caddy. I downloaded and installed the latest ATI SB drive...

I said that I would get back to you all RE: my AC Freezer 64, and subsequent ducting tests. After some minor issues with the HSF fitted in it's standard fashion I am very pleased with it's performance. After installing the Freezer 64 my CPU temp went up a few degrees under load, and at idle, since t...

You missed something (unless I did). The actual heatsink. BTW do you have CnC enabled in the BIOS, the CPU Driver installed, AND (the one everyone forgets) Power management set to "Minimal Power Management". The reason for the fan spinning faster while sucking may (not certain) be because it's not c...

I "Gained" one of these some time back, it was to be fair an evaluation board. However I was told that it worked, but alas it did'nt I tried all of the standard stuff, PSU, CPU, RAM, BIOS settings etc. I then tried to update the BIOS......... Foxconn may be one of the larger Motherboard manufacturer...

I can test the board I have, I found the C'T website, it's pretty crap, and as jojo said it doesnt have the review. Can anyone who has got the article thell me what was tested and under what conditions, I can then try to reproduce those tests, and see what happens. I have only tried it with a USB fl...

Wont work very well. It's a low profile Heatsink for a good reason, and as mentioned it does'nt come with a fan for a good reason. Reasons as mentioned, the 1U (1.75 inches high) case it will be in will have ducted plastic over the top of it, and the airflow that will be forced through it will be go...

The overclockers classic "Alpha PAL 6035" and similar "PIN" designed heatsinks are the only ones that have ever had a serious benefit from having the fan suck, rather than blow, and thats due to the "PIN" design. Most heatsinks are designed to have air blown through rather than sucked through their ...

Hiya Dan. I used the Hitachi tool. No 3.5" drive on the market compares to a good 2.5" drive. The only recent dealing with a notebook drive was the Seagate 40GB 5400RPM 2mb buffer Momentus. The drive had less vibration than most notebook drives, it's seek were audiable at 3". In a case this drive wo...

Looks good.

I see they are very cheap as well 7.02Euro's each.


Regards Andy

Can someone give me a link to the C'T magazines website, as I cant find it.

I would like to do a little testing of my own.


Andy

I have an original HIS Excalibur 9800 PRO with a REV 3 (Guessing), I have never heard it, very smooth noise, no clicking, I can only hear it if I stop all the other fans. I must have had it for about a year now, still going strong. I have never had to run it on fast, never cared about the GPU temp a...

Whats your case/fan, Heatsink/fan setup, that can make all of the difference. The highest my system has got is 53C system, and about 49C CPU, thats with both case fans running at 5V (taken from 3700BQE's, run a little slower than the Sonata fan at 5V), and my CPU fan on minimum, I dont know what min...

Kick Ass...........

You need more than just a pat on the back, Antec take note, Black/Blue Cases, with improved intake ventilation.

That gives me an idea or 2 to do to my Sonata (cutting, not the paintjob).


Andy

52 idle is poor. My CPU temp is 42C currently, my System temp is 38C currently, spec below - I am Folding BTW. The hottest it has got lately is about 49C CPU, and 53C system (I was playing HL2 for an hour or 2 on the hottest day of the year (so far) with the door and windows closed during the hottes...

Hiya fella's. Seems I have just what you want. A 3500+ (the crappy old newcastle core). 2GB's of RAM. And a really weedy overclock of 5%. And I only stopped folding once for 30mins in the last week, just to test a bit of CPU heatsink ducting. It went bad, so I had to stop folding. Anyhow F@H kept on...

Yes.

AAM dissabled is the loudest, then highest AAM level (255).

AAM 128 is quitest.

As myself and otrher have pointed out, it will probably quieten down over then next few days.

Let us know your experiences.


Andy

I would suggest a board thats not on your list. The MSI K8N-NEO 2 Platinum. It's a very nice board, I have mine with a low profile chipset cooler, it works perfectly, various other people have asked the question. Fanless NB is fine for the NF3 Ultra, even low profile, doesnt get very hot either. The...

I use IPA (isopropyl alcohol) mostly, if your cleaning something it's great, or to get rid of residue, it will also shift soft runny types of thermal paste but not chewing gum remover. UK Link as an example. http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=SA01477&N=411 Chewing gum remover...

Thanks for the temps. Mine are currently CPU 50C, system 34C. I have had the case side off for 24hours with no temperature change. My PC has been on for 4 days 6hours at the time of posting. However the hottest my system has got is CPU 54C, system 40C. I posted here about my heatsink http://forums.s...

My PSU is the standard Sonata 380W, it does NOT ramp up at all under load, but it's still too noisy for me, and at some point will be going, and ideally replaced with a Phantom. Running your case fan faster wont help with the heat as your PSU is creating the heat itself, getting more cool air into t...

The MSI RS480M2-IL is your board. It will do everything you want, and is quite future proofed. It is fanless, and the ATI Chipset produces no heat. Needs specific memory or you will have problems. Look Here. http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=21810 It's also cheap, widely available and...

What I do with most of the resellers I use in the UK with a dead product is just buy a new one, and get a fefund on the old one, as it's dead, they dont usually mind (some companies actually suggest that you do this to speed up the returns rate). All it means to you is that you have paied for 2 PSU'...

It could be the PSU or mobo, or both. Most mobo's wont post without CPU or RAM. Have you got the extra 4 pin mobo power connector plugged in.??? The PSU could be dead, but still be supplying the power for the LED's, remember their is, 3.3V 5V and 12V. take the heatsink off of the CPU, if the thermal...

Anyone.