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- Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:22 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: HD 5750 cards
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27432
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:56 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: HD 5750 cards
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27432
Arctic Cooling S1 rev B is possible on a 5750 with a bit of modding. XTX 5750 512MB: http://img690.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=acs1anotherangle.jpg Warning! This is what some people call ghetto-modding :) Currently using a Slipstream running at 800rpm to cool it down. Hasn't so far exceeded 40C in full-...
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:45 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Coil whine in S12-II 380 Bronze
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10538
I had a Seasonic 500w PSU a few years back which had some buzzing problems. It was almost 100% solved by a Silverstone PSU-cover:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/ ... pp02&area=
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/ ... pp02&area=
- Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:29 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Which quiet, inexpensive SATA drive?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 20935
toronado455: "The main complaint I have with hard drive noise in general is ultra high-pitched whine at idle. Seek noise generally doesn't bother me." Good, because seek noise is the only thing in F2 Ecogreen that sucks. It's practically inaudible (even variants with several platters hand high capa...
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Don't walk, run to your nearest store and buy a SSD now.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49291
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Don't walk, run to your nearest store and buy a SSD now.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49291
... Yep. Enough for a few extra mp3s, oggs, etc. By that time, Windows will require a 500GB partition just on its own, so you'll be pushing it further back and waiting for a 2TB SSD for the same price. Seriously, why do people need so much space for their system partition? I'm sure there are plenty...
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:53 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Don't walk, run to your nearest store and buy a SSD now.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49291
I don't think you'll need a full year. The Kingston 40GB SSD based on the Intel controller is at the $100 mark and I expect it to be outshone by something way better in the next 4 - 6 months. It's still far too much money for so little space. It would fit Windows 7 plus some programs and not so muc...
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:18 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Don't walk, run to your nearest store and buy a SSD now.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49291
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:44 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: 5900rpm Seagate Hard Drives: Barracuda LP, Pipeline HD .2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13315
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:20 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: 5900rpm Seagate Hard Drives: Barracuda LP, Pipeline HD .2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13315
It's worth noting that the 1.5 TB Barracuda LP still uses 4 platters and has the same noise profile as the 2TB Barracuda LP. http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/desktop/Barracuda%20LP/100564361c.pdf The 1 TB Barracuda LP is a much better compromise on power and noise as it uses ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:53 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Some info on ATI 57xx series cards...
- Replies: 53
- Views: 32394
- Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:46 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: AMD New Radeon 5870, 5850
- Replies: 194
- Views: 144158
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Some info on ATI 57xx series cards...
- Replies: 53
- Views: 32394
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:15 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: benefit of a second drive?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9002
Benefits of a second drive.. Use it as a download disk, or to stream music from...this frees up the primare harddrive for surfing or something else, making it more responsive. Also, if you code for example wave to mp3 its good to have a source and destination which are not on the same harddrive. Spe...
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:40 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: 5 best computer games according to you...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 24675
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:11 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Any LGA 1156 HSF's?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10134
Cooler master 212+ seems good:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... eview.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... eview.html
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:10 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Is it me or does the Quiet Drive suck?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12228
I use dtemp to monitor hdd temps. Its very small and requires no installation:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5fx2zn (100kB, uploaded by me)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5fx2zn (100kB, uploaded by me)
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:05 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: AMD New Radeon 5870, 5850
- Replies: 194
- Views: 144158
Review overload
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5870-review-test/ http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5870.html http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-hd-5870,review-31685.html http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/17618 http://www.pcper.co...
- Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:42 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: AMD New Radeon 5870, 5850
- Replies: 194
- Views: 144158
Performance should be great:
http://img.techpowerup.org/090911/2322.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7429/5800c.jpg
Pictures found here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/103599/AMD_C ... ipped.html
http://img.techpowerup.org/090911/2322.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7429/5800c.jpg
Pictures found here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/103599/AMD_C ... ipped.html
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:40 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD Caviar Blue, are dying?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5739
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:07 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5 TB - Have anyone tried it?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 43836
Got myself a F2 1tB drive. Missed the fact that they also existed in 1.5tb size.. oh well. But from what I can tell just by listening. The F2 is quieter than WD 640 GP and certainly a lot quieter than the WD 640 Blue (which I'm going to sell) The F2 is the first drive I don't feel the need to quiete...
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:59 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung F3 series - 500GB per platter - 7200RPM - 500GB/1TB
- Replies: 169
- Views: 346996
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:40 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung hdds "do not cover any drive holes"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2678
Samsung hdds "do not cover any drive holes"
Was thinking about placing the a Samsung hdd inside a Scythe himuri which would cover the smallest hole. Is there any risk of doing so? The two other holes will not be covered but obviously the hdd will have restricted air access... Should I replace the hdd with another brand? Edit: Hmm, doesn't see...
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:21 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Cool my Gigabyte HD4870 1gb without having to cut anything
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2815
First I would try to remove the Zalman fan and place a 120mm (or even 140) fan on top of it instead. Just use zip ties... the airflow covers a larger surface area and should cool better and do the job more quietly. 800rpm might be enough, but higher RPM fan might be needed. If the card does not have...
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:36 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Core i7 42 C at idle with thermalright ultra 120
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5537
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:52 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung F3 series - 500GB per platter - 7200RPM - 500GB/1TB
- Replies: 169
- Views: 346996
I did have an issue with the first Spinpoint F1 1Tb drive I got - somehow when I went to install it it would only format to 32mb, the size of its cache :shock:. I returned it for a second drive of the same model which is working fine. Restore factory Hard Drive Capacity When HDD Shows up as 32MB ht...
- Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:45 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet, cool and fast 7200RPM Drive
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7491
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:37 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung EcoGreen or WD Green drives
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3480
- Sat May 16, 2009 1:35 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Is a truly silent magnetic hard disk possible?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11425
A 5400rpm harddrive in say a Scythe Quiet Drive placed on foam so that vibrations are eaten up is probably as close as one can get to total silence from mechanical harddrives. In my system the difference with or without SQD was HUGE. The third harddrive is actually in a Scythe Himuro, which is effic...
- Mon May 11, 2009 1:33 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI HD 4770: 40 nm, RV740 -- SPCR reviewed
- Replies: 285
- Views: 242120
Encouraged by your question, I thought I would edit the BIOS to set a low, known to work, memory frequency, and raise the memory speed to another known to work quantity only when doing 3D. Which setting did you change? I guess it wasn't 00, the white one? http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/images/...