I just picked up a X650.. Just thought I'd share a few thoughts I haven't seen anyone mention. Wire Thickness All the wires from the modular cables are 18 awg! :shock: It's usually much thinner on the power supplies I've owned thus far - usually more than 20 awg. (i.e. It's mostly 20 awg on my S12 E...

Oh, yes please. I'll be looking forward to see those numbers. (Maybe a few benchmarks too? :o) I actually typed it up a few days ago, but a thunderstorm restarted my computer before I could post it :(. Anyhow this is my configuration: Antec ISK300-65 2x80mm Thermaltake Orange Case fans @ 5v (These ...

Can you be a bit more specific?... Actually, I'm probably going to forgo the Big Shuriken. The temperatures, I see in Speedfan are surprisingly low (maybe I got lucky). But to answer your questions, the fan on the Big Shuriken coincides with the part circled in red (pic below). From what I experien...

I just got an ISK with a Zotac 630 and a Big Shuriken. For those looking @ getting something similar, you might want to rethink it! The Big Shurken will only fit if you modify the DVD bay (i.e chop off half of the back end) OR you take off the fan, rotate, and zip tie it @ a angle to avoid parts of ...

An update on the temps... Stock Cooler: 55C Idle 90C Load Accelero S1 (Passive) 41C Idle 77C Load *1x5v Yate Loon intake blowing at the graphics from the front of the case and 2x5v Yate Loon exhausts drawing air out. I think the YL's @ 5v are ~500-600rpm? Overall, it appears the S1 is better than th...

On second thought, the stock cooler is too loud for my tastes at night. I picked up an S1 today...can't wait till I get home and install it. (stuck in class right now =(

I'm gonna pick up a S1 tomorrow or on Friday. As long as it fits, it should work better than the HR-03. Hopefully, I won't end up with both heatsinks :P P.S. The stock heatsink is REAAALLY quiet.....so quiet that I'm considering keeping it. It was still relatively quiet after running 3dmark :o. Of c...

Not looking good?



Do you think the S1 or HR03 will fit?

It came today!! :D The stock cooler is actually fairly quiet...but not quiet enough :( But the good news is that it's actually smaller than I estimated. The S1 may have a chance at fitting, so I might order it or the HR-03 GT. (There is absolutely no room for wrap around though.) I have the P180 con...

What the heck, it's boxing day...I did it

I'll let you know if I end up picking up an HR-03 and how it turns out.

So has anyone tried a 3870 with a passive HR-03 yet? I'm about to purchase this card, but I'm afraid I won't have room for a fan on an HR-03 =/ I have a X-Fi + a tv tuner (more heat :() right underneath the 3870. Everything is in a P180 with 5v Yate-Loons, which along with the Antec Neo HE550 are th...

I doubt I am installing it wrong. I took more care the second time to make sure everything was inserted properly before I clipped it in place. It did feel fairly tight though, less than my Ninja but definitely not far less. I've decided to take it back, eat the restocking fee and get an OCZ Tempest ...

I bought an AC Freezer 64 Pro along with an Asus M2N-E motherboard yesterday. AC's website claims compatibility. It's true that you can put it on but it snapped a piece of plastic off of the AM2 retention bracket after a few hours. So far the Freezer has broken 2 retention brackets. I really suggest...

Alright, I'm sick of the noise from my WD2500JS. I need suggestions replacing them. I have two of them, both bad. Subjectively speaking, if my NeoHE is at 20 dba or so, the WD sounds a lot louder, 22-23 during idle I would say. It's also a high pitched whine which stands out from ambient. (I also te...

The Antec Neo HE is great (if it works) I'm pretty picky but it sounded very quiet to me. It totally owned my Noisetaker 485.

Follow-up to my issue: Also worth noting: the warranty sticker is not torn or broken (and there is no glue residue as if a new one had been placed over the old, implying this is a new PSU). Perhaps that is the key? S0511 (or later) with no torn sticker :) I have one running in my new rig, but I've ...

I thought the ones that ship after November 2005 are the fixed ones

it'll never happen unless you either 1. encase it and isolate it from the enclosure with either somthing like a smartdrive or a DIY project to do somthing similar. A smartdrive is planned :). So damn expensive to get to Canada though :( Might order it now, or after I finish building the comp/dampen...

Afterall, everyone has a different tolerance of noise. The WD2500JS is pretty quiet compared to some of the older whiney drives I've seen in the past but at idle it is noticably louder than my Diamondmax 10. (Seek and vibration is a different story) The loudest thing in my case is the Noisetaker 485...

Can anyone tell me how a Yate Loon D12SL-12 at 5 volts compares to the Nexus Real Silent 120mm at 5 volts? Does the Yate Loon spin at a higher speed than the Nexus at 5 volts, and thus create more noise? Thank you My lot of 10 Yate Loons have arrived. At 5v the Nexus would definitely spin at a lowe...

Thanks for the links. I'll probably end up with the smartdrive once I save up some funds. I'm broke :(. I have to order it from the states (I'm in Canada) but I want to stop the noise and vibes, mostly the noise first. The noise actually sounds like a noisy (relatively) fan. Can't you return it? If ...

I just tested my new harddrive to replace my current 200GB Diamondmax 10 8mb cache because it's vibrations were bad. The JS is annoying and loud at idle although vibrations are quite a bit better. I would be happier with the vibrations than the increased idle noise though :x Is the Smart Drive 2002C...

20 bucks is still very expensive for so little...I'm a cheap bastard :) Thanks for the tip though. I've found the two pieces of semi-permeable mesh from old motherboard boxes. One of them is kind of thick, so I might cut a few slits to help airflow. Still need one more piece though :(. For the case ...

What about the huge green stuff? IIRC it's about $30 for two pieces about 2 meters by one meter by 10 cm. :mrgreen: Seriously, it might actually be usefull, if you have a lot of empty space in your case and some people to share it with. What huge green stuff? Damn I must have missed something :( Wo...

I'm trying to find some DIY dampening foam in Canada. My budget is $50 I want some for the inside of my case. (Thicker ones) Some for my front door. (Thinner, approx 1cm.) And some that will allow airflow but still block some dust and noise for case fan locations. I've tried the home depot but they ...

It's tough in Canada, not much of a choice. Originally I was going for Nexus Real Silent's, but the place for $16 each was out of stock and I wasn't about to pay $20 per fan. So I ended up with YLs @ $11 each.

Hmm, it was the LED coolermaster that sucked @5v.

The black one didn't even start. It was moderately acceptable in terms of noise, after I gave it a push start though.

Bummer, I just tested at 5v. It's not bad, but it's not as quiet as I expected or would like. Given that the stock rpm of the coolermaster is already 100 less than the Yate Loon, I'm have a feeling I might be very dissapointed when I actually receive the YLs. Hopefully I can pad up the stacker 830 w...

I just tested the Coolermaster Black 120mm 1220rpm quiet fan @7v...it's fairly loud...=/ It's pretty close to the Yate Loon in terms of rpm so I definitely hope 5v fairs better.

Thanks for the reply. I ordered a few extra so that if one of them has clicking noises or something I can use another one.

So 5v should be virtually silent from approx 1meter away? I hope two of them in push/pull moves enough air to cool a Ninja on an overclocked opteron.