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by powergyoza
Sun Nov 24, 2002 11:38 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Several questions about Panaflos and fans in general
Replies: 3
Views: 4399

Panflo has 3 models
Don't want to sound nitpicky, but there is a 4th, but incredibly rare, version of Panaflo - the "U1A" series. You can probably guess that it is even more powerful than the H1A series. Noisier too!
by powergyoza
Sun Nov 24, 2002 3:49 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Custom Hard Drive cooling - 50 cents!!
Replies: 14
Views: 7760

SungHyun7,

Your Homasote idea is inspiring!
I can take the drive out temporarily, and temperature wasn't too high to the touch.
Does your HD support temp monitoring through DTemp?
by powergyoza
Sun Nov 24, 2002 10:53 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Tip: Seems like a good case for a quiet computer.
Replies: 7
Views: 7236

decoupled mounting of the HDD -- and, I am starting to think, the PSU. I was thinking the very same thing 2 nights ago in my silence-preoccupied restlessness. I need to decouple the fan from the PSU so the vibrations don't get amplified throughout the case. Go even further, I'm imagining a fan setu...
by powergyoza
Sun Nov 24, 2002 10:15 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Custom Hard Drive cooling - 50 cents!!
Replies: 14
Views: 7760

SungHyun, So glad to hear your story! I'm curious to know exactly what material it was. Was what you got MDF? Really smooth and really heavy? Is it tan/yellowish in colour? Does it look like this? http://www.gp.com/engboard/images/mdf_170.jpg As for the noisy monitor, there was a discussion about qu...
by powergyoza
Tue Nov 19, 2002 10:22 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Replacing PSU with new one
Replies: 3
Views: 3230

I had a look at their webpage on that PSU, and it doesn't look very impressive. The heatsinks inside seem small compared to the zalmans and even the seasonic reviewed here. Even small compared to my Antec.
by powergyoza
Tue Nov 19, 2002 1:20 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Poll: How hot is your CPU?
Replies: 3
Views: 4547

Poll: How hot is your CPU?

Or for those duallie users out there like myself, how hot are your pair of CPUs? I'm trying to figure out what the safe upper limit is for my Athlon MP 1600s. I keep inching the CPU to higher and higher temps, and they still haven't hung/quit /burned yet. How much further can I go? Please list your ...
by powergyoza
Fri Nov 15, 2002 12:53 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Rubber to silence and cool: TGTBT?
Replies: 9
Views: 6176

Rubber to silence and cool: TGTBT?

Hey everybody, After reading up on numano's fanless pc website , I've been tinkering with the idea of enclosing my HD's in rubber. I was worried that I'd have to do a metal-rubber-metal-etc lamination to get quiet and cool, but then I came across these pages. They talk about a flexible graphite rubb...
by powergyoza
Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:52 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermalright SLK800
Replies: 37
Views: 27864

What is the temp differential between CPUs on your system? I was getting up to 10C difference with the Radeon 9700, and 5-6C difference with a Geforce3. Hey stsmytherie, I'm getting a 6-7C difference between the CPUs. That's with the fans sucking into a common duct. AFAIR, the difference was worse ...
by powergyoza
Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:59 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Undervolting without resistors
Replies: 11
Views: 6530

I like the diode method of controling voltage for the same reasons you do Asmordean (cheap, no need for heatsink, predictable voltage drop), but Rusty075's right, 7v is easier to get by rewiring a 4 pin power connector. If you want voltage control in 0.7v increments, diodes are a still good way to g...
by powergyoza
Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:52 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermalright SLK800
Replies: 37
Views: 27864

Hey stsmytherie nice to see another duallie user on the forums. I can tell you right off the bat that you can remove that intake fan from yer case and undervolt all the panaflos to 7V. No need to experiment, cuz it works on my system (see sig). I even have a lesser heatsink than yours.
by powergyoza
Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:45 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: do hard drives work in a vacuum?
Replies: 31
Views: 29461

To add to crisspy's suggestions, I'd suggest you go to the link in another thread: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2312 That dude in Japan has got some crazy cool ideas on quieting his HD's. Silicone caulking/plastic wrap/rubber/aluminum sandwich? omigosh! (edit) PS: I'm a li...
by powergyoza
Sun Nov 10, 2002 10:54 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: the QUESTEST 80mm FAN?
Replies: 8
Views: 5912

The NMB DC3110KL-04W-B19 is pretty quiet compared to the panaflo.
by powergyoza
Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:55 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Where to find aluminum for HD Heatsink?
Replies: 3
Views: 3813

Yeah, home depot for sure. That's where I got mine. An 8' length of 5/8" x 5/8" cost me $11 CDN which is enough to do 2 HDs with double sidesinks.
by powergyoza
Sat Nov 09, 2002 4:52 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Want to suspend, but cable too short...
Replies: 6
Views: 5096

Wow, that's a wicked idea chaboud. I've tried suspending them from my 3.5" bays and it kinda works. My biggest problem right now is fitting the 2 hard drives (sandwiched and sidesinked) in my case. The combination of my case and mobo is making it really hard to suspend them.... I'm probably going to...
by powergyoza
Thu Nov 07, 2002 2:01 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Best 19" CRT monitor for gaming
Replies: 35
Views: 16634

Do you mean something like this? http://www.cir.com/mgchemicals/coatings/coatings.htm

Scroll down to "419B - ACRYLIC LACQUER CONFORMAL COATING"

Since I've quieted my HD's just yesterday, I've begun to really notice my monitor buzz too. Very annoying!
by powergyoza
Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:06 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: DUCTING = superior CPU temperatures
Replies: 20
Views: 14775

Put yer sewing skills to the test!

I'm in the process of making a duct for my dually, and I came up with the idea of sewing together a duct from clear vinyl. I was thinking I could get a grade of vinyl that was soft enough to sew and bend around, but stiff enough to hold its shape. At each end of the duct, I wanted to be able to sinc...
by powergyoza
Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:36 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Best 19" CRT monitor for gaming
Replies: 35
Views: 16634

GamingGod, My bro finally cracked open his p95f+. He runs it at 1280 x 1024 on an ATI Rage Pro card (i think). It's very good considering he doesn't have Matrox G4x0/550. I'd say its sharper than my 17" Samsung 700NF @ 1280 x 960 connected to a G550 (which is already killer combo IMHO). Geometry is ...
by powergyoza
Sun Nov 03, 2002 3:34 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Monitor adapter
Replies: 8
Views: 6671

Hey, I'm glad that's the one Red Dawn. I'm pretty sure it's the "Mac connect adapter", but I'd check with them to be safe. I believe the standard VGA connector is HD-15, so that's okay.

No, I'm not dutch. I'm based in Vancouver.

Have a great day!
by powergyoza
Sat Nov 02, 2002 10:57 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Monitor adapter
Replies: 8
Views: 6671

I think your monitor has the apple legacy/apple rgb connector. Does it look like the lower connector on the vga card on this page? http://www.macstuff.nl/producten/VUMPDD-villagetronic-8MB.html One of the adaptors on this page might work for your situation: http://www.griffintechnology.com/store/cab...
by powergyoza
Wed Oct 30, 2002 11:41 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: "Quiet" HSF review
Replies: 4
Views: 5086

Not impressed with the review at all. Yup, the lack of sound measurements is a disappointment. The reviewer didn't take the time to list the specs like cfm, weight, etc. I think he got the name of the copper OCZ HS wrong in the writeup too... it it the gladiator or the goliath? And there's no way a ...
by powergyoza
Sun Oct 27, 2002 10:46 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Please give me ideas on making my systems quiet!
Replies: 16
Views: 8209

Hey Sid, I'm trying to quiet/silence my duallie too! A few questions & comments to add to this thread: 1) What case do you have? 2) Are those 1.8GHz MPs (QS: 2200+) or Athlon 1800+ (1.53GHz)? Hang on, the Athlon 2200+ MPs don't seem widely available yet. It makes a difference 'cuz the 2200+ are base...
by powergyoza
Fri Oct 25, 2002 11:54 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: SPCR's 1st HS roundup -- Socket-A heavyweights
Replies: 29
Views: 19554

Great job on the article Mike. Especially with the tests @ 5V & 7V. Only recently has overclockers.com explored cooling performance with different airflow levels, but not to this extreme. Very useful information! The flip-flop at 5V between the SLK800 and the AX7 is really neat too. Geek wisdom (may...
by powergyoza
Fri Oct 25, 2002 5:39 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Sound dampening materials?
Replies: 11
Views: 12339

I haven't tested this extensively yet, but I've had some success with using a cut up yoga mat. I have an Antec SX1040 with yoga mat material behind the front drive door and it dampens the CD/DVD noise by a lot (attenuates the high frequecies by 6dB or more, lower freq's less so). It's a cheap mod - ...
by powergyoza
Thu Oct 24, 2002 10:02 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Want to suspend, but cable too short...
Replies: 6
Views: 5096

Want to suspend, but cable too short...

Suspending a hard drive to make it quieter is a great idea, but my cables are to short to reach my 5 1/4" bays. My Tyan Tiger MP mobo has its IDE connectors at the very bottom and the bays are to high for the cable to reach. Darn it. I'd like to go up to a 24" cable, but I know that's out of spec fo...
by powergyoza
Thu Oct 24, 2002 1:33 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Best 19" CRT monitor for gaming
Replies: 35
Views: 16634

At my office we have nothing but Sony G420S and they are good up to about 1152 x 864 or 1280 x 960/1024. One of them is occasionally making a very high pitched whine, though. And they're expensive too. We also have some LaCie ElectronIII's (good, but a bit fuzzy starting at 1152 x 864 - dunno if it'...
by powergyoza
Mon Oct 21, 2002 1:28 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Need to silence my XP1700 + SK6 HSF
Replies: 14
Views: 11152

This is a mod I've tried to use to quiet a Duron 1.3. With a Barracuda 4, I now only hear air turbulence. It's a simple, simple mod to attach a 80mm fan to the SK6: http://www.overclockers.com/tips942/