Rusty075 wrote:Now if you want to get into a discussion of how useless overclocking is, well, that's a whole different topic.

Discussing the merits of overclocking is like discussing politics or religion. You won't catch me doing that on a forum.

crypt0r wrote:Jab sells them in orange. Some people have said that the Nexus fans are more consistent in quality. Take that for whatever it's worth.

Of course with the large price difference you can buy 3x's as many Yate Loons and use the best ones from the lot and still save money over the Nexus fans.

No, the little "novelty" heatsinks are generally useless. Designed to separate fools from their money. Yes, some of those things get warm. And? Chips like NB's and Winbond sensor chips are perfectly fine running at temps up in the 70-100° range. (You can look up the operating spec's for them onlin...

Have you taken a look at the SPCR rankings for those coolers? http://www.silentpcreview.com/article30-page1.html In my experience the Ninja is more than enough to cool a C2D processor. Even overclocked to 3.3GHz and bumping voltage to 1.4V my E6600 stays at reasonable levels. Since you're buying an ...

blocking off vents is usually done to control the air flow. For example, I have no fan in the lower PSU/HDD compartment other than the PSU fan. I want all the air to come in from the front so it'll cool my HD so I taped up the vents by the PSU so the air won't come in from there instead. On the othe...

Meato wrote:Yes, I've really wanted a PD805 since I read the post on Tom's.

What post are you referring to?

I think the main differnece between your setup and others is the fact you're using 3 of your 5.25" bays. Many people including myself use that as the primary intake for the CPU. Before you buy the Yate Loon fan, you might want to test things out with one of the Tricools that came with your case just...

can't see your wishlist either, but am I reading your post right? A Pentium D system?

Is this a matter of reducing costs?

it's important to note that unless the case you have now is really bad, upgrading to a better case will only offer minimal improvements. What matters most is all the other parts of your computer. If your current case uses fans smaller than 120mm, then you'll likely see an improvement if you use the ...

@pyogenes: How come you own both AMD & INTEL stock? Well, I'm not him, but I can guess that if you assume the market for CPUs and flash RAM and all the other elecronics Intel and AMD make) is going to increase then owning both of their stock will cause your investment, on average, to increase with ...

The Seagate Barracuda drives are another holdover on reliability for me. No issues other than seek noise with my 7200.7 80GB SATA drive, whereas my Dell laptop seemed to eat a Hitachi drive every couple months for awhile a few years back. Maybe sample quality is more of an issue with drives that ha...

I can't speak for Maverick, but although those temps are acceptable, they are high for a C2D + Ninja at stock speed and voltage. For a frame of reference, my CPU is overclocked at 3.3GHz and 1.4V but only runs a few degrees hotter (62C with a higher room ambient temp). Maverick - did you check to se...

Ah, now we're on to something. With the top 3 5.25" slots filled, there isn't much room for air to enter. Generally it's easier to use that top area as the intake for the CPU because the air just goes straight across. See if you can feel any air flow going into the main intake for that uppser sectio...

Oops missed the part where you said Vista. I should learn to pay more attention... :oops: Did you remove all the plates in the 5.25" bay? (at least I think there were plates out-of-box). If not, pull them out to increase air flow. Where is your optical drive installed? in the main top three slots or...

Ok, i'm in a dilemma, I can't choose between the Thermalright HR-1 ( http://www.jab-tech.com/Thermalright-HR-01-pr-3191.html ), Thermalright Ultra-120 ( http://www.jab-tech.com/Thermalright-Ultra-120-Heatsink-pr-3406.html ) or the Scythe Ninja Plus rev. B ( http://www.jab-tech.com/Scythe-NINJA-PLUS...

there are drivers for that card (just no DX10 for XP): http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_97.44.html Back to the CPU heating problem.... How is air getting into the case? Based on your description you're letting it etner passively? Is the intakes obstructed by anything? See if leaving the front d...

As the others stated, why not just get a C2D? More bang for your buck. If you were trying to get best efficiency whlie idling then AMD is a better choice, but it looks like you're going for high end performance. If you are going AMD for better SLI support I'd say forget about SLI. PITA to get workin...

My experience agrees with Mike's comments. The 7200.10 is a real dog when it comes to silence. I stuck mine in an enclosure and suspended it but I could still hear that horrible high pitch whine. As far as the Samsung 244T - take a look at Dell's 24" monitor (only comes in black though). It uses Sam...

What video card are you using? If it runs really hot then try keeping the air for the CPU and GPU separate by puttinga divider between them. Cardboard would suffice.

Looks like the Chenbro case has better potential for being quiet. The single 120mm exhaust along with the air the PSU is venting out should be sufficient to cool your system (even if you go crazy overclocking - assuming of course the internal airflow design is good). I'd only bother with the front i...

You're asking the wrong question

I'd be more concerned if the MB will even recognize the CPU.

You'll need to figure out what MB you have and what BIOS version it's running. Then you'll need to find out if that MB/BIOS supports the CPU in question.

or i could have this cpu and laugh at all the ppl that didnt get quad core when more stuff for it comes out. And by then, they can buy a lower-clocked model for less than half the price and OC it to be just as fast as yours. :wink: but u already wasted money buying ur previous cpu. also your overcl...

So why does ANY laptop feel slow, if the HD is not responsible? I wouldn't say ANY laptop, but I agree many do feel slower (I have a couple that are just as responsive as my desktops). Cheaper ones often have 3600rpm drives (or at least that used to be the common), and lots of laptops don't have an...

did you rule out problems with the TV or VCR?

Try hooking up some other A/V device (camcorder, gaming console, DVD player, etc.) to the VCR and see if it works properly.

Strangely, using Core Temp, my CPU temp is always about 10c lower than what the ASUS bios reports. I'm not sure which temperature reading I should trust. Are you comparing the BIOS temps in the BIOS menus (i.e. not using Asus' tool within Windows)? If so, those numbers make perfectly good sense if ...

kater wrote: a front fan will help him get some air for his dual hdds and - most importantly - for his passive & hot vga card

Some ducting can easily solve that problem, though I agree a front case fan is a viable solution.

The Seagate 7200.10 is loud and emits a high pitch whine while idling. A real dog in the silence world. 680i motherboard - lots of bugs still and performance is about on par with intel's 975X chipset. Something to consider. Oh yeah, the Scythe Ninja is reportedt to be incompatible with that board. T...

personally i would make shure the gel was thick enough so that even if the was a rupture it would nt spill out. Agar gelly used for bacterial cultures would be perfect. if you filled the bag whilst it was hot and then you could set it to the shape required to fit to your HDD and even if the bag did...

Avoid this Samsung drive. Loud! I'm just happy i rarely have to use it.

Celeron D 345J Boxed, 3.06GHz, S775, 256kB, 533MHz memory: KINGSTON -1024MB HyperX 1000MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 Get DDR2-533 or 800 memory instead. The price difference is almost enough to get a Core 2 Duo instead with the money you save. That'll get you a HUGE difference in performance. Buying a more ...