Do you know if these SVC fans are rpm sensing

From the linked fan in SVC:
"Connectors (swappable): included standard 3-pin connector w/RPM signal"

Yes, since they specifically say "w/RPM signal", so this is the BX version, but as Ralf pointed out they are out of stock...

It is really amazing that they manage to sell it at only 50 euro retail price. It looks like a great prize for such a good controller. I would like to hear more about what the PWM frequency does to noise in fans, since this has been a major problem with many PWM based controllers. I think this contr...

If you think it is worth the money I would highly recommend that Swiftech cooler. Combined with a good fan and something to control fan speed it will be the best performer of these alternatives. If you decide to go with one of the cheaper cooler I suggest either Spire or Arctic Cooling. The main ben...

It would be interesting to see one of these beasts in a SPCR test. The reviews linked so far does not resemble anything that can be repeatable, so no results can be verified. This like hardware setup (with images), case fans used etc is very important. IMHO removing the CPU fan is a good thing, BUT ...

Terje: I want it for home theater use primarily, so something that fits in with the rest of the equipment in dimentions[...] Guess that rules out boxes with only low profile PCI slots (or does any of the aiw cards come in a low profile version?) Well, you got 3 options. 1. Accept a case with height...

Heatpipe towers need to get up about 30mm before the lower edge of the fan to clear capacitors near the CPU sockel on socket A. In this case that doesn't even leave room for a 60mm fan, so even if such a cooler existed it would not be a good option. You simply need a bit more height for this kind of...

I don't agree that the Geode would be good for a standalone MP3 player. It is far too powerfull to play mp3 only. Since standalone mp3 players typically runs on batterys a few watts usage in a CPU is a lot since it will drain batteries rather quickly. The power rating of the Geode is similar to the ...

Every PSU brand is bound to have at least a small fraction of the PSU's die after a fairly short period of time. The gracefull death of this Zalman 300W PSU is quite promising. No loud POFF, no smoke, didn't kill anything else etc is rather nice. Defenatly a PSU that I could consider using in one of...

I have almost exactly the same setup as you have. Both cooler and motherboard is the same. And I have a Barotn 2500+ as well. So the only difference is that you have a XP-M, but that has no effect on the physical dimensions. I have never experienced any of the problems you are experiencing. There is...

Fancontrol buildt something similar in this thread: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=11237 Unforutnately the images does not seem to work anymore. The basic thing is a comparator with a NTC on one input and a trimpot on the other to set the temperature. The output controls a transist...

Does a download link exist on that site?
I could not find any, and the pictures of the new version looks really nice, so I do like to try it out.

Is any private user really afraid of beeing snooped? I doubt the things most people do from home is that interesting to justify the work to snoop them. I you really are afraid of snooping you need to take lots of actions: Radio keyboard is out of the question. Secure building with alarm system is a ...

There's a 20V difference between the 2 heatsinks. I'll have to figure out a way to get through that problem without unsoldering the heatsink. You need to measure each heatsink relative to the case of the PSU. The case is grounded for sure, and sticking a heatsink out the back of the PSU is defenatl...

Do you get the problem at startup? My guess is that the huge power draw when starting your harddrives could give you some problem if they all spin up at once. This could cause your 12V line to sag a bit. If this is the problem you should be able to start your computer by flicking the power switch tw...

Somewhat related - how does active/passive PFC factor into this? This is a bit complex, so I will try to explain this from how it will affect you financially and what waste if produces so you can see it from an environmental point of view. Active PFC makes the power supply act more like a true resi...

Lenny: ATX 1.2 : Removed -5V from all power distribution tables ATX 1.3 : Removed guidance for -5V rail ATX 2.01 : Removed -5V reference And true enough, I couldn't find -5V in the rest of the document. Ah, I checked in the ATX 2.1 spec, but that one is slightly different from the ATX12V Power Supp...

Gabey: Didn't the -5 volt rail get dropped from ATX Power supply spec version something? No, in ATX 2.1 specification the -5V is still there. Probably just for backward compatibility. I don't think new boards actually use it. Still a power supply should be able to keep all rails within specificatio...

I wonder how much of that performance translates into real world? 2M cache is a lot and would speed up tasks dependent on lots of memory. However, Athlons have traditionally managed to crunch out better benchmarks with lower caches. Personally I find Sandra benchmarks highly questionable. As proces...

So, is the Papst 120mm fan actually running at 8v, but "laboring" rpm-wise due to case pressures???? Your fan still gets 8V, but since it has to fight some pressure in the case its RPM will drop slightly. Lets assume the 8V fan is an exhaust case fan, and you put in a high speed intake fan, then th...

I just stumbled on this brand new great review of the Dothan core. Dothan is a Pentium-M with 0.09u process and 2M level 2 cache. In this review they test it against many other CPU's with amazing results. Is is faster than Athlon64 clock-by-clock! It is nearly twice as fast as Pentium 4 Northwood cl...

Great work Rukawa, keep it up! MikeC typically review things as they are out of the box. So a heatpipe review would typically be as how it performs on its own. I think a better way is to write the review yourself (MikeC can give you some advice on how/what to write). Possibly you could send him what...

They should be around 20db in max speed It would be a miracle if they could run a 92mm fan at 2500RPM with only 20dB. Maybe if you measure from the next room... I believe the noise level when MikeC has measured it. Ceramic bearings is nothing new. In fact they are an older invention than the hydro ...

The small blue PCB mounted upside down on the heatsink looks very much like a fan controller. The most common reason to mount it on a heatsink is to put a sensor on the heatsink, so this is a good indication that it uses temperature to controll fan speed. The size of the heatsinks looks promising, s...

Arctic cooling fans have typically god very good reviews when you are concerning price/performance. They do work great for cooling fairly normal processor power with the TC solution. At lots of heat they become a bit noisy, but nothing extreeme. Cooling performance is acceptable, but it does not mat...

Thanks for the "SPCR compatible HACK". This CPU was clocked at 2006Mhz using 1.85v vcore which makes it give of close to 90Watt of heat Doh! I must have read that page 2 or 3 times and still missed that one. Noting that the speed and voltage was printed 3 times on that page. On the places where I ap...

If setting fans to 5V caused any problems for the fans you should have seen hundreds of notes in this forum about burned fans. Since you don't you can safely say that there is no problem at all to 5V fans. All this is assuming the fan starts with 5V. I have not seen reports about fan problems with f...

The panaflos made in Japan usually works a bit better with PWM than the ones made in china. Still panaflo fans might not be the best choise to drive with PWM. If you are up to DIY you can reduce the problem by soldering a capacitor on 1uF in parallell with each fan. The idea is that the capacitor sm...

The power draw of a typical PC will probably be determined by what sells in large quantities. That means that you as end customer is actively chooseing what you want. If people keep going for faster CPU's, GPU's etc but still like their PC's to stay on a decent noise level you will probably see some...

Coolink 80mm fan at lowest and highest settings (24-70CFM / 19-44dBA) on all heatsinks unless noted otherwise. Sorry. I did read the entire review, but I must have missed that row. The white text on black background does make it very hard to read, but that is still a lame excuse for missing that fa...

I think Madshrimps made a rather good review here. Far better than I would ahve expected to find. Unfortunately they do not try to run all heatsinks with the same fan, so they are not testing the heatsinks that much, they are rather testing the heatsink+fan combination. The Sharkoon HSP1 with the in...