Samsung labels their HD lines after their max capacity per platter. P120 has 120GB (well, actually 125GB) per platter, for a maximum of 250GB with two platters (on the SP2504C, still unavailable). My new PC, which I'm picking up this weekend, will have an SP2004C. It's bound to beat my current Penti...

Here's a nice little video (found on the Anandtech forum) demonstrating the less-than-quiet operation of the Asus A8N-E chipset fan: For this video clip, I unplugged all the drives and fans, including the video card fan. right-click, Save As ----> http://www.omnicast.net/~tmcfadden/A8N-E.AVI The cli...

Does any characteristic of DDR memory have any impact on the quietness of a setup?

More specifically, if you don't overclock the RAM, does heat emission vary depending on memory stock speed, latency and other parameters?

TIA.

Nevin wrote: If they had used the CPU's internal thermal diode to measure the core temperature, I suspect that the rankings in the comparison would look very different.

I thought the accuracy of the CPU's internal thermal diode had been widely questioned.

Hi, I've just received an SP2004c from a Swiss etailer and it's a Nidec.

Can't tell you much more because I'm still waiting for other components.

See [url=http://www.cooling-masters.com/articles-28-22.html]here the performance of the 4412 F/2GL with a Thermalright XP120.

krage wrote:

Grubert wrote:Found a positive review here.

Anyone else find it amusing that this review lists "Light Weight" in the Pros column while listing the 813g in the spec section?

Forum member Kweit said so, a full week before you.

http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/cooling/Tt_Big_Typhoon/index.html http://www.amdplanet.it/archivio/articoli/96/1 (in Italian) http://www.hardkorehardware.com/review/011/bt.htm http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/review.php?id=134 The last one is especially interesting for this forum, as test set...

Amourek wrote:Suggest a Zalman VF700 for the 6600GT.

Thanks for the advice. Initially, I'll use it with the stock fan, in order to check that the card operates correctly before voiding the warranty. Then I'll go to town with the VF700!

Answering myself... :) See here a comparison of: Seasonic S12 430 Watt Be Quiet! BQT P5-420 Watt Silverstone Zeus Series ST52F 520 Watt The Seasonic is quieter but the BQT offers better performance and more connection options. I wonder, what's the difference in dB between "fairly quiet" and "very qu...

el_ wrote:may 6th you could have the venice instead of winnie.

I know, but they'll probably be expensive and hard to find initially, won't they?

Apart from that, I'm not sure what benefits Venice will offer for a non-advanced user who has been using PCs for 13 years without overclocking a thing

Is this Geil Ram 1x1GB or 2x512 MB? And wich speed? 2x512. Speed is as follows: Timings CAS Latency (CL) 2,5 RAS-to-CAS-Delay (tRCD) 4 RAS-Precharge-Time (tRP) 4 Row-Active-Time (tRAS) 8 Command Rate (CMD) 2 T Are you going to replace the fans on the mobo GC? Most stock fans are really noisy. Yes, ...

Thanks a lot Frank. You're great help! If you find yourself short of Papst fans or Toblerones you only have to ask.

Okay, after umpteen false starts, I think I'm ready to jump. MB: K8n Neo4-F 100€ CPU: AMD 3000+ Winchester 119€ RAM: 1GB GEIL 89€ GC: Palit 6600GT 130€ HD: Samsung SP2004C 102€ DVD: LG 4163B 62€ Case: Antec SLK3000B 50€ Case fan: Papst 120mm 18€ PSU: Enermax NoiseTaker 425W 80€ Cooler: Thermalright ...

Yeah, I know, Seasonic is best, but you can't get hold of them around here. If they don't get here soon, my two other candidates are:

Enermax Noisetaker
Review

BeQuiet
Review

System would be typical desktop AMD with a 6600GT card and one S-ATA HD.

Any suggestions?

Found a positive review here.

Official page

Interestingly, it came out second on a big French Socket 775 cooler roundup (with an 80mm fan), whereas it received a rather negative review on PC Modding Malaysia (with a 92mm fan).

Price is €44,99 without fan.

I'd like to know if any other forum members have bought and/or tested this PSU, especially in comparison to the Seasonic S12, now that the Seasonic may be finally coming to Europe.

I was looking at the BeQuiet BQT P5 line. See manual here and review here.

I guess that'd work, wouldn't it? Is it really necessary to get the 470W (first over 450) or would 420 be enough?

Perfect timing for this post - I was about to ask the same thing, as I am researching for my future PC, and the MSI were in my short list. According to MSI, the K8N Platinum SLI should be used with a PSU that met the following conditions: MSI Reminds You... • These two connectors (JPWR1 & JPWR2) con...

Additionally, I'd like to see some more passively cooled NF4 MBs. There is (or was) one: the Chaintech VNF4 http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/images/Products/Motherboard/VNF4Ultra_L.jpg Unfortunately, cooling wasn't so efficient, according to xbitlabs : After this discovery we got to overclocking with...

Here in Switzerland (digitec.ch), the 2014N is available now, and the SP2014C is announced for "calendar week 16" (ie next week).

I'm looking forward to a comparison between this HD and my other candidate, the Maxtor DiamondMax 10.

Tested on hardware.fr (in French). google translation of the conclusions: The use of Pentium M on desktop PC, confined hitherto with some impassioned users, could become well extensive with the arrival of Ct-479 d' ASUSTeK. This adapter indeed makes it possible to pass in addition to the problems in...

FG, I've sent you a tangentially-related PM.

Thanks everyone. Frank, No, I haven't bought anything yet - that's my purchase list at the moment (I'm waiting for Venice and Windows x64 to materialize). I did look at the passive Gigabyte 6600 but some reviews said it wasn't really effective, due possibly to bad assembly or QC (same thing just was...

I see most of you have very sexy-looking cases, but in my setup that would be a waste (the PC is fairly hidden under a desk). I'm going to build myself a PC with AMD64 3200+ (see full list below). And it won't be a 'power system' at all. My first option for the case was the Antec SLK3000B, which fit...

Link

I haven't found any review. Anybody seen it?

Uh oh. Doesn't the XP90 suffer from that QC problem?

From what I've read, the XP90 is more than enough for A64 systems anyway, isn't it?

I'm in a similar dilemma. I can get: Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu for 52 CHF Thermalright XP90 with bundled fan for 65-76 CHF Or even an XP120 with a Papst U-Silent fan for 89 CHF (obviously overkill, I know, but great value for money!) For reference 1 CHF = 0.828 USD My planned setup (I'm still thinking it ...