Then the solutions are the two I posted: T-Balancer or Speedfan + PWM splitting.epinema wrote:Reactive
As in, zone one getting hot, increase fan speed, zone 2 very cool, reduce fan speed.
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- Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:56 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Automated 3.5" PWM fan controllers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1985
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:50 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Athlon II 240 vs. Intel E6300
- Replies: 40
- Views: 26697
Lowest TDP or even actual power consumption does not equal cooler running. Greater area to dissipate heat can be just as useful as less heat to dissipate. Athlon II is the larger die and so I expect it to be the cooler running, even though the E6300 may use less power (especially at load). Also, Cn'...
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:45 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Which is the quietest 120mm PWM fan?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 53677
My take on AC12025PWM (I have two such fans). * Need to run it down below 800RPM before it approaches silence. * Built in PWM splitter feature is quite useful if the only controllable header on your MB is the CPU. * Fluid-Dynamic Bearing makes it well suited for use on a heatsink and should allow it...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:43 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Unconditional Basic Income
- Replies: 124
- Views: 85530
[quote="Paul Nollen"] Another remark I often encounter, even here, is the "work incentive". Where I live, in Belgium, we have a very good social security (far to much administration in comparison with an basic income, but we are on the way ) and on top of that we have a whole lot of legislation and ...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Unconditional Basic Income
- Replies: 124
- Views: 85530
There are also some reasonable people with Business Degrees in this discussion asking for caps on salary. Putting a cap on opportunity puts a cap on productivity, innovation, and progress. Salary does not equal opportunity. Which is better: to work 80 hours a week and earn $160k/yr or to work 40 ho...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:05 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Automated 3.5" PWM fan controllers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1985
What do you mean by automated? The only things out there that I'd consider truly automated are the various incarnations of the T-Balancer . In most cases I think it is a lot more cost effective to give up a bit of control and just use your motherboard's PWM header(s), PWM splitting cables (or Arctic...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:00 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Onboard video for 1080p?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8453
Re: Onboard video for 1080p?
I'm pretty sure 690/740/760 do some video acceleration, just not H264. You could say H264 is all that matters, but it is possible to find 1080p in other formats.croddie wrote:780 and abovejessekopelman wrote:Intel X4500HD, NVIDIA 8XXX and above, AMD 690 and above all can do it.
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:37 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic shows X-Series, modular, 80 Plus Gold @ Computex
- Replies: 172
- Views: 120390
In fact. I will change this PSU whit something better, i like it, but the fan noise is something silly for a premium product... I agree using cheap fans is inexcusable, but rather than spend $100 on a new PSU why not just spend $10 on a new fan. Doing a fan swap is pretty easy and the drawbacks of ...
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:31 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Unconditional Basic Income
- Replies: 124
- Views: 85530
There are also some reasonable people with Business Degrees in this discussion asking for caps on salary. Putting a cap on opportunity puts a cap on productivity, innovation, and progress. Salary does not equal opportunity. Which is better: to work 80 hours a week and earn $160k/yr or to work 40 ho...
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:21 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Unconditional Basic Income
- Replies: 124
- Views: 85530
One of the findings was that a NIT gave rise to break up marriages. This is actually a benefit. Being trapped in a marriage for purely economic reasons is a sort of chattledom. The reason the concept of a sanctioned divorce is basically as old as the concept of a sanctioned marriage is the recognit...
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:05 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Looking for advice on platform
- Replies: 25
- Views: 19735
they have a couple of Core2 Quads ending in an S which purport to be 65W rather than 95W. That would mean less heat, right? Could that make a big difference when it comes to cooling with my Scythe? It is generally more cost effective to simply get a motherboard that supports undervolting the CPU. T...
- Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:51 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Diamond thermal paste
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1744
Bah! 10C difference seems unbelievable. Maybe the real issue is that he used that overly thick coat for the AS5 as well. I wonder if you compared them proper thickness to proper thickness if the result would be more like the 1 or 2 degrees you'd expect. Maybe this is what you're saying MoJo? Still, ...
- Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:22 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Onboard video for 1080p?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8453
I would tend to agree. The large memory on discrete video cards is for 3D acceleration, not HD acceleration. That said, given today's low RAM prices, I'd always just set the memory allocation to maximum on my IGP.-TDO- wrote: No need for increasing the memory setting or other weird recommandations.
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:10 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Looking for advice on platform
- Replies: 25
- Views: 19735
I think people overvalue the idea of being able to keep their MB through multiple CPU upgrades. Yes, this is valuable if you buy a new CPU every year, but not so much otherwise. Buying a new $100 MB every 3 years, vs. keeping your $200 MB 3 years is pretty much a wash. Beyond that, though, the chanc...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:53 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Uncasing a PSU
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2371
You need to be very careful if you do something like this. A lot of parts of the PSU, including heatsinks are live. This means no more opening your case without unplugging PC and making sure you've discharged PSU capacitors, let alone messing around with stuff without turning off the PC. Touching a ...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:44 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Onboard video for 1080p?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8453
Re: Onboard video for 1080p?
Can on board video on new ATX motherboards handle 1080p video? Yes. Intel X4500HD, NVIDIA 8XXX and above, AMD 690 and above all can do it. Whether any of these solutions will be perfectly smooth depends on exact codecs used in video and what CPU you use. Dual-core CPU is generally still required, r...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:38 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: fan replacement for PSU
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4684
An alternative is to run your fan at a constant voltage from a normal 4-pin molex connector coming from the PSU. This is what I do. With this method, start voltage of the fan vs. PSU control is irrelevant. Whether this is a good idea is probably dependent on the demand range of your system. Mine run...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:30 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: please help me with a mc remote
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2401
so,has anyone tried(succesfully) to make a mc remote work with a generic usb receiver??? Did your remote not come with an IR receiver? All the Windows Media Center remotes I've ever come across came bundled with a receiver. Since you bought a MC remote and keyboard, I'm assuming you're actually run...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:24 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Which is the quietest 120mm PWM fan?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 53677
Honestly, I don't think my build is unique in any way. I use standard components, fans and case. The only thing I can think of that's maybe little less common, is that my desk doesn't overhang the PC. But as another member has observed, this discussion could continue elsewhere on the forum. Probabl...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:32 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Which is the quietest 120mm PWM fan?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 53677
how is this of any help to anyone?? if your computer is quiet enough then please by all means leave! ours however are obviously not or we would not be having this discussion so why waste our time?? The expected SPL of a good 120mm fan at 550RPM is around 12dBA. The idle noise of the top HDD is also...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:54 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Which is the quietest 120mm PWM fan?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 53677
I seriously can't hear it unless I kneel down and put my head in level with the intake vent slits on the P182. Sure, but I would say the same thing about a 550RPM fan. I definitely can't hear that from more than a few inches away . . . At least not in a normal room. Do you live in an anechoic chamb...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:45 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 306278
Oh and for anyone that has the 34nm Intel SSD don't use a BIOS password or more importantly if you have a BIOS password don't change it or remove it. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=15827 I still can't understand why that happens. It makes absolutely no sense. I'm sure that's what the ...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:42 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Quiet DVRs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11933
I think your fears of getting some random crappy loud drive are well founded. I have had 3 different DVR (2 Motorola, 1 Scientific Atlanta) and this has been the case for all of them. That said, the noises don't propagate that well. At 3m distance you don't hear much. At 2m you can hear them if you ...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:28 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Advice needed on silent htpc with 1080p capabilities
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3244
Re: Advice needed on silent htpc with 1080p capabilities
After I realized that the only thing this HTPC was good at was movie playback, it just didn't make sense to use a 50-70W HTPC for this when a 6W popcorn hour does the same thing and requires way less config and maintenance. I agree with your overall conclusion in favor of the PCH for your applicati...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:18 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Which is the quietest 120mm PWM fan?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 53677
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:04 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: How to keep fan normally off?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7834
This makes me wonder why PWM fans even exist. I seems that 3-pin fans are capable of modulating themselves with the help of temperature sensors and software/BIOS. PWM fans also add that "PWM whine," which is annoying. PWM fan control exists because it is less expensive to build PWM control into a M...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:56 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Asus shows off it's P55/ Core I5 line up
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2400
This kind of killed it for me. I was toying with idea of upgrading to 32nm i5 or i7, but it seems like there is little point in doing that right now as the features just aren't there. 32nm CPU aren't out yet either . . . Maybe wait for them to actually be released before worrying about motherboard ...
- Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:56 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: PC case lying on the side - can I mount bluray vertically?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1589
It should work. Certainly worked for DVD and CD drives I've used. My concerns would be drive longevity, increased operating noise, and increased chance of damaging a disc. The noise and longevity issues are a consequence of some bearings not doing well in certain orientations. Whether this is even a...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:00 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Any C2D boards with dual gigabit and integrated graphics
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5286
I think the bigger issue for states beyond C1E has been BIOS support, not missing features on the chip. Definitely not wrong that they were on mobile first, though. The original 65nm C2D chips (E6600) only supported C1E. The next generation (E6850) also supported C2E. C3E and C4E didn’t arrive un...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:47 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Looking for good HTPC case with slim Depth!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 23293
I am not a video/multichannel guy, but I don't think video/multichannel components are 16-17" deep, and that racks/cabinets would be designed accordingly. Actually, the high end A/V gear does tend to be >16" deep. The people who spend the big bucks on this stuff like it big and heavy . Still, that ...