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- Sat May 05, 2012 5:46 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: SilverStone Fortress FT02 Revisited
- Replies: 39
- Views: 31248
Re: SilverStone Fortress FT02 Revisited
The article mentions improved bottom fans, but doesn't say how they're different. Are the improvements noticeable/worthwhile? Also, any word on when this updated version is supposed to be available in the US? I can only seem to find them in Europe/Asia/Australia. [ edit : Based on reviews at Amazon ...
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:05 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Saphire 4850x2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6514
I found a guide to adjusting Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 fan behavior in its BIOS:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/262734-33-radeon-4890-radeon-4850x2-reply-quick#t1952163
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/262734-33-radeon-4890-radeon-4850x2-reply-quick#t1952163
- Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:36 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Which CPU socket do you use?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6434
s479 (which i may add, is not an option in the poll) Yeah, I knew I wouldn't think of all of them, so I threw in the "other" option as an attempt to catch these. A poll can't be edited after it is established, but if we get a significant number of "others", I'll go through the comments (I asked peo...
- Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:10 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Which CPU socket do you use?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6434
So far, it looks like Socket A is still a pretty popular platform, second only to K8. And I can understand the K8's popularity. I built a Venice 3000+ machine for my brother a few months ago, and while it performs much better than my Barton 3200+, I was unable to get it past the low 40's with it's (...
- Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:39 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Anyone ideas for making the AGP 7800 quiet?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17790
In terms of cards themselves, you may want to reconsider. If this is a platform you're sticking with for a few years, the 7800GS is the best you can get. However, if it's just something to hold you over for a few months, the 6800(vanilla) and the X1600 cost about half as much and are still magnitude...
- Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:59 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: CoolIT Systems Peltier/Liquid Cooling... Extreme Tech review
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6648
The first thing I notice is that the reviewer is woefully misinformed about how refrigeration works. There are actually refrigeration-driven CPU coolers out there (like vapochill), but I hear they're noisy as hell. Nice misleading chart on page 3... It's an interesting idea to move the peltiers off ...
- Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:26 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Which CPU socket do you use?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6434
Which CPU socket do you use?
I've noticed that heatsinks compatible with socket 478/754/939/940/775 count as "universal" these days. As an Athlon XP holdout (plays FEAR, HL2 Doom 3, UT 2004 and Far Cry just fine, thank-you-very-much), I was wondering how may SPCR readers use sockets inside versus outside this specification. If ...
- Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:38 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: A source for socket 370 / A Zalman Flowers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2025
- Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:05 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Is there a freaking fanless heatsink for high end cards?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 35200
- Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:55 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Is my AC NV Silencer 5 Rev.3 blowing the right way?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2400
- Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:53 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Noisy Fan Controller?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2685
- Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:28 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Noisy Fan Controller?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2685
Noisy Fan Controller?
I was trying to root out this pesky whine emanating from my computer, and eventually noticed that it diminished and disappeared as I turned the voltages up on my Vantec Nexus fan controller (though the fans get louder at the same time, so this isn't a solution.) After removing a few parts and listen...
- Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:55 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Good news from Intel
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1600
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:24 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Cardboard ducting - Safe?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17786
- Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:18 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Sigh...Just what we all need
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18867
- Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:19 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Sigh...Just what we all need
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18867
- Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:46 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Rubber Bands on a Heatsink
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5603
- Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:08 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: On a budget, need advice
- Replies: 55
- Views: 20955
Well, I thought I'd give everybody an update: I went and bought the Antec p180 (only $100, used the search box at the bottom of the SPCR page), and am pretty satisfied with the quality. I was surprised at the heft of the plastic tabs on the side panels, being that so many people have complained abou...
- Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:48 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Rubber Bands on a Heatsink
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5603
Re: Rubber Bands on a Heatsink
Zip ties should work beautifully.Cansy wrote: Are there any durable, heat resistant, rubber bands that I could use?
- Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:01 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Silent Cat 8cm sounds more like a pissed-off angry noisy cat
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14753
- Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:45 am
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: Sony liquid cooled PCs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4970
- Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:33 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Biggest A64 Cooler I've seen...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8906
- Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:43 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Silent Cat 8cm sounds more like a pissed-off angry noisy cat
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14753
Okay, cool - so a fan's a fan then - just that a mate of mine told me case fans are generally of lower quality. But you guys are the experts :) Yes and no. Quality has nothing to with whether it's a case fan or a power supply fan or a heatsink fan. People here at SPCR swap fans about as often as th...
- Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:21 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Silent Cat 8cm sounds more like a pissed-off angry noisy cat
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14753
Here is a list of some supposedly quiet fans that you might try to find locally. I believe a fan only needs to be labeled as "quiet" to make the list, so do your research, but I think this is a good place to start. The Panaflo FBA08A12L1A in particular is very popular on this site, and seems to be ...
- Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:16 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Recommended Cases List
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1978
Recommended Cases List
Now that the Antec p180 has been reviewed and used by many SPCR members, where would you say it belongs on the recommended cases list?
- Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:28 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: On a budget, need advice
- Replies: 55
- Views: 20955
I took my power supply apart last night, and the fan only had screws on one side, so I couldn't flip it. Also, the wires to the fan were soldered to the board, so it wouldn't have been a simple matter of rearranging a plug. Actually, I had already looked at placing the fan next to the HS so that it ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:52 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: On a budget, need advice
- Replies: 55
- Views: 20955
- Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:59 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: On a budget, need advice
- Replies: 55
- Views: 20955
- Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Powerful System in a Antec P180
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7786
- Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:09 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: On a budget, need advice
- Replies: 55
- Views: 20955