Search found 255 matches
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:49 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 7800GT owners - pls help
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10863
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:46 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Instability Issues, Losing My Mind
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8140
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:24 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Presenting CPU coolers differently in reviews?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4031
C/W versus dBA sounds good! but i think the same reference fans should be used on all heatsinks. the better fans have almost zero bearing noise so i don't see a problem with the fan selection. this might even make results more accurate as a computer can do a plot to fit the data that may be closer t...
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:46 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Presenting CPU coolers differently in reviews?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4031
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:36 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Building the Mother of All Silent PC cases
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15659
VERY NICE!!! yes I think it can beat the Zalman case and be smaller than the Zalman too. Of course it will be heavy but we are strong! what is that thing under the case for? I don't understand what that pyramid-like thing on top is? hmmm... would i help to also have heatsink ridges on the inside to ...
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:28 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Coollaboratory liquid metal, a new thermal compound
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22409
My liquid metal TIM actually arrived about a week ago. The directions that came with it were in German, and I didn't realize there were English instructions online, so I just winged it. So far temps are no better than with AS5, but as I mentioned, I didn't follow their installation instructions, so...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:44 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung predicts death of hard drive
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11884
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Building the Mother of All Silent PC cases
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15659
I think the best way to passive cooling and cases will ultimately be a variant of the Zalman TN-500/TN-300. There doesn't need to be direct ventilation if you can somehow get the heat to exhaust through the aluminum metal. Of course selecting low-heat components would always be a must. All-passive c...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:29 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: One-fan Turion64 (v2.0)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9975
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:34 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Zalman CNPS9500 review
- Replies: 74
- Views: 37701
Just a thought about modding this, but why not yank the stock 92mm fan, block the central hole with a plug of some sort and mount a 120mm fan in front of the heatsink? I'd imagine that this would dramatically improve airflow across the fins and/or decrease noise level since it would allow for use o...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:02 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Hard drive cooling
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3785
Just cool the sides of the HD drive, where most of the heat goes. Otherwise you will just be cooling the temp sensor and mistakenly think that you lowered temps when all you really did is cool the sensor. Don't worry about the top and bottom of the HD drive. Watercooling HDD is really cool because i...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:58 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 0 db MSI 6600GT (PCI express)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6463
- Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:56 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Quiet! Pentium M - Media Center Edition - Help me build it!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3939
- Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:23 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: MYSTERY (solved) passive watercooler
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5385
- Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:34 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Dothan and Turion Compared and Explained
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26346
Going back to the actual review. Without venturing into the desktop area that includes overclocking/undervolting/cooling/measuring how desktop memory and such affect performance but looking at the review purely from the mobile point I'd say this review isn't bad. On average Turion performs on par w...
- Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: AtomChip SG220-2
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5891
- Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:02 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Gigabyte 3D1 cooling
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3743
- Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:02 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Most Reliable Fanless PSU?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 25626
Guys, I'm new here and am in the process of building a custom PC case that uses water and natural convention cooling. It is my second attempt to build a quiet PC case but this one is a more ambitious project. THe first case was eventually a good success using a Zalman quiet power supply. I would li...
- Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:34 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: acaurora's BLACK P180 ;P (Narrowband warning!)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29757
- Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:32 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: My future power supply
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1141
- Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:42 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Need quiet 5400 RPM drive UNDER 30GB
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5435
- Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:22 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: A fanless PSU for the P180
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12051
MikeC does have a good point in that even a slow-spinning fan can reduce temps drastically while being virtually inaudible. There have been many fanless PSUs that did fail, but the newer model of the Phantom seems to be fine. However, myself and a friend of mine have been running the Phantom 350 (ne...
- Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:46 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: A fanless PSU for the P180
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12051
- Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:05 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Questions about CSP-MAG noise
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7820
- Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:40 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Does a hight wattage PSU mean less noise?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2515
- Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:29 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: SilverStone ST30NF / Etasis EFN-300 - conservative ratings?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5335
- Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:04 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: New Contrarotary Fan
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3100
New Contrarotary Fan
A new fan is out. It is a contrarotary fan that directs a straight, focused blast of air rather than spread outward like standard fans. Think they might be useful?
http://www.ainex.jp/list/fan/cft-85.htm
I dunno about the noise level but that stuff could always be improved.
http://www.ainex.jp/list/fan/cft-85.htm
I dunno about the noise level but that stuff could always be improved.
- Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:27 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Coollaboratory liquid metal, a new thermal compound
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22409
It may not have mercury but that no aluminum warning makes you wonder. When you expose aluminum to air its surface immediately oxidises and forms a hard shell that protects it. If you put mercury on it that strips off the oxidised coating and exposes new aluminum to oxidation which is in turn strip...
- Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:09 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Coollaboratory liquid metal, a new thermal compound
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22409
- Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:54 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Coollaboratory liquid metal, a new thermal compound
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22409