Month: June 2004

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OCZ Power Stream 470

OCZ leaps into the PSU market with their new Power Stream series, which boast high power (420, 470 and 520W), low speed dual fan push-pull cooling, user adjustable voltage lines, EPS12V and SATA compatibility, and much bling in the form of mirrored chrome finish and LED fans. Is it suitable for high power quiet computing?

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Scythe Samurai SCSM-1000 CPU Cooler

Scythe continues its tradition of unusual and effective cooling products with their new Samurai SCSM-1000, an all-platform (socket A, 478 & 754) CPU cooler that combines all-copper construction, a fan with an integrated speed controller, and superior performance with the fan blowing up rather than down. SPCR’s Ralf Hutter likes it.

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Cool-n-Quiet Athlon 64 Motherboards

AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet for Athlon 64 reduces the working frequency and Vcore for reduce power consumption and heat when the processor is not under heavy load. Combined with an intelligent thermal fan setup, CnQ can be an easy way to make a quiet, very powerful PC. Unfortunately, only some Socket 754 and Socket 939

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Fanless DIY Dual-P3 WC System

Given the the absence of any decoupling suspension on the hard drive, Ami’s fanless dual-CPU P3-500 Blue 42 can’t be a silent system. But I think it must be very quiet and it must have been fun for Ami Rodan to build. It’s another testament to PC silencing creativity — although some will quibble over

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Athlon 64 for Quiet Power

Athlon 64 for Quiet Power is a detailed discussion of the AMD Athlon 64 Processor as it pertains to silent computing by Bryan Cassell, a new contributor to SPCR. Close attention is paid to AMD’s and Intel’s divergent definitions of Thermal Design Power, and the likely actual maximum power dissipation of these CPUs.

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CoolerMaster Hyper 6 Heatsink for P4/K8

The CoolerMaster Hyper 6 is the biggest and heaviest heatsink yet reviewed by SPCR. It is capable of a new level of quiet cooling performance substantially better than we’ve ever seen before. The design is advanced and clever yet not without flaws. Another lay-it-bare heatsink review brings you the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Seasonic Super Series Revisited – Rev. A3

The latest A3 Revision of the Super Series is Seasonic’s attempt to fix intermittent fan controller problems that have dogged the previous revisions of these PSUs. Last week I received a package of four Rev. 03 Super series samples: One each of Super Tornado 300 and 400, and Super Silencer 300 and 400. Our revisit

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Deep UnderVolt/Clock: 4.7W CPU PC

A reader’s account of the most extreme undervolted and underclocked system I’ve yet heard about. Mark Charlesworth created an auto-speed adjusting AMD XP1700+ system that runs with as little as 4.7W CPU power draw yet ramps up to full speed when needed. Read how he did it!

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