Thanks for the info.

BTW how is the default amd headsink doing nowadays ?

I have an XP-120 + Nexus 120 now, will it still beat the AMD default ?

mr_plow_king wrote:I think there's an X2 3800+ that uses only only 35w, you should look for that one

How is one supposed to recognize it?

I'd grab the X2 3800+, anything faster isn't necessary -- this should be plenty of power for now and the near future. 60-65w seems to be the norm for Socket 939 Athlon64 X2 power consumption. I wonder... the X2 4200+ is not so far from the X2 3800+ price-wise. And this will probably be the last pow...

3500+, 939, Venice, Rev DH8-E3, 57°C, 44,1W 1,4V

I see there is a tool to get more info about AMD cpus now.

So on my system it says :
3500+, 939, Venice, Rev DH8-E3, 57°C, 44,1W 1,4V

Nice CPU for a system which moves from low load to high load depending on my activity (C'nQ is enabled under Linux and works fine)

The choice will depend on what you want to do with it ? gaming ? video encoding ? HTPC ? This is a pretty multipurpose setup, which does linux spam filtering most of the day, video encoding/decoding the evening (well, used to, will again as soon as I take the time to fix my config, and windows gami...

Hi, I have this 55 € refund I need to exercise within 10 days, so I figured given AMD just slashed its processor prices, and it's soon my birthday I may as well indulge in a processor upgrade (AMD64 3500+ now). Which processor do you recommend? The street prices here are : AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+: ...

Thanks for the comment.

I took the maxtors, right now they're very loud, I need to turn AAM on

My old PATA Maxtors are ded-silent in comparison (in AAM)

Hi, I need two 250 ~ 300 SATA drives to create a RAID 1 in an always-on PVR. The models available here are : Seagate | 250 GiB | S-ATA | Barracuda 7200.8 | ST3250823AS | 108 € Hitachi | 250 GiB | S-ATA II | T7K250 | HDT722525DLA380 | 112 € WD | 250 GiB | S-ATA | special edition | WD2500JD | 113 € Ma...

I have this board and I can confirm.
I had to change the retention plate to put an XP120 on it

I'm going to be build a higher-end S939 system and need some recommendations on solid nForce4 boards that would be well suited to a powerful yet as near silent as possible system. The Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra9 is fully passive and has bios control of at least the CPU Fan (I have Nexus fans here which ...

I'm going to be build a higher-end S939 system and need some recommendations on solid nForce4 boards that would be well suited to a powerful yet as near silent as possible system. The Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra9 is fully passive and has bios control of at least the CPU Fan (I have Nexus fans here which ...

* You can use Power Management and Speedfan to turn off Hard drives/fans when they're not needed. Actually for hard drives at least spin up / spin down can be very dangerous if you care about reliability. A drive that spins all day round will last much longuer than in a typical desktop/laptop use (...

Anyone tried the new Fortron 300W passive PSU ? Is it any good ? Better/worse than the Phantom or the Silverstone one ?

Resonance is a function of stiffness, all right, but it is also a function of mass. Has anyone mass-loaded an aluminum case with sheet lead or lead/vinyl? I have an old (3 years-old) Lian-Li case with thin aluminium sheets, lots of holes and 80mm fans (at the time my previous box had just died on m...

Tibors wrote:I wrote what I thought about it here:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=19683

Ok, thanks for the link !

What do people here think of the
mCubed HFX fanless case ?

On a related topic there is a similar thread on the HTPCnews case forum with at least one manufacturer participating http://htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10356 (HTPC cases must be silent and integrate in the audio-video installation ie they have even more constraints than silent PCs) Even ...

How about you start with putting your location in your profile? That way people can give you better advice since not everything is availlable all over the world. My guess is you're living in France, because of the euro prices and the shop you listed. Right, sorry :o Sorry, but your reasoning is mix...

Anyone got some info on the new LC12-LC15 Silverstone cases?

Someone managed to grab some pics here:
http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/view ... =168527790

I'd use a quiet notebook HD (Fujitsu or Samsung) as system drive. Won't happen ;) I do care about data safety, so RAID 1 or 5 is mandatory for me. Notebook PC's are underperforming and expensive - I'd rather spend the money on 512 or 1024 GB of memory so the system runs from RAM most of the time (L...

I certainly hope so

What I fear with this case if cooling proves inefficient the two optional 120 mm fans won't help much and they won't be dampened by all this mesh

But is the result quiet ?

Yep. And both makers said they worked with fanless PSUs in mind.

Seems mesh is a natural for passive components. Now if only scythe made a little more progress we may get affordable fully passive systems

Hi, I'd like to know what you'd think of a setup based on a Yesico OpenAir case http://www.yesico.de/products/p_openair.htm http://www.pc-look.com/boutik/Plus_700812-002.php Something like: Yesico OpenAir Asus A8V Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Thermalright XP-120 + Papst 4412F/2GL 5V Antec Phantom 350 ...