thanks guys, i will get in touch with the vendor and see if they will swap it!

intel and their over complex thermal management, lack of specification about how it acctualy works, faulty core sensors and f...king PUSH PINS can suck my balls. lol

thanks for the help.

ok, but the main thing i am thinking is, does the 12-15.c difference between temps justify an rma? i mean does that make the cpu in any way faulty or is it in the "normal range" when playing a game if the cpu throttles you will suddenly loose fps, wich may mean i die lol as for cpu cooling i have th...

i got the temps from speedfan, and reltemp bios shows same readings... ive decided i am just going to speed up the fan to 800rpm (i pains me so) at 800 it still throttles under prime95 but takes ages to get there and doubt it will ever get there in real life usage. is there any program availble that...

well, i am as sure as i can be... with speedstep disabled and full load on all cores, core 0 gets to 72.c then cpu-z shows cpu speed has dropped to 2.0ghz and multi as 6.0

should be 7x multi and 2.33ghz and is udner temps lower than 72...

I bought a q8200 a few days ago rinning at 2.3ghz and 1.135v (lowest voltage option on my mobo)... there is a 15.c difference between core0 and core 4, core 0 rises to 72.c under load and begins throttling! i am using a xigmatek hdt cooler with a 600rpm fan and have remounted it, results were the sa...

i do it all the time, id imagine its pretty hard to damege anything by "hot-plugging" fans

recommended heatsinks

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article30-page1.html

all reference/recommended articles

http://www.silentpcreview.com/section5.html

just a little update, after many hours of swapping fans and stresstesting, ive found that flipping the rear fan so it faces in towards the cpu reduces the cpu temp by a whopping 10 - 12.c!! I've been thinking of doing this, but with both the rear and top fans on the P182. This means cold air coming...

Q9300? I only see Q9400... Ill prob add a heatsink also... Im unsure if I want any fans, they all make noise!! Great advice guys.. really impressed with here and whirlpool! im very thankful! I got alot of research to take in, i was scoping i7 core 920s but eh.. I figured im better off spending only...

hi, just throwing a few ideas your way... Sounds like you will end up with a nice set-up considering your buget. OK so, first off like Posty correctly said you dont NEED a 500w PSU. However, when going for a fan cooled PSU it is good to have some head room to make sure the fan doesnt spin up under h...

Hello, You have moved into the case of my dreams... :) This case is very popular in the forums from what I see; and for good reason. I like the tidyness and the fans.. I'm surprised that the "passive" GPU needs a fan over it to run below 100 C; the manufacturer should have thought of this (and this...

You mean by using the top fan as an intake instead of an exhaust you have lower CPU temps? I must try this too! not the very top fan, that one blows out, the rear fan blows in and the top fan blows out. The only downside is i get some hot air collecting around my optical bays that wasnt there, but ...

just a little update, after many hours of swapping fans and stresstesting, ive found that flipping the rear fan so it faces in towards the cpu reduces the cpu temp by a whopping 10 - 12.c!! not only that but other temps seem virtually untouched. it seemed unlikely that this would improve temps but i...

the quietest (silent) option would be to fit an ac acelero s1 to the cheapest reference board one you can find. dvi to hdmi adapters will not compromise the quality in any way, only difference is dvi doesn't carry audio. how ever it can and i think all the 4xxx seeies cards come with a dvi-hdmi adap...

hmm, if its only a cm or 2 you could try bending the heatpipe/fins attatched to the ram

i cant seem to get to the wd caviar se16 320gb review from the recommended drive list, it takes me to the WD7500AACS review instead, happens with firefox and IE so think it may be a mistake on the spcr site?

looks good, i'm just surprised you went for S-Flex over Slipstream. I like the sound card, a lot, and that tube amp you've got, a magnificent choice, have quite a few lying around my school's radio station. i have the same thing in my rig, but i'm curious as to why you haven't moved to a SATA optic...

Hi, So i finally bought myself a P182 for crimbo! :) moved my current system into it and decided it was time to take some pics for the gallery. Here it is :) - low RPM noctuas and s-flexes are my weapons of choice. Notice the "passive" HD4850 from gigabyte needs a slow 80mm fan to keep it below 95.c...

just a little update from my first post, my gigabyte passive hd4850 has now failed about 2 weeks after purchase :x RMA'd as DOA for replacement. i think maybe mine was faulty in some way, heatsink not seated properly perhaps? i dunno... just wanted you to know that my experience of the card may not ...

I got mine and it's running nicely even when the core temperature reached 115C after an hour of gaming at its default overclocked frequencies and standard voltage. The small fins sticking out from the rear of the card get really hot so the cooler is doing its thing. The openness of my Stacker 810 c...

low speed?

Please, Please steer clear of that gigabyte hd4850, get a acelero s1 and a reference hd4850. i bought that model recently and installed it into my system, temps idled at 90 and rose to 110 at load which caused the card to throttle back to 500mhz to cool off! its not as if i have terrible airflow eit...

unless the current fans are REALY bad, i would just take a feed from the 5v lines or put a resistor in sreies with the current case fans as i have never came across a quiet 60mm fan.

only do it if youve got a basic grasp of electronics though, i dont want to be responsible for a broken pc lol

i bought the 80mm and 60mm versions, both were very noisy at their default rpm, very growly sound on the 60mm version especialy. i used a resistor in series to bring the rpm of the 80mm down to around 1000rpm but it still had a noticable ticking sound up close. it was much quieter than stock and usa...

hi all, im looking to buy a TV card for my pc 'cos we cant afford sky anymore :( so basicaly i would like a few recomendations and tips to set me in the right direction as i am totaly new to the world of tv cards the pc is running vista ultimate x64 and is in the living room connected to the tv, ide...

oh peeps thanks a lot for the info... looks like i will have to wait till we can afford a new tv, hopefully around christmas we will have a nice 32 inch lcd

hi all, i have just built a media centre pc for my home living room, fairly happy with the computer but i overlooked one big thing. my tv can only accept composite video, so text is unreadable at resolutions of above ~640x480. i didnt know composite was so crap before today lol, any way i have 2 que...

read this and u will know what you have to do

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI

the noctua will be the best bet... ive never heard of the other one but will bet that its louder. what system are you running? u might get away with the 800rpm model of the noctua which is inaudiable from a metre or so (to my ears) but the 1200rpm is audiable, still quiet tho. the only 2 fans i woul...

i have the s1 on a hd3850. gets 65.c at load in a porrly ventilated case (one 12cm fan @ 500 rpm at the rear) the ramsinks do work if you use a rubber to get rid of the left over resindue from the stock cooler's thermal pads. overall i am very happy with the s1 and at the price its goin for now woul...