hmm.... Good to hear that, it's even better that way.

so... another great idea (i'm gettin tired saying this AGAIN and AGAIN )

Ok. You are: 1. feeding psu with cold air thru the back intake (PSU temps drop), and 2. cold air is cooling back of the motherboard and CPU (CPU temps drop), right? In that case you are decreasing PSU efficiency in evacuating the heat from the rest of your rig, resulting in: a. NB temp rise b. VGA t...

Yes, it's from China! It was not produced in Poland (thanks mathias). And soon it will be not only in my country - You will find it in your local store around a corner. Just like the previous copycat.

REMEMBER: Don't buy these products. Vote with your wallet.

china copycat is out AGAIN! Price 35$ Fan size 120mm http://twojepc.pl/html/pentagram_freezone/cu120_2.jpg http://twojepc.pl/html/pentagram_freezone/cu120_1.jpg Full article IN POLISH (no babelfish translation!), but a lot of photos and temp charts: http://twojepc.pl/artykuly.php?id=pentagram_freezo...

In fact, if you try to increase airflow through the PSU by putting fans in the rear, if it wasn't specifically designed for airflow from the rear AFAIK Zalman ZM400B _IS_ designed for airflow from the rear (no bottom intakes) I was planning a setup like this (with the same psu): ___________________...

In my setup I'm planning to locate the heatsinked drives on the bottom of the case and make intakes at the bottom (to cool HDD and avoid front intake noise issue). I will make second intake below the video card (to passively cool vid. card heatsink with a duct over it) ... and of course I'll copy th...

...The reason for this is the rear intake. If I cover it up, force all the air through the front filter, the drive temp goes down......but what happens then is the cpu temp goes up I was thinking that the rear intake so close to the cpu duct is the reason why hdd gets so little airflow... but i did...

So who's going to be the first person to duplicate this setup, maybe with a different board, PSU, heatsink, case? maybe i'm not going to be the first, but i will definetly follow you one-fan-computer path in about 3 weeks for now (i hope). Well ok.....I give up for now. That HD fan stays, since I c...

Bluefront wrote:I'm trying to see how this setup will run under heavier heat loads [...] the CPU, the board, and the PSU temps remain the same.

...without ramping up psu fan?

great job... again

It seems that a less restricted PSU airflow (bigger PSU case) is a key to the one-fan-pc-heaven

Added an AIW 7500 video card, and two other pci cards. Testing how the new cards affected airflow revealed only a slight PSU temp increase of 1C.....looks like it's good to go. good to hear that! I know this is not a setup for hardcore gamers, but can you measure temps with hotter video card runnin...

well... in your case (no pun intended) vga heat won't be a problem (lucky you :) ). But since I want to use something more powerfull (and hot) than 9200 i've got to figure out how to transfer the heat from passive zalman heatsink to outside (without adding heat to the case). I've got the point - it ...

sorry for not answering your questions: > bluefront: Is there airflow over your hard drives? front intake (not on a drawing) thru 5,25'' bay > pangit: if the only case fan in your system is the PSU one that would make it a negative pressure system, which would mean the VGA hole [...] would be intake...

hey bluefron, another great idea btw i was thinking about something similar: your idea + second compartment for hdd + duct for vga convec convec tion tion ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |-- --|-- --| | | | | | sandwitched | psu <- | HDD+heatsinks | exhaust <- | +suspension | | | | |--- psu fan ---|---------------|...

1. remove stock heatsink - put a card in a plastic bag in a fridge for a few hours, - gently slide a flathead screwdriver under the heatsink - put a credit card or a thick paper UNDER the screwdriver - gently twist the shrewdriver and the heatsing will pop-off 2. scrub the GPU chip with a sharp knif...

consider this: - cheap Ati VGA for excellent tv out (Radeon 7000/9000 - on ebay or similar) with stock passive cooling - Hauppage PVR-250 for hardware TV-in and show shifting(great for pIII) - check out HTPCnews.com for great reviews - passive cooling - samsung 160gb 1614N (and you DON'T need 133 co...

consider using zalman PSU. It has "back-to-front-no-bottom-holes" blowing design.

i'm planning to use their PSU to cool 2 hdd suspended in cd-rom cage with front intake and some kind of partition to isolate psu-hdd combo from case heat

if you are not a dedicated gamer - go for XP-M - less heat disscipation makes it much better suited for silent systems. xp-m also has a great overvlocking potential, so if you want to play some serious games - all you have to do is to rise fsb and play! (or encode DVD, MP3, render your 3d models, et...

maybe it is a typo - taken from newegg.com (search for "Mobile Athlon 64 2700+")

anyway, i"ll rather go for barton 2500+ mobile - more bang for bucks

but thanks for info

Can someone tell me what is the difference between this 2 processors with different cores. Do both of these have the Quiet n' Cool feature? Does the Clawhammer or Drillhammer run cooler? Which one to buy? 1. Clawhammer AMD 35W Mobile Athlon 64 2700+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor Specification Mo...

i don't have one, but i've spoted such a comparsion in my native language and if you are interested i can make short translation (only essentials) for you. You can find full article !!!IN POLISH!!! here: http://www.tweak.pl/artykul/coolery_04_2 be prepared - no BABELFISH or GOOGLE translation for th...

beware! even VERY VERY slow rotating fan makes a BIG difference to heat transfer from heatsink.

my cpu temp:

slow 4V fan temp = 36 (idle)
no fan = 65 (idle)

anyone interested in zalman and copycat temp. comparsion?