Has anyone seen any evidence that they are queiter and by how much? Obviously 5400RPM should be quieter than 7200RPM but I want to see figures. And, obviously, Tomshardware can't be trusted with (many things, but amongst them) noise figures.
I would however take the word of SPCR regulars

1000ppd !! Yeah me! Damn - I'm never gonna catch you now - I wonder if there is a version of Linux that'll run on lightbulbs and car stereos?? Lightbulbs don't have a MMU but there's uCLinux (?) which doesn't require a MMU. If I could just get it to work then I could borg most of the lightbulbs in ...

Initially I thought this was weird and thought where the hell could it be?? I thought that they've put in another on at the back (there is enough space).. but then I remember (someone correct me if I'm wrong).. that they added one in the top.. I think... I'll try and find some pics on the web. EDIT:...

Takhisos wrote:I'm in the UK so does anyone have any recommendations of where to get one from?

just a few clicks away - a list of vendors in the UK for silent stuff.

As rusty has said simply try it without the fan. If it acts funky just add a fan to the bracket you already have in there and that should work just fine. I second Rusty's idea to just remove it and see what happens - I had a quick butchers for other AMD761 boards and found one that only has a heats...

Prolly should be private messaging this but.. ARM Systems - it looks like you have two F@H clients misconfigured - you got your name wrong and are folding under two names: ARM_Systems:_Home_of_the_StealthPC and ARM_Systems;_Home_of_the_StealthPC (i.e. colon vs semi-colon). To confirm this search for...

From people's experience.. any idea when this case might appear in the shops? I've found it in one place in Holland .. 105 Euros (about 70 in normal money, or 125 USDs), but since I don't speak dutch I'm not sure if these are pre-orders or what. If anyone has more info than please speak up - I'm tor...

ColdFlame, it's getting warm here, and I can't keep boxes on all the time. My efforts to get my P4 stable undervolted aren't working very well either. Then my Duron deosn't like being too hot (I tried turning the 7000A's fan speed way down, and I get loads of errors). Tell me about the heat - I'm h...

I'm back baby! yeah! :) but I'm not doing as well as I hoped - one of my targets was Zyzzyx , but he's starting to accelerate away.. and hot on my heels is BMWBMW . I'm not sure what I else I could borg :( If only there were a Solaris client :x I still have a few people I would really like to overta...

Thanks guys.. actually it's a bid to beat some other SPCR members.. but I'm not going to say who they are otherwise they might borg, fix broken folders etc.. I'll gloat once I've passed them

Hi guys, I was looking for ideas and opinion on available desktop ATX/mATX cases. Basically it's for an HTPC style box - on the cheap - no more than 45GBP (~80USD) for the case - I'm hoping to put an undervolted Mobile Barton in it, but to make it as quiet as possible I was hoping to run it with one...

Ralf Hutter wrote:..little NAD box..

I can't stop laughing when I hear references to NAD equipment What an unfortunate name.

Seriously though - cool set up.. but what about dust?
And what's the PSU? and what HDD temps are you getting?

..so now I'm contemplating getting a 80 GB ATA IV instead. I'm aware that the speed of the ATA IV never was it's strong point, but how will it's reduced speed (compared to my WD 1200JB) be noticable? AFAIK the Cuda IV aren't made any more.. the Cuda V's are hard if not impossible to get.. and the C...

Big contratulations to DonP for turning GREEN, reaching the top 20 producers and taking his PPW from circa 850 to 2300
Woohoo! go me! (well someone had to say it )

I have Seagate 120GB 8MB Cashe / 200Gb Seagate SATA :( :? Now i am worried Aww crap - may I be the first person to strongly recommend that you backup your valuable data as soon as possible!! No.. not really.. sorry about that :) I spotted this phenomenon some time ago and to date I haven't seen any...

AFAIK, you cannot access the SMART data or the low-level HDD settings through either a USB or Firewire interface. You have to remove the drive from it's external case and connect it directly to an IDE channel. I can confirm this - I tried very hard to get SMART info from a Cuda V in a USB2 box.. un...

I'm really surprised everything works fine at such a low voltage. I don;t see why you are concerned.. some of the lamers (joke!!!!) here are happy when they undervolt their CPU - you are undervolting your entire computer!!! you da man! running your 5V line at 4.53V means that you are running at 82%...

DonP, -forcesse does not effect which work units you get. -advmethods is the only flag that influences assignment of work. Sorry.. yeah, I meant -advmethods :) I think what I said makes sense.. since I didn;t favour gromacs, a had more tinkers.. tinkers are now worht more.. ergo I;m getting more po...

A few people are having MONSTER days today. With still one update remaining: .... DonP - 552 (24hr avg 288) .... What's most interesting to me is, with the exception of wgragg, these are all "old guys", guys that have been around for a long time, folding away quietly, not making a big deal out of t...

I don't know where you are located but I recently found loads in the UK from xcase.. I've never used them so I can't comment.

Check out this thread for more useful info on mobile bartons... including over/under clocking power calculations and links to power usage tables for Athlon processors.

I have a Truepower 380 and my 5V is at 4.89V.. but to tell you the thruth I'm not worried. From memory I think I once read that some mobos don't read the voltage levels properly. Maybe this is true in your case too? On my GA-8IHXP all the voltages are low: 3.3V=>3.2V, 5V=>4.89V, 12V=>11.67V.. -12 an...

Antec TruePower 380 (the two fan one.. not the 380 S ) Hmm.. weird. I think I get a similar squeel from other componants when I manipulate large images.. I always thought it was coming from the PSU but after hearing that I'm not sure the other noises were from the PSU.. but these definately were. Li...

Just for everyone's info..
Scythe Samurai now available from overclockers.co.uk for circa 30 GBP inc VAT.. not bad me thinks. From what I read in other threads it actually sucks air off the heatsink so it would be good for use with an out blowing duct.

I haven't personally compared but I'm guessing there is no difference. In fact all of the SATA drives I've seen (not that many though) are actually PATA drives with all the PATA electronics and then with a PATA to SATA adaptor. I'm guessing some people may comment that SATA is better because the cab...

We used to use Systemax as our supplier at work but the overall quality was very poor. I'd say that's more likely to account for the high failure rate! (going serious OT..)Yeah.. I know about the quality.. but at my university we are pretty restricted to approved suppliers.. kinda sucks. Then again...

I also found it conflicted with Sophos Antivirus (I'm pretty sure it was the AV that f@h was conflicting with) I run Sophos AV on my XP box and it has never caused any problems. It folds 24/7 with the CLI client now, but I have used the GUI client without problem in the past too. Hmm.. I guess it m...

josephclemente wrote:... They were always noisier in the suck position. Anyone else notice this?

Haven't tried.. but I seem to remember a discussion about this in the forums once. Did you ever try adding that Thermaltake duct mod between the fan and the HSF?

DonP, when you say "fix them," what is it you typically had to do? Just stop and restart them? Do they restart OK following system reboots? David It differs from case to case.. sometimes nothing would help and a re-install of a newer version client would be required. Sometimes a wiping of the queue...