My fan pile is mostly san ace, yate loon and coolermaster...

Just be careful of running monitoring software which checks HDD temps (including speedfan), as they can, and will, wake the drive from sleep.

I did try Iron at one point but didn't like it for some reason. I shall re-visit it tho, cheers

One thing, I think there needs to be more information on how reliable controlling is. On my Asus motherboard, it sort of worked, but wasn't 100% reliable. Also, number of controllable headers isn't 100% clear... I listed 2 for PWM and 0 for 3 pin, however, the 4 pin headers can be used as 3 pin (not...

Excellent, thanks for posting. One small potential problem is: set /a seconds=!samples!/!rate! I think this doesn't round properly, it just truncates to an 'int', which may mean your song length isn't quite right (ie samples = 3, rate = 2, length will equal 1). Not sure how much it matters (if at al...

The speedfan website has a partial list, but its a bit outdated. A definitive, up-to-date list would be great.

Head to here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/flac/files/flac-win/ And grab the latest flac package. Inside you will find metaflac.exe, using it you can retrieve the sample_rate and total samples in a file. samples / sample_rate will give the length. There may be other methods, but this is one I fou...

Sorry for the late reply. Only 2 headers are controllable. The other two you can monitor but not control.

I use chrome, and ad-block is the one thing I *really* miss (and no, javascript hacks to avoid ad's are not really the same thing).

heh, this forum seems pretty sparsely populated huh? My system is far from silent... its quiet, but definitely not silent. Given the amount of noise where I live, silent is a pipe dream anyway (Hong Kong). So yeah, its all relative. If you are curious my setup includes: Cosmos 1000 case Q6600 @ 3600...

Ah I didn't see your post about dx11. If you need dx11, ATI is the only show in town!

gtx 260 is a decent card, and should be able to be found pretty cheap. 5770 isn't really a great performer (but does bring other things to the table).

Graphics cards are nowhere near as reliable as CPUs. At least, not consumer grade ones.... and the majority of GPUs are not even pushed hard. I've had CPUs overclocked by 50% run for years and years without a hiccup. Wish I could say the same for my stock clocked GPUs (I don't bother OCing them any ...

Pull it apart, count the chips etc that need sinks, and put it back together again while you wait. Only takes 5 minutes. Or find a 'naked' picture of it online (I couldn't find one, but didn't look very hard). Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)s are made up of MOSFETs, chokes etc. The terms are often us...

I used about a pack and a half of the ram sink sized ones, and one pack of the little ones. Make sure you have some kind of cleaning fluid (I used ArctiClean), as any oily residue on the chips will stop them sticking. As far as what to put sinks on, this is dependent on your card. I haven't had an A...

I used this guys for mosfets: http://www.enzotechnology.com/images/mos_c1.jpg and these for ram: http://www.enzotechnology.com/images/bmr-c1.jpg The ram sinks are available in two different heights, in case you have clearance issues. EDIT: And here is some random pic I found with some of these sinks...

For true silence you need an SSD! (Actually, an SSD is an amazing upgrade performance-wise too).


Post pics when you are done!

While the VRMs need some cooling, they really don't need to be watercooled. Small heat sinks like the ones linked above do a great job. I found with enzotech heatsinks, that they cooled much better than the stock heatsink. Having SOME air movement over them is a good idea however.

Looks pretty adaptable, you might be fine with it.


Please report if you do get it!

I don't see a link in your post? Anyway, VGA coolers (air coolers I mean) are so incredibly crappy, that, providing you can make it fit, I would imagine the Zalman would be a HUGE improvement. With a MCW60 (copper I know), my VGA temps went from 50 -> 35 idle temps and 75 -> 40 load temps... and thi...

I think your options are somewhat limited. Products have been moving away from aluminium for a while now, and copper is used in the majority of blocks/rads/etc these days. So, either you switch rads to a copper rad, and get a copper block. Or you run with mixed metals and used anti-freeze to inhibit...

I have a GA-EP45-UD3L, and the southbridge sits at about 40c, ambient is 30c, so I don't think it gets very hot. The northbridge has no sensor on it (annoying!), and it does get pretty hot to touch... but hasn't caused any problems.

I think its impossible to say with certainty without knowing the exact details of the fans. However, I do believe in general the larger sized case fans do not have good static pressure, which is a very important factor when trying to push (or pull) air through a radiator. 120mm fans are a known, and...

Sounds like a good plan (air in at the bottom, out at the top). Works with heat rising. You may find however, that you don't need many fans sucking air in, definitely something to try out. Another thing, the bigboy fans quite likely have low static pressure, and may not actually help much against a ...

I still don't really think 2 loops is necessary, but of course its your call. You could also try one big single loop, and if that doesn't perform, get the extra bits you need to separate out the loops. An option is the typhoon III bay res/pump top. It allows parallel loops (which can work well from ...

Check out this link: http://www.over-clock.com/ivb/index.php?showtopic=20277 I found it useful, and it links things like PSU calculators, which help figure out a heat load. At a guess, I'd suggest you will want a 120x3 for your CPU, and probably about the same for your GPUs (if you have 2). A dual l...

I have a MCP655 vario. Once it is fully suspended, it eliminates a lot of the noise. I have mine running at setting 4, which I can't hear over the powersupply (crappy Coolermaster). I strongly recommend you use some elastic and suspend it if you haven't already! Sounds like a fan, ie just a quiet hu...

Push vs Pull can make a decent difference (10% ish depending on the fans): http://martin.skinneelabs.com/Radiator-Fan-Orientation-And-Shroud-Testing-Review.html The rule of thumb is pull for < 1500 rpm and push for above that... with a grey area in between where it doesn't make much difference at al...

A couple of things: -The Cosmos 1100 will take a 120x3 rad internally without mods... its a good WC case, but not such a good 'quiet' case (the Cosmos 1000 should be quieter, but you need to mod to fit a 120x3). Most cases will require some modding. The ones that spring to mind that can mount a 120x...

Mine is mounted behind the right hand panel of the case using an unused motherboard mounting hole! Completely out of the way, its brilliant.

I believe that some of the newer SilverStone cases (both Ravens for example) have proper mounting spots for SSDs behind the right panel.