Best performing cooler to be reviewed by this site.

Upgraded my rig to liquid cooling, don't need it anymore.



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The recommended drive list hasn't been updated for a few years, and I want to know which recent drives are quiet and well-balanced.

Thank you.

I want Speedfan to control my video card's cooling but the card seems to be generating its own speed signals in addition to Speedfan. Catalyst Control Center is good for boosting performance but it doesn't allow for a PWM value of zero to counter the card's defaults. Does anyone know of a program th...

http://www.swiftech.com/apogeedrive2.aspx Swiftech's Apogee Drive II is a modification of their Apogee HD CPU block that doubles as a 'replacement top' for their pumps. I ordered mine directly from Swiftech's online store, which offers the choice of buying the unit with a MCP35X pump pre-installed ...

How precise does our location have to be? Is there any other fine print? Seasonic wants only to ship to N. Am, so I need to know whether you are in Canada, USA or Mexico. It doesn't matter to me if you are in Timbuktu but have a friend in Yellow Knife who'll happily take a PSU prize. Thank you, and...

How precise does our location have to be?

Is there any other fine print?

I've seen a few that look promising, but which ones have you tried that are quiet/silent when mounted vertical AND horizontal?

My current game system uses a Swiftech H20-320 HD Edge, which uses a MCP35X PWM. I just turned off all the fans (love my new AquaComputer Aquaero 5 LT) in the system, stuck my head in the case (it's still open, waiting on a new video card), and all I can hear is either the CD or one of the Harddriv...

aphonos wrote:Did you find the 478 mounting brackets?

Yes, thanks for reminding me.

From link: "Here's your chance to win the BUNDLE of 1pcs Samuel 17 + 1pcs 12cm fan + 1pcs PK-3 (5g) (You could choose which fan you like from our Blue/Red Vortex series fans)" "To enter the GIVEAWAY, here's what you need to do: 1. Like us and this post 2. Share the picture on your wall 3. Comment on...

No, Sandy Bridge caps are soldered to the chip. At best thermal paste reaches 1/15 of that efficiency. Thank you, that saved me a lot of time and effort! The next best thing may be Coollaboratory's solder-like product for coolers/heatsinks, but it's a pain in the butt to apply. http://www.frozencpu...

Esben wrote: Do you know if this would also make a difference on Sandy Bridge CPU's?

No, Sandy Bridge caps are soldered to the chip. At best thermal paste reaches 1/15 of that efficiency.

For the 140mm fans, I nominate the following models: Zaward's ZG2-140B http://www.zaward.com/zaward-branding-products/zg2-140b Be Quiet!'s Shadow Wings SW1 140mm 1000rpm http://www.bequiet.com/en/casefans/264 Akasa's Apache Black http://www.akasa.co.uk/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=18...

Off the top of my head I can't think of any 140mm pwm fans. Why do you need 140mm fans? Because the stock fans on my case are 140mm. :P Will they accept 120mm fans? Can you do without PWM? What is your case? Not without an adapter, my case is Cubitek's Mini Tank: http://www.techwarelabs.com/cubitek...

ces wrote:Off the top of my head I can't think of any 140mm pwm fans. Why do you need 140mm fans?

Because the stock fans on my case are 140mm.

There aren't a lot of reviews covering the acoustics of PWM fans with 140mm mounting holes, and the models I have found are out of my price range for trial and error.

Which ones have you guys tried and what are your thoughts?

Lived up to the hype in its review here, but I miscalculated the internal dimensions of my new case and can't use it.

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Kept my hexacore Phenom II x6 in the 30s with push/pull, but can't keep the rest of the system cool enough now that I'm overclocking. I'm including an unopened replacement fan identical to the original due to wear and age. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article961-page6.html This is a large cooler, 1...

Used it for a few months, then got a larger case and upgraded. Essentially it's a down-blowing version of the Yasya, and uses the same adjustable PWM fan: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1060-page7.html With the fan the total height is 155mm, please be sure this will fit and have room to breath...

I haven't constructed a WC setup either, but I've been researching what to do for a future build and have some advice: 1: Get radiators that are designed for low RPM fans, these are typically thinner and have wider fin spacing than radiators designed for overclocking. Otherwise you'll need high RPM ...

Perhaps a better route would be to ask if he'd be willing to provide the CAD/model file so that others could have them fabricated if they desired. I second this idea: If it can be uploaded to a 3D printer there will be no retooling fees, minimum order requirements, or shipping costs. Plus we get th...

ces wrote:

Fire-Flare wrote:I'd like one of these, is one still available?

You can buy similar Lian Li motherboard trays from Performance PCs.

Nobody seems to make Mini-ITX trays though...

mushbert wrote:

Fire-Flare wrote:I'd like one of these, is one still available?

Nothing concrete, but when I last spoke to the OP he had just sold the final tray from this first batch.

Thank you.

I'd like one of these, is one still available?

hi Fire-Flare, did you find what you needed? I have a similar situation and are very interested in this solution. cheers Went and ordered one anyway, just as I assumed I can leave it plugged in and the neither Windows nor the BIOS freak out if it's empty on startup. I can also connect a drive after...

hi Fire-Flare, did you find what you needed? I have a similar situation and are very interested in this solution. cheers I'm sorry, I decided to use my tax return to upgrade the whole system instead. But based on the other replies here I'm convinced that my original plan would have worked perfectly.

A bit off topic and doesn't really answer your question. You could purchase cache SSD's. Crucial, Corsair and OCZ caching SSD's are already in retail in Denmark which is usually a bit behind the US and the UK. Those might be a good-performing, cheap, and easy solution. I bought a 64GB Crucial SSD a...

I guess I am still missing something. If you have that then why bother with USB at all? Just hook it up to a SATA port on your motherboard or add a PCIe SATA controller if you are out of ports. I am out of SATA ports, and like I said earlier, a USB 3.0 adapter is cheaper than an add-in card. I've c...

Ok, when you said front panel and internally I assumed you meant a dumb (ie, no electronics) dock that is internal to your case and you needed some way to hook it up. Something like this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990014 You simply hook it to your internal SATA and pow...

Do hard drives lose capacity over time? I recently reconfigured and reformatted a pair of samsung F3 1TB (which has always been in windows 7 software raid). However, when I tried to recreate the raid, I realized that one hard drive reports 931.39 capacity while the other reports 931.51. Looking at ...