Yeah, I'm looking forward to the Greyhound as well...but that's a year and a half off i.e. forever in computer years. Just get a solid Seasonic for your rig now and get a new PSU whe you layout $1200USD on a Greyhound when it comes out. I can't chide you too much though. I'm already planning out a u...

NMB fans were around back when back when silent computing was less science and more art+trial and error. None of the NMBs that I know of would really be considered the best choice nowadays, but they were not too uncommon and served as a solid stopgap. Haven't tried the Young Lin. Hey, at $4.50/fan y...

Yeah, you must assume the spec. sheet is a lie. The Nexus isn't the absolute quietest axial you can get, I need to update the first post, but it's a solid choice that you really can't go wrong with - you know every fan purchased is a good sample. The only guys who don't like it are the 150cfm freaks...

In general, the thicker 38mm and higher blade count (less freespace between the blades is really what matters here) = better performance in more restrictive environments e.g. heatercore.

WATYF wrote:It would be even worse, since chances are the client would be standing right there when my system goes up in smoke.

Sounds like a great way to develop customer loyalty.

Why not max it out? Can you tell your customer you can meet a deadline because you fired your cpu ocing it?

Cooling your GPU, you could look into the Thermalright designs. V-1 and V-1 Ultra. Have fun putting your rig together. Landroval is right though. The only difference between a factory overclock is how much money you give them. The performance is the same and lifetime is the same. Just some OC advice...

Not to knock on MadShrimps too much as I have found much of their material useful in general, but this is kinda run-of-the-mill type stuff to be posting at SPCR. I give the reviewer a lot of credit for going through all the hassle he did, but most of us here are looking for uber-silence geek material.

I'll be happy to do a more practical thing: use them in a system I am in the process of building to see how they work. :) That would be awesome, thanks. :) [on the side]Question - why the duel vids? I'm running dual vids myself with a 3dfx V5 5500 PCI, but that's just for native Glide compatibility...

Hey Neil, Thanks for the mini-review! How good do you feel your fan samples were and also, how representative do you feel they were of that fan model? (For example, you may feel one sample you have is excellent, but you have to buy twenty of them to find one so good). The Yate Loon, wow, I'm a bit s...

Glad it was a help to you InTheFlow.

DrCR

Good to see you're still up to your old tricks Bluefront.

I really like your harddrive mounting. All the advantages of elastics, but more secure (or, atleast, less worrisome). And looks like less sag too - more drives in the same space. Nice work!

DrCR

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Back-white color scheme now noted on the main post. Thanks for pointing out that needed notation.

silencio added.


...so anyone knowledgable concerning orange vs. black YLs?

Hey Aleksi. Nope, haven't been around since summer at least. Really busy, I should be studying not posting right now lol, but hey, your only in uni so long so I'm trying to give it my best.

Yeah, forgot Silencio. Isn't there another spcr friendly euro or ebay vendor, or am I dreaming a second one up?

Yeah, I would love to try out their blower in a heatercore application. The D12SM-12D too, esp. if I ever go for a 12v waterpump.

Yeah, if someone's going to go with BB, the Papst4412 is typically the fan of choice. A BB YL is kind of in no man's land.

Bummer it's the ball bearing type. ...you haven't by any change seen any D14SL/Ms around though, have you?

Nice work frankgehry, good to see you still posting up SPCR goodness.

A rig with this setup would be a killer OCer setup while with spcr quiet on demand. Tempting...

Added Up-to-date vendors for the Yate Loons to Sticky. Did I miss any?

That's another place to be careful......the Yate Loon model # D12SL-12. They seem to use that # on different fans. I have some orange D12SL-12 fans that run about 1350rpms. And I have a blue LED D12SL-12 that runs about 1600rpms. Obviously two different fans with the same model number. Hard to figu...

Good call. I should have reread this old thread. I incorrectly assumed the HDs were watercooled for some reason.

Good idea. Tupperware should do the trick relatively well. I believe all plastics are permeable to an extent though, so you may need to redehydrate the desiccant (silica gel) every so often. Glass would probably be your best material. But a good ground lid (that would seal with grease) is pretty pri...

^Glad to hear it Chris! This thread was started for guys just like yourself.

DrCR

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Still alive...though barely with uni in session...

cotdt wrote:Just get a Yate Loon from CompUSA and undervolt it! they are inaudible undervolted.

Unfortunately my experience would not concur with "inaudiblness" of the MadDogs @ 5v. My pair are simply of Nexus quailty...but not suprising considering the price difference.

DrCR

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^ fixed.

That is a botched thread lol.

Looking forward to hearing how it goes.

Probably, and it's cheaper too.

Hum, I'm still half-way tempted to get a piar of WACC1000s though. Would be and ongoing chemistry experiment if I do indeed go for a Storm G5 or even a G4 to an extent. Choices, choices lol.

My bad. Gave the forum a quick scan and somehow missed that thread. Sorry to created a duplicate.

Nothing is hardly ever perfectly anodised.