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- Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:29 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Zip Ties Or Twist ties?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22490
Re: Zip Ties Or Twist ties?
Both work but we all know that zip ties is the right way to do it.
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:41 pm
- Forum: User Reviews
- Topic: New HDPlex H1.S Build & Review
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10926
Re: New HDPlex H1.S Build & Review
Very nice! It's a great case.
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:33 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: What is a soft material that conducts heat well?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3499
Re: What is a soft material that conducts heat well?
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/e ... ?N=8704982
There's adhesive pads as well. I think you can get stuff like this cheap on eBay.
There's adhesive pads as well. I think you can get stuff like this cheap on eBay.
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:41 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
Your statements seem to be true, I verified them with the WD staff and was told the the RPM speed is fixed and cannot be changed after the tuning that's done in factory. IntelliPower merely means that based on an algorithm - the RPM will be around 5400 but not precisely the same 5400 speed for ever...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:02 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
And I must add. It's ok to be deceived by WD here. No shame in that. The people that spin these lies are professionals. They get payed a lot for the "work" they do. I tend to think like Bill Hicks on this. "By the way if anyone here is in advertising or marketing… kill yourself." :p We as a communit...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:38 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
Ok, from that thread you linked to. Here again, due to popular demand is fzabkar in reply to that official WD support rep. Western Digital, please, please, please stop perpetuating this dishonest, deceptive IntelliPower marketing nonsense. Even your own staff have been, and continue to be, deceived ...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 6:27 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
The right name seems to be "intellipower" I'm back. :) Quoting fzabkar from that thread you linked to: "Western Digital, please, please, please stop perpetuating this dishonest, deceptive IntelliPower marketing nonsense. Even your own staff have been, and continue to be, deceived by it." Back when ...
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:44 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
I give up.
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:44 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
I think IntelliSeek is WD marketing speak for AAM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_acoustic_management "Although there is no definition of the function implemented to provide acoustic management in the ATA standard, most drives use power control of the head-positioning servo to reduce vibrat...
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:18 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
So with enough support it's possible? All we need to do is believe? I'm telling you HDDs don't work like that. The RPM is fixed. Ok? Look it up if you don't believe me. Head resting on cushion of air and all that. Maybe we could construct a different HDD, but a firmware patch? Come on... Sure it wou...
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 12:10 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39798
Re: A quieter HDD with a firmware patch
Can we also have a patch to make them free? I think they are rather expensive. ;) Seriously. No firmware patch will solve your problem. With very few exceptions the RPM of a HDD is fixed and cannot be changed. If the disk is loud while idle, why not simply let the OS put it to sleep? I know you trie...
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:58 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Applying heatsink compound to heatpipe cooler.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2500
Re: Applying heatsink compound to heatpipe cooler.
I remember that rod, but I don't think it's necessary. Greasing up the heatpipes have always been a messy business But the contact area is so large that you don't really need that much precision. Use whatever tool you can find I say. A folded piece of stiff paper does the job.
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:38 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Buying a WI picoPSU only to use with a good 12V brick?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3164
Re: Buying a WI picoPSU only to use with a good 12V brick?
If you have a good 12V brick then I see no reason to go with a WI version of the picoPSU, unless you have one laying around already.
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:07 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: need to replace power supply on legacy silent pc
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27317
Re: need to replace power supply on legacy silent pc
1200 RPM 49.0 CFMginahoy wrote:Turns out the spare fan in my closet was a Scythe SFF21E, which has fluid dynamic bearing (FDB). It's rated at 1200 CFM so it should be fine given my system's modest power consumption.
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:12 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Upgrade my system : GTX 1060 - Fractal Node 304
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16024
Re: Upgrade my system : GTX 1060 - Fractal Node 304
Yeah, it shouldn't be hard to sell the i5-2500k. It's still a very good CPU.
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:08 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Upgrade my system : GTX 1060 - Fractal Node 304
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16024
Re: Upgrade my system : GTX 1060 - Fractal Node 304
Your Intel i5-2500k (LGA1155) will not go with the Asus H110I-PLUS (LGA1151).
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:02 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Next Generation Monitors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8915
Re: Next Generation Monitors
Cable management is my OCD.
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:23 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Next Generation Monitors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8915
Re: Next Generation Monitors
I love cables. Through them I can transfer a ton of information with very little hassle. Is the work required when installing the stuff really that hard? I zip tie everything down under the desk. I don't even use a cordless mouse, though I can see that they make sense.
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 4:32 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Noctua NH-D15 Settings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12424
Re: Noctua NH-D15 Settings
I would use the adapter as a last resort. It's just a resistor, and using a resistor is an inefficient way to slow down a fan.
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:42 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: any spcr articles on fanless true silent atx build
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3459
Re: any spcr articles on fanless true silent atx build
In my experience you will have electronic noise, one way or the other. Especially if it's a system that will do somewhat heavy stuff like gaming. Putting even one very quiet fan in there will make the whole thing a lot more simple. First, decide what kind of power you need. For a long time I waited ...
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:19 am
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: Has SPCR gone dormant?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13586
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:46 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD Green vs. WD Red for quietness?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 89651
Re: WD Green vs. WD Red for quietness?
Why not make it a goal to place the spinning storage in the other room? I would not want all my storage to be SSD, I don't trust the tech enough for that. I want SSDs close to me, HDDs out of hearing range and lots of redundancy.
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Help choosing a quiet 2TB HDD
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9248
Re: Help choosing a quiet 2TB HDD
Letting the HDD rest on a foam brick at the bottom of the case works fine. But make sure it's secure. Kitchen sponges sounds a bit flaky. Electronics side up for better cooling and maybe lower risk of ESD damage.
- Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:12 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD Green vs. WD Red for quietness?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 89651
Re: WD Green vs. WD Red for quietness?
Put it in a Scythe Quiet Drive or similar to start with. I keep one of those on the shelf just in case. And then maybe suspend it using elastic cords.
- Sun Oct 16, 2016 11:07 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Fanless heatpipe on i5-6500 & MiniSYS T8.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9430
Re: Fanless heatpipe on i5-6500 & MiniSYS T8.
Totally fanless works fine for normal use. And by normal use I mean that the system will not be doing anything heavy that fully loads it for hours on end. Don't go fanless if you intend to run protein folding simulations 24/7. :) I don't know anything about the MiniSYS T8 but I've built fanless syst...
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:01 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: New concept cooler from Thermaltake
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5446
Re: New concept cooler from Thermaltake
Lower dB-rating than the NoFan they say. SPCR review perhaps?
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:57 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: i7 6700K + NOCTUA NH-D9L strange cooling problems
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8789
Re: i7 6700K + NOCTUA NH-D9L strange cooling problems
With some Asus boards the auto overclock features might be enabled, or be set to auto with the same results. Make sure to disable those features.flinx wrote:Have you updated the BIOS of the motherboard yet? (And make sure you reset to defaults - sometimes a BIOS update can fubar the settings)
- Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:41 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: picoPSU for Core i7 system?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6425
Re: picoPSU for Core i7 system?
While either would work, I'd go with the picoPSU-150-XT. It's a bit beefier and the price difference seems to be only 10$ or so.
More important is the brick. With a powerful brick you don't need to go with a factory underclocked T part even, unless you want to.
More important is the brick. With a powerful brick you don't need to go with a factory underclocked T part even, unless you want to.
- Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:23 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Power consumption
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8437
Re: Power consumption
I agree, but there's a lot more fun to try out Linux without that noisy 7200 RPM HDD.CA_Steve wrote:As mentioned earlier, the only benefit for the old machine would be faster boot time. But, really, how slow is Linux to boot on an HDD? Surely it doesn't have the cruft of Windows....
- Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:01 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Force a PWM CPU fan to run at full speed?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 32899
Re: Force a PWM CPU fan to run at full speed?
If you have a multimeter you could measure the voltage that the motherboard feeds to the fan. That would tell you if the fan itself slows down even if it receives 12V.
The Q-Fan controls should be OS independent. Maybe try update the BIOS unless you are already running the latest version.
The Q-Fan controls should be OS independent. Maybe try update the BIOS unless you are already running the latest version.