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- Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Phantom's P180B Build
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7835
Just try unplugging the CPU fan and sitting in BIOS, and checking whether it makes any difference to the overall noise. My e7200 stock cooler looks the same as yours and is quite noisy, but I'm not sure if the fan is the same between different processors and the heatsink definately isn't the same as...
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: My NSK4480B server!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7999
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:16 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: AC Turbo Module - questionable reliability
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2044
AC Turbo Module - questionable reliability
Hi all, just a heads up as it seems my Arctic Cooling Turbo Module on my Accelero S1 has just failed on me. I was doing some light CPU overclocking on my new e7200 and while keeping and eye on my temps, I found it funny that my GPU heated up around 4-5 degrees C. I just put it down to a coincidence ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:14 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Recommend a fan for me
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2721
If it seems like its just a lack of case airflow... have you tried the Tricool on medium or high, and seen if it makes a difference there? If so then it might be worth replacing it with a fan with higher CFM such as a Scythe Slipstream, maybe undervolting it to 7V if that's adequate for the system. ...
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:35 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: silencing 9800GTX+
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2227
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:05 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: A Man's Noble Quest to [Quiet] a PC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3401
Hi, I've ordered a lot of parts from PC Case Gear over the past 3 months and found their service to be excellent, I'd strongly recommend them over CentreCom (heard of some dodgy customer service issues going on over there). My orders from PCCG have been really well packed and they have all arrived ~...
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:30 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermalright SI-97. What to do with it?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1950
Hmmmm, I don't know how well the epoxy holds, but even if it holds well it will put a lot less pressure between the HS/GPU compared to a proper mounting mechanism, which will result in higher temps than potentially possibly with that cooler. Also the heatsink itself is light (without the fan its 280...
- Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:41 am
- Forum: Consumer Advocacy
- Topic: Loudest Components
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16987
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:19 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Critique my $800 semi-gaming build.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5232
Yeah another vote for the Solo from me, they're both good cases though. For non-stock cooling, since the video card is silent I'm assuming its passive, and your PSU should be very quiet, its really just the CPU and case fans. I'd recommend the Xigmatek S1283 for great value/performance, and a few ca...
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:33 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Problems with removing stock ATI 4850 cooler?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6596
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:38 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How many amps on 12V rail?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1791
How many amps on 12V rail?
My brother wants to upgrade his video card & CPU in the future to most likely a Athlon X2 6000+ and HD4850 - how many amps will his PSU need on the 12V rail for the system to run? He doesn't have much else, one hard drive, one DVD drive and 2 case fans, but his current PSU is an old/cheap one that c...
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:24 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: About to buy this lot. What do you think?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5823
Well, with hardware decoding on your GPU you have to be running certain media player apps that are set up to recognize that a) you have a GPU that can decode the video stream and b) you have the necessary filter (i.e. the codec) installed and it knows to use the filter for hardware acceleration inst...
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Pre-installation Cosmos 1000 build
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7850
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:25 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: INTEL and SSD
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11113
Some info from Intel from IDF 2008 (via Anandtech). The article also mentions - "The mainstream drives promise up to 250MB/s reads, 70MB/s writes with a 0.15W active power and 0.06W idle power rating." - those are nice power figures! Overall throughput looks good but random reads & writes are also ...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:10 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Seagate still the quiet leader?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4925
Yes, I have a new Seagate HD, a 500GB 7200.11. Unfortunately even when suspension mounted in an Antec Solo I can still hear the seeks, although its far quieter compared to when it was hard mounted in my old case. In the past Seagate used to be quiet, but no more. Also I can't find any way to enable ...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:58 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: HD 4850 - Better Cooling/Better Performer!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11411
Well if the stock cooler doesn't have any heatsinks on the VRM then I would assume it would just be the same If I replace the stock cooler with a S1 and stick a low volt fan on it? Nah the stock cooler is just one big heatsink that is supposed to cool the GPU, RAM and VRM's at the same time. On the...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:50 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: quieting further with software? - now looking to cool system
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17789
Hey, I'm not sure where you're at with case fans etc, another picture to show us how its going would be good. To me it sounds with an airflow problem - not enough air going past your hard drives and through your CPU heatsink (90C is too hot for your CPU to be at load). It could possibly be other com...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:50 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: HD 4850 - Better Cooling/Better Performer!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11411
- Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:37 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: GTX280 Questions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6344
- Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:15 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Tired of my noisy computer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3345
Yeah I'd try isolate the noisiest components first before changing any hardware inside. Usually I'd just shut down the system, start unplugging things and seeing what difference it made to the overall volume of sound coming from the system. Just start up the computer and enter your BIOS and it shoul...
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:20 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dont understand...hd4850 10w idle @ 68c
- Replies: 254
- Views: 177746
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:03 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: New here, but not a newbie, looking for suggestions.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4847
I know you want to avoid aftermarket coolers for the video card however if you really want to get GPU temps down I thought I'd vouch for the Accelero S1. I just installed it to my 4850 with the turbo module (the 2 frameless 80mm fans) and it dropped idle temps from ~75ºC down to ~34ºC, and load te...
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:36 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: How much CFM do you need at the front fan?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3464
Hello,
give HWMonitor a shot, it seems to be compatible with most hardware out nowadays and reports temps for CPU, GPU and mobo sensors along with your hard drive (if it has support for S.M.A.R.T.) - a great all round app. Oh and it'll report voltages and fan speeds if you're interested in those.
give HWMonitor a shot, it seems to be compatible with most hardware out nowadays and reports temps for CPU, GPU and mobo sensors along with your hard drive (if it has support for S.M.A.R.T.) - a great all round app. Oh and it'll report voltages and fan speeds if you're interested in those.
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:28 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Need recommendation on new quiet tower style PC build case..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4367
Hi, you could also consider the Antec P150/Solo/Sonata Plus. Compared to the P182 both cases have their pro's and con's, there are a few threads on that on here though so I won't bother going into detail (a search through the forums should find a few good threads comparing the two). Perhaps the bigg...