MikeC wrote:Sarah Jane? You even know her name?

I didn't before, but I just followed Wrah's link above.

That picture of her with the chicks actually doesn't do her justice!

These power supplies are, indeed, relatively quiet.. with trivial <100w loads . But once you put a measly 150w load* on them they all, without exception, ramp up to truly excessive 30db+ noise levels. Is it really the load that affects the fan speed? In my experience, it's more the temperature of t...

This might be an obvious question, but are you sure you can adjust the voltage on that board to 1.45v?

ahrbruz wrote:“Im making a super overclocking rig. How effective would an electric leaf blower be if I mounted it on a thermalright sp97?”

Depends on the leaf blower. With the right one, you could probably blow the SP97 to smithereens.

I'm glad to see that we have added a lot of production to the team, but I'm still getting adjusted to the fact that I am now one of the hunted :shock: Welcome to the club. :? My first thought when I got my first potential threat was, Gotta find more computers to borg!! It's taken a while, but I thi...

I miss her. Sarah Jane... mmmmm.

At least SPCR doesn't have its own Babe Thread like a certain other tech site that I frequent.

Probably. But still, she's nice to look at if you're a (straight) guy.

I wonder how many female posters/lurkers there are at SPCR?

Not only will you be doing something for a good cause, but you'll also get a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that your computer isn't wasting cycles and that it's actually DOING something while it's on. My computers feel like they have a sense of purpose now that I've started folding. As far as si...

Just swapped a 2000+ Palomino with 2200+ Thorton, then dropped a wire in the socket to fix the vcore at 1.8v and o/ced the #*@()*# out of this sucker (stock speed 1.8 Ghz at 1.6v). Currently running at 2.36 Ghz (174 Mhz bus) and folding almost as quick as my 2.4 Barton. Ph33r m3! :twisted: But is i...

Yeah, if my bad math is accurate, Kemokim and I should reach the top 100 at around the same time (at which point he'll zoom past me).

- aston (proud to be yellow... barely)

Let the taunting begin! I've already posted... you should too!

Man, trolling their forums makes me feel sillier (and dumber) already.

How'd I get 5 people on my threats list?!?! Douglas Bailey, Kemokim, etc etc....

Well, you guys will pass me eventually... I just don't have that much firepower. I'll race you guys to the top 100, though.

Yeah, the rah-rahing and trash talk have both died down a bit lately....

Heck, I know *I'm* starting to lose interest. Zzzzzz.... Somebody wake me up!

What about P3's (that support SSE)?

You'd think with a name like "Power Cows", they'd have a sense of humour.

Hahaha... very nice!

I don't think I'll try it, though. I have an old Celeron 300A @ 450MHz that my parents are using, but it's not worth it to spend all that money on that Zalman... the Celery is nearing the end of its useful lifecycle. I'd rather buy my folks an Athlon and underclock it.

Pete speaks the truth. Your PC isn't truly quiet unless it's silent even while under load.

Fold fold fold

Yeah, I actually have a handful of potential threats now! Page 2 is getting fun.

I got my XP-M 2400+ a few days ago, and my new heatsink just arrived today. So far I've gotten it to run at 2.5 GHz @ 1.9V without any problems (really about 1.87V, as my Abit NF7-S undervolts as stated previously on this forum). 2.6 GHz at 2.03 seemed ok, but I was a little worried with that high ...

So I decided, even though my old chip passed Memtest at 2-2-2-5 200Mhz FSB, maybe this chip can't (you wouldn't think it would not be CPU dependent, only RAM and chipset). That's what I always thought, too. But then I recall seeing a post here about MemTest v3.0's test 5, which apparently tests the...

Anyone know where I can get the Papst in Canada?

P.S. - the guys at OC Forums seem to disaprove of OC'ed processors going above 50C at full load. Are you guys sure you're not running them too hot? Overclocked processors are more sensitive to heat -- i.e. a CPU that runs stable at 65C at stock settings might not be stable at that temp if overclock...

I think we whould really design our own case. Putting all the collective wisdom of the SPCR to work and design a case that blows all cases out of the water, in terms of silent cooling. I like that idea! We just need to find someone to mass-produce them for us. Any takers? :) Also, it has to come in...

zuperdee wrote:Interesting. I wonder why they drop on your system when you open the door, but rise on mine.

Because you have good airflow in your system... give yourself a pat on the back. Good airflow is tough to achieve... few people have cooler case temps with the case closed than with it open.

lol - ok that's much better ;) You have one of the nice steppings, with the right cooling I'd imagine you'd be able to go to 2.7 on air! You think? From what (little) I've read over at ocforums, the IQYxx stepping (usually week 43) seems to do better. I'm not really interested in feeding more than ...

IQZFA, 0349. And sorry, that 2.2GHz I posted earlier should read 2.4GHz. It might go a bit higher, but I haven't tested... I just jumped up to 2.5GHz, but it wasn't stable even at 1.93v (BIOS setting). Maybe it'll play nice at 2.5GHz now that it's had some time to burn in.... Of course, I probably w...

Yeah, I suspected as much. I saw someone else mention this in the Mobile Barton thread at ocforums. Good to know that I have a relatively decent chip... 2.4GHz @ 1.73v isn't too bad. :mrgreen: I wish it wasn't so damn hot, though... I have this feeling my chip is hotter than most. [edit]2.2GHz shoul...

PhilgB, these are the places I know that have them, or at least used to have them: www.ncix.com www.vibecomputers.com www.bigfootcomputers.com All very reputable stores. I bought a IQZFA stepping from NCIX. It's holding stable at 12x200MHz at 1.775v in the BIOS (which, according to MBM, is actually ...

I've got a Zalman 7000A on my NF7-S board... fits just fine. You'll have to cut the clip though, which can be a pain. I actually spent a lot of time filing it off with a metal file because I didn't have the right tools. Just do a search... there should be lots of posts about using the Zalman on an N...

Them's fightin' words, Pete.

You better find some more boxes to borg... I'm gonna catch you eventually! Then *I* shall be the taunter and not the tauntee.