It seems that a BTX form factor would be about the only configuration in which you'd want to use this card. The heatpipe would be upside-down otherwise (e.g. the condensing would occur below the GPU block and the condensate would never hit the GPU block). If they have something that will promote ca...

Wow, that is one huge heatsink.

The thermalright HR-03 is tiny in comparison. I guess it'd have to be that huge seeing as how the HR-03 can't even come close to cooling the X1950XTX under load.

I'm not sure about the mobo, there doesn't seem to be much info on it, but to my eyes it looks ok. I don't plan to overclock much, so if anything I would like it to be automatic within the mobo. I don't know if its worth buying a quadcore ready mobo (I don't even know how to differentiate between q...

The high pitch whine from the Seagate 7200.10 drives me crazy. I seriously doubt it's above the frequency that only younger people can hear it because I (29 yrs old) can hear it loud and clear with the P180B door closed from 10+ feet away. That's assuming minimal ambient noise. I'm still trying to ...

Stereodude wrote:There's a Ultra Low Voltage 9W Core 2 Duo. That's probably the highest performance per watt chip.

Yeah, but not really worth considering unless you're willing to buy it soldered on a motherboard (assuming you can even find a vendor to buy it from).

sounds like more vaporware to me. Maybe I'm too jaded, but I refuse to believe something will be released until the day after it's released. ;-) Things that were promised to be released a long time ago (working prototypes existed): holographic hard drives. When were they annouced? 1995? 1996? fuel c...

If i remember correctly its not possible to fold on a GPU and CPU at the same time with one machine. A 1900 should be a hell of a lot faster than any normal CPU though. I've run F@H on both cores of my E6600 and my X1950XTX at the same time. One caveat - you need to limit the usage of one of the no...

joolz wrote:So will the new 65nm cpus require even less than 35W ?

The current 65nm AMD released are rated at 65W TDP and no low power model has been announced yet (they aren't even shipping retail boxed versions yet).

bryzzz wrote:I think scythe kama and that lian li are the only options, but i heard scythe kama wont fit?

It fits fine. You need to screw the included extensions to the main grill part then attack the rails to that.

P5B-VM really seems to be the weak link here - I didn't know that as other P5Bs overclock like hell. That's because they use different chipsets, they have almost nothing in common when it comes to overclocking. I agree, it's probably the builtin graphics on the chipset that is limiting the overcloc...

Overclockers want a case that can provide as much CFM through the cpu/video card as possible. You mean ignorant overclockers want the most CFM. ;-) A smart overclocker will try to maximize cooling efficiency. I know from my "ignorant overclocker" days that just because you have lots of high speed f...

" But I was able to run this system, and keep it very cool even under hot ambient temperatures all with only one case fan, and that was running at an inaudible 5V. [[[[[The only way I can tell if this system is running is to look at the power LED (a bit too bright for my tastes)]]]]. This, to me, i...

I can verify the Ninja rev B fits on the P5W DH

Minimum to test your system is: motherboard CPU + heat sink memory video card PSU depending on how much room you have in your case, cpu + heatsink may be mounted on the motherboard before installing the motherboard. It doesn't matter if you install the PSU before or after unless you are planning on ...

TBSN wrote:Cool. Do you know if the Sythe Ninja Rev. B is the same as the original, as in, will it fit most motherboards?

Revision B is the model that has compatibility issues with some motherboards.

The majority of people here will recommend a Scythe Ninja or Thermalright Ultra-120.

Make sure you read the heatsink review here

You might want to consider a SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus PSU. Based on testing those PSU only have 1 12V rail so it's easier to deal with load balancing. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article656-page1.html The M12 700W was verified as only having 1 rail: http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=1...

sounds like they either are using really crappy thermal paste or there's an air bubble between the cpu and heatsink.

What are your ambient temps?

Intel D975XBX2 mobo Intel Core Duo E6700 processor I take it overclocking is not in your plans then? What is it about this combo that prevents overclocking? mobo - I was thinking about a different board. silly me :oops: cpu - When overclocking, the E6700 offers no advantages over the much cheaper E...

well, this design does have one thing in its favor - it'd provide some airflow for the northbridge.

Density Copper: 8.96g/cc Aluminum: 2.70g/cc That means an equal sized heat sink would weigh 3.3x's as much. Mostly aluminum tower heatsinks are already exceed recommended weights for motherboards. A pure copper model would require redesigning motherboards for the heatsinks. Cost (Dec 07 LME cash pri...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Soundcard Waste of money in my opinion. The only advantage it gives over the cheaper X-fi cards is the X-RAM. Too bad very few games are designed to take advantage of it. Spend the extra money on the video card - you'll see a bigger performance gain the...

Power supply Im still not sure about. Either Enermax, Tagan, Antec or SeaSonic. I need 500+ watts (for upgrading later on), modular, and QUIET! Anybody got recommendations? What do you plan on doing "later on" that makes you think you'll need 500+ watts? If you want a quality PSU for $70-80, you wo...

Yes, LostCircuits already did some tests on Core2 check their site. E6300 takes as much idle power as E6700 so currently no reason to buy smaller-cache units, at least from power standpoint. Idle is a poor way to compare these CPUs. IIRC speedstep reduces all C2D power consumption by setting the mu...

As to Ninja Plus vs Ninja "classic", it depends on the motherboard. Some boards, such as the Asus P5B, have capacitors that stick up high enough to interfere with the Ninja Plus. Small correction: The Ninja Plus is the original Ninja with a fan. Same mounting mechanism. The Ninja Plus rev. B is the...

Supposedly the 975X chipset draws less power than the P965 but in practice the opposite is true. Comparison of C2D compatible Asus boards with different chipsets http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2855 As far as the E6400's TDP of 65W - That's much higher than it really is. Seriously, w...

Even heavily overclocked you probably won't come close to reaching 300W for that system. Even if you managed to get the CPU running at double the stock clock speeds at only 1.5V vCore, the CPU would only draw about 160W. As already pointed out, the E6600 makes more sense if you're overclocking. They...

Cardboard works really well too. Even if you want to use styrene you can use cardboard to test different ideas since it's quicker, easier, and cheaper to work with.

What version of the WD drive did you get? RE or SE? RE drives can have problems when not in a RAID configuration. I'm willing to bet they are more disagreeable with certain controllers.

Unfortunately, adjusting the system clock means you're underclocking everything in the system - not just the CPU. Of course the system might still be more than fast enough for you needs so you might as well give it a shot. As far as the PSUs, Scythe doesn't seem to publish their efficiency ratings f...