I am currently using a Celeron 2.0 but I'm forced to upgrade to a P4. The cheapest P4 I can get hold of is a 2.4 GHz with 533 MHz buss precott. Northwood seem to be hard to find. Will a prescott run cool enopugh or should I try to get hold of a Northwood?

There are reports that Samsungs, WDs or Maxtors latest offerings all have promising acoustic properties. But which one is the quietest?
Will SPCR make a comparitive review of these drives anytime soon?

I'm going to build a cheap system for my mother and intially I planned to use socket 478/celeron but after getting suggestions for an AMD64 for my own system it made me wonder if AMD would have more to offer performance and heat-wise. Any suggestions about socket, processor, chipset and motherboard?

After looking at different motherboard manufacturers sites I found this board to be the most appealing to me. Asus K8N-E Deluxe doesnt look that bad either. I think they both undervolt.

EDIT: Nevermind

How about motherboard chipsets? There's Via and nVidia, what's the difference between these two?

So which AMD processor should I get? theres a bunch of different ones with differnet sockets and buss speed and prices and I'm just confused
And then the next question is which motherboard should I get? One I can underclock with, right? What experiences do people have with the boards otherwise?

My current system is: Antec Sonata Asus P4PE Celeron 2 GHz 512MB Matrox P650 Emu 1212m Plextor Premium Seagate 7200.7 160GB Here's what have been thinking about doing with my system: Antec Sonata -> Antec SLK3000-BQE Better airflow and roomier case is easier to work with. Asus P4PE -> Intel D875PBZ ...

I contacted them but they gave a negative reply. But chances are that they might have some nidec motor SP1614Cs in stock as long as they are willing to check it for you, which should be quite likely if you ask them in their local shop.

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Added Tricom and second reply from dp.se. Also added note about local store that sells Samsung drives. I got my 160 GB / 8 MB Spinpoint from Komplett.se, and while I have no idea what this JVC/Nidec business is about, I can say that it's as quiet or quieter than my 80 GB Barracuda IV. Seek noise mig...

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Mats wrote:Look at buggy.no-ip.com , maybe you find some other stores there. Lycka till!

Yes I did and I contacted the ones that sold Samung drives.

Raygun wrote:Nice. How about Komplett.se and Datorbutiken.se?

"Vi har tyvärr ingen möjlighet att..." etc etc

This post wont really be meaningfull for any one outside of Sweden but I guess It's polite to write on English on this English speking forum. Anyway here's what I did. I did a search on pricerunner.se for Samsung Spinpoint 160GB 8MB cahce and 2MB cache and I contacted every company listed that sold ...

I sorry if this question has allready been answered but I couldnt find anything answering my questions using the search functions. Which thermal paste should i use? I gonna use Zalman 7000alcu, should i get arctic silver? do i need to get another paste ? I read somewhere that silicone based pastes a...

I sorry if this question has allready been answered but I couldnt find anything answering my questions using the search functions. Which thermal paste should i use? I gonna use Zalman 7000alcu, should i get arctic silver? do i need to get another paste ? I read somewhere that silicone based pastes a...

Hi. I'm intressted in the recommended Seasonic SS-300FS psu. But i cant seem to find it anywhere here in sweden. One psu i found is SS-300FT, is it any good?


thanks in advance.

Thank you very much.
Will I need to lower the voltage of the 120 mm papst fans to get a reasonably quiet operation?

And how quiet is Zalman 7000AlCu compared to other more expensive solutions like a thermalright hsf?

I sometimes need to leave my computer on over night but it ruins my sleep. The parts making noise are: Arctic cooling Super Silent P4 HSF Antec TruePower 380Watt PSU I have got a Antec Sonata case and celeron 2 ghz cpu. What cooling solution can you reccomend for the cpu? Seasonic SS-300 non-PFC is ...

I sometimes need to leave my computer on over night but it ruins my sleep. The parts making noise are: Arctic cooling Super Silent P4 HSF Antec TruePower 380Watt PSU I have got a Antec Sonata case and celeron 2 ghz cpu. What cooling solution can you reccomend for the cpu? Seasonic SS-300 non-PFC is ...

So where does the "problem" lie?
The Arctic Cooling hsf performs as good as the stock intel hsf(but much queter).

Its a 0.13 micron celeron and NOT 0.18 micron one.
So I think temps shoould be lower.

Okay, Iv'e done some measurements. Ambient temps are around 20-25 i guess. Motherboard temp is 32 degrees. 44 degrees celcius with all hsf at idle. 58 with intel stock hsf, 56 with the arctic cooling, 64 with arctic cooling with fan running at 1200 rpm under load. Thus the problem does not lie in th...

I'm using the paste that came with the heatsink. Silicone I think.

What is the back of a heatsink in this case?
The only thing that matters is the surface that faces the cpu.

Nothing rough but the surface that faces the cpu is uneven.

Something likethis:
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The fans are spinning in 2200 rpm. I have a Sonata. Can it be that the surface of the arctic cooling is not perfectly flat but a bit uneven, and therfore i have to use a bit more paste?

What I meant was that the celeron is 50 C in idle and the motherboad is 32c in idle. I havent measured how hot it gets under load.

Iv'e got a Cleron 2 GHz cooled by a Arctic Cooling 4, Not the TC one, running in full speed.
The processor is ca 50 degrees celsius.

Is this normal?
It seem hot.

I have applied the thermal paste corectly, maby a tiny bit too much.

The system board temp is around 32 C.

IceFire wrote:Smell is because it is new.

The smell is 50% stornger than any other new PSU I have smelled, so I am a little bit worried.