fair enough, but I avoided this board for exactly this reason. I'm still not sure I would be able to control the fan speeds on it.

jhhoffma wrote:SpeedFan will also work with...

I thought speedfan doesn't work with MA78GM-S2H Or does it?

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I reported one wholesaler in my country because they claimed 7200rpm for the GP disks and were not willing to correct that info. The trade inspection organization inspected the wholesaler and reported that they only used specification papers supplied by the manufacturer so there's nothing they can d...

a comparison with thermalright xp120 would be appropriate as they are very similar, especially concerning their height.

thedailywtf.com has a nice pic of a customer-diy-quietened PC

Does anybody have experience with any of foxconn a7gmx-k , a7gm-s or a7gmx-s ? I'd especially like to know if they work with speedfan and what are the NB/chipset and mosfet temperatures.
Would any of them be a good alternative to Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H ?

thanx, but the hr05 is too high, I need max 6cm

m^2 wrote:Yes:

thejamppa wrote:I wonder what next? Case fan with two counter-rotating blades?

It's here.

thanx, but the delta is nowhere near the toothed owl like shape from the OP pic. Isn't noctua closer?

three things: 1.) I'm disappointed that it's so high (but I like that it has somewhat wider fin spacing). We are in the age of htpcs and if someone wants a big HS, he would get a tower. Those who reach for the top-downs probably need them low I guess. At least I do, that's why I'm using the XP120 - ...

it's the coils on power or hi frequency oscillator regulation circuits. that's why the better mainboards seal them in some kind of hard goo/wax

thanks, it looks promising, although - does it perform better than the blue zalman (when fanless)?

Plz help, I'm looking for a passive NB/chipset heatsink under 6cm, preferably "top down" cooled. Now I have the blue zalman ZM-NBF47 , but I still want better performance. I thought about using some vga heatsink, but the clearance around the NB might be a problem. I've not decided about the MB yet, ...

a year passed. do we have some actual fans?

bgavin wrote:no additional cooling block on the cpu mount. That is wasted, empty real estate that could otherwise be useful

Maybe they tried a version with an additional cooling block and the performance difference wasn't worth the costs? Maybe it's good for the air when there are no additional obstacles?

I'm sorry but I don't see how making a duct made it possible for speedfan to control the fan speeds. I've read reports that speedfan has problems with this board so I would like to know if it is possible to make it work before buying it.

si-128 SE is too high (91.5mm) compared to xp-120 (61mm) but anyway you should wait for the AXP-140

Thermalright AXP-140

Dimension: L145 x W147 x H70.2 mm
Weight:550g (Heatsink only)

sorry about this double post
Any chance of rev1.1 working with speedfan? Did the SB/NB/mosfet temperatures improve?

anyone successful with making speedfan work with GA-MA78GM-S2H v1.1 ? Also, did the mosfet/voltage regulators temperatures improve on the 1.1 version?

ALIX.1C + some suitable PCI sata controller card

alix 1c draws 5W, you need a small ac/dc adapter or brick + maybe a CF card for booting. Cpu (geode lx800), ram, lan, gfx is already on the board for ~$140

anyway, how hot is the biostar northbridge heatsink?

AMD announces new 22W and 35W X2 cpus for AM2 sockets: 3400e (22W), 3600+ (35W) and 4200+ (35W). Too bad they probably will be selling them to their embedded-market partners only ((

CPU: AMD Duron 950Mhz, 1.6V
MB: ECS K7S5A
RAM: 2x256MB Apacer 133Mhz SDRAM
HDD: 20GB 5400rpm Maxtor 2b020h1
PSU: Seasonic S12 430 (fan replaced with Nexus)
GFX: some GF 440MX or FX5200?
CDRW: MSI MS-8352A

power draw at the wall:
97W (orthos + EAC + NOD32)
73W (idle w2k)

mb2 wrote:...a new, 12v, power brick (the 180w dell is good and cheap)...

where is it possible to get one? i was trying to find a new 12V 120+W brick and couldn't find any and they weren't very helpful at dell

Everyone knows AMD processors are not currently competitive in power or performance to 45nm intel processors. actually at the budget end they are still competitive in terms of pricing and performance per watt, ie Celeron vs Sempron, Pentium Dual Core vs X2; of course anything above that they are to...

wow, nuff said please update us with your power readings as soon as you buy the card and hook it up with the pico psu

will the pico-psu power the hd3450? how much power exactly does the hd3450 draw anyway?

loimlo wrote:...HD3450 seems to be a good fit for you. Low cost, low power draw...

Low enough for a Pico-PSU? How many watts exactly?

robinhat wrote:

Fayd wrote:radeon hd3450 = exactly what you want...

...what about an Asus HD 2400 Pro instead? ... it uses little power...

I'm especially interested in the exact power draw of both cards. And what is the performance difference between them?