OK, I based my comment on the Enermax PSU in your sig, but it will work even better with that Seasonic PSU. What I would do: leave both fan directions as they were (i.e., blowing out). Then I would apply a duct like this: +-------------------+------- . | < . (PSU) | . | LEGEND: < . ############## |@...

IMHO, AcoustiPack is highly overpriced and can easily be replaced by a combination of a mass barrier like self-adhesive vinyl tiles and some open cell foam. Shouldn't cost you more than ~$10. Pay good attention to the plastic bezel, since it has a tendency to amplify low frequency resonances (well, ...

DiamondMax 9s run pretty hot: the 3 disks in my server run at 38-40C with constant airflow from a front-mounted fan over them... and this is with minimal load (streaming a few audio files and the like). As a contrast, the Raptors in my work rig gets cooled by indirect airflow from a single 600rpm ex...

Yes, the disc snaps onto the center spindle, so it will play discs on its side or even upside down. :) Also, the Pundit will NOT work properly horizontally under a normal CRT monitor. I only used it standing on its side. :( Thanks! I intend to bolt one to the side of a desk, so this is good info. A...

Short answer: Yes. It sucked. :) Longer answer: this heatsink setup simply cannot cope with high heat levels, unless maybe when you point a really high airflow fan at it. Also, since the fan will usually be more or less parallel to the motherboard it is automatically very close to the case edge, whi...

Hifriday, does the included slimline optical drive allow you to use it with the case on the side?

The mentioned thread can be found here (forum link); the article on power supply fundamentals & recommendations (SPCR link) is also a very informative piece.

Looks nice, especially for a mATX setup. I wouldn't have guessed that a 120mm fan could fit back there 8) Have you tried running without the front fan altogether? If all intake air comes through the front of the case, the negative pressure caused by the two other fans might create enough airflow ove...

I use this stuff all the time to seal up edges between the case wall and zip-tie-soft-mounted fans (another idea we have Bluefront to thank for). Never knew a good translation, but I've been recommending ever since I joined here.

Yep. Nexus 120 (both orange and B&W) with mCubed T-Balancer XL, works like the proverbial charm. Papst & PWM are a notorious combination.

Open. See for example the XP-90 review.

Looks nice. Couple of questions: where is the duct attached to the front of the PSU leading to? It appears to stop at the 5.25" bay cover... or am I missing something? do you have a D12SL-12 fan to compare the 14cm one with? I was wondering how they compare. If you duct the Ninja to the back fan, ch...

The second store you linked also sells a Seasonic S12 380 for about the same price... I know what I'd get! My German is a little rusty as well, but it appears that they are not too happy about the noise "your" PSU makes.

Well, I never had a use for it with both analog and digital sensors, but I just tried it and it seems to work. What you need to do is enable logging in Speedfan (button "configure" > tab "log" > checkbox "enabled") and then enable logging for the right temp sensors (tab "temperatures" > select appro...

Hi & welcome to SPCR!

Could you elaborate a bit on what you want to do? To me a workstation is a powerful PC meant for professional use... so I'm not following: what are you trying to put where?

like i said, the only 2 other fans running are my nexus and s12 Must have missed that in your post. Anyway, if a fan goes bad (as yours apparently has) there is not much you can do about it. You could try to unscrew it to see if there is any visible axle hole where you can put some lube into, but u...

Try to find out if the hum you hear is resonance (something in your case that started vibrating) or the actual fan itself.

Well, got RivaTuner up and running. Lowering the fan speed has made quite a difference: going down from 50% to 40% takes a lot of the "whoosh" out of the noise, so that is definately an improvement. My temps were already a bit higher than the values Ultraboy reported though and I do see the GPU temp...

teejay, Have you tried using ATI tool to lower the fan speed and/or undervolting the card in the bios? Well, ATi-tool doesn't show fan speed control for this card (yet)... at least on my card. I'm using the latest beta (0.25 beta 14). I have not added the RivaTuner.cfg line ultraboy suggested in th...

See this thread for some discussion on this card. There are a few problems with cooling this card with an after-market cooler: since the GPU core is native PCI-E, the card employs a HIS chip to bridge between the core and the AGP slot. This chip needs cooling just like the GPU. This requirement alon...

My theoretical 2 cents: foam has more friction at its surface than smooth cardboard, plastic etc. For low-airflow situations and/or narrow ducts this might become an issue, where the foam restricts air flowing through more than a smooth surface would. Therefore I tend to use a combination: a smooth ...

Good point csl , I didn't know that such relations between audio stuff and AGP platforms existed. I just wanted to make sure aviavi wasn't going to buy something (slightly) outdated without a proper reason. Off topic, but are you sure you can't undervolt those Nexus fans a little without reaching cr...

Any particular reason why you're getting an AGP system? Even though you have no intention of gaming, PCI-Express is still the new standard for expansion cards (not just video cards) and a budget AGP card will cost about the same or even a bit more than an PCI-e these days. Is that Airnet thingy a fi...

Funny, I still have 81.98 running without the flickering. teejay , out of curiosity, are you using DVI or VGA-out? Dual CRT, 1 on the D-Sub and one on the DVI through the included convertor. One at 2048x1536, one at 1600x1200. Let me add some observations: I get flickering on the screen that is hoo...

Dual CRT, 1 on the D-Sub and one on the DVI through the included convertor. One at 2048x1536, one at 1600x1200. Edit: submitted too fast :) I'll check for the piece of plastic but people who reported about that said it squeeled like a dolphin in labour... which mine obviously isn't. Btw, I've seen s...

Yeah, that would work fine. Used to run my Silencer through my T-Balancer. It's not a demanding fan so it should run perfectly fine on a mobo header (I'm assuming that is what you mean by "3 pin header").

Why not try it first? What CPU are you going to put in there? An FX-60? With a few undervolted 60mm fans it might be quieter than you think... and that Ahanix looks nice! Don't give up right away...

Funny... it's one of the airflow patterns I considered modding into my V-1000, but I'm not too keen on side fans because they tend to disrupt case airflow. It looks nice though, very little info on the web for now it seems.

Funny, I still have 81.98 running without the flickering. Anyway, thanks a lot ultraboy for posting those pics & findings. As far as I can see, our cards are very similar except for the metal ledge along the top of yours. What is that for? Rigidity or something? Anyway, the ZM-VHS1 needs a hole spac...

yeah, sorry for the OT postings furymouse . I hope there will be many more :) Stock heatsink: maybe the XFX is different, but mine is loud as hell. I used the stock cooling of my ATi X800XL for about 6 months without complaints since I could turn down the fan speed to ~10%. This one seems to have 3 ...