I hope Seasonic would shorten the cable length ..... No one is going to use such a small footprint PSU for bottom-mounted ATX case. (...) You can't stop me! Bought this one 1 year ago from the Czech Republic (shipping to the Netherlands was almost as much as the price of the PSU, still cheaper than...

Maybe it's already been mentioned, but how do you guys check the fan speed in RPM? MSI Afterburner, Speedfan, and the default Catalyst control panel all give no information. Edit: GPU-Z works fine, and also shows the VRM temps and GPU amperage :) Still doesn't show in other software though, maybe it...

What, you mean something like all those T-amps on ebay? :D (like http://cgi.ebay.nl/TA2024-Tripath-Class-T-Power-Amplifier-Digital-Amp-/320633136880?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item4aa73966f0) Don't know if small amplifiers like you describe are sold in regular audio store...

The x-650, like most modern PSU's, uses active PFC. That's why there's no longer a switch on the back for choosing between 110-230 volts, the PFC circuitry takes care of sudden drops in voltage, and buffers the voltage so that the current is pulled in form of a sinewave. So, you don't need a pure si...

Checking what's causing the buzzing shouldn't be that hard? Use Furmark to stress your GPU, Prime95 to check your CPU, and use them combined - if the buzzing only occurs with CPU or GPU, it's the MB or the GPU, if it occurs with both and the buzzing is exactly the same, it probably is the PSU.

Did you already try the enclosed ULNA adapter? If so, did it help much?

Have you already removed the front 5,25'' bay covers yet? (things you remove when installing DVD-drive) See how much effect it has - maybe it's also worth trying to remove the left side panel, as your case has no intake at the front. Like mentioned, more airflow wouldn't hurt, the most hardcore solu...

It probably doesn't need much airflow, yet only a front-fan might not be enough: When we look at temperatures the GT 430 performs well in a case with good airflow. It should be noted however that the card does require good ventilation and air moving past it as when this is removed we see temperature...

Nowadays, there's very little that uses the -12 volt. Only modems use it, and the serial port makes its own -12 volt from 5 volt. Even the audio chip on your motherboard only uses positive voltages

For fans that come with a Molex adaptor, it is a good solution - but looking at the specifications and photos of the gd05, it looks like that's not the case

Is there a chance that fellow silencers can view your Bachelor thesis? Sounds quite interesting - also, what study do you do where you get to write something about noisy workstations? Sociology? Psychology? Electrical engineering?

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With the reference designs currently on the market, you'll at least have to replace the heatsink, as they all look something like this: http://static.techspot.com/articles-info/348/images/Image_12S.jpg When custom cooler designs hit the market, you can limit the modding to a minimum by buying a Kama...

If you enable PWM control and set it to 'silent' or something like that in your bios, the fan speed will never reach 2000 RPM... With a CPU like that and 1200 RPM casefans you could probably even run it fanless :P, my guess is that the Katana 3-fan won't have to spin faster than 1000 RPM, which will...

Have you removed those fan grills that Lian-Li uses already? They are very restrictive, and make the fans noisy. Also, what are the temps? In my experience, a few of those Nexus fans create almost a wind tunnel. If you stick a temperature sensor (or your hand) in the case, does it feel hot or does i...

You could try to determine if the whining is produced by the CPU/MB or GPU by testing these components separately. So, use Intel Burn Test to see if stressing your CPU makes an audible difference, then test with ATItool/Furmark if stressing your graphics card is making the noise. If you still don't ...

You should use a PWM --> voltage converter, so that it has the full 12 volt blast when needed but can be passive in idle :D But, other than this solution, there are plenty of ways to do this. You could put a resistor in series with the 12 volt coming from the graphics card. However, this will mostly...

Those electronic parts on the backside of the motherboard - do they look like those things in this image? http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u90693/11_mountblock_full.jpg If so, they're capacitors, and if they short-circuit or get crushed, you might very well have a problem, as they're used to smooth ou...

Wanting to use watercooling not for the l33t uber-OC coolness but for the practicality of it seems a bit odd to me. (That case is more holes than metal btw :shock:) http://www.legitreviews.com/images/news/2008/silverstone_sugo.jpg You could use aircooling - A 25€ Big Shuriken, a €10 PWM-fan paired w...

I hope it will be VERY fast. 7200RPM x 2 = 14400 RPM in RAID0 - Striping. I can then compete with SSD This is more like it: http://tweakers.net/ext/i/productsurvey/14044/11252.png http://tweakers.net/ext/i/productsurvey/14044/11251.png The acces time can sometimes even go up in RAID 0, the only thi...

According to the screenshot, your CPU fan is running at 2000 rpm... At idle, it should be well below that :) But, from the SPCR review of the AMD stock fans and my personal experience, it'll probably not go any lower than that. You could try to remove the stock AMD fan, and hang the Nexus PWM fan on...

For controlling fan speeds with temperature, using speedfan: http://unitstep.net/blog/2007/11/02/using-speedfan-to-automatically-control-your-pcs-fan-speeds/ From what i've found out getting a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 fan to work on a 4870 and a 9600 GT, the pinout of the little fan connector is the...

Re-installing a motherboard is a PITA indeed. From the reviews that I've read, there's indeed no need to remove the motherboard from the case - but then again, do you want to pay €10 more for a worse performing heatsink, with a worse performing fan compared to a Mugen 2 :) Then again, they both have...

Wow, 61 views and zero replies :shock: Never tried it, but 2 harddisks in a HTPC might be too much of a good thing. With the way HDD's are mounted in that case: http://lian-li.com/v2/tw/product/upload/image/c50/c50-17.jpg you could get all kinds of humming caused by subtle speed differences. And, if...

For a product that probably doesn't consume more than 6 watts at idle, 2 fans at full blast sound a bit overkill indeed - slowing them down would be the appropiate thing to do. The thing is, some people strongly advise against temperature-regulated cooling, such as this guy on Anandtech: The OP is n...

Judging by the amount of reviews, it looks like Xigmatek's PR department has been working overtime with sending out this thing to reviewers - Madshrimps, overclockersclub, hardwarelabs.de, Technic3D - maybe even SPCR :twisted: On overclockersclub, they say it's: 994 RPM @ 0 W 1027 RPM @ 110 W 1065 R...

So I tried replacing the fan on my Seasonic S12II 520w, since the one built in was getting noisy. However none of the fans I tried as a replacement would spin up at the low voltages the controller feeds them. And that's a problem because? :) If the heatsinks in your PSU heat up enough, your fan wil...

What's wrong with a Mugen 2? It's the same price as a mini-ninja(30€), and you don't have to replace the fan on it, while performing a whole lot better

I hope you're not planning to remove the fan from THAT psu, it will probably fry itself :? It's also old and inefficient, i doubt that it will be a good upgrade from your current PSU. On your CPU heatsink: i just looked up the case, and it probably hasn't room for heatsinks with big fans (many of th...

LOL :D You haven't read this: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1063-page8.html yet about SilenX power supplies? It has terrible whine, no connectors for video cards, an efficiency below 80% and at a load greater than 250W you risk damaging components because of the ripple. But hey, for only 40$,...

the Phenom is a good choice - too bad they pair a ATI 5550 with it, that card really isn't powerful at all... Oh and they probably hard-mounted the HDD in that case - which makes every hard drive noisy. All in all, you're probably better off with a DIY pc, if the prices in UK are anywhere near EU pr...