I haven't personally, but I have pushed components to their limits in a sort of Sadistic test or living situation.

I'd mainly be concerned about Hard Drives, as they can only handle about 60C max...

Idea:

Sell the WDs on eBay and then buy a Seagate or Samsung. Don't look (listen) back).

Man...3 WDs in one machine? I remember when I had 2 80GB WDSEs in my machine. I couldn't sleep.

What about undervolting a regular 60mm fan?

I have a coolermaster 60mm that is pretty quiet out of the box, but undervolted it is super quiet, though it doesn't push much air.

What is the size of your partition? 100MB?

If they had the Speeze FalconRock on eBay in Canada, hell yes. It's an awesome K7 cooler for its ridiculously low price. Plus the stock fan is really quiet.

You can thank me later - send me the $20 you saved because you bought it.

Get this:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... 023&depa=0

The AMD64 CPUs will cool nicely. What are your temps in Sandra?

I'd recommend using (if it fits) the Zalman 7000Cu CPU cooler.

Your video card? If you can get a Zalman FSB123 bracket and a quiet fan, maybe you could blow if over the video card and remove the "screamer" that is on it.

THe BIOS (almost always) lies about Temperature readings.

Use Sandra 2004 to report CPU temps:

http://www.download.com/3000-2086-10264518.html

There could be too much play between the HS and the CPU. I have the 7000Cu and it has a bit of play. Can you move the HS when it is on the CPU? I can, but I have a mobile and its highest temp readings are 38-40C (running F@H 24 hours).

Also, where are you getting your temps from?

I have a 7000Cu at its lowest speed (with the fanmate) and I don't hear any clicking. If I did, I would go crazy.

42C? That's probably running cooler than your HDD. That sucker can handle 85-90C.

Heck, I would even undervolt the fan on it with those temps!

Good luck!

I'm not sure about the Q technology. It wouldn't hurt to try. If it plugs into the motherboard and the software can monitor the speed, then I'm pretty confident it would work. The Fanmate will work with a three-slotted fan plug (just like the one the Zalman has), so if you have a molex connector on ...

The Zalman should kick the Shizzle out of that Intel HSF and be more quiet in the process... I did notice that there is a bit of "play" with the way my 7000Cu sits on my AMD64m CPU, but I've read elsewhere that this is normal. My temps are excellent, so I haven't thought of changing it. By the way, ...

Oh no! It's on its deathbed!

The Zalman has a fanmate which allows you to manually adjust your speeds. I'm running mine on an AMD64m at its lowest speed - 38C Load.

MaXtors are notorious for running about 5C higher than any other disk. I'm not sure why that is, but I've read it many times and have experienced it on a couple of machines that I built before I discovered SPCR. MaXtors have pretty much been banned from SPCR and haven't made a product (though the 10...

I'm more worried about heat...

I'm one of the people who isn't bothered by seek noise, and the Seagate 7200.7 is really quiet anyway. If they do become quieter, this would be great - but the smaller capacities will not be available to have a single platter, right?

What's the lowest voltage you can run at the stock speed?

The 7000AlCu doesn't cool as well as Intel's stock Heatsink? Are you sure that it is properly mounted on the CPU? At full-blast the Zalman should easily cool better than a stock Intel heatsink - were you running the Zalman full speed? What Power Supply are you running? How many fans are in it? Do yo...

Yeah, you're probably right. But I was wrong anyway.

Two for two, so to speak.

I don't think the CPNS7000 fits 423...does it?

As far as I read on Zalman's site, 370 is a go, and so is 478.

All of Newegg's compatible 423 heatsink/fans are here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/manufactory.a ... =62&DEPA=0

Just click a the "compatible" dropdown to refine your search.

That's cool. Hopefully they'll be coming out with 16MB cache drives soon as well...

Did you see the MaXtor 16MB Cache drive yet? Too bad it's MaXtor...probably starts on fire.

I just saw it here: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100719&ps=ho6 Does anyone else think that it's time for another review of a MaXtor product? Come on!!! They have to be given another chance, right? Especially at 16MB Cache!!! Hey MikeC - you think MaXtor would give you ...

After ripping two discs it gets hot?

Weird.

I had a CD burner and a hard drive in mine and I never had any problems.

I often times burned 6 discs in a row (albeit 4x) without heat problems.

Well, looks like it's time to either turn on the fan or just take the top off...

I haven't, but I can tell you the fan plug would be different than that which is on a graphics card. The Graphics card will have a two socket plug whereas the Zalman will have a three socket plug (for standard 3 prong fans). Can it work? I'm sure you could MAKE it work, but it doesn't work out of th...

Got XP SP2?

Be sure to do the following for reactivating 800

http://theinquirer.net/?article=17819

I'm not a member so I can't look at the threads.

Well anyway, good luck.

Still try Sandra, as it is useful for much more than just accurate CPU readings.

If you have thoughts about distancing yourself from your PC, consider this: A PC is much like a woman. You try to put a little distance between yourself and it to get rid of the constant chatter, and at first it seems like a huge improvement. However, pretty soon you will find that it stops respond...

Paxmate plus Automotive Undercoating works.

Though you better let your case air out for 48 hours....................Yuk!