Been using the stock pushpins on the xigmatek coolers without problems, seems to fit very snug too, with good temps to boot... but using pushpins without having enough pressure could be a problem, ofcourse. If you remove the HS and re-install it couple of times, you will see wear and tear on the pl...

Thank you very much for your answers! The Revoltec Northbridge Freezer can be mounted with pushpins, but the holes are not adjustable. I read (after I bought the cooler) that the distance between the holes on the A8N-SLI are not standard. So I will measure to se if it looks like it can work. If it ...

The issue is not really whether push-pins can be secure. They certainly can. The issue is that they are very difficult to install correctly with a large heatsink. There is usually at least one pin that is blocked by part of the heatsink. There is also the problem that the only real way to confirm t...

jberling wrote:But what is newer and better at app. the same money? Or will the 3650 do just fine?

/Jonas

Sorry Jonas, I have no idea which graphic board will perform better.

From what I recall of the SPCR review on the P183, it would be a little noisier with the door open, but about the same with the door closed (and with less-restrictive faceplates and such, keeping the door open for airflow isn't as "necessary"). Though looking back at Lawrence's conclusions, I'd for...

So what "newer passive" graphics should I get? If I'm a newbie on quiet computers and parts I am... whatever worse than that... on graphics. :roll: /Jonas Komplett.se carries some passive graphic cards: http://tinyurl.com/nndqp6 I don't know how well they perform though...I'm not a gamer. :) As for...

Same mobo than new2spcr but I put the SLI version of the HR-05 IFX on it so I could fit a slow moving 70mm fan I had around. Works like a charm. The Noctua chipset cooler got too hot to touch with the same fan on it. I'd say the HR-05 is better at dissipating heat (thanks to the way the fins are sh...

IMO, there are a few important things to remember about fan-swapping when you are wiring the fan to the PSU header. 1. A lot of PSU's have low fan voltages when they start up or when the system is idle, so it is important to get a fan that has a low starting voltage, like around 3-4V. 2. Unless you...

I RMAed my 550VX because the fan was making a clicking noise, very similar to a loud hard drive seek noise, in the fan motor assembly itself. They told me to loosen the screws and all that BS. RMA comes back, same damn fan, same clicking noise. Spinning the fan manually, you can hear that the beari...

I have this motherboard with it's crappy little northbridge heatsink. http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/content.php?S_ID=370 I want to upgrade the northbridge heatsink, what should I get? And of course I want fanless... I recently swapped the stock alu HS on my Asus P5N-E SLI with Thermalrigh...

Glad you got it working ntavlas. I'd just like to point out that I've had my fan swapped 450VX in both top and bottom mounted positions. When top-mounted, it was certainly much hotter but any fan ramping could not be heard. I've actually found out that electrical noise has now become a bigger probl...

I used a Xigmatek Crossbow bolt through kit to mount the Minja. The kit only cost about $10. There are also other similar kits that will work. To use the kit, the push pins need to be removed from the bracket that comes with the Minja. You would also need to remove the motherboard to mount the back...

My point was that the fan on the mini ninja will be blowing horizontally. Unless your stock NB heatsink is tall enough, the air from the fan will blow right over the top of the NB heatsink. What you really need is a fan blowing down onto the NB. My NB stands 3.5 cm tall. What I probably need most u...

DAve_M wrote:

CroSsFiRE2.0 wrote: (snip) Swapping the fan will almost cirtainly reduce the MAX power available since it will not be able to cool itself at 450W output.

Is that so? I would say it will depend on what fan you swap it with.

I've got a Minja and it's an excellent heatsink. I'm running it "passively" with only the rear case fan providing air movement. Load temperatures are well under 60 deg. Personally, I'm not concerned about high NB temps. If you can leave your finger on it for 10 seconds, then I would say that it is ...

PartEleven wrote:The mini ninja is a tower-type cooler. I don't see how this will solve your NB problems. Unless you get a tower-type cooler for your NB as well.

Depending on fan orientation, I think the Minja will sufficiently cool the NB chip. I might add that if I buy the Minja, I will use a 92mm fan.

I am reluctant to change fans in my psu because it night run components hotter than they should be, I guess its ok as long as you make sure the replacement fan is doing equaly good job of cooling as previous. I recently swapped the VX450's very noisy Adda fan with a Noctua NF-S12-1200. The Noctua f...

Hi all, Using Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 with a Nexus 92mm fan, my cpu temps are ok as long as I don't stress test it, but I am considering a Minja (as a Christmas present to myself. :P) in my effort to lower the idle temperatures. My idle temps are ~ 40-45 degrees C depending on ambient temps which I ...

You have my respect, sympathy, and congratulations. I went to swap the fan on one of my Seasonic S12 PSUs a couple of years ago and the fan header had a glob of glue on it that stopped me in my tracks. Maybe some day I'll do a fan swap another PSU but for now I'm living with it. Thanks! You and oth...

Update: So I did it - swapped the nutty Adda fan and replaced it with my super quiet Noctua 120 mm case fan. Of course, first I had to be sure it indeed was the faulty PSU fan driving me crazy before attempting the fan swap. Ripped out all connectors from the mobo and put a U wire in the black + gre...

Update: - Added S-flex fan @ 800 rpm [doesn't spin when controlled by Q-fan] in the lower chamber and noise is unbearable. I cannot hear the PSU fan though. :) - Removed the HDD cage in the lower chamber and removed the fan also; no difference in temps. - I also tried removing the plastic "utiltity"...

http://www.fcenter.ru/online.shtml?articles/hardware/tower/24252#03 scroll up, +175W / +900rpm, +225W / +925rpm it is ~1/2 450 so it is expected to ramp up. it happends exactly as they show. with the 8800gt, impossible to pull more than 170W Dc, perhaps this nforce mbd is not energy efficient I wis...

maybe this is somehow overheating or something preventing the airflow on the back of the PCB, there http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/540/5 the thermal sensor is the culprit. my vx450 ramps up instantly at above 312 watts AC / 265 Dc, and lowers the rpm back at 200W Ac or something. and it is ...

I honestly don't know if you can get away with that little airflow in the case and not have a thermally controlled fan ramp up. You might have to experiment a little to figure out if it is your airflow or the PSU that is the problem. Before I forget, even though you are in Sweden, is it warm in the...

Poor man's dampening: Taking advantage of two mousepads: http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2023/dampening1.th.jpg Inside the Antec, the Samsung Spinpoint is a quiet drive - I can't hear its seek/write noise at all, but it has a high pitched spinning(?) noise that I didn't notice until I swapped out a...

Corsair VX450 PSU -D2C 2.00ghz @ 1.00 undervolted -2 gigabytes ram sticks -Nvidia Geforce 7300GS (not power hungry!) -Asus P5N-E SLI -DVD drive that I rarely use -Samsung Spinpoint 320 gb -Antec P182 with the PSU sitting there alone There is something very important missing from this list. What fan...

A fan swap maybe? But of course that will void your warranty. I don't wanna ruin the warranty and I don't know how to swap a PSU fan. Besides, any other fan that I put in there will still ramp up when the ridiculously low temperature threshold has been stepped over. What I don't get is why the fan ...

Hello all, Anyone else noticing how the VX450 PSU fan ramps up after 2-3 hours of computer usage? I don't think I have any components that should draw so much power that would warrant the fan going nuts; -D2C 2.00ghz @ 1.00 undervolted -2 gigabytes ram sticks -Nvidia Geforce 7300GS (not power hungry...

Generally, I've found that stock heatsinks on NB's do the job fairly well. Not to say that they run cool, just that NB chips generally have pretty high thermal tolerances. But I understand your desire to have a cooler running system. Undervolting the NB is probably a good idea. Since your CPU is at...

So... I told myself not to spend more money on PC silencing until Christmas but here we go again: The Antec P182! The beast is huge and heavy. It looks and feels like a full tower to me. Installation was fun and awesome. Enjoyed every minute of it. The almost finished result... very clean and tidy. ...