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by LM741C
Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:40 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Going to mod variable resistors onto fans. What resistance?
Replies: 7
Views: 3528

Re: Going to mod variable resistors onto fans. What resistan

I just ordered 2x Yate D12SL's and when they get here I'm going to mount a variable resistor onto the fan body and cut and solder the wires onto the resistor to be able to tune each fan individually for best results and have that change permanent for each fan. Any suggestions on what kind of resist...
by LM741C
Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:07 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: NVidia GPU always runs full speed when using multi screen...
Replies: 46
Views: 28235

Re: NVidia GPU always runs full speed when using multi scree

This is normal and it's this way to avoid tearing issues between the two monitors (according to evga support). My impression was that ATI cards capable of lowering clock speed also do the same thing(?) On my card, running dual monitor config uses up an additional ~60W. One solution would be to use t...
by LM741C
Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:00 pm
Forum: User Reviews
Topic: Black-Ice SR-1 120 on a GTX580
Replies: 3
Views: 8364

Re: Black-Ice SR-1 120 on a GTX580

How about a little pros/cons chart at the end ? Good suggestion, I have added it. Do you think a push/pull fan configuration would improve temps at lower fan speeds ? I did try this for some combos and only saw approximately 1C improvement. From the pics, I understand that the radiator is fed fresh...
by LM741C
Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:16 am
Forum: User Reviews
Topic: Black-Ice SR-1 120 on a GTX580
Replies: 3
Views: 8364

Black-Ice SR-1 120 on a GTX580

Most reviews/articles I have seen of water cooling systems focus on achieving lowest possible delta-T from ambient, with 10C or below as the golden target and anything above 15C is an “overloaded” water cooling system. This review is different because I am going to focus on whether a single 120x120 ...
by LM741C
Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:34 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Silent Scientific Computing
Replies: 15
Views: 5594

Re: Silent Scientific Computing

Hi LM741C, so all in all, do you recommend the C700D? I Want to replace my P180 with something bigger. thanks! No, I just don't think the case is oriented towards the quiet pc crowd. Almost everything about it was nice (size, cable management, expansion room) except for the vibrating panels. If you...
by LM741C
Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Thermalright Shaman on GTX570
Replies: 12
Views: 8397

Re: Thermalright Shaman on GTX570

I bought one TY-140 fan but did not yet have a chance to test it. After reading the comments about the fan yesterday, I went out and bought an adapter so I could hook it up to a power supply and the clicking sound is present :cry: on almost all voltage levels above 6.5v. Fan orientation did not matt...
by LM741C
Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:14 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Thermalright Shaman on GTX570
Replies: 12
Views: 8397

Re: Thermalright Shaman on GTX570

Finally someone tried and reported back :o. What did you use as load the card? Did you connect the thermalright fan directly to the video card header? Last, if you don't mind (and feel it's safe), can you run an older version of furmark (like 1.6.x) and report temps. Thx.
by LM741C
Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:09 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Advice on these quieter than stock 580 and 6970 cards please
Replies: 35
Views: 15650

Re: Advice on these quieter than stock 580 and 6970 cards pl

Powercolor seems to have a water cooling solution as well http://www.guru3d.com/fullimage.php?image=28235 http://www.powercolor.com/global/products_features.asp?id=314#Specification Do I need a pump unit for this? Yes you will need a pump for this. This is only the GPU waterblock which attaches to ...
by LM741C
Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:17 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: GTX 570 / GTX 580 / HD 6970 quiet on air (water maybe) ?
Replies: 16
Views: 13447

Re: GTX 570 / GTX 580 / HD 6970 quiet on air (water maybe) ?

Does it mean you are deciding between aftermarket air vs. stock cooler or aftermarket water vs. aftermarket air ? Just curious. I'm going with custom water just for the GPU but I'm willing to reconsider aftermarket air if it does well. The GPU block is the last part I'm waiting for which should arr...
by LM741C
Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:25 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: GTX 570 / GTX 580 / HD 6970 quiet on air (water maybe) ?
Replies: 16
Views: 13447

Re: GTX 570 / GTX 580 / HD 6970 quiet on air (water maybe) ?

Hmm... I wouldn't expect it to be that bad just from looking at the measured noise levels. It's not that bad at idle, unless your goal is silence in a quiet environment, idle noise can probably be ignored by most. On load it's still not as noisy as my hair dryer on low (I have a noisy hair dryer :l...
by LM741C
Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: GTX 570 / GTX 580 / HD 6970 quiet on air (water maybe) ?
Replies: 16
Views: 13447

Re: GTX 570 / GTX 580 / HD 6970 quiet on air (water maybe) ?

Here's another 580 review that mentions (the lack of) fan noise. Honestly, I think someone finally figured out that noisy stock coolers are a bad thing, and did something proper about it. It may be quieter than before but it's neither quiet nor silent. At idle, fan is spinning at ~1400 RPM and I ca...
by LM741C
Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Raven 2 / Fortress 2 vs aftermarket GPU coolers
Replies: 18
Views: 8802

Re: Raven 2 / Fortress 2 vs aftermarket GPU coolers

See also this link http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=271632&mpage=1 starting from post #7. MK-13 efficiency dropped when the case was reoriented from horizontal (and MK-13 positioned like so ||) to standing with MK-13 positioned with the fins horizontal.
by LM741C
Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:49 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Silent Scientific Computing
Replies: 15
Views: 5594

Re: Silent Scientific Computing

Im not aiming for inaudible; a smooth background whitenoise is fine with me. And I could schedule most serious computing in the evening hours. Your parameters are different than mine so an FT02 may work just fine for you. Cordis suggested the FT02 to me but I was worried about the noise leaking fro...
by LM741C
Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:57 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Silent Scientific Computing
Replies: 15
Views: 5594

Re: Silent Scientific Computing

Hi all, two future high end GPU's, ~2x250w Are these Fermi GPUs or Tesla cards?. One thing you may want to take into consideration on the GPU Fermis, NVidia throttles the double precision to 1/4 the flops of the Tesla cards, I don't know if ATI does the same thing but I believe they let double fp r...
by LM741C
Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:21 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Thermalright Shaman 140mm Fan GPU Cooler
Replies: 16
Views: 13256

Re: Thermalright Shaman 140mm Fan GPU Cooler

Can it be used with the graphics card's original plate or do I have to remove the original plate and use the provided heatsinks?
by LM741C
Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:55 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: 100,000 Point Club
Replies: 202
Views: 329825

Re: 100,000 Point Club

It's running on the GPU--a GTX580, it will do around 15.5k pts/day if I don't slow down the clock. I'm probably the only one doing that to this card :mrgreen: . I don't know if I can keep it up though since the card is noisy and my system sucks up ~320W when folding. It's not too bad right now since...
by LM741C
Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:11 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Silent Home Server Build Guide
Replies: 137
Views: 92478

Re: Silent Home Server Build Guide

It appears to me that judging from these recent build guides, the case design hardly matters compared to other components. For example, I would have expected cases with the multiple front-fans and HD's sitting next to them to be noisier than cases such as P183 that has a door and padding to baffle s...
by LM741C
Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Corsair VX450 Buzz
Replies: 1
Views: 1446

Re: Corsair VX450 Buzz

I ran into the same problem as you before also on a VX450. The solution for me was to turn off the CPU power saving states (C3/C6/C7 and EIST) or give it some load. HTH.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=57603
by LM741C
Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:36 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Corsair VX450W chirping sound--disappointing
Replies: 5
Views: 4078

More updates

In the interest of technical correctness, some fixes to my recent post. - The processor cores are running at full speed all the time. - The processor is drawing a near constant amount of power from the PSU Strictly speaking, the power draw will not be constant since the processor would still be in i...
by LM741C
Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:51 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: i7-860 build questions
Replies: 13
Views: 4498

my question now is CPU fan: I know there is a list here... i've read it... just looking for opinions on these on for noise, ease of install, and fan recommendations for the thermarights: Scythe Mugen 2 Rev B Thermalright Venomous-X Thermalright MUX-120 COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 (this gets recommended...
by LM741C
Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:33 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Corsair VX450W chirping sound--disappointing
Replies: 5
Views: 4078

Update, buzzing gone but...

An update on the chirping/buzzing corsair VX450W PSU's. I turned off C3/C6/C7 states and EIST in bios as suggested by some of the previous links and the chirping/buzzing sound goes away. http://members.dslextreme.com/users/lm741c/images/cx_eist.PNG So the problem appears to be some strange interacti...
by LM741C
Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:12 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec P180 Mini Silencing Tips?
Replies: 4
Views: 2779

Re: Antec P180 Mini Silencing Tips?

Would it help to mount the drives in the PSU chamber? These are a few things I am curious about and am wondering if anyone tried this. Unlike the P182's the P180 mini lower bay cannot be used to mount hard drives without an adapter of some kind. The kind that ships with the kit are for mounting CDR...
by LM741C
Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:44 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Corsair VX450W chirping sound--disappointing
Replies: 5
Views: 4078

After doing some more research into this topic, it appears to be a common problem with some corsair (and other brand) PSU's. Possible causes: 1. Non-sinusoidal a/c shape (squarish when coming from UPS). 2. Too low power draw on 12v line (solution: turn off c1e and eist). 3. Graphics cards. http://fo...
by LM741C
Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:18 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Need to pick a PSU for Antec P183 / 200W system
Replies: 3
Views: 2321

Hi, I have a P182 case and use Enermax Modu82+ PSU. I am very happy with the PSU.

I have four drives in the lower bay so I kept the fan in the middle, otherwise I don't think it's necessary specially if you're not going to place any HD's in that section.
by LM741C
Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Corsair VX450W chirping sound--disappointing
Replies: 5
Views: 4078

Corsair VX450W chirping sound--disappointing

Two new builds this weekend both, Antec P180 case, I7-860, 120mm exhaust fans replaced with scythe, ATI 5670. My problem is with the PSU :x , it chirps constantly and noticeably. I noticed it first on one system where I replaced the stock cooler with a thermalright MUX-120 (fan also replaced with sc...
by LM741C
Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:27 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: P182 i7 system
Replies: 33
Views: 14426

You don't need the 625watt PSU -- the new Nexus 430 would be plenty powerful, and quieter. MODO82+ does fine without the extra airflow of the bottom-cage fan. I have that exact setup. If you want, feel free to drop it down to the 525W model, or probably even the 425W one. I think that video card of...
by LM741C
Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:12 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: P182 i7 system
Replies: 33
Views: 14426

I have no experience with the graphics card but your combo looks good. The only other thing I would consider is to replace the two case fans, the one on top and the one on the back with something else. You can control the CPU analog fan using the bios, just be sure to select "analog" instead of "aut...
by LM741C
Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:08 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Frostbite Pro
Replies: 3
Views: 2437

As proof, you can look at the table from frostytech between the 9900 and 9700:

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.c ... 362&page=5

No difference in temps in 130W, 1c worse in 85W and 5db noisier.
by LM741C
Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:59 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Frostbite Pro
Replies: 3
Views: 2437

A fan in sandwich configuration will have a harder time moving air through the grills since air has to pass through two restricted areas (intake and outflow). In order to develop equivalent air velocity as a fan only pushing through resistance, it has to spin faster translating into more noise.