Search found 36 matches
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:56 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: general noise levels
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3334
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Is Lian Li PC-B10 silent?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26571
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:27 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: general noise levels
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3334
Try turning on AAM on your HDD, I found this made a significant diffence in regards to noise in my last build. Crystal Disk Info would do the trick for you - http://crystalmark.info/software/Crysta ... dex-e.html
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:24 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Xigmatek Achilles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3260
- Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:16 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Cooler Master Sileo 500 for single GPU gaming build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6067
Lol, its not really a very big case. I'm not sure you'll manage to fit watercooling in. I changed the graphics cooler to an Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 and cable tied a 92mm fan to it at low revs. Temps are better than with stock cooling and quiet as. 8) Likewise, for RAM I ended up with G.Skill NQ s...
- Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:23 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Cooler Master Sileo 500 for single GPU gaming build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6067
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:36 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Cooler Master Sileo 500 for single GPU gaming build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6067
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:25 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Cooler Master Sileo 500 for single GPU gaming build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6067
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:42 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Cooler Master Sileo 500 for single GPU gaming build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6067
Google shows plenty of reviews which all say its nice and quiet, its just SPCR really is the only place to look when choosing quiet components. :wink: Hmm, the 300 is $6 Australian less than the CM Sileo 500. The only thing is that it has a mesh front. My experience is that whilst these are great fo...
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:11 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Cooler Master Sileo 500 for single GPU gaming build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6067
Cooler Master Sileo 500 for single GPU gaming build
Hey guys, just looking at building a new gaming build using the Cooler Master Sileo 500 and was wondering whether anyone has had any experiences with this case? I'll be using the following components: Xigmatek CPU Cooler S1283 Red Scorpion AMD PhenomII 720 TripleCore CPU (hoping to enable the 4th co...
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:21 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Will a Xigmatek S1283 fit in a CM Elite 334 case?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1042
Will a Xigmatek S1283 fit in a CM Elite 334 case?
Hey guys, just looking at upgrading my current system (on the cheap) and wanted to know if anyone has installed a Xigmatek S1283 HSF in a CoolerMaster Elite 334 case. I'm hoping this would fit so I don't have to purchase a new case. Otherwise I'll update to the RC690. My concern is as to whether it ...
- Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:01 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dont understand...hd4850 10w idle @ 68c
- Replies: 254
- Views: 173738
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:05 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dont understand...hd4850 10w idle @ 68c
- Replies: 254
- Views: 173738
My results shown in the pictures are with an HD4870 with an Accelero S1 Rev. 2. Any improvement in temperatures seen is a result of lowered 2D GPU/MEM clocks. I'm not really looking for lower temperatures, but rather lower power usage, during IDLE. The lower temperatures is just an added bonus... I...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:22 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dont understand...hd4850 10w idle @ 68c
- Replies: 254
- Views: 173738
- Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:01 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Cheapest PSU for the P180?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5025
Also depends on how quiet is quiet enough for you. My current 520W SkyHawk PSUis nice and quiet, though the fans do buzz a little at low RPMs. Thing to remember is SkyHawk PSU's don't actually meet Intel/AMD guidelines as they don't actually have dual 12V power rails. This doesn't appear to effect p...
- Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:52 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: quiet cooling for nVidia 6800 "vanilla" 256MB PCI-
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4751
I'd recommend talking a close look at the Vantec IceBERQ 6. This is kind of a Arctic Cooling ATI/nVidia Silencer knockoff but much better designed. It will fit ever nVidia video card from the GeForce 3 onwards and all ATI cards from the Radeon 9800Pro onwards. Good performance and very nice and quie...
- Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:40 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: SPCR Has Ruined Me
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14388
Seriously, just run the fewest quiet fans your system can handle (during summer). Quiet HDD's, quiet video card cooling solution, quiet CPU HSF combo and quiet PSU. The most noticeable noise in my system are my two Samsung SpinPoint HDD's, and I'm afraid I really can't be bothered suspending them an...
- Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: When [your] computer is too [quiet]...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 30940
Well, as I recall there's a sound deadening material called brown bread out there thats not overly expensive, and it would likely stick to the wall just fine. Stick it on, put another wall up about an inch from the original wall and paint over. No more buzsaw.... 8) Of course this is a bit extreme, ...
- Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:56 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
- Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:42 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
- Mon May 09, 2005 7:28 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
- Mon May 09, 2005 7:18 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermaltake Sonic Tower
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6473
What you need to understand here is that a lot of people have very lemming like behaviour concerning certain brands. It doesn't matter whether a product is good or not, they'll knock it. Over at overclockers forums the sentiment is ver much along the lines of if it isn't a Thermalright product, it p...
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:31 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: COOLER MASTER HHC-L61 ALPS SILENT HEAT PIPE
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1825
Yeah, a mate of mine had one of these to cool his 800MHz TBird Athlon. Just keep in mind that the HHC-L61 and the HHC-001 are two of the very first heatpipe heatsinks. The only difference between the two is the fans. Due to this being an old heatsink, the positioning of the heatpipes really effects ...
- Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:10 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
Why not have a look at this review and see that it ain't half bad: http://www.insanetek.com/index.php?page=thermaltakesonictower_1 Yeah, there's plenty of reviews on the net saying that the SonicTower and the BigTyphoon are great coolers. Thing is, not one of them are from well known and reputable ...
- Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:23 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: New Thermalright XP-90C
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17460
I shouldn't think so. 370 x 690 / 360 = 709.1 The XP-120C should weight approximately 19.1 more grams than the XP-90C. That isn't that much heavier. If it allows for passive cooling, it is actually an improvement over what some of us have now weight wise. Aye, that weight would be quite acceptable ...
- Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:11 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: New Thermalright XP-90C
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17460
- Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:52 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
I'd have to conclude that the results of this poll is an overwhelming no, seeing as the bottom two options both mean no. It's just the bottom one is more amusing. :P The bottom one was actually meant to sort the people with open minds from the lemmings anyways. These are the people who'd bash TT eve...
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:42 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
Yes. I don't think it's really fair to bash on TT without being able to make a decent comparison between TT and products from other companies. If you have a TT cooler you're not currently using you should see if you can arrange with a spcr reviewer to send it in and have it reviewed. I had a PIPE10...
- Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:18 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
- Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:28 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: SPCR likely to review the TT SonicTower and the BigTyphoon??
- Replies: 62
- Views: 29538
I am an overclocker. I just prefer silence to noise. If I can find a heatsink that I can actually get my hands on here in Australia, which is around the same noise level as the Zalman CNPS7000B-CU at full bore and performs better, I'll buy it. I had to drop my overclock from 2.4GHz at 2V to 2.2GHz ...