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by rocket733
Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: help tailing aluminum panaflo fbh-12g12l
Replies: 2
Views: 1534

Re: help tailing aluminum panaflo fbh-12g12l

How do you like the fans? I have ~10 of them I got off ebay a few years ago, they were decent but were touchy to undervolting.
by rocket733
Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:30 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: CPU idle consumption chart
Replies: 24
Views: 22630

Sorry to use a new post, but it's completely different: I've tried a sleeping state of the system to save power. When an other computer sends a "magic package", mny computer would wake up (it's functional as NAS). Only problem is: not n00b-friendly, and I want it (guess what) n00b-friendly. So I've...
by rocket733
Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:45 pm
Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
Topic: FS: Hush ATX fanless PC
Replies: 3
Views: 3021

Still for sale?
by rocket733
Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Heat Pipe "Wick"
Replies: 4
Views: 2916

I'm pretty sure the same bends can be made to most heatpipes, I haven't run into anything that would go contrary to that statement. Just be careful not to damage the heatpipe, I'd consider looking into a tube bender (either the spring typer or the plumber professional kind). Also I'm pretty sure the...
by rocket733
Sat May 16, 2009 9:22 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Don't walk, run to your nearest store and buy a SSD now.
Replies: 51
Views: 46023

The thing with SSDs is that they have extremely fast, nearly non-existent seek times. The rest depends on the controller design and here's where the differences between manufacturers come up. Marketing types like to boast as high numbers as possible so many an SSD could be, and have been, designed ...
by rocket733
Sat May 16, 2009 9:17 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Is a truly silent magnetic hard disk possible?
Replies: 26
Views: 10842

SSD really is the way to go. I have a vertex and my computer is much less annoying (although to be fair I did have a noisy 3.5" drive).
by rocket733
Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:38 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Scythe [Mugen] 2 review at xbit
Replies: 5
Views: 5817

Looks interesting though I'd like to see some more tests from different sites.
by rocket733
Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:04 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: My very first "built by my own" computer :)
Replies: 109
Views: 61513

You should use as much pressure as the mounting hardware will give you. With a modern cpu which has an Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) it is almost impossible to cause damage to the processor through mounting pressure.
by rocket733
Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:19 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: water or air?
Replies: 47
Views: 37918

Water wetter is not actually a good additive for water cooling. Really for best performance just run plain filtered/distilled water from the grocery store and either a growth inhibitor or put a bit of silver in your loop as a biocide. Like everyone has mentioned before running water can be quieter e...