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- Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:51 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Watercooling without pump?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21921
not withing a closed system, using an open system you could use evaporation to pull the water through the system, but within a closed system the water simply wouldn't flow, as the water would not know which way around the system to flow. Best bet is to get a quite pump, but with such a low TDP cpu, ...
- Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:46 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do drives get noisy?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4834
From my experience, it is a definite yes. as time goes by things will wear down, and they will get noisy. Moving the hdd's around alot like in a laptop while its on dosent help either. my seagate 320Gb hdd is now by far the loudest part in my rig now, annoying but it's there to serve as my programs ...
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:22 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Looking for help/advice with my watercooled P182 build
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2019
u can always use a zalam fan mate :D if it's a molex plug then u can get a converter so it can fit onto a zalman fan mate ^^ also you can mount 120 rads in the top exhaust fans, should be enough for the GTX260 if you put the rad in between the cpu and gpu water blocks :) id def consider putting the ...
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:17 am
- Forum: Notebook Systems
- Topic: Want quiet netboook - how to navigate netbook jungle?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8310
Hi I'm using an Acer d250, if you really want totally silence i would AVOID this one there is no control over the fan, though it is temperature controlled and starts off completely passive until a critical temp is hit then fan turns on takes around 30mins - 1 hour. There are some passive netbookts o...
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:53 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Looking for help/advice with my watercooled P182 build
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2019
nice rig :) im running a wc p182 as well :) you though about having the rad outside the case ? Also dont think u need to have the top fan in the case on at all since ur cpu dosent need much air flow :) just block it off so you only have 2 fans in the upper chamber. if your flow rate is too high you ...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:04 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silent PC articles, publications and so forth for grad work
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10363
I am currently writing mine too, though my topic is computer graphics :P A good idea would be to brake down the topics, as silent work stations is a large area. So have a chapter on thermal conductivity, comparing between the metals / liquids(water cooling). Have a chapter on aerodynamics / turbulen...
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: My Quiet Computer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3357
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:50 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Can a Zalman Reserator 1 V2 handle a Core i7 and a 5870 GFX?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31523
you can always mod it :D so in effect take out the pump from the reserator and use a 3rd party pump, housed within the case that ran on the 12V psu. I was planning to do this but instead got a zalman xt instead. Another option is to go for the invotek passive radiators http://www.highspeedpc.com/Mer...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: 0 fans on abit IX38 quadGT inside P182
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12816
Hi im running 5 fans also inside a P182 :) and one 14cm fan outside case in zalman xt :roll: my fans run at <600 rpm so pritty quite, about 3 meters for pure silience ^^, im using a nuture pressure build with 3 intakes and 2 outtakes + 1 psu, seems to work well as fans never have to ramp up even und...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:09 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: PC is inaudible, ambient is NOT
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9186
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:42 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Water cooled P182 quite
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2946
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:08 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Water cooled P182 quite
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2946
Water cooled P182 quite
Hi finally got around taking some pictures of my rig, here's the spec list Case: P182 Fans: 4 Noctua <600Rpm, 1 Scythe slip/stream 5V CPU: Q6600 G0 2.4Ghz GPU: XFX 8800GTS 320MB Water cooler: Zalman reserator XT "Volt modded" Ram: GSkill 6GB DDR2 OS hdd: 80Gb Intel xm25m Files hdd: 1Tb WD green Prog...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:46 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Anyone know about Aluminum WB's?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21507
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:57 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Anyone know about Aluminum WB's?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21507
Hi there should have probly posted earlier :P been using complete legit complete of windows for about a month now. I managed to get my copy from MSDN AA, which is where the uni has a deal with Microsoft for software :) windows 7 seems to work perfectly, I haven't had any major issues as a power user...
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:29 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Anyone know about Aluminum WB's?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21507
Well tbh the more the merrier, just increase your surface dissertation for heat thus means you can have a lower speed case fan :) cos im assuming, your water cooling cpu/gpu so that the case fans can be run really slow for some true silence ;) You might have some problems with high temps though depe...
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:50 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Anyone know about Aluminum WB's?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21507
:D but make sure you dont forget your ram sinks :P otherwise your going to end up burning your card out. http://www.dangerden.com/store/ramsinks-for-video-cards.html you might also need ones for other parts of the card, I know I needed more than just ram sinks when I was using a HR-03 on my 8800GTS....
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: VelociRaptor or SSD?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 44932
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:58 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Anyone know about Aluminum WB's?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21507
Well you CAN mix the wb materials, isnt really advised but if you use a corrosion inhibitor, you can prevent the corrosion. I got a zalman XT and I know that zalman have mixed metals / plastics within the zalman xt unit it self. Best bet is to stick with some aluminum blocks, not too sure which ones...
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:12 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: water + i7 + sff
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11608
If you planned to water cool all the main parts ie cpu / gpu / hdds then a single 120 rad is not gona cut it, you need a single 120 rad just for the i7 if you plan to run it with any sort of quite fan. Another factor is the quality of the rad, some have higher flow rates some have higher fin density...
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:19 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Fan in Reserator XT?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5405
after much messing around I found out it's actually a 3pin fan :D silly me :oops: I stuck in Low-noise-adapter left over from my noctua fans, think it reduces the fan to run at 9v. but now it spins at 500rpm or so the XT says but the good news it's whisper quite now :) hope this helps, also to open ...
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:02 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: benefit of a second drive?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9005
multiply drive pc's are the way forward. I have recently upgraded to an intel 25-xm that i got for cheap :P and have a 320Gb seagate for programs and a 1Tb Wd green for bulk data storage. Setting up like so means that windows 7 has a whole hdd to it's self, my boot times are crazy sub 40 seconds and...
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Noctua annoys me
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4717
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:47 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Anyone know if a 3pin fan to 4pin GPU fan adapter exists?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17049
Hi it is possible to use a 4 pin PWM fan such as the arctic cooling ones that they supply with the arctic freezer pro 7. From this article http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/8800GT_TR_HR-03_with_Fan.html they say that the order of which the wires are: NVIDIA <---------------> Arctic Cooling mini-PW...
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:39 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Reserator - how much heat can it radiate?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12656
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:00 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Variable or fixed speed case fans?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5970
- Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:56 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Using Speedfan with nVidia cards for fan control!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5061
I got a similar set up with a 8800GTS with a HR-03, with a 120mm noctua fan on it. But basically I have speed fan set up so that the ideal temp for my GPU is 65C and let it increase or decrease all my case fans based on the temp of my GPU, so currently idling at 500Rpm ^^. Not an ideal set up but I ...
- Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:25 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Fan in Reserator XT?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5405
Hi I was thinking the same thing.... Just got mine set up recently, the temps im getting are very good mid 30's casual use and tops out at 45C with ambient being 24C with reserator set to low. I was thinking if it would be possible to replace the fan, I know it's a 4 pin PWM fan, so just a matter of...