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- Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:40 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: GTX250: The 8800gt continues to live on, and on....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6842
They have GTX 260 and GTX 280 as "real" upgrades. And some people (myself included) are happy to see a slightly better performing and slightly more power efficient 8800gt. I might even get one eventually. :) To be fair, though, not a lot of people are trying to get maximum performance from a 200W p...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:39 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Good affordable SSDs?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 56598
vertex: what will happen when their cache run out? what will happen when you lose power when the system wrote to cache and assumed it was successfully writen but the drive itself has still not commited it to the flash memory I'm pretty sure it works the exact same way it does for that cache on your...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:33 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Why NOT to get SLI
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9912
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:28 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: GTX250: The 8800gt continues to live on, and on....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6842
GTX250: The 8800gt continues to live on, and on....
I really dont know how nvidia does it. We went from 8800gt, to 9800gt, to a die shrink with 9800gtx+ to now another die shrink with gtx250. All being the exact same card. Sure lower power consumption is great but cmon, can we get a REAL upgrade to the 8800gt sometime this decade?
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:20 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Quiet, low-power, modular PSU?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1777
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Silent 600w Drive
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3755
a passive 400w psu is more than enough for that system. The only reason you normally want to get a higher rated psu than what you actually need is so the fan speed doesnt ramp up and cause too much noise at load. But since the one linked has no fan, this is a non issue. If on the other hand you DO w...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:13 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: drilling holes in steel chassis
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3304
This reminds me of the time i glued a zalman heatsink to my northbridge with some AS ceramique, just to find out 10min later that now my VGA card bumped into it and couldnt be inserted any longer. So i had to dremel off half the flanges with it still attatched to the motherboard. I taped a bunch of ...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:17 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: 4870+S1: Cool in games but uncontrollable temps in Furmark??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3671
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:12 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New Build/help with fans
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1811
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:30 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Silent 600w Drive
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3755
You can get a completley passive 400w 80+ certified psu from newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817104035
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817104035
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:27 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Solo and Seasoninc 850 + Core i7
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2810
you can modify the drive cage in a solo to accomidate longer cards. If you dont mind going with a mAtx motherboard, the Antec NSK3480 is probably the best case on the market right now. Any VGA card length will work in it without modification, and it has a thermally separated PSU zone like the P180 s...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:21 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Good affordable SSDs?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 56598
I see no mention of a warrenty on this item whatsoever. Corsairs warrenty page doesnt even list this product.fyleow wrote:The Corsair SSD seems to be the hidden gem.
http://www.corsair.com/warranty/default.aspx
No warrenty = Crap, in my book.
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:17 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Recommended SPCR mAtx i7 System
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5225
Why bother getting 3x1 GB? Because only vista really needs anything more than 3gb because its a resource hog. If your running any other OS including a flavor of linux, then 3 is plenty. As it stands right now i dont recommend Vista to anyone. You dont really gain anything by "upgrading" to it from ...
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:28 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Recommended SPCR mAtx i7 System
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5225
Recommended SPCR mAtx i7 System
I always see people posting in these forums "look at this system, tell me what you think", and of course everyone has their personal viewpoint on what the perfect "silent" rig would look like, so they all tell them. Over and over and over to every new post looking for advice. Well here is my full sy...
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:54 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: X2 amd or Core 2 Duo require 64 bit OS?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7858
(32-bit XP won't see more than 3GB even if you fit more). 32-bit XP will see 4gb. The reason you "see" less is because it takes into account the amount of shared memory for onboard graphics as well as memory on dedicated graphics cards. So if you have a 512mb graphics card and 4gb of memory, window...
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:37 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Momentus & Scorpio 500gb notebook drives
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23494
I had not realized how close 3.5" drives had come to the noise level of 2.5" drives. Its almost to the point that traditional 2.5" spinning drives are quickly becomming a niche market. You've got 3.5" drives with a better price/GB that are just as quiet for mass storage, and you've got SSD's with be...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:15 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Want to replace P180 due to cable mis-management
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6974
I've seen cases that try to do cable management, but i've never actually seen it done well. Typically if cable management bothers you at all, then its already well beyond what any built in case features have to offer. I prefer to use hole-saw's on a drill bit. Gives a nice round circle as apposed to...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:08 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Which X58 mobo for 32 nm Westmere?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9409
Its already been stated that the new westmeres will use the same x58 northbridge, but intel has had a habbit of forcing users to upgrade motherboards when they release new processors. So i wouldnt hold your breath for future compatability. Generally if your going with intel, you need a new motherboa...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:00 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Just hooked up a new Enermax Revolution!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3198
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:56 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: new power supply roundup review at anandtech...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4973
Re: new power supply roundup review at anandtech...
The AC PSU was only tested at 240v, this is why it looks so much better than everything else. Performance wise, the BFG looked the best. Now if only they put a good fan controller in it. Though if your willing to void your PSU's warrenty and do a fan swap, this is likely the best option in the bunc...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:48 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: BFG LS550 W power supply - Is it silent?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5282
I don't know, but it was much praised by AnandTech: http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=3516 Praised for performance, but was one of the loudest units in the roundup. Not much, but I admit that it was not the best in terms of acoustics. Here, the AC Fusion was better. Is the AC ...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:43 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Corsair not planning to bring HX450 to US/NA!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4634
Also, there is always the non modular cable version. Its not like having modular cables is a make or break option on a quality PSU. It was the reason I wanted the HX in the first place. For SFF machines, modular cabling is mighty nice to have. It can be done without modular cables, it just takes mo...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:53 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Slimline DVD drives, inherently quieter?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6452
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:51 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do drives get noisier as they get older?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5888
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:49 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Noisy half-baked "green" hard drives?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14103
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:16 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Finally, Micro-ATX Core i7
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6784
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:20 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Why NOT to get SLI
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9912
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:14 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Solo exhaust fan, why is this so hard?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4601
As long as you arnt getting artifacts on screen i wouldnt worry about the temps. I've had an 8800gt running completely passive with an AC S1 for years now with no issue whatsoever. I dont even have intake fans at the front of the case blowing in that general direction like you do. VGA cards work a b...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:44 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Please do a PWM fans roundup!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19745
But, how do we KNOW that PWM makes fans noisier? There have been fan reviews in the past at other sites pitting PWM and non PWM fans up against each other. Some fans on PWM do not exhibit increased noises over voltage regulation, but then on the other side of things fans on voltage regulatioin neve...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: BFG LS550 W power supply - Is it silent?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5282
Praised for performance, but was one of the loudest units in the roundup.lb_felipe wrote:I don't know, but it was much praised by AnandTech: http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsu ... spx?i=3516