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by dragontail
Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:47 am
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: Dell 6400 w/ duo core: no thanks
Replies: 14
Views: 14344

Posting this on a 15.4" 6400 with Core 2 Duo T2250 and Radeon X1300 =) I can tell you that it's actually not noisy at all, its much quieter than my older Sony Vaio (13.3" Dothan core). Then again, I've just been browsing the web and stuff, nothing too intensive. In response to the previous post, the...
by dragontail
Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:27 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: CustomPC's latest review of fans has totally confused me!
Replies: 28
Views: 29765

Another shootout where Sharkoon and Noiseblocker XL1 came top. Didn’t include the Nexus though. No I wouldn’t dismiss the Nexus on just one bad review. I guess they ended up with a duffer, which is rare for Nexus. What’s more of a mystery is how they got 3 duffers (80/92/120) because each ver...
by dragontail
Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:05 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: CustomPC's latest review of fans has totally confused me!
Replies: 28
Views: 29765

But noise levels you can't argue with. And the Nexus was fairly loud. What's puzzling about this "review" is that it simply doesn't jibe with the actual real experiences of SPCR users; I have a Nexus 120mm, and it is darn near inaudible at anything under 12V. So on the one hand you have literally t...
by dragontail
Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:51 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: CustomPC's latest review of fans has totally confused me!
Replies: 28
Views: 29765

Thanks for the replies guys! Keep it up :) Frankly that "how long it takes to fill a sack" method of measuring CFM is highly suspect. In fact if the results were within 20% of being accurate, I'd be surprised. And if this measurement is not 100% accurate, the results of the entire test are faulty. J...
by dragontail
Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:34 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: CustomPC's latest review of fans has totally confused me!
Replies: 28
Views: 29765

CustomPC's latest review of fans has totally confused me!

Okay guys, long time reader of the forums, by using the FAQs and search button lots of my queries have been solved 8) , but this one I cant. Anyways, the latest issue of Custom PC magazine (available in the UK) had a huge review of fans (55 fans tested). Fans from Acoustifan, Akasa, Antec, Coolink, ...