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by marcob
Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:33 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: A tale of P180, silence and decent overclocking
Replies: 9
Views: 6648

Most newer high-end motherboards (eg, P5W, DQ6) let you control lots of fans from software. But so far your board is the only one I've heard of that lets you adjust the BIOS algorithm. So we either just let the BIOS do its thing, or run SpeedFan instead of usiing the BIOS. The downside of SpeedFan ...
by marcob
Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:13 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: A tale of P180, silence and decent overclocking
Replies: 9
Views: 6648

I built a computer with Asus M2NPV-MX that controlled the fans perfectly as well. Can you elaborate? Can you set the speed in BIOS? Are there only presets or you can do it detailed like with the FanEQ? With the FanEQ you can set manually for each and every fan header how it should behave, what is t...
by marcob
Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:05 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: A tale of P180, silence and decent overclocking
Replies: 9
Views: 6648

A tale of P180, silence and decent overclocking

So, I finally got myself a P180B. It is the rev 1.1, does anyone know what the latest rev. is? Case inhabitants: ABit AW9D-MAX E6600 @ 3.6(9x400) 1.375V Ultra-120 with Papst 4412-FGL Papst 4412-FGLL rear exhaust Zaward ZGF120 front intaker Standard Antec fan in the lower chamber, set @ low X850XT w ...
by marcob
Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:24 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Raptor Hard Drives, any benefit to me?
Replies: 7
Views: 5559

Re: Raptor Hard Drives, any benefit to me?

would a 10k rpm drive give me more fps than a 7200? and are there any tests that bench exactly this effect? A faster HDD will not give you a single FPS extra, not even 0.01 extra FPSs. It will just load your games/maps faster, say 0-10 seconds faster, depending on the game/map. That's of course if ...
by marcob
Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:12 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: raptor 150 or 74?
Replies: 7
Views: 4668

Well, this being a forum about silent PCs, I'm gonna drop a line about my 150Gb rap. It is very loud while seeking. Believe me, very very loud. The loudest non-SCSI monster I ever heard the past 5-6 years. I don't know about the 74G rap, but I know I'm gonna kick this baby out. The extra performance...
by marcob
Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:30 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: C2D, low power at idle & high O/C with new BIOS.
Replies: 17
Views: 12560

Thanks! I've been lurking around here for over a year, so I just decided to register and have a say or two ;) I'm in a lot of trouble right now, this P5B(deluxe, bleah) really s*** when it comes to fan/voltage control. Via speedfan, there are only two fan ports that can be controlled, one is the CPU...
by marcob
Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:24 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: C2D, low power at idle & high O/C with new BIOS.
Replies: 17
Views: 12560

Just a short report, the BIOS 0804 behaves the same, and somehow I doubt it's a matter of BIOS.