Try the highest-powered peltier you can find and give it your PSU's 5V rail and see if that works. They should be pretty efficient at low voltages. Don't forget the anti-condensation insulation just to be safe. This is a lot of work, but if you can TAKE UP THE CAUSE we will thank you for it. The ide...

It is so big! Not portable at all! Zalman users can get another Reserator radiator for dual radiator. My computer is passively watercooled also, but it is internal and portable using the CORA 642 passive radiator from Alphacool. It is a different design from the Reserator and much more compact. You ...

Ahhh so my low expectations for the thermaltake watercooler has been confirmed. It is indeed horrible if it leaks. Simple unacceptable. Thermaltake shouldn't sell things that can ruin computers and give bad rep to watercooling. Me and two of my friends each built our own watercooling systems four ye...

Yeah the OCZ does seem a better value. However, the Venice platform supports DDR500 (PC4000) without overclocking. There is an option for it on all Socket 939 boards. On dual-core CPUs the memory speed is very noticeable, but not on single cores. If you are running dualcore you might want to conside...

I'm using the crucial ballistix and it works great! It can easily do CL2-2-2-5 at PC3200. All PC4000 can do slower clocks with better timings. However, the memory does get pretty hot sometimes, hotter than BH-5.

No need for speculation. Passive cooling via peltier has already been shown to work well, especially with low-power CPUs like the 90nm Athlons (overclocked=55W). The trick is to use low voltage (ie. 5V from PSU), but I think the sweet spot would be to use 7V from a 350W Peltier. At 14V full 350W, th...

Doesn't installing fans to a watercooling system defeat the purpose of silent watercooling? Also, the Bigwater kit doesn't seem silent judging by its design and the fact that its made by thermaltake. why don't you hook up all the hot stuff to cheap $15 waterblocks and just get a real radiator, a 120...

ahhh... good idea. you can even make it 50 ft high out of thick cardboard.

it's nothing that new from the pentium m tho they claim its a new design

Antec Smartpower 2 also seems like a good option. I notice that they also sell the Antec Phantom. If you have a lot of money, Phantoms are amazing. I use one, and its dead silent and very powerful at the same time.

it's a closed system so none of this matters. you don't even need a res as mentioned above. however, water can evaporate slowly through the tubing, so a small res is a good thing.

I'm just judging by SPCR ratings. They gave the Enermax a 6 in terms of noise while the Seasonic S12 gets an 8.

If Romania doesn't have popular SPCR supplies, what about the Tagan and Epower stuff? I heard good things about them.

The Akasa Paxpower I cannot recommend since its max efficiency is only 75% which is poor. Their claims of 18dBA is very difficult to beleive due to this fact. The biggest reason you should avoid this PSU is because its 12V rail is 11.65V at idle, and around the same for load but maybe even lower. Th...

Well CVD production of small diamonds is really cheap. I have diamond knife sharpeners having a decent layer of small diamonds on top of metal, and those are pretty cheap $15. If this is indeed cheaper than CVD process of making diamonds, then it should be pretty cheap. Here are some very rough esti...

So did you lap the heatsink? Sometimes Zalmans aren't lapped properly, and you will have to do it yourself. If you are going watercooling, going for external system like Reserater can become a PITA. You can't carry around your computer very easily and changing parts is difficult. People will come to...

The HeaThru Advantage: * High thermal conductivity (2-3x copper!) * Tunable thermal expansion rate (silicon/GaAs compatible) * Metallization; HeaThru can be metallized for direct bonding with heat pipes, heat sinks or even the chip die * Ni/Ag/Au Plating: HeaThru can be plated with just about any me...

yeah Yonah is an in-between-release CPU. It will be very good CPU but will be replaced very quickly. But merom to me seems like just a yonah with on-chip memory controller. they say it's a new design but it seems just like the old pentium m design to me. it doesn't seem all that interesting. intel s...

Ahhh so you don't work for CM, sorry I got confused. Welcome to SPCR.

I like Cooler Master's idea of running the Zalman 9500Cu "passive" with a nearby 120mm Nexus fan, with ducts to direct air. How would this compare to the Sythe Ninja "passive"?

SPCR reviewed a bunch of 2.5" drives. They indeed smoke the 3.5" ones, but are still loud. If you put your ear next to one, they still sound like helicopters. But they don't get hot so you can muffle them in thick foam and double muffle them in thick lead or uranium.

qviri wrote:800 RPM of one fan isn't necessarily equal in terms of CFM to 800 RPM of another fan.

And that's the amazing thing. The XP90C seems to outperform the XP120 at around half the CFM. You guys better check my bold claim, but according to my tests and those of some others it seems to be true.

Hi all My first post to SPCR - hopefully many more soon. I too am excited by the prospect of this new cooler, having just bought a 7700AlCU for my Prescott 540. I have no doubt Zalman will release an AlCU version soon...and Titanium sounds interesting too :shock: As for modding, that's par for the ...

How would a big S12 fit into an HTPC? What about Shuttle's "silent" PSU?

http://sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=695

How does this compare to S12 under 150W? S12's are really loud if you put your head inside your computer and listen, so hopefully this provides a cheap alternative that is more silent. I modded a Nexus into a Super Tornado once and got that low-20's dBA down to 17-18dBA. waiting for review.

just make sure you are also cooling the memory well. or after a year of gaming you will start seeing artifacts and realize that your card is permanently damaged.

or you can go for a XP-90 or XP-90C. for its huge size i don't see any real advantages of XP120, and XP-90C performs better and is quieter at the same time. Cotdt, what are you talkig about? First, the noise depends on the fan used, not the heatsink. And for all intensive purposes 92mm and 120mm ne...

or you can go for a XP-90 or XP-90C. for its huge size i don't see any real advantages of XP120, and XP-90C performs better and is quieter at the same time.

but is it silent?

i'm sure those 5W beasts can be silenced, but i have doubts about computer manufacturers using passive heatsinks.

Well diamond or no diamond, this Zalman 9500 is still a bit too loud for SPCR people if it is even louder than the 7000, and even if it performs as good as a 120.1 watercooler, its acoustic performance doesn't even come close. Have anyone ever heard the silence of a passive watercooler or the near-...

looks good but you forgot to install your video card.

Lap and remount your CPU cooler. Something is very wrong here.