[quote="mexell"]2000€-Budget - Antec P150 w/ NeoHE 430 for style and value-for-money - Asus P5B (said to be rock-solid) - Intel E6600 (I think this one has the most bang per watt around) - some 2GB of memory (suggestions on that?) - some fanless cheap dual-dvi graphics board (no turbocache, see wh...

A lead from the power supply to regulate fans.

yes.


Seasonic!

Thanks for your help. I got this figured out. The Thermalright V1 needs to use the Medium sized hooks to install properly. I used the short ones. It wasn't seating properly. The big zalman wasn't tightened on all the way (something was obstructing the backplate). It's been re-installed, and re-seate...

Felger Carbon can be right, in the post above. It could be a measurement problem. So Ryan, tell us what motherboard and the utility you use to measure temps. Maybe someone around here know if there's a known problem with your motherboard or something. Mobo: ASRock 939dual-sataII Measurment: Speedfa...

MikeC wrote:

Zain wrote:Any chance SPCR are going to review the Hiper PSU in the future?

Never seen one even advertised anywhere in US or Canada...

www.Frozencpu.com

I plugged a spare 3-pin fan into the second header on the motherboard (first one is a fanmate + thermalright V1) and temperatures were still the same. I pulled the whole thing out of the case, and idle went from 57 to 54. I reseated the heatsink, new thermal paste, and it dropped to 51. The GPU drop...

Thanks for the responses. From your description of your internal temps, I suspect you have case ventilation problems. Things to check: - Restrictive front intake and rear exhaust case grills. - Restrictive intake filter media. - Restrictive front case bezel. - Short-circuit air flow paths (Side and ...

Ok. I haven't been in here for a long time. But now, I require your expertise. 1. I have an AMD Opteron 146 overclocked to 2.4 ghz, on 1.45 volts. At first, I was getting about 38 degrees idle. Then yesterday, it went all the way up to 60 idle. I re-seated it, and it went down to 57 idle. Is this in...

I think most of you know what the Zalman CNPS 7000/7700 series is. http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8972/286406mb.jpg This badboy. It's an older design, but aged to perfection. Using the stock fan, pictured below, will get you a semi-silent cpu cooler that is extremely potent at cooling. http://img9...

I have an Opteron 146. Very good processor, overclocks like no tomorow. The stock cooler keeps it very cool, but its loud as hell and drives me insane, even without my 120mm Silverstone turned to max (40 db, 110cfm on the highest, 800rpm on the lowest). I only have that, the silverstone, and a yate-...

Tri bladers look pretty loud, IMHO. I'd rather have a nice nexus Real Silent Fan though. The PC Power and cooling 510's have tri blader "Boat Prop" fans in them, and they are LOUD.

Boot into windows, download CPU-Z. Enjoy.

I like to cut small pieces of heatshrink, 10mm approx, and shrink them over the cables every 10 cm or so. Keeps the cables out of the way without being too stiff.

Seasonic S12 430w seems to be the perfect supply for that. Quiet, more htan enoug hpwoer, 24 pin.

18db @ 1800 Rpm... 92mm... Does that mean they measure from space?

I highly suggest you swap out the water mixture for something with a LOT of anti-corrosion. The TT Rocket is Aluminum, the blocks are copper. After a while, the aluminum will corrode.

First: Cut off the grate. It's causing a lot of noise and reduced airflow. on the other side of the psu too.

Second: The Yate Loon d80sm12 is exactly what i have running in an FSP 300w. It's dead silent.

DFI NF4 ultra-D, SLi-dr, ultra-dr (not out yet). They have a loud fan over the chipset though, so you might wanna swap it out for the nice big zalman chipset passive hsf.

I have a Viewsonic VA702B, and after it's warmed up, I can't hear anything. It's definatly quieter than my pc next to it (1 yate loon d80sm12, 1 arctic cooling arctic fan 3, 1 clear uv (soon to be removed))

Those tests are only for half an hour. Over time though, vegemite (lol) and toothpaste will both degrade, and fail to perform. Arctic silver does not, as does any high quality thermal paste. If you let the pastes "burn in" for about 3 weeks, it will perform WAY better than any toothpaste or generic ...

my microsoft internet keyboard is very quiet. If you don't press all the way down very fast, it's near silent. Same can't be said for my logitech mx 510 though. It has audible clicks. I don't like my MS Internet keyboard. I don't really care about quiet keyboards, and i'm going to replace this (2 we...

CPU Heatsink: I'm currently interested in two main heatsinks: The thermalright XP-90 and the Zalman 7000b. I really don't know anything about heatsinks though (what other people have recommended) so any input on that would be greatly appreciated. The Zalman cnps7700 uses a silent 120mm fan, so It w...

Thermaltake Tsunami Dream with acrylic side panel in silver. Q-Technology 400W silent PSU Asus P5WD2 Premium MOBO Intel P4 640 3.2Ghz CPU Zalman CNPS9500 CPUFAN 2x512MB Corsair DDR2 PC5400/667 RAM with heat spreaders Gigabyte 6600GT 128MB Silentpipe (NX66T128VP) PCI-Express VGA Maxtor Diamondmax 30...

Yeah, but black matches with white really well. As a matter of fact, black matches everything. I have a black 17" lcd, black (and red) mouse, black case, black lamp, black cd holder, but a white keyboard. It matches reasonably well That being said, I would like a version of this case ala P180 (black...

the first gen x-finity is a high quality unit, Not like an x-connect. It's literally 2 wintech 300w's stacked. One for the 12v, one for the 5 and 3.3. It will take a lot of space with the cables, but it's worth it. Not so great for silence though. the new x-finities are pretty high quality. Nothing ...

Try the Arctic Cooling Freezer 4. It's what I have in my p4, it's extremely quiet, cools better than stock, and works very well. It's only about 30 bucks too.

Very hazardous. pipes kink unless you use a proper pipe bender, which just isn't worth it. Don't do it.

Need you suspend at all? Maybe you could get away with using soft grommets instead of out-and-out suspension? If I'm understanding correctly these new notebook drives don't vibrate nearly to the same extent as the 3.5" versions do. The "soft" gromets just aren't soft enough to effectivly dampent th...

For me, watercooling is pretty much Flawless. Dangerden everything, with vinyl tubing. No coolant smell, no leaks, and EXTREMELY quiet. I rigged up my system with 3 fans, to maintain airflow, and performance. Right now, I don't have the watercooling stuff in. I just have a ghetto rigged arctic fan o...