Hi, I have just got my new Dell Inspiron 1564 with a Core i3 processor and its a very cool system for the price.. Only annoying thing is the fan cycling on and off all the time.. I have done things like turn off the transparency in the aero theme and disables windows search thinking that by having l...

How do you know how much heat a CPU will output when idle? I have one system with an E4400 cpu which could happily sit there with a passive ninja and never get hot, it sits in the low 30C's.. I have another system with a E6700 that has an HR-01 with a fan running at 650rpm when its idle and its in t...

Just an update.. I built the new box.. Specs E4400 cpu Asus P5KPL-AM EPU motherboard 4GB RAM 2x 500GB Seagate 7200rpm SATA drives Idle is now 58W (compared to old server at 200w) and I would imagine a lower power more efficient PSU could take a bit more off that since I am using the Antec PSU that c...

Thanks for the comprehensive reply.. Think I will look into the VT side but if I don't have it its no train smash..

Hi all, I have just done an investigation in the house to work out why my electricity bills are so high and one of the main offenders is my dual xeon server which idles at 200W.. :( This server runs VMware and in the past ran 6 virtual servers but now its only running 2 and these are idle nearly all...

Can your CPU fan not be flipped over instead if buying a new one? If the blades clip the heatsink find make a card gasket to space it slightly..

Very nice build by the way..

_MarcoM_ wrote:

dukla2000 wrote:Where is the option for none?

OMG

Today is almost 40°C here in Italy, where is the option for "breath of tornado"?

LOL.. Silence is hard enough at 25C - 27C ambient temp.. I would hate to try at 40C..

What is the generally preferred way of setting up your case fans.. Statically set RPM/voltage or variable using a thermal probe of some sort?

Mine isn't spinning fast enough to resonate.. usually its doing less than 600rpm and I can't get a reading below that so can't tell you what the actual speed is.. :) What fans you using? Scythe Slip Stream SY1225SL12M.. Right now I am testing with only one in the top of the case and one in the lowe...

Mine isn't spinning fast enough to resonate.. usually its doing less than 600rpm and I can't get a reading below that so can't tell you what the actual speed is..

Thanks for the interesting input.. I think a valid point is the selection of the components.. For example if running one of the extreme graphics cards then I see how the case would help massively to reduce the noise.. Maybe a bad example since gamers aren't "usually" too fussed with the noise the PC...

Thats really the point.. If the PC was running at ambient temperature inside the fans, if any, would have to spin so slowly, if at all, that there wouldn't be any noise anyway.. If anything it would be fan bearing noise and so with the right fans even that wouldn't be an issue.. Its just a theory an...

Ok, let me explain.. :) We are on a mission to minimise noise from our PC's but we put these heat generating components into closed boxes and then try an work out ways to silently pass air through them.. Now I know the case is there not only to house the components but also to block/reduce/minimise ...

Interesting.. Thanks for posting the link..

I am in the process of putting together a new server.. The server will run a number of virtual machines under Vmware server and I am also going to start playing with KVM virtulisation.. The server will also use Linux software RAID (either RAID 5 or RAID 10).. This new server will be replacing a P4 3...

Sorry.. I should have been more specific.. I can't find any in stock with the UK online stores.. Obviously I only looked at the first 15 - 20 cheapest on google shopping so as the price climbs I may find one in stock.. Just seemed odd that some sites were saying discontinued.. I guess they could mea...

I am looking to get an ASUS EEE TOP touch screen pc but is seem that no sites have stock and some are saying the product has been discontinued..

Is this true?

Anyone have any suggestions for any other all in one touch screen PC's??

Hi..

I need some 92mm PWM fans for an HP desktop.. The choices I have seem to be Scythe, Nexus or Arctic cooling.. I know scythe are popular in the forums but are also the most expensive..

Which of these brands offers the best performance for the money?

Thanks..

Hi..

I need to get a couple of 92mm pwm fans for an HP DC7600..

Looking at the Artic Cooling fans because they are the cheapest brand name I recognise.. Obviously buying cheap is often dangerous..

Are these any good or should I be looking at others..

TIA

Hi, I have just inherited an HP DC7600 with a Pentium D dual core processor.. (Pentium D's have quite a high TDP don't they?) I plan to use it to replace my P4 3Ghz VMware server.. The system seems to have a custom shaped PSU with what looks like a 92MM fan, it has a 92mm PWM fan on the rear and an ...

Question to the OP, though. Why do you have a gigabit card when your mobo already has two gigabit connections onboard (nForce and Marvell)? Thought someone may pick that up.. :) For some reason the onboard NIC's stopped working in Ubuntu, wghat I mean is they were working when I went to bed and whe...

FartingBob wrote:Thats quite insane. No wonder nvidia chipsets are a rarity at SPCR. Maybe something to do with the 680i that doesn't power down the CPU during idle or something.

It is insane.. Means I can almost justify the cost of a new motherboard just for the electricity savings over a year..

Interestingly according to this review the numbers are probably about right as scary as that may be..

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=34 ... ert&pid=19

See bottoe of the page..

The meter I am using is just a cheap plug in one but its been fairly close to the rated outputs on other things I have plugged onto it so I cant see its that far out.. I have just removed everything from my PC excluding RAM and switched it on and it was still showing 113W usage.. Putting the graphic...

Hi, I finally got a device to measure the power consumption of my PC and I have to say I was shocked when it settled at 140w @ idle.. My system.. An E6700 C2D at stock speed (2.66Ghz but undervolted and speedstep enabled (1.6Ghz idle).. 4 x 1GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 memory sticks (1066Mhz memory cu...

Thanks, I will have a look and see where I can get one..

Helping a friends kid make his PC quiet but he has very little money.. I have given him some of my old fans that I have tried and don't use but I haven't got a CPU cooler to give him so he has to get it from his pocket money.. Fortunately his motherboard has Q-Fan to do the work, just requires a coo...

Room temp is around 26C.. Case temp is around 30C (probe) when all the fans are running full speed.. The motherboard temp sensor (which I assume is the north bridge) is 42C.. The fans are all blowing in the right directions.. Will probably pull it all apart today and see if I can see a reason for it...

Thanks.. I will give the stock cooler a try and see what the results are.. Any idea what a normal temperature range should be with the stock cooler? What I also may do is try an E1200 that I have for another PC and see what the results are.. According to the Intel website both have the same TDP so I...

Not sure what "TIM" is but I think you are referring to thermal grease of some kind.. I am using AS5 which I always use..

If it is the proc, how would I prove it and do you have any idea what the warranty period is on a proc?