A friend of mine gave me his old laptop, which is the same model as mine. He had a GeForce 5200, while mine has a Radeon 9000. Would it be worthwhile to replace the ATI card with the Nvidia one? I'm looking for either improved performance or reduced power consumption.

How did you get that simulation? That kind of thing would be very in demand around here, I think.

Neil, your posts are starting to singe my retinas. 8) As for me, I used to have a few computers folding, but they all had to be taken down for one reason or another. I'm hoping to get them back online in the next few months. And I'd really like to build a new scorcher of a system later this year and...

What about a connecting rod/wrist pin arrangement, like what connects the crankshaft to the pistons in a car engine? That would allow you to convert rotary to linear motion instead of a rack and pinion.

Even with high efficiency, manufacturing and disposing of the lead acid battery inside can't be good for the environment. I've even heard from people who use UPS's that the battery doesn't last very long.

After replacing the CPU heatsink, you will most likely want to do something about the northbridge fan. So make sure whatever you pick leaves room for a passive northbridge heatsink.

Damn, that is a fine looking case! I think it looks better than most furniture.

NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello,

A car crash.

A big explosion.

Gunfire.

You must love action movies, then!

Seasonic S12-330, or some Fortron-Source models are even cheaper, but hard to know how good they are, as there are many different models, and most are not reviewed.

I would imagine it is just a rebranded ninja. OCZ is one of the many companies that simply slaps their name on an OEM product.

I wouldn't do it. Ozone in the air eats rubber bands alive. I foolishly used some to bundle up extra cables, and within a couple months the bands were disintegrating.

If it's one of those ducts from the side of the case, I would suggest removing it. They usually don't help and often just add restrictions to your case airflow.

cabbage cutting noise (not individual leaves, but cutting through a whole cabbage head like a block) has the same effect on my head that stepping on a pile of canine fecal matter has. Stepping on canine fecal matter feels like it pierces the sole of my shoe and something is stinging at my feet, whi...

The Panaflo's most likely spin slower, meaning they are quieter and move less air. They probably will provide enough airflow, however.

What's an ACAG?

nici wrote: Following the recent trend of car analogies on SPCR, doing a fanswap on a Seasonic is more like upgrading the brakes on your Ferrari to carbon ceramic

That is, assuming carbon ceramic brakes are quieter than steel ones...

It does seem awfully low, 22 C is about the same as ambient.

I always thought of Britney as a good example of white trash/trailer trash. Also, tasteless car modification is pretty widespread in the US. Riced out Fast and the Furious style cars are common in lots of groups. Do chavs do 22-inch wheels or spinners?

So if a Chav sneaks aboad a freighter with a couple gallons of vitamin c enriched mad dog and 3 weeks later scurries out into the land of the free, he's not a Chav-American? :lol: :lol: :lol: If he's from the UK, wouldn't he carry Olde English 800 or Mickeys to ward off scurvy and sobriety? That as...

I think most GPUs don't have a heatspreader, so follow the set of instructions for exposed die chips.

Remember, less is more with thermal compound. Try to use as little as possible.

My roommate listens to British hip-hop and is always talking about chavs, but I still don't get what they are.

Any Brits in here care to help enlighten me?

If I had to guess, I would say your CPU fan is the noisiest one. AMD OEM heatsinks usually have 70mm fans, I think, and this one may or may not be controlled by your motherboard. If not, it will be spinning full speed all the time. See if there are any options in the BIOS for controlling the fan, th...

I imagine it would be fine. Especially if there is airflow from other fans, such as case and psu.

Apparently with larger flash devices, the write limit is indeed overblown. Here's an article about this very subject, albeit with no mention of possible energy savings.

http://www.dansdata.com/flashswap.htm

edit: forgot link...

Looking at your pictures, I don't know if this ps will work for you. It doesn't appear to adhere to the standard wire color codes, so it might not be standard ATX. Some system builders do this, notably Dell in the past. Unless you feel like measuring the voltage on each pin to see if it conforms to ...

jaganath wrote:
I don't think they are, see figure 11:

http://www.formfactors.org/developer/sp ... ic_br2.pdf

No, it appears that they are not. Nevermind.

The P3 connection sounds like a 3.3V connector. Orange is usually reserved for 3.3V, yellow for 12V. I'm not positive, but I think the +4 segment of the 20+4 and the ATX12V connection are electrically and mechanically identical. Do a search for the pinouts and see if they are the same, and if the ke...

I guess I'll just have to see how bright it really is. Maybe the blue light shining won't be as irritating as case fan led's can be. Before I do a fan swap maybe I'll try just crushing the head of the led with needle nose pliers, to see if that works. After all, it's just a small bulb right? LEDs a...

To run 12VDC computer fans off wall power, you would need a transformer to converter 120VAC to 12VDC. An old power brick might do the trick. Otherwise, there are some AC fans, but these can be somewhat harder to find. Surplus stores might be a good bet. There's a sticky in the fans and control forum...

"Both feature 1GB DDR4 memories on board but the OEM version is 12.4" long to be exact and the retail is 9.5" long. The above picture shows a 12.4" OEM version. The power consumption of the card is huge at 270W for 12" version and 240W for 9.5" version." VR Zone Up to 270 watts!! :shock: Have their...