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- Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:17 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: 6800GT
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1630
SLI systems have to have the space to fit the two slot ultra coolers so an aftermarket cooler shouldn't be a problem. I would tend to recomend the Zalman VF700-Cu as it's a good cooler and fairly quiet, but in an SLI rig the first card is gonna be starved of air So I think a Thermalright V-1 would b...
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 4:28 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Plz List Software for testing/ burning in new Computer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2506
Prime95 will test you cpu, memory and chipset stability, it's pretty much the best stress test for this and will pick up on even the slightest fault. For video card stability I recomend ATITool, even for nvidia cards. The artifact detection tool still works and is a good way to test if you have gone...
- Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:21 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Which SeaSonic S12 PSU for HTTP/FTP/SSH/file server?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1687
- Fri May 20, 2005 7:44 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Which Low Cost out-of-the-box PSU for Celeron?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3951
Thats either a coppermine or tualatin core so you're looking at low power requirements, a 250W psu would be plenty, but they aren't easy to source That Fortron would be a good choice, as for the Sonata PSU, apart from being overpowered, they aren't silent even on the lowest setting and the efficienc...
- Thu May 19, 2005 2:06 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Which Low Cost out-of-the-box PSU for Celeron?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3951
- Wed May 18, 2005 9:11 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Would this be a good upgrade to silence my PC?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4365
I do think it will help a little, it's just it's the most expensive thing you are getting, and likely to make the least differance. Acoustic foam makes sense if you are going all out no holds barred for silencing, but on a budget it's not the most effective measure I'd expect that with that setup, o...
- Tue May 17, 2005 11:32 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Would this be a good upgrade to silence my PC?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4365
I'd say yes to the fans, Arctic Silver and VF700-CU Don't know about the cable braiding kit, you could just get a load of cheap zip ties and do the same job but not look as pretty As for the acoustipack, I would consider it if your case is aluminium, if it's steel it's hard to say, with mostly 120mm...
- Tue May 17, 2005 11:28 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Normal CPU Temps: Winchester & MSI Neo2 Platinum
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2579
- Tue May 17, 2005 11:23 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Which Seasonic?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2054
I'd say go with a 350W model, the 300W would probably suffice but better safe than sorry. For that system you wouldn't need the ATX2 S12 unless you want a psu that could handle a possible full system overhaul. As for Tornado vs. Silencer it all dpends on your case setup, it's hard to say which would...
- Tue May 17, 2005 11:18 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: any thoughts/experience on this card? [passive GF6200 AGP]
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6590
- Sun May 15, 2005 6:08 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: any thoughts/experience on this card? [passive GF6200 AGP]
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6590
Actually 6600's aren't that hot, they are on 110nm process so even the 6600GT runs reletively cool. The 6200 is a very good card for pci-e, but the agp version makes little sense as it's just not cheap enough. Go for a decent 128bit memory interface 6600, they overclock to at least 500mhz meaning on...
- Sun May 15, 2005 6:03 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: VERY hot Gigabyte Geforce 6800
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17243
- Sun May 15, 2005 5:58 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: GA-K8NF-9 NB_FAN
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8899
- Tue May 03, 2005 2:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Best quiet 300gb IDE drive with good perfomance ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4389
- Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:20 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: MOUSE whine?!
- Replies: 40
- Views: 38021
- Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:18 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Exhaust Heat Sink to Side or Rear?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4498
Yesterday I stopped my CPU fan to see what would happen. In about 5-10 minutes my CPU temp only rose 5*C to 35*C. I take it thats at idle though. It could probably run passive at load as well with an XP-120 but it makes more sense to have a fan running at silent levels as you can then get away with...
- Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:06 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Exhaust Heat Sink to Side or Rear?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4498
I also think exhausting from the rear exhaust would be the better option, it allows a bigger fan, so more air will be shifted. Make sure you have an intake fan in this configuration though, as you will be restricting the fan to the point where it may not create enough negative pressure to bring much...
- Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Can the graphics card work in the PCI x4 slot?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3377
- Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:57 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI Radeon X800XL Help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3767
- Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:37 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Much gain from replacing SonataPSU fan?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5432
- Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:10 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Much gain from replacing SonataPSU fan?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5432
- Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:59 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Much gain from replacing SonataPSU fan?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5432
If i disconnect my rear exhaust fan in my sonata, with an athlon64 3400+ newcastle, 6800 and 2 7200.7's it puts my cpu temp up about 5°C andabout the same for my hard drives. But the northbridge and pwm's get incredibally hot very quickly, normally the northbridge and pwm heatsinks are quite warm to...
- Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:40 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Much gain from replacing SonataPSU fan?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5432
- Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:02 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Finally! A moddable NF4 board!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17955
I don't think there are any cards that fit the pci-e1x slots, nor can I see any being produced, but theoretically you could install any pci-e card in one by modifying the slot to allow the added length of the pci-e connector to fit. erm, that's like saying you can put a Winchester in an s754 mb if ...
- Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:19 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Almost decided, just a few more q:s...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5875
- Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:53 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Advice on a A64 Build
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6155
You should note that there is a problem to do with the 6800 ranges video procesor unit, I don't know if this affects the pci-e range or not though you'll have to read around, but basically pure video doesn't work, so no hardware accelerated HD video though standard dvd's HW acceleration does work. F...
- Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:11 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Any comments on my HTPC project?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3869
- Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:29 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Any comments on my HTPC project?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3869
Don't go for the thermaltake PSU, go for an enermax or seasonic, even a fortron or nexus but not a thermaltake. A radeon9200 should do the video, linux isn't great with a radeons 3d functions but 2D is straight forward To underclock/undervolt the cpu you need a board that supports voltage and multip...
- Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:16 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Advice on a A64 Build
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6155
CPU In word, no. To be honest the 3000+ is a better buy, your talking about increase of 30% in cost, for like 8% performance and yes you should be able to overclock easily to 3500 speeds and probably quite a bit higher. That extra money saved can then go on an XP120 and nexus fan and you would have...
- Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:45 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Much gain from replacing SonataPSU fan?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5432
As Devonavar said, the psu air gets so warm the fans thermal sensor probably wouldn't have any effect. The stock fan doesn't have any rating on it, it's a nasty cheap bit of clear plastic tat that has no place in whats meant to be a quiet system. It's worth mentioning that a simple change to a 1.4W ...