Yes with a top shelf cooler a low rpm fan will work good, especially if it is 120mm and can move some cfm at such a low rpm. Thats why i like my Big Typhoon, at max rpm of 1300 it is virtually silent inside a case.

Unless you are going to use the hs without a fan then that information is still not conclusive. Just consider the review of the Sonic Tower which is probably the best of the 5 reviewed w/o a fan.

There is an extensive review of these big 3 heatsinks at xbitlabs: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/5-cool.html The review gives a complete rationale of the testing methodology and has lots of good information, including extensive notes on the ease of installation for each cooler. As...

Looks like the x2-3800 is a real cool cpu.

http://www.lostcircuits.com/cpu/amd_x2-3800+/10.shtml

I replaced my xp90 with a Big Typhoon about 3 months a ago. All i can say is, it cools better and quieter. The Big Typhoon weight includes the fan and fan guard, if you subtract 190 grams for them from the total of 810 grams it is just 620 grams. I think the weight/torque is a non issue, as i remove...

I have been runing my reserator with the pump for about a month and really like it (AMD X2 3800 -dual cpu @ 2.4Ghz.) I can't give you a link because its only in a paper-magazine article in 'Linux Journal' called "Ultimate Linux Box 2005". They use a pump-less Reserator to cool two 846HE AMD Opterons...

It could be that the "leak" is actually evaporation through the Zalman silicon tubing. Silicone tubing is more permeable then vinyl.

You could buy the same size clear vinyl tubing at Home Depot for $4 for 20 Ft. Replace all the Zalman blue silicone and see if the smell and leaks disappear.

Zalman is now recommending its own ethylene glycol additive for the Reserator coolant so they must have experienced some problems while recommending only distilled water. Here is the blurb: ***** NEW!!! Zalman G100 Blue Anti Corrosion Water Cooling Additive Description: Zalman G100 water cooling add...

Looks like the TT Rocket cools about 2-5 C better than the Zalman Reserator. http://www.a1-electronics.net/Heatsinks/2005/6th/Thermaltake_Rocket_pg4.shtml I have the Reserator on my AMD64 3200 o/c to 2.8 GHz and the load temps are running about 15C above ambient. In my non air conditioned room the d...

I would stay with SCSI drives since you already have the controller. The new Fujitsu 15K SCSI drive i use has the FDB motor and is even quieter than my Raptor sata drives. Since i wanted zero hard drive noise i put the Fujitsu in a external SCSI box and connected it to my pc with a 20 foot SCSI cabl...

I just switched from an xp90 to a Big Typhoon on my AMD64 3200 Venice which is overclocked to 2.8 GHz. The Typhoon does a better job than the xp90 (especially under load) and the included 120mm is very quiet. The weight of the Typhoon is always quoted at ~810 grams but that includes the 120mm fan an...

So far neither the Phantom nor Thermaltake has _any_ noise that i can hear, even with my ear up against the psu at load or at idle. It is possible that some psu's components will become noisey if operating with high temps over a longer time period than i have had these 2 psu's. That is part of the e...

I am running two systems side by side with two different fanless psu's. System One @ 2.5 Ghz DFI nf3, skt 754 motherboard AMD64 2800 Newcastle, o/c to 2.5 Ghz. Thermalright xp90 with 92mm Evercool fan Dragon steel case with no case fans Thermaltake Heatpipe fanless psu System Two @ 2.8 Ghz DFI nf4, ...

I think it can get as quiet as the monitor noise i.e. that is the sound of no fans spinning and no hard drives humming :-) After playing the silencing game for over 3 years i have finally arrived at my quietest system. This is with a AMD64_2800 overclocked to 2.5 Ghz. This system uses the venerable ...

I have the same case and solved most of the resonace problem by putting some stiff metal braces on the back side of the m/b tray. I used a very stiff steel bracket right behind the cpu area and some aluminum channel across the bottom half. I also moved my scsi hard drive outside the case into a smal...

My latest drive is a 15K SCSI Fujitsu MAS3367 and i am happy with it. I also own 3 original Barracuda IV's, a Samsung and 2 Raptors. The Raptors were disappointing noise-wise. They both have the annoying whine, although the whine is not constant and not very loud, its still noticable. The Fujitsu sc...

I will second the motion that a good 300 watt p/s will work fine with your setup. I have an AMD64 2800 o/c to 2.4 ghz. My Kill-a-Watt meter shows about 105 watts draw at idle and up to 155 watts at load. I am using the Seasonic Toranado 300 watt p/s. I have been running this setup since Septembe and...

For me the biggest thing missing from this review is temperatures attained with a normal heat sink/fan combination. Judging from other reviews of this case that test it this way, it shows that the temps are within one degree with the wind tunnel in the case or removed. There is a review with the P4 ...

It's printed on the heatspreader, and CPU-Z tells you what stepping it detected. I found the AMD spec for CG stepping for Athlon64 3000 ADA3000AEP4AR 2000 MHz 1.50 V 57.8 A 89 W 0.31°C/W 1800 MHz 1.40 V 45.6 A 66 W 1000 MHz 1.10 V 18.0 A 22 W i could not find any ADA3000AEP4AR for sale at newegg, p...

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I can go down to 0.85 volts @ 5*200 = 1000 MHz with the CG stepping.
This is an awsome CPU.

How do you identify the CG stepping?
And how does it differ from th 35 watt mobile Athlon 64 chip?

If you are running a Athlon or Duron cpu, another Linux program you will want to use is 'athcool'. athcool is a small utility, enabling/disabling Powersaving mode for AMD Athlon/Duron processors. By enabling Powersaving mode, you can save power consumption, and lower CPU temperature when the CPU is ...

grandpa_boris wrote: he lack of consistent measurements makes comparing fans based on stats published in different sources very difficult. the ONLY way you can draw a meaningful comparison between fans is to measure all of them in exactly the same configuration and from the same distance with the sa...

I use a Commonwealth 120x25mm and run it at 5 volts in a Fortron p300 power supply. No problems starting and very quiet compared to Panaflo 80mm fans at 5volts.

For what its worth its rated at 54cfm/25dba at 12 volts and at 5 volts its
22.5cfm/6dba.

Bluefront said:

I recently finished dampening my new case project. Virtually every square inch of the inside walls of this case was dampened with 1/2" thick closed-cell foam. (Safety-mat stuff).

Where did you get the Safety-mat stuff?

For an extensive review of the 7200 series and comparison to Barracuda V: this is the conclusion from x-bit labs: I would like to point out that this Seagate family doesn’t boast that revolutionary quietness, which was a big advantage of Barracuda ATA IV hard drives. The rotation noises as well as t...

I have both the Fortron and the Seasonic. The Seasonic is definetly much quieter. With its higher efficiency and 3 year warranty i think the Seasonic is the way to go.

I use a Barracuda IV and V and have had the Samsung SP0411 for over a month. As far as noise (whine) all 3 are very close. Probably the difference coming from variances in individual drive samples. In other words if you are used to the Barracuda IV or V noise than the Samsung will not disappoint. So...

This is a follow up to my post of last Saturday (9-13). I returned my whining Tornado to Seasonic and received a new replacement last Wednesday (9-17). Since then i have shut down the pc every evening and powered up the next morning with no problems. When i talked to the Seasonic tech about my whini...

Well i can confirm the whine/squeal fan noise problem and so can a few others on the thread in this forum: "Mystery Whine/Squeal with Seasonic Super Tornado 300 PSU" This seems like a design problem that may affect a large percentage of users. I would definitely put off buying one untill it gets sor...

OK..make me the third person on this thread to confirm the Tornado fan whine (when the fan does not spin). Sent it to Seasonic and they called me to confirm the problem, but they had no answers and are sending a new replacement . I think MikeC should post a footnote to the Tornado review that makes ...