Hello, I know, Zalman TNN 500 AF is already out of business for some time, but yet I could not resist to post about my third rebuild of this case to my workstation. About my last 2 builds you can read on this forum and spec find in my signature. Now, I do have TNN 500 AF for some time and although I...

ZM-OC2011 is already on my desk. I needed to verify screw meassurements and it looks as it might be used with TNN's screwes. E5-2609 is my second choice. Price is the same like with E5-1620, but what hurts me is its top frequency which is just 2.4 GHz, exactly like I do have now with Q6600. Neither ...

Hello, I need to upgrade my aging Q6600 silent workstation and I would probably go for LGA 2011 as there are some boards which are trustful with regarding to ECC RAM usage, i.e. not telling lies about ECC support but correctly signal corrected errors etc. to the OS. I insist on ECC so unfortunately ...

We can always cram a full size atx PSU inside if the MB/GPU leaves enough space. Depending on the power needed we can even run one or two mini-itx PSUs (very small) and use external power bricks. I would love to get someone to dissasemble a passive Seasonic (or other hi efficiency PSU) and mount it...

That's good to know. My current case had the PSU block removed, cleaned and fixed again to the case and I've been using it as an audio workstation. The PSU never stressed and leaky capacitors can be changed ;) If the worst happens, I'll get a small PSU like those that are used in Dell's business PC...

I am not sure whether anyone else is still using their TNN 500AF but in case (no pun intended) anyone is interested it works perfectly with the Intel i5-2500K. In fact it runs so well I wonder whether the case is needed at all. [...] I'm still using TNN 500 AF and wouldn't like to get rid of it til...

[....] I don't know whether you've seen it but Zalman do make a 1156/775 converter (ZM-CS5B) for some of their heat sinks and although it doesn't say it is suitable for use with the TNN it looks as though it might work. [....] Hi, I've contacted Zalman support with regarding to using ZM-CS5B as a T...

Those integrated fanless PSUs are probably the weakest elements in the TNN cases. They were already a bit behind the transition to majority 12VDC reliance when released; the 400W unit was closer to ATX12V v1.3 guide rather than the v2.0 that was current in 2005-6, with only 216W max on the 12V line...

Hi NeoGeo, first of all congrats to your first TNN 500 AF build. TNN is really great piece of hardware and its really a pity it's no longer available. However, it's not w/o issues. I've already noted in this thread that after 6 years of run my PSU broke and is already replaced by another fanless PSU...

Hello, I'm thinking about building silent dual opteron 6100/g34 sockets workstation. I'm curious what builders here are using for cooling this cpu? So far I've seen just few coolers for 1U/2U servers without fans or with very noisy fans. My idea is to make air funnel which will push air from slow ro...

Thermal adhesives: Power supply: The case has a built-in proprietary 400 watt power supply. FYI, all TNN500AF cases were produced with this same power supply by Zalman. It’s totally silent and has an entire side of the case to itself. Being mounted to the opposite side of the motherboard, the hea...

Hello, the text of the article mention ``The only other system that might have had a lower noise level is another mini-ITX fanless box with a 4200rpm laptop drive from many years ago, the A4F from Mappit, a brand that's now history. ''. I think Zalman TNN cases (300/500 AF) are also very capable, wh...

here's a link to the promised gallery post: click here . I know this is too late, but please verify that your Abit _really_ does_ support ECC RAM. There are some experiences shown here: http://cr.yp.to/hardware/ecc.html and here: http://cr.yp.to/hardware/abit.html claiming Abit is not so good with ...

color wrote:hello

can you tell me please the most silent (proven if possible) pc case?

if you don't know this, you may mention the one you bought or saw and thought it was silent, but it disappointed you

thanks

Zalman TNN 500 AF or something like that if you find any alternative (passive cooling)

Karel

I would also remove the cap from the northbridge and stick the block on the fins. Forgotten to reply to this hint, this is also option, but at the current stage I would not risk it because of possible RMA. The second issue might be that Zalman recommends IIRC just to cool 10W heat source by this he...

Karel, great WS! A few questions: 1. It is well documented in SPCR's copper Ninja review that pressure makes a difference in temps. Is the CPU HS tight enough? 2. Did you put new thermal paste between the CPU block heatpipes? I cleaned them and used AS5 when I rebuilt mine. 3. Did you use the rear ...

I like the case a lot, but I know it is very expensive. The question is: is it worth it?. Is it so much silent that a solo with a ninja and a good rear 120 mm-600 rpm fan, a suspended hard drive and fanless video card?. I cannot compare, since I don't have solo nor p182 with ninja here. I've bought...

Hello, I've seen even JimX already rebuilt his Zalman workstation :-) Well I also decided to upgrade my former Zalman TNN 500 AF from AMD64 (winchester), Asus A8V Deluxe, 1GB RAM, NVidia FX 5200, Hitachi 5K100 80GB, Seagate 80GB to something more modern: Board: Asus P5W64 WS Professional CPU: Intel ...

Hello,
here you can see mod for PegasosII (G4 CPU) machine:
http://www.ppczone.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=378
Cheers,
Karel

IsaacKuo wrote:Do you mean true passive cooling, as in no fans in the system whatsoever? Or is there still going to be at least one fan somewhere?
[...]

Ah, no, I mean just passively cooled CPU. PSU will have normal fan, although a bit silenced so there will be some air flow.

Thanks,
Karel

Hello, I'm thinking about silencing one of my older boxes which does have good old K6-2 350 MHz, Seagate Baracura IV + 128MB RAM. Since CPU fan is already quite noisy, I'm thinking about sitching it off completely. The question is: to which frequency need I underclock CPU to be able to cool it passi...

Wow! It seems Zalman starts to be popular even in this forum! Congrats to you guys for this choice, especially I'm looking to see your experience with X2 athlons.

Cheers,
Karel

Hi, I can certainly hear my 2 hard disks in my TNN and i wouldn't even think of putting more discs in there! Too cramped! Even with a 7V fan in the back the HDD temps are 35-38c with 26c room temp. You'd have to build a cage with suspended drives in the bottom of the case and forget the PCI slots. ...

I could only see someone getting this if they were going for serious audio work, scientific usage... and thats about it. Using like something like hm, a 1.4 or so Centrino setup, simple passive gfx card just for 2d clarity... the hd in this thing would resonate alot im guessing. I duno, maybe big r...

[...] However, the big issue is my motherboard. You see, it's the most unstable motherboard I've ever used: Asus A8V-E Deluxe [...] Can anyone suggest, out of the list of socket 939 motherboards that support CnQ, a motherboard that they've used that is rock solid stable, even under extreme circumst...

I've built a system with that Asus A8V Deluxe as well. It runs games like a champ. I'm not sure what the NF3 chipset would offer that the VIA K8T800 does not. Higher benchmarks? If that's the case then I would go with the A8V because I have seen firsthand how well it runs the latest games (HL2 and ...

Also I had no problem getting the A8V to post with a Venice CPU and 2 sticks of ram. Just bough from new egg last week so maybe they have latest bios installed now on A8V? No problems so far, I am installing the OS today. -Rick The latest BIOS is 1009 I believe. The one I purchased came with 1002 b...

Karel, Although suspending your HDD vertically will most probably improve temperatures, i think you should first try and install it in the normal position, where it will be cooled by conduction. I believe that hum or noise from a notebook HDD cannot travel through aluminum that thick. Another thing...

Hi Karel, These are the temperatures with fan unplugged and low CPU usage (iTunes, Outlook, Browser,WiFi). Room: 22c M/B: 37c CPU area: 36c CPU: 52c Northbridge: 55c HD1: 40c HD2: 43c Right over front circle hole bottom of the case: 26c I hope this helps. You should, however, not block the air inta...

Karel, Being in Greece, an RMA to Korea is a total joke! As everything of the sort in this country. The distributors imported 15 cases in January and sold about half till April that i checked (all version 1 PSU). Most of them were assembled with guidelines from my experience. I think they're all wo...