that bit of marketese in the press release was pretty funny ..

sorry i don't know.. i have no reason to try because the north bridge on this board is already passively cooled sufficiently

thejamppa wrote:OCZ Reaper memories are quite nasty looking for the memory modules ^^

i agree they are hideous.. why would anyone need heatpipes on RAM, i thought they draw something like 1W each or am i mistaken?
but the only other 2x2GB pair i found was a corsair set and they had higher latency

how about this one? feels great on my abs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-A ... re=related

First of all. Arent you using way to much pasta between your CPU and HS? I mean, I use the size of 1 grain of rice which I spread out by using a creditcard or something.. pasta or rice?? :lol: maybe it is a little bit too much, i have always previously used a very thin amount and spread it out just...

Considering i ordered the TR backplate for my rev B a few days ago, this comes as very welcome! How easy was it to screw the springs in without bending the fins? screwing in the springs without bending any fins is easy but you will need a long screwdriver. it needs to be longer than the ninja is hi...

nyu3 wrote:Don't remove the plastic from the backplate. It is for electrical insulation.

ah, yes of course, thankyou

finally got around to installing the ninja properly. temps did not significantly improve but this was expected because the push-pins were working OK in my case (i keep the motherboard flat so that there was no cantilever force on the push-pins. as you can see the TIM was evenly distributed when i re...

i remember seeing this same idea years ago when rusty tried it and thinking at the time it was interesting, innovative and a really bad idea.. :lol: if you think about the total surface area of the tank, which is just a rectangular prism, theres not all that much area to dissipate this heat by natur...

i think you can quite easily get an air cooled machine using high quality, big, low-rpm fans down to a quieter and smoother noise signature than doing anything with an aquarium pump will get .. but perhaps you are mucking around with the oil computer idea for novelty value rather than practical reas...

yes, PSU fan should halt too

why didn't you put PSU in?

At the end of the day however, I like to power down the system to save energy and wear and tear on the HD and fans. if you set in bios standby to go to "S3" mode, then HD and fans will spin down when you put the computer to standby. everything should turn off except the 5Vsb rail (which keeps the r...

why don't you use standby and wake-on-keyboard or wake-on-mouse activity ? this is what i do, since i don't actually have a case.. just had to change some power settings in bios and then it's a double-click to turn the computer on

i see too many/too bright LEDs as a kind of visual noise and i like to 'silence' this kind of noise as well in my builds. standby lights annoy me and i especially loathe flashing standby lighs. fortunately the 3008wfp standby light is not too offensive, a constant muted orange, so its not the source...

Is your experience in accordance with their findings? yes. interesting to see that the standby 'chirping' is not peculiar to just my sample.. i wish the manufacturer would go back to putting a big external power brick on the cable, instead of putting the transformer etc into the back of the panel. ...

is a very nice display but has a much louder whine/buzz noise than my previous LCD which was a dell 2001fp. also it is very power hungry, pulling 124 watts as i type (that's more than all of the rest of the system!) even when it's off it consumes 17W (the 2001fp registered 0W while off) while it is ...

by the way, here is a python func which subtracts out ambient from the total measured level and also prints the aforementioned 'delta' def f(total, ambient = 17.0): result = 10.0 * log10(10.0**(total/10.0) - 10.0**(ambient/10.0)) print (total - result) return result f(18.0)=11.1, FWIW

FAN DETAILS A Scythe Slipstream 120mm fan is supplied with the NinjaCU. It's rated for 800 rpm, and the absurd stated SPL of 10.7 dBA (presumably at one meter). The latter specification stretches the imagination. Where in the world did they measure it, and with what kind of equipment? i guess it co...

there seems to be a mistake in this review, how is it possible to make noise measurement below ambient?

Some comments: On page 6, under conclusion #2, the link to the bolt-thru kit is wrong. Maybe you mean this picture? No, I don't mean that one. You cannot have any part that goes over the base. I see my link didn't work (it was a pop up image). I meant this one: LGA775 olt-Thru-Kit Retail BOX Bolt-t...

yup i did this exact same trick on my logitech mouseman optical some years ago :) i like it too, there was only one issue which is that since the mousewheel can stop at any position (when previously it would only 'land' between bumps) it can sometimes stop right at the edge of a 'tick' if you know w...

it probably would not be worth any extra trouble or money. because the feature did so little i have decided not to run the 'energy saving' feature at startup anyway, to save on having 1 more app running in the background all the time manufacturers saying their stuff is energy efficient and 'green' s...

Now you know why Soundstorm was such a big deal to us early HTPC-ers. It was the only option for surround on everything in Windows using a digital connection. yes, i was quite happy with my soundstorm .. why did it get discontinued i wonder, it seemed to have a lot of fans? :( was it just "cost eng...

yes, the realtek control panel thingy..
fiddled with all the settings on that and was never able to get more than 2 channel PCM through S/PDIF though

is it possible? i have installed my new motherboard (GA-EP35C-DS3R) and am trying to get sound working the way i am used to. i am using the 'Realtek HD Audio' onboard sound and i noticed when playing half-life 2 that while alyx is yakking away in the background if gordon turns his back to her you ca...

i asked same question which was well answered in this thread
viewtopic.php?t=45762

yes, nice graphs.. should be on page 1 of the sticky

great list , thanks
any recent power consumption roundup of these modern cards on the web somewhere?

what are some low power PCIe video cards that support dual link DVI?
for the user who wants a 30" dell at native resolution WQXGA, but doesn't play any 3D games and wants least possible power consumption