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by Webfire
Fri May 27, 2005 3:31 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Antec P180: A visual tour
Replies: 224
Views: 217078

Well on the page of endpcnoise.com is an image which states that they ship internationally. So you can probably order there when you want the P180 SPCR edition. The P180 looks so damn nice. I'm tempted to buy one- But on the other hand I wanted to build a case by myself so the P180 has to wait a lit...
by Webfire
Tue May 24, 2005 10:44 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermaltake's 0dB Solution: SonicTower
Replies: 90
Views: 53529

You guys should check out this review: http://www.fan-x.de/testkcpu001_1.htm He compared the TT Sonic Tower, the TR XP-120 and the Titan Vanessa L-Type. In the other review on that page he made a review of the Noiseblocker Cool Scraper, also a nice cooler. It's made by a member of silenthardware.de/...
by Webfire
Mon May 23, 2005 7:05 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Seasonic S12-500 & 600
Replies: 99
Views: 99584

@MikeC: Well I don't need the power of the 500 Watt version, but the high efficiency is very tempting. That's why I wanted to buy the 400HT with the Yate Loon SM12. I noticed that the Adda is more quiet than the B12 but from the measurements between the SM12 and the Adda it looked like it would be a...
by Webfire
Mon May 23, 2005 6:19 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Seasonic S12-500 & 600
Replies: 99
Views: 99584

Wow... 85% efficiency that's nice. I agree with you Green Shoes, I'm dissapointed too with the fan change. I wanted to buy the 400HT but it seems that it won't be imported to germany. So perhaps I buy the S12 500 and change the fan. After the fan change you "have" to do it with all other S12 PSUs an...
by Webfire
Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:13 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Doug's Quiet Wood Case PC
Replies: 40
Views: 44288

A really nice case, I like it a lot.

Well I'm planning to build my own case. Not a wooden one, probably aluminium but the cooling concept with psu at the bottom will be the same. Hopefully I will get it down in the next months.
by Webfire
Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:43 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: SORBOTHANE - what is it, where do you get it from?
Replies: 29
Views: 14293

Have a look here:

That's the only thing I found in Germany. But I don't know if it's soft enough.

Moderator Edit: Oversized URL
by Webfire
Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:49 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: SORBOTHANE - what is it, where do you get it from?
Replies: 29
Views: 14293

Sounds good Longbow.
Please report how it worked and how much they charged you. Perhaps I will order some too.
by Webfire
Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:30 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Is there a fanless PCIe dual head card out there?
Replies: 28
Views: 15128

There is also a passive X700 from Powercolor with dual dvi.
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It should be avaiable now for 145€, at least that's what I read.
by Webfire
Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:36 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermaltake's 0dB Solution: SonicTower
Replies: 90
Views: 53529

For a comparison of the sonic tower and xp-120 check this thread out:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... 3&start=30

I posted a system where jockel compared both coolers.
by Webfire
Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:26 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Who would buy Yate Loons in Europe? [Update, price info]
Replies: 15
Views: 7174

Sounds great! Thank you for the effort.

From you post I assume that the seller is in Germany? So lower shipping costs for me. woohoo :lol:

Well I think there is a lot more interest. I know of two people from silenthardware.de who are in search of D12SL-12s and there are probably more.
by Webfire
Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:54 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Who would buy Yate Loons in Europe? [Update, price info]
Replies: 15
Views: 7174

Any updates?
by Webfire
Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:38 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Purchasing soon, Sanity check & Advice needed ;)
Replies: 32
Views: 12271

I think the Seasonic S12 is the better choice. With all the heat produced by both GTs and the CPU an additional fan is nice. When you take the Phantom, I don't think you can cool that all with only the Nexus in the back, at least not quit. But that's just my opinion. When you consider buying the Pha...
by Webfire
Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:33 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Fan controller for HTPC
Replies: 10
Views: 4333

Well I don't know about your soldering skills, would be a self made fan control an alternative. I made one for the system of my father. I used LM317s to regulate the voltage. The advantage is that you don't have a pwm fan controller so no pwm related noises from the fan. The downside is that you onl...
by Webfire
Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:50 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: T-Balanced AMD 3000+ quiet rig
Replies: 7
Views: 5526

Well, over the last weeks I made some changes to my system: - swapped the back Papst fan with a Nexus 120 - made a hole under the harddrive enclosure (I had the impression, that the front intake was too small to get enough air in) - swapped the Zalman fan with a Nexus 92 - connected the fan of the A...
by Webfire
Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:43 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Do heatpipe northbridge coolers exist?
Replies: 27
Views: 18936

He used the bottom of the case as the "radiator". You can also use a heatsink but why not use the case when it works out. @Bluefront: Nice heatsink for a NB, works probably great when you have the room for it, but unfortunately nforce4 NB is so stupidely placed. Well not my problem at the moment onl...
by Webfire
Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:07 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: ElanVital Greenerger PSU <- Is this what we're looking fo
Replies: 32
Views: 17104

No, I think, it is a full range PSU. Have a look at this picture of the spcifications of the PSU:
http://www.dirkvader.de/page/greenerger/specs-1.jpg
AC Input 100-240V
by Webfire
Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:39 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Do heatpipe northbridge coolers exist?
Replies: 27
Views: 18936

This thread is pretty old and got a little bit offtopic but I have new information about the original question. Everyone interested in northbridge heatpipe cooling should check this thread out: http://www.silenthardware.de/forum/index.php?showtopic=10154 I know one of my german pages again. I'm sorr...
by Webfire
Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:29 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: *ALL NEW!!*, *Innovative!* Thermaltake HTPC case!!
Replies: 30
Views: 14489

It's not a Nexus up front, Thermaltake just copied the orange color and made their own fan. The orange Thermaltake fans sound nowhere near as good as the orange Nexus 120mm, or any other Nexus for that matter. Well it can't be the Nexus because it's a 80mm intake fan. And the Nexus 80mm is not oran...
by Webfire
Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:11 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermaltake Typhoon 12cm fan heatpipe CPU Cooler
Replies: 27
Views: 11880

Well I found a (german) review which compares the Typhoon and XP-120. http://www.tweakers4u.de/artikel/thermaltake_big_typhoon,,04,2005,,716.htm With a Noiseblocker SX1 on 5V the Typhoon beats the XP-120 by 7°C at load. Come on guys, it can't be so bad, like almost all of you say. I know it's quite ...
by Webfire
Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:54 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: 2 new heatsinks from Scythe
Replies: 8
Views: 4237

Here is a german review of the Ninja and the Shogun. http://www.dirkvader.de/frame.php?site=http://www.dirkvader.de/page/Scythe_Towers/ The Ninja looks very promising, too bad I don't have a socket 939 mainboard. It looks like dirkvader changed his testing platform so there are no comparisons to oth...
by Webfire
Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:09 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: SS-301HT: a pictorial
Replies: 38
Views: 49975

Man that's too funny I refered to the review here at SPCR and the discussion about the review. And now it's going back to silenthardware.
Most of the information I posted on silenthardware, I got from here.
by Webfire
Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:04 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Papst 4412fgl Source
Replies: 35
Views: 11427

Well as you know the Papst 4412 F/2GL is widely avaiable in Germany. When there is enough demand, you can make a group buy, I order the fans and send them to someone in the USA from this forum who sends them to the ones who ordered. I think it will be about around 20$ each plus shipping in the US. W...
by Webfire
Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:21 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
Replies: 62
Views: 29911

Well the thread is not the newest but I thought I can forward you the information I got from a member of www.silenthardware.de/forum . He tested the Sonic Tower with a Yate Loon D12SL-12 (comparable to the Nexus 120) at 5V in between the towers against a Thermalright XP-120 also with the Yate Loon a...
by Webfire
Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:08 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: SS-301HT: a pictorial
Replies: 38
Views: 49975

The packaging doesn't look very good. When you ship with DHL (or Deutsche Bundespost, it's the same) they charge you 17€ or even 22€ for the package. But that's not an excuse for the poor packaging. Perhaps you can write them an email and complain about it, so perhaps they improve it. I think, I wil...
by Webfire
Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:13 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Help - unstable A64 system
Replies: 38
Views: 18120

Well like the others said, it looks like a memory problem.
Try Memtest86 for a couple of hours if the memory produces any errors.
From what I've heard A64 has often problems with memory.
by Webfire
Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:20 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: ElanVital Greenerger PSU <- Is this what we're looking fo
Replies: 32
Views: 17104

When you understand german, I suggest reading this thread at our german forum. It's a 16 pages long discussion if a complete passive psu like the etasis EFN-300 is better than the ElanVital or the other way round. One of the problems is, when you are using the ElanVital, you probably have a rear cas...
by Webfire
Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:08 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: tower versus flat heatpipe designs
Replies: 8
Views: 3301

Yes I know, I have already seen a couple of them. But I think with a tower cooler, it's easier and also more efficient. The air doesn't have to make a turn and ,as cansan said, you have a cleaner airflow, just from the front straight to the back. There are no fans which disturb the airflow. And when...
by Webfire
Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:52 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: tower versus flat heatpipe designs
Replies: 8
Views: 3301

The others already mentioned most of the important pros and cons of tower coolers. But I think the Aerocool HT-101 is not too heavy at all. I had it installed on a socket 370 mainboard without any problems. The HT is now sitting on my AMD 2500+ and is a really nice cooler. Hopefully the new Seasonic...
by Webfire
Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:20 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: What is the best SMALL but quiet HSF for Socket A
Replies: 11
Views: 6830

The fan of the HT-101 is not too bad, a little bit of clicking at 5V but it's ok. But I swapped the fan with a coolermate and this one is really nice. From what you can see on the picture two HTs might fit, but I'm not too sure about that. Check out my system, I used a HT-101, perhaps you can see if...
by Webfire
Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:52 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: "bending" thermalright si-97 heatpipes?
Replies: 13
Views: 5774

As far as I understood it from someone, who is selling heatpipes here in Germany, they bend them before they are filled.