78 C full load during summer time in Toronto.

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P190 looks like a nice candidate for internal water cooling (mount a 2x120 rad up in the top). Hopefully they'll offer versions with a solid side panel.

Nice setup!

Have you checked the flatness of your CPU? My first E6600 was fairly flat, almost a little convex. I switched to an E6700 and it was VERY concave. After lapping the IHS, it dropped at least 10 C.

Well, I ended up getting a MacBook 13" yesterday... the white 13" 2.0GHz was out of stock, and I needed one right away so I "settled" with a BlackBook 13" :roll: Things to report 1. No mooing at all. Apparently this machine came into the store about 3 weeks ago. 4H6261, so I believe it to be a week ...

Hey there, Does anyone have first hand experience with the MacBook 13"? Bonus if anyone has done the dirtywork and cleaned up the thermal paste application: http://home.sc.rr.com/mixedbag/MBP/Welcome.html I'm narrowing my laptop choices down, and have it pretty much between these two laptops: Asus W...

This reader doesn't happen to support XD, does it?

cmthomson wrote:

natethegreat wrote:I included a screenshot of my temps in the updated part of my post, but here it is again: Temps

What program is that reporting the temperatures and voltages?

Looks like Motherboard Monitor

Updated with energy consumption figures.

I also realized that using rubber gromets would make the case fan touch the VM-101 so I opted to stick with the hard mount.

androgeny wrote:Is that panaflo hard mounted onto the case??

You're right... and you just reminded me that I do happen to have four rubber softmount whatever you call them in my drawer... will put them in sometime later

The LG drive is pretty quiet during DVD playback. Enough that it is a non-issue when I want to watch a movie. On the BenQ DW1655 it's terrible and I usually end up ripping the movie to my hard drive and then watch. Newer LG drives are no longer the 41xx series, but H10A/N or whatever. Reviews lead m...

Thanks guys. Much more positive response to this build rather than my gaming P180 :oops: The fan is an old OEM Panaflo that I had lying around waiting to be used in my yet-to-be-purchased-over-two-years water cooling setup. Now I have only one left.. argh. Panaflo FBK-12G12LH, as seen in the old rig...

Specifications : CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (Topless) CPU Heatsink: Zalman 7000 AlCu @ 5V via Fanmate Motherboard: MSI RS482M4-ILD RAM: OCZ 2x512 MB PC3200EL Video card: XFX 7600GT w/Aerocool VM-101 Case: Antec SOLO PSU: Seasonic S12-330 Hard drives: WD 250GB JD Optical drives: LG 4120B Temperatur...

What is the refresh rate? One review implied that it is fixed at 60Hz. I ask because I find the flicker at 60Hz on a CRT intolerable; I run all mine at 85Hz. 2560x1600 @ 60Hz There is no flicker like on CRTs. The only benefit of higher refresh rate on an LCD would be if you want vsync enabled. Vert...

Thanks for your constructive criticism. I don't know how much better the Zalman NB47 would be than the stock cooler. It also does not come with mounting hardware for Intel loops... there are mods, but I'd prefer not to destroy my stock cooler. As far as ducting goes, I'm not sure where exactly the d...

If you flip the mounting arms on the Zalman 7000, you can get very good mounting pressure. There are links to pictures on a German website an xtremesystems.org, but they're down right now. EDIT: Near the bottom of the first post, you can find links to instructions for the 7000 (and 7700) http://www...

Specifications : CPU: Yonah T2600ES @ 2.7 GHz CPU Heatsink: Zalman CNPS9500 Motherboard: AOpen i975X-YDG RAM: GSkill F2-5400PHU2-2GBZX Video card: XFX 7900GTX SLI Sound card: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Case: Antec P180 PSU: Seasonic S12-600 Hard drives: WD Raptor 150GB, WD 320 GB, WD 250 GB Opt...

Yeah the NB fan is quite noisy :( One thing to note, using 4 or 5 strips of electrical tape can work well as a shim (thanks to the guys at xtremesystems.org for the tip). The Zalman 7000-AlCu sits very loose due to the lack of IHS. I compensated for it by rolling a little rectangle of electrical tap...

The only thing bothering me so far is the 12V cable. I'm gonna try to find a way to re-route it.

Run it behind your motherboard when you get your Ninja. Use some tape near the bottom of the motherboard to keep it in place. I did this and it makes it look more tidy.

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/produc ... riveID=214

Anybody get their hands on one of these beasts yet? I've been looking for a quiet, high-capacity drive... judging by the last 5 WD drives I've purchased, this one might be my next buy.

The MX610 is my new favorite mouse: it has 10 (count 'em, 10!) buttons, and they are much more usable than on previous designs. The MX610 is almost a perfect mouse... but I noticed that it had lots of trouble when I was gaming. I've a Wireless B network in my house (Old crappy Linksys), and I think...

Is it dangerous to change the NB cooler? I have heard the chipset core is very fragile... :? You can easily peel off the foam "shim" from the stock cooler, and reapply it to the Zalman. Also make sure you tighten the screws on the Zalman clips. It's probably as dangerous as changing a heatsink on a...

It'll be noisy once you quiet down everything else. Installing a Zalman NB47J is pretty easy if you have a smallish video card.

Someone else here has the same setup as myself (MSI Neo4 Platinum, 6600GT, NB47J)... you just have to chop off a few pins from the heatsink. Works quite well.

You're in luck.

I just purchased the board yesterday (to replace two dead DFI NF4 Ultra-D's...)

Currently running Speedfan to slow the CPU and NB fans. You must disable SmartFan in the BIOS before you can manually control the speeds.

Keep in mind too that Samsung drives are at the other end of the spectrum; they have a reputation for being the coolest drives around. There is a (controller?) chip on the bottom of my Samsung 250 GB SATA drive that gets burning hot when there is a continuous load on the drive... Unfortunately I ca...

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardw ... finitysli/

DFI nForce 4 with good chipset placement!
The ATX connector lets the floppy cable fold properly, but it looks like the 4 pin power connector got moved to a crummy spot.

Where'd all the MOSFET heatsinks go?

I've had my UltraX for about a year, and my "S" is almost completely gone. I can see a very very faint shadow of it depending on the viewing angle and lighting.

Filtech in Toronto (College/Spadina) carries Seasonic power supplies!

I was finally able to pick up an S12-500 locally.

rpsgc wrote:Check this out, there's gonna be a new Raptor in Q2'06

150 GB (2 74GB platters)
16MB cache
SATA 300 connection
NCQ
RAFF (vibration control technology coined by WD)
Staggered spin-up
TLER (Time-limited error recovery)

I want to believe

Does anyone who owns one of these NB heatpiped boards also use an Antec P180 or a similarly upside-down placed motherboard mount? Does Asus or Abit specify the mounting direction?

Any information on how this would affect systems based on an Antec 3x00 series case with respect to hard drive cooling? Opening up the PSU as an intake would likely require putting a low speed fan infront of the hard drives. Also, does anyone know if Fortron plans to create a fanned version of this ...