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by Cerb
Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:44 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: System for recording studio Need Advice
Replies: 43
Views: 15090

As for memory? 2Gb is plenty. 32-bit XP can't use 4 gigs, so it would be a waste of money. Buy the cheapest value memory available, performance gains from memory are negliable. You really gain nothing unless you were planning for high overclocks. From my experience high performance memory also tend...
by Cerb
Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:32 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Noise level of AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ stock cooler?
Replies: 12
Views: 8581

It turns itself off most of the time. Nothing like the old XPs. QFT Also, current AMD coolers are quieter than the Intel ones. Oddly enough, a decent Antec case+PSU and a stock A64 X2 cooler ends up quieter than many current big vendor boxes. I believe you'll be quite pleased with stock parts, thes...
by Cerb
Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:27 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Core 2 Duo, GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R and cooling
Replies: 18
Views: 11549

The Thermalright hasn't proven itself to be a great fanless cooler. I also would not trust anything that tall to the Intel pushpins. Even with low airflow, though, Thermalright's should best the Ninja, with a fan right there on it.
by Cerb
Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:23 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: System for recording studio Need Advice
Replies: 43
Views: 15090

1. Why Ballistix? 2. Where are the HDDs going to be? Seems to me, the first step is to figure out how far away you can stash them; as, having three of them, they will present the most trouble to you. I'm not married to ballistix they seem to be recommended a lot. What's your choice? 2x2GB sticks of...
by Cerb
Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:59 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: C2D E6850 System Advice?
Replies: 6
Views: 3136

For something easy to go in, my recommendation is still one of Thermalright's. The Ultra 120 Extreme will be easier to mount than the SI-128 SE, but while they may look intimidating, just have a little patience and they'll go on like clockwork. The Katana doesn't get the super cool temps other heats...
by Cerb
Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:27 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Core 2 Duo, GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R and cooling
Replies: 18
Views: 11549

Get something that won't use the pushpins, and you should be fine for the weight. The Ninja can work with TR's bolt-through, but is a PITA to install, due to having so little room, with the Ninja's fins in the way and all.
by Cerb
Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:20 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: System for recording studio Need Advice
Replies: 43
Views: 15090

1. Why Ballistix?
2. Where are the HDDs going to be? Seems to me, the first step is to figure out how far away you can stash them; as, having three of them, they will present the most trouble to you.
by Cerb
Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:22 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Story of a Drawer, part II: to the Dark Side
Replies: 3
Views: 4902

There is a top. It's plywood. The top will be the ducts/chambers. Scheduling has kept my neighbor and I from being able to get together and do the actual set of drawers as a piece of furniture. Right now, covering it isn't feasible, because I need the optical drive hooked up (I can't get Windows to ...
by Cerb
Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:13 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: C2D E6850 System Advice?
Replies: 6
Views: 3136

You can't do anything about the multiple seconds Firefox takes to load, unless you're willing to build it yourself, static (IMO, bad idea). It' has to do with how Firefox is designed. My E6750 starts it up only slightly faster than the Athlon XP before it. many apps will be the same way. Your best b...
by Cerb
Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:20 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Story of a Drawer, part II: to the Dark Side
Replies: 3
Views: 4902

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by Cerb
Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:19 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Story of a Drawer, part II: to the Dark Side
Replies: 3
Views: 4902

Story of a Drawer, part II: to the Dark Side

Story of a Drawer: Part I The new specs: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz) Scythe Ninja Plus and Thermalright bolt-through kit 4GB (2x2) A-Data DDR2 800 Samsung T166 400GB (yeah, I got fooled--still not shabby, though) Scythe HDD silencer box. Gigabyte Geforce 7300GT (passive) 3 Scyth...
by Cerb
Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:18 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Care and feeding of Scythe low-pressure (SlipStream) fans
Replies: 42
Views: 38401

I've now got a 800 RPM model as my CPU fan (two open windows in the room will have to do case cooling!), and...wow. This fan may be less than ideal not being a PWM fan, but it beats the Nexus silly at 12 volts. At three feet, ambient noises, like the wind in the trees, totally drown it out after abo...
by Cerb
Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:24 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Quiet Linux-based fileserver (advice needed)
Replies: 14
Views: 6916

The PCI bus will have plenty of room, unless he's moving large HD movies over GbE. A hardware controller isn't a bad idea, but using PCI is not a problem. You can get in excess of 100MB/s over PCI, and 8+MB/s over a 100Mb/s LAN with a switch (IE, not a hub). An old PIII with a new drive controller a...
by Cerb
Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:15 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Build
Replies: 5
Views: 2470

http://techreport.com/articles.x/12747/16 Here's one. But, I guess take that with a little grain of salt--I recalled reading it several places, but I can only find it for the Deluxe and -E/Wifi versions. So it may be the added stuff on them helping out. On the fans, I intend to post again in the fan...
by Cerb
Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:25 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New Build
Replies: 5
Views: 2470

1. Guinea pig, pretty much. Welcome to the club. I'm waiting for mine to be shipped out now. 2. Probably. Anandtech's review did it without effort, oddly enough. If you count ducting from an intake/to and exhaust, I can't imagine it would perform poorly. Edit : ducting can do miracles, even when not...
by Cerb
Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:35 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Where to get quiet fans!?
Replies: 3
Views: 2788

by Cerb
Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:35 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: yate loon 92mm and 80mm fan thoughts?
Replies: 18
Views: 18660

hmm ok... well i was going to use one of these 80mm fans in my psu but thats not gonna happen if they use a sleeve bearing. How are the artic cooling fans? to they have motor / bearing noise? Again, the 120mm ones are all I can say for (they're ADDA, IIRC)...there is some bearing noise, but not bad...
by Cerb
Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:26 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: yate loon 92mm and 80mm fan thoughts?
Replies: 18
Views: 18660

well soem google research has shown that the bushings i saw were actual sleeve bearings, they are one in the same. Thus the 80's and 120s have the correct "bearing" the 90mm is dual ball bearing and has horrible bearing noise... i think ima just return them all... i need these fans to last a LONG t...
by Cerb
Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:42 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Care and feeding of Scythe low-pressure (SlipStream) fans
Replies: 42
Views: 38401

Hello, The 800RPM Scythe Slip Stream (SSS?) starts fine a 5v -- and it is very slightly slower/quieter/less air than the SSS 500RPM at 12v. It blows more air at 12v than a GlobalWin NCB does at 5v; though it is also a bit noisier, too. (The GW NCB has the lousy "parallel" struts, btw...and it makes...
by Cerb
Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:45 pm
Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
Topic: Silverstone Strider SST-ST40F $30 after rebate 400W APFC
Replies: 2
Views: 2604

Looks like an FSP design, no more Enhance units for the Strider series ... :( http://www.jonnyguru.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3221 Probably not bad, but not as good of a deal as it first appears to be, since we're used to thinking Silverstone <= Enhance. I was considering it, and found that thread...
by Cerb
Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:12 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Ninja or SI-128 SE?
Replies: 2
Views: 1725

Oops, sorry about that. E6750.

Overclocking will be done, but it's not important for this. I'll take what the binning gods give me at stock Vcore.
by Cerb
Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:49 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Care and feeding of Scythe low-pressure (SlipStream) fans
Replies: 42
Views: 38401

NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello,

I will check on the undervolting sometime tomorrow. OTOH, the 500RPM Slip Stream really doesn't need to be undervolted...
No, but 500 RPM might not hold the temps down during the Summer. In that case, being able to go up would be nice.
by Cerb
Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:33 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Care and feeding of Scythe low-pressure (SlipStream) fans
Replies: 42
Views: 38401

How do they undervolt, and how do they sound when undervolted? IoW, how well does the 1200 RPM replace the 500 and 800, and how well does the 800 replace the 500?

This series of fans really throws off my controller plans (again). I might be able to use fans at >7v, again...
by Cerb
Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:34 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Ninja or SI-128 SE?
Replies: 2
Views: 1725

Ninja or SI-128 SE?

I have just over 150mm in height. Technically I could actually fit the Ultra 120 Extreme, but it doesn't fit my needs except generally liking Thermalright :). But, that gives me plenty of room for the Ninja or SI-128 SE. Ninja: -requires TR bolt-through kit -does not cool mobo parts +can probably be...
by Cerb
Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:30 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Care and feeding of Scythe low-pressure (SlipStream) fans
Replies: 42
Views: 38401

Looks good. I guess when I upgrade, I'll get a little assortment of fans, and see how well they do. If these will report tach around 5-7v, that'd be wonderful. About the only bad thing appears to be the bearings. It seems to me that fluid bearings would be ideal. But, they would have been more expen...
by Cerb
Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:59 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Custom case...
Replies: 6
Views: 4405

Standard, yes, but not "good." I made one very similar, and there are a few things you can do better. In other words, don't make the similar mistakes to mine! :) 1. The PSU should NOT exhaust from the motherboard space. It should exhaust from its own area. Try putting it below the motherboard, or if...
by Cerb
Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:57 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Heatsink design- the fins
Replies: 7
Views: 2811

I have seen heatsinks with ruffled fins, jagged edges, and some with holes (TR's newer ones use holes). So, some ideas: 0. Holes in the fins work. It makes sense, and TR has a few coolers with them. These coolers perform well in quiet conditions. 1. It has to be done just right, or it could cause it...
by Cerb
Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:58 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Software fan control - why so difficult? Standards?
Replies: 3
Views: 2493

Major vendors like to do their thing, only supporting standards when they must. Since people wanting decent fan control are such a small part of the market, no, We don't get standards. We get the hope of a decent BIOS, or Speedfan, or pwmconfig working for our board, and then the hope that the fans ...
by Cerb
Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:41 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: How do the 120x38mm Panaflo's compare?
Replies: 1
Views: 1744

Assuming undervolting, and that it's an old Japanese one, most new fans will be on par. Nexus are better (unless mounted horizontally) in terms of noise, but not by much. However, the FDB fans age much better. The main advantage with several newer fans is that they will happily run at lower RPMs, wh...
by Cerb
Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:32 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Control of these newfangled 4-pin fans...
Replies: 1
Views: 1546

http://www.formfactors.org/developer%5C ... M_Spec.pdf

For future reference if anyone else has trouble searching for it. Looks like I now have a good excuse to get a PICAXE!