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- Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:43 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: I'm thinking Antec, but which one?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4908
Beware of Marketing Claims
I'd beware of any noise claims made by the marketing for the PSU. They're rarely even close to accurate. On the other hand, if you're willing to do a fan mod that opens up the market quite a bit, as the only variable noise-wise will be the quality of the fan controller. If you end up going this rout...
- Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:05 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Comment on yet another wood case design
- Replies: 56
- Views: 48524
Congratulations
Congratulations, that's a really nice setup. Makes me want to do the same . I'm looking forward to your writeup.
- Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:34 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 review
- Replies: 120
- Views: 115443
Review addendum Re: Heatsink Mounting
After poking around some more on the Arctic Cooling website, I've noticed that they recommend that heatsinks with side-mounted fans be mounted so that they blow either up or towards the front of the case . Having the fan blow forwards makes sense considering the airflow layout of this case, but it i...
- Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:11 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 review
- Replies: 120
- Views: 115443
Recommended List
Dollar: First of all... Welcome to SPCR!!!! Second, no, that is not an oversight. The Silentium T2 does not belong on our recommended case list because, as mentioned in the review, the PSU fans are too noisy for use in a silenced system. I'm not going to give a value rating for two reasons. 1) I did...
- Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:43 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: a magic system?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4220
486 in a freezer
Not to encourage you (the answers you've gotten are totally right), but some "testing" has been done using freezers. Check out http://totl.net/Eunuch/index.html to see what I mean.
Sorry for the slightly off-topic post.
Sorry for the slightly off-topic post.
- Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:12 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 review
- Replies: 120
- Views: 115443
PSU not moddable
Just to make it quite clear (if it's not in the review), the PSU is not changeable without at a good week's worth of work. The PSU is physically a part of the case; it's a non-standard size with non-standard mounting. In addition, the exhaust fans are connected inside the PSU itself ... not sure if ...
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:06 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Is it bad to plug and unplug your CPU fan on a running MB?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2180
Airflow
Most likely you've rearranged the contents of your case a bit when you switched the power supply. This may have affected the airflow in your case. Things like IDE cables especially have a significant impact on the airflow pattern in your case, and can affect temperatures negatively if they block too...
- Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:42 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Arctic Cooling 4 Ultra TC HSF
- Replies: 41
- Views: 34511
On other other hand, maybe someone else closer to us would be willing to do this? I've got the hs and fan from a 2100XP (or possibly a 2000, can't remember) minus the screws that hold the fan onto the shroud. I'd imagine the postage would be pretty low. Good chance it's not the same as either of th...
- Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:38 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Arctic Cooling 4 Ultra TC HSF
- Replies: 41
- Views: 34511
Reason for thermistor position
MAN look at that thermistor! It's JAMMED in between two fins, and in fact BENDING one of them!!! You'd think they'd develop one that would fit in a nice spot, like more towards the center, and slimmer so that it wouldn't obstruct the heatsink. Might also produce better cooling results, no? All in a...
- Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:03 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet 40 mm fans! (maybe)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6083
Bels vs. dBA
There is no direct correspondence between bels and decibels (although I can see where you got this idea; if they were consistent with the metric system of prefixes, you'd be right). The decibel scale is a measure of sound pressure at a specific location and must specify a distance from the source to...