It appears the Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 board has improved efficiency and fan control over the Asus 785 boards, too bad its price is so much greater. :( check the results at xbit : with the following setup: CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 635 (Propus, 2.9 GHz, 4 x 512 KB L2 cache) Mainboards: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/...

There is an article in French on power consumption of graphic cards at: http://www.hardware.fr/articles/781-1/dossier-vraie-consommation-73-cartes-graphiques.html Google's English translation here: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.hardware....

I thought pages 4 and 14 of the Anand review linked above had some relevant information in choosing between these two model cards.

Dell ST2410 No noise nor humming that my ear can perceive at 1 inch distance.

Any chance for an i3-5x1 in the very near future?

Thanks, its good to see nVidia has manage to put out an interesting card.

Yes, Nvidia is reacting quite late not only to the 4670 but also to soon to be released 56xx cards which could nail this offering from Nvidia in performance/power delivery.

Also take a look at the MSI N240GT which seems to be an improvement on the 9600GT low-power as far as power consumption.
Performance-wise better than 4670 but weaker than 9600GT.

Thanks, that makes sense after I did a bit more searching and more reading. 1. So, motherboards with the RLT8211 chips are probably using a non-Realtek MAC, is that right or wrong? 2. And as long as the MAC and PHY are communicating correctly it doesn't matter to the end user? (basically what you me...

Sorry, I am new at networking and my searches have landed in technical documents that are difficult for me to sort out. This lan chipset: Realtek RTL8111DL is referred to as an "ethernet controller" This lan chipset: Realtek RTL8211CL Is referred to as an "ethernet transceiver" Can someone explain i...

Check out review of Seasonic X 650W at jonnyguru.

The OCZ SXS400-EU was reviewed at HWSecrets.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/794

The components look good (unit made by CWT).
Any news on the acoustics of the 140mm fan by SPCR members who have this PSU?

I have two of the pictured fans running vertically at about 1100 rpm and very satisfied with them as case fans. My average ambient room temp is above 30 degrees celsius and ambient noise level is perhaps higher than SPCR norm however. I didn't reply earlier because I don't have them mounted horizont...

Moondoggy, Welcome to the SPCR forum. Ultra is not one of the highly regarded brands here, and for $20 you should be able to find something with better performance. If you haven't done so yet you should probably read the following review of 120mm fans: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article695-page1....

There is a recent review of the BFG LS-450 at Hardware Secrets:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/732/1

I saw no mention of acoustic performance or close-ups of the cooling fan.
Another site did show the fan as an ADDA.

My opinion is, go for Noctua if your board can control the speed of non PWM fans. If not, AC is not a bad choice. rellaghs, thanks for your input. After reading several more SPCR threads on the Noctua P12, I got the impression that many members here were very disappointed in the P12, value-wise, wh...

O.K., 70 views but no response so I will ask a new question in this regard: Are the Noctua NF-R8 and Arctic Cooling AF8025PWM much louder than the three fans on the SPCR 80mm "Recommended Fan List"? It seems most of the interest these days is with the 120mm and larger size fans--it is difficult to g...

This is a continuation of another thread I started here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=53588 I have taken Silverstone off my short list of case & cpu fans, so I decided to start a new thread. Arctic Cooling was at the top of my shopping list, but I have hesitant to order those...

@MikeC, I know it's not possible to test every model manufactured on Earth, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Is it possible for SPCR to test the following couple of PSUs? Tagan SuperRock 400W BFG LS-450 Both are made by Enhance. The BFG LS-450 uses an ADDA fan unlike the LS-550. It is also single 12V rai...

I noticed a new fan comparison today. Have a look here:
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=936

In this comparison a Gentle Typhoon model, two Panaflo models, and a Sanyo Denki San Ace model seemed to fair quite well.

The big loser seemed to be a Silverstone model made by Everflow.

Here is a good article that compared one of SilverStone's fan you lised to some of the other ones on the market. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/fan-roundup.html Thanks SST Guy, I was aware of that article before the OP. I take all reviews on the web with a grain of salt due to: 1....

Thanks truckman, It looks like I will be getting at least an Arctic Cooling Fan 8 to replace the old Coolermaster on the CPU heatsink. Seems like a good choice for that duty compared to all the other brands I have to choose from. I would also probably go for the Fan 9 to replace my 7-year old 80mm P...

Thanks for the welcome, Neil. Spurred on by reading many threads in this forum, I did more searching and I stand corrected --I have found a shop which has some Arctic Cooling fans. Not easy to find that site though. They have older models however, the Fan 8, Fan 9 and Fan 12, the others listed on th...

edh thanks for replying, Yes, those are unavailable as well. The past couple of hours I have been combing the net using google and I have found a quasi-local distributor for Xigmatek cooling, including fans. For example the Xigmatek XLF-F8253, 80mm LED (2200rpm). How does that model compare with the...

quote, Can you get Enermax, or GlobalWin NCB, or Arctic Cooling -- what other brands can you get? Nope, none of those brands are available. I'm not thrilled with my current old CoolerMaster fan, but as I have few options, I just checked the CoolerMaster options I can get: CoolerMaster Ultra Silent 8...

O.K. Maybe I will rephrase the question to: Are there any particular Silverstone fans that should be avoided? The models that are on my list are: Silverstone FM-83 80mm, 1300-3600 rpm (CPU) Silverstone Suscool81 80mm, 900-1750rpm (Front Intake) Silverstone FM-92 92mm, 1800-3800 (Rear Exhaust) Silver...

I live in an area where most of the fans recommended by SPCR are not available in shops or with local on-line retailers. Not available include: Nexus, Scythe, NoiseBlocker, Noctua, YateLoon, and the list goes on. I have searched and telephoned and both the country I live in and a neighboring country...

I live in an area where most of the fans recommended by SPCR are not available in shops or with local on-line retailers. Not available include: Nexus, Scythe, NoiseBlocker, Noctua, YateLoon, and the list goes on. I have searched and telephoned and both the country I live in and a neighboring country...