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As in, zone one getting hot, increase fan speed, zone 2 very cool, reduce fan speed.

Then the solutions are the two I posted: T-Balancer or Speedfan + PWM splitting.

Lowest TDP or even actual power consumption does not equal cooler running. Greater area to dissipate heat can be just as useful as less heat to dissipate. Athlon II is the larger die and so I expect it to be the cooler running, even though the E6300 may use less power (especially at load). Also, Cn'...

My take on AC12025PWM (I have two such fans). * Need to run it down below 800RPM before it approaches silence. * Built in PWM splitter feature is quite useful if the only controllable header on your MB is the CPU. * Fluid-Dynamic Bearing makes it well suited for use on a heatsink and should allow it...

[quote="Paul Nollen"] Another remark I often encounter, even here, is the "work incentive". Where I live, in Belgium, we have a very good social security (far to much administration in comparison with an basic income, but we are on the way ) and on top of that we have a whole lot of legislation and ...

There are also some reasonable people with Business Degrees in this discussion asking for caps on salary. Putting a cap on opportunity puts a cap on productivity, innovation, and progress. Salary does not equal opportunity. Which is better: to work 80 hours a week and earn $160k/yr or to work 40 ho...

What do you mean by automated? The only things out there that I'd consider truly automated are the various incarnations of the T-Balancer . In most cases I think it is a lot more cost effective to give up a bit of control and just use your motherboard's PWM header(s), PWM splitting cables (or Arctic...

croddie wrote:

jessekopelman wrote:Intel X4500HD, NVIDIA 8XXX and above, AMD 690 and above all can do it.

780 and above

I'm pretty sure 690/740/760 do some video acceleration, just not H264. You could say H264 is all that matters, but it is possible to find 1080p in other formats.

In fact. I will change this PSU whit something better, i like it, but the fan noise is something silly for a premium product... I agree using cheap fans is inexcusable, but rather than spend $100 on a new PSU why not just spend $10 on a new fan. Doing a fan swap is pretty easy and the drawbacks of ...

There are also some reasonable people with Business Degrees in this discussion asking for caps on salary. Putting a cap on opportunity puts a cap on productivity, innovation, and progress. Salary does not equal opportunity. Which is better: to work 80 hours a week and earn $160k/yr or to work 40 ho...

One of the findings was that a NIT gave rise to break up marriages. This is actually a benefit. Being trapped in a marriage for purely economic reasons is a sort of chattledom. The reason the concept of a sanctioned divorce is basically as old as the concept of a sanctioned marriage is the recognit...

they have a couple of Core2 Quads ending in an S which purport to be 65W rather than 95W. That would mean less heat, right? Could that make a big difference when it comes to cooling with my Scythe? It is generally more cost effective to simply get a motherboard that supports undervolting the CPU. T...

Bah! 10C difference seems unbelievable. Maybe the real issue is that he used that overly thick coat for the AS5 as well. I wonder if you compared them proper thickness to proper thickness if the result would be more like the 1 or 2 degrees you'd expect. Maybe this is what you're saying MoJo? Still, ...

-TDO- wrote: No need for increasing the memory setting or other weird recommandations.

I would tend to agree. The large memory on discrete video cards is for 3D acceleration, not HD acceleration. That said, given today's low RAM prices, I'd always just set the memory allocation to maximum on my IGP.

I think people overvalue the idea of being able to keep their MB through multiple CPU upgrades. Yes, this is valuable if you buy a new CPU every year, but not so much otherwise. Buying a new $100 MB every 3 years, vs. keeping your $200 MB 3 years is pretty much a wash. Beyond that, though, the chanc...

You need to be very careful if you do something like this. A lot of parts of the PSU, including heatsinks are live. This means no more opening your case without unplugging PC and making sure you've discharged PSU capacitors, let alone messing around with stuff without turning off the PC. Touching a ...

Can on board video on new ATX motherboards handle 1080p video? Yes. Intel X4500HD, NVIDIA 8XXX and above, AMD 690 and above all can do it. Whether any of these solutions will be perfectly smooth depends on exact codecs used in video and what CPU you use. Dual-core CPU is generally still required, r...

An alternative is to run your fan at a constant voltage from a normal 4-pin molex connector coming from the PSU. This is what I do. With this method, start voltage of the fan vs. PSU control is irrelevant. Whether this is a good idea is probably dependent on the demand range of your system. Mine run...

so,has anyone tried(succesfully) to make a mc remote work with a generic usb receiver??? Did your remote not come with an IR receiver? All the Windows Media Center remotes I've ever come across came bundled with a receiver. Since you bought a MC remote and keyboard, I'm assuming you're actually run...

Honestly, I don't think my build is unique in any way. I use standard components, fans and case. The only thing I can think of that's maybe little less common, is that my desk doesn't overhang the PC. But as another member has observed, this discussion could continue elsewhere on the forum. Probabl...

how is this of any help to anyone?? if your computer is quiet enough then please by all means leave! ours however are obviously not or we would not be having this discussion so why waste our time?? The expected SPL of a good 120mm fan at 550RPM is around 12dBA. The idle noise of the top HDD is also...

I seriously can't hear it unless I kneel down and put my head in level with the intake vent slits on the P182. Sure, but I would say the same thing about a 550RPM fan. I definitely can't hear that from more than a few inches away . . . At least not in a normal room. Do you live in an anechoic chamb...

Oh and for anyone that has the 34nm Intel SSD don't use a BIOS password or more importantly if you have a BIOS password don't change it or remove it. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=15827 I still can't understand why that happens. It makes absolutely no sense. I'm sure that's what the ...

I think your fears of getting some random crappy loud drive are well founded. I have had 3 different DVR (2 Motorola, 1 Scientific Atlanta) and this has been the case for all of them. That said, the noises don't propagate that well. At 3m distance you don't hear much. At 2m you can hear them if you ...

After I realized that the only thing this HTPC was good at was movie playback, it just didn't make sense to use a 50-70W HTPC for this when a 6W popcorn hour does the same thing and requires way less config and maintenance. I agree with your overall conclusion in favor of the PCH for your applicati...

new2spcr wrote: I can definitely hear my system fan @ 550 rpm

What kind of HDD are you using that it's quieter than a 550RPM 120mm fan!?

This makes me wonder why PWM fans even exist. I seems that 3-pin fans are capable of modulating themselves with the help of temperature sensors and software/BIOS. PWM fans also add that "PWM whine," which is annoying. PWM fan control exists because it is less expensive to build PWM control into a M...

This kind of killed it for me. I was toying with idea of upgrading to 32nm i5 or i7, but it seems like there is little point in doing that right now as the features just aren't there. 32nm CPU aren't out yet either . . . Maybe wait for them to actually be released before worrying about motherboard ...

It should work. Certainly worked for DVD and CD drives I've used. My concerns would be drive longevity, increased operating noise, and increased chance of damaging a disc. The noise and longevity issues are a consequence of some bearings not doing well in certain orientations. Whether this is even a...

I think the bigger issue for states beyond C1E has been BIOS support, not missing features on the chip. Definitely not wrong that they were on mobile first, though. The original 65nm C2D chips (E6600) only supported C1E. The next generation (E6850) also supported C2E. C3E and C4E didn’t arrive un...

I am not a video/multichannel guy, but I don't think video/multichannel components are 16-17" deep, and that racks/cabinets would be designed accordingly. Actually, the high end A/V gear does tend to be >16" deep. The people who spend the big bucks on this stuff like it big and heavy . Still, that ...