The 4670 is an outstanding card if you play games at 1280x1024, amazing performance while using very little power. I wouldn't wait for a passive version, just stick a S2 on it and problem solved, I however game at 1920x1200 and there really aren't any good graphics cards that use little power (maybe...

lechuck: That is great work, what are your system specs? I thought about doing a top exhaust, it would mean moving the DVD drive, removing the foam , relocating the USB ports. It is all possible , but the thing is my PC is not the loudest thing in this room. I have a radiator that is constantly fill...

Hi I feel the time has come to show you my PC. I am confident that it now meets the SPCR quite standard. I have been SPCR reader for about 3 or 4 years, just after the time i bought this computer. Yes it is that old :D The specs: X2 4200 @2600 socket 939 TDP 89W Gigabyte K8NF-9-RH rev2 2GB DDR ram G...

I like it. It makes a nice change from all the Antecs on this forum. It does look like a pain in the ass to install a system in that case. A couple of questions: How did you mod that Zalman 9500, what is that fan up? How do you like that Akasa VGA cooler? What brand and model is that 32" TV, i am th...

Thanks for the compliment. I am using an older system: X2 4200 939 (TDP 89W) @2600Mhz 3870 graphics card small overclock 2gb ram 250gb WD laptop disk 5400rpm Creative eXtreme Music sound card TV tuner card 2 Nexus fans Vista Ultimate 32bit SP1 To answer your question it is not a power hungry machine...

Ok, i did the fan swap the proper way today. I also have some pictures of the entire process. So this is the first picture, the white shroud is already partly lifted: http://shrani.si/f/v/gE/3F4eT8Yg/img0824.jpg A top shout: http://shrani.si/f/29/EQ/4WmY4Bvs/img0822.jpg Lifting the little sucker: ht...

the swapping process itself man! Very Happy Sorry don't have any pictures of the process itself. Vicotnik: You are probably right. I linked it to the controller because i thought that was the only solution. I now see that it should not be that difficult to remove that plastic shroud and connect the...

no one will believe you without pics Very Happy Dam you with your proof :lol: Here you go: Desk, comp, monitor, other stuff.. http://shrani.si/f/1I/3e/4fHBKdE6/img0710.jpg Case with the door open http://shrani.si/f/U/10t/2Kbggl25/img0715.jpg Inside of this small f***** up case http://shrani.si/f/3Q...

Ok so i opened up the PSU today and voided the warranty. Guess what. The fan has a 2-pin connector , and the Slipstream has a 3-pin connector. I tied the fan into my fan controller. The cable was just long enough. It now stretches diagonally from my PSU to the controller. The rheobus adjusts voltage...

Ok i changed the PSU and it is indeed louder then my old Tagan. This PSU is now the loudest part of my system so witch fan should i use for the swap? https://www.cool-pc.org/productdetail.php?prodid=3965 https://www.cool-pc.org/productdetail.php?prodid=3879 By the way has anyone actually changed the...

Ya i will do that, the thing is i am just putting it all off. I have just bought a new disk and this PSU. First of all i am tiered of installing windows and the PSU installation could be a problem , because i have to either remuve the motherboard or cut up the case (i am lining toward the latter) :l...

Hi guys i just bought this power supply and i must say i am disappointed. I expected this to be much quieter :( . I bought this to replace my Tagan TG380-UO1. I bought it because i thought it was quiet, was a lot more efficient then the 5 year old Tagan and because it has a fan at the bottom since t...

You couldn't hear it and you still put it in a drive enclosure . I think i will get the Samsung.

To expensive, if i wanted to spend that kind of money i would take a SSD from OCZ, it is about 120€ for the 32GB.

What do you think about this one:WD Scorpio WD3200BEVT

Hi i am getting rid of the two 3,5" hard drives in my main computer (i have 500Gb Samsung LJ and 250Gb Hitachi) and replacing them with a single 2,5" laptop hard drive. I need a recommendation, the two prime candidates are Samsung SpinPoint M5S HM250JI and WD Scorpio WD2500BEVS. I am of course looki...

Wonderful build i would love to have something like that in my living room instead of my huge Antec Fusion. What are the dimensions of this thing, could you have 80mm fans in there instead of the 60mm ones?

I took out the PSU then put it into another PC and it worked so i put it back into the Fusion and it now works. First of the stock fan on the AMD is too loud even at its lowest speed. And the Tricool fans are louder then i thought, i was hoping to just run them at minimum but i guess i will have to ...

Well yesterday i received the items , today i put the thing together and the dam thing wont start. The strange thing is that this case has not one but two POWER SW plugs (one is red-black the odder is blue-white)plus that USB power converter for the LCD. Please someone help.

Well i already ordered and payed for the items i listed two posts up , i think it should be fine and if not i can always overclock it (these chips are suppose to be great overcockers most hit 3+GHz). I am now just waiting for confirmation of payment (newer used this shop before and i am a little ner...

Hi i got the 3870 from Sapphire, good card i am running it with the stock cooler at present.
New pictures of the Powercooler 3870 SCS3


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OK i read the spcr review of its predecessor and it seams to me that the biggest problem was the PSU fans that were run at high speed. The case seams to have better airflow since the air goes through the PSU from the side and not from the top. There also seams to be more room at the bottom for the g...

Hi i was just looking at the Arctic Cooling site and found these series of cases they seam to have an interesting airflow and look to be very good value for money. Geizhals.at has them at 95€. There are five cases with the same internal layout but different external look. They all come with a 80+ ...

Hi guys i have not checked this forum in a long time, i have been busy and the HTPC project was on hold. I would like to thank you all for participating. Several things have changed , some CPU have become unavailable several motherboards are now available. I have also thought about buying a new PC a...

Kato if you had got the 512mb version for the price of the 256 you might have had yourself a bargain! Ya that would have been a bargain, but i actually paid 195€ for one card and at that price i can get a 3870 so the card is not such a great deal, i think if you go for an actively cooled card thi...

About a week ago i ordered two of those cards, one for me and one for my friend. So yesterday they finally arrived. I tore the box apart , cardboard and paper was flying through the air, finally i was going to play all those great games that just came out. So i open up the unusually small box and in...

Ok i have chosen the Biostar, now for the CPU: AM2 3800 X2 BOX 35W 65€ AM2 4000 X2 BOX 65W 59€ Components: MOBO: Biostar TForce 7050-M2 75€ CPU: ? RAM: OCZ 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold GX XTC 25€ PSU: FSP Group ZEN 300W 75€ DISK: SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 110€ BURNER:NEC, AD-7170S sata BULK 25€ ...

Hi has anybody gotten the HDMI audio to work, and if so how?

Well linux is not realy a factor for me.

RedAE102:
I see you are using this board , any problems, would you recommend it?

So you are saying that you can not overclock with this board but Amourek has overclocked a 1,9Mhz CPU to 2,7Mhz with TF7025-M2 it is hard to believe that these two boards are so different.

Ok this is the system as it stands: Biostar TForce 7050-M2 AM2 3800 X2 BOX 35W OCZ 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold GX XTC SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB FSP Group ZEN 300W Scythe NINJA SCNJ-1100 PLUS rev. B Thermalright HR-05 IFX Any thoughts on this configuration, do you think that the Zen is powerfull enough for th...