Water cooling is almost unheard of in the professional arena so this gives you some idea perhaps. Well, "almost" should be the keyword here. I'm in computer graphics and animation, and there are a number of workstation builders that do use sealed water cooling with factory overclocked systems (amon...

Thanks for the advice. I had already read the review at Techpowerup, and I also found it was "good for the money". I've ordered two of those Antec and will build two systems around them. I'll check the noise, but it's not critical in this case: they are for the nephews and all they want is higher FP...

For a while I've bought just Seasonic made PSUs. They are regarded as "always good", whether they're high or low end. However, for several reasons, I have to consider other manufacturers. I've put my eyes on a PSU with good reviews, the Antec VP550P, which is made by Delta. I have asbolutely no idea...

There's one reason why these coolers are preferable to big heavey towers: transportation. I build workstations for a living and I sell them overclocked with a guarantee. Two years ago I would ship them with a heavy cooler like Thermalright's or Prolimatech's. I had to secure these things and put lot...

Whether the lab ambient is 10C or 30C does not matter a whit -- it is the temperature rise from the ambient that matters. If a HSF on a particular CPU w/ particular load ends up with a 20C rise at 10C ambient, that is the same temp rise you will see when the ambient is 30C. It does. Air coolers are...

TheJudge wrote:Does anybody know if these coolers can be positioned horizontally?

Yes they can. In a review I saw an Antec rep responding to this issue with a sounding yes. (Sorry I can't remember the source at this very moment.)

What's with the "uBuntu" funny spelling? It's Ubuntu.

Too much iStuff?

The pump is irrelevant, as it can be buried in foam and not suffer from it. The fan is what worries me. I'd love to see the cooler tested with a few different fans. I might buy one and test it myself.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=62

It performs better than a Prolimatech Super Mega. However 1450-2000 RPM doesn't suggest "quiet"

Up to 80-100°C it's quite ok Now that I've asked the "dumb question" (which wasn't dumb at all, obviously) you'll understand that thermometer doesn't suit me. After some research, I've come to conclude a suitable model would be the Fluke 62, also marketed as Raytek MT6. This is the type of thermome...

Dumb question: Under what conditions, and for what purpose do you use these devices to measure what components for what kind of temperatures? I have a workshop/lab where I build computers and design configurations, cases and airflows. The temperatures I'll be checking are those inside the computer ...

By looking at the specs of various inexpensive IR temperature readers another important factor seems to be the precision or focus of the beam. Some may have a 1:1 relation to distance/area, meaning at 10cm distance the measured area can be as large as a 10cm wide circle. That'd make one such device...

Yes, it's available in Spain for around that same amount, but it seems to be a medical thermometer with a very short range (34º to 42.2º C)... I'm looking for a thermometer to use in checking PC temperatures. Typical range would be -30 to 300º C or even wider. This is the cheapest thing on ebay: htt...

I'm after a reasonably priced, good enough infrared thermometer. I've seen pretty cheap ones on eBay, I've also seen very expensive ones there. I'm an ignorant, I can't tell the difference. I would love some help about this, to buy something I can trust without spending a fortune in a super-precise ...

My case for using the H50 instead of air coolers is I sell the workstations I build. Shipping a system via courier with a very heavy air cooler has proven troublesome on more than a few occasions. I have to do very careful inside packing so the motherboard won't suffer from that load. Also, fans mus...

I know this thread is a bit old, but precisely because of this, I would like to ask Kate how's been the experience with the H50 so far. I'm considering using it for my workstations.

I would also love a professional review by SPCR!

How about mounting the fan with rubber grommets? Thanks! That's an interesting suggestion. I must check, but opening the PSU's case would probably remove the warranty from Antec. I build these systems for a living, so I'm not sure I can go that route. Whoa!!! Back up a minute. Some extra qualifying...

Before buying this motherboard read carefully as many forums as you can. This motherboard's reliability is very poor and MSI won't replace a dead one. Mine died suddenly six months after ordinary use for no reason. Others are referring the same issues. My first and last experience with MSI, that's f...

My mobo also died recently with these well known symptoms. MSI won'r replace it. The shop (ALTERNATE in Spain) won't replace it. No more MSI boards here (and I buy A LOT of mobos a year, believe me). I've found an alternative from Sparkle: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/6/5/sparkle-launch...

(I've tried searching for this issue to no avail. May I suggest you allow an option for searching ONLY messages' TITLES?) I have five of these miniATX Antec cases and all of them exhibit serious vibration issues. Removing both side covers eliminates the vibrations, but obviously you don't want' to d...

That's weird. Are we talking about the Slip Streams? Scythe has more expensive series but these ones are cheap. EDIT: I've just checked my pricelists (I have distribution pricing) and actually they are about the same price. The Nexus used to be more expensive if I recall correctly, but this seems to...

Thanks for the hard word, JMKE. Scythes are easily found here in Spain and I got a bit tired of buying Nexus (more expensive and just one single distributor for the peninsula), so I'm happy to see Scythe coming out so nicely in your roundup. (Those Noiseblocker look nice too but I'm not fond of the ...

HI - I take it that you have the new Xigmatek crossbow mounting hardware for that mobo and the 1283? Where did you find it? I live in Spain and I bought it here: http://www.ibertronica.es/cgi-local/tmarket.pl?fl=lp12.cat#[desc0138] go to your bios and disable C1E until they fix it if itll ever get ...

I've stopped the fan cooler with my finger a few times and it's not responsible for the bigger part of the noise.

Ducting the PSU is an interesting idea. I'll see if I can find an easy way to do it (I build MANY workstations so it must be something I can replicate easily).

Thanks for the hint.

I just set up a system based on the Core i7 920. I used a Xigmatek S1283 cooler with a Nexus fan on it, another Nexus 120 mm exhausting air from the case (Antec NSK6580) and a Nexus 92 mm fan at the front. All fans are running at 7 V. I've been using a very similar setup for "older" Intel CPUs (Q660...

Before I get into Zener diodes and such, I wanted to read through the resistors part. Just to make sure I understand the concept: The Nexus 120 mm fan label reads 12 V 0.30 A. That means this is a 3,6 W fan, right? In that case, how does Zalman sell their voltage reducers saying you'll get "7 V" by ...

MikeC wrote:See cpemma's site for details.

Wow, great site. Thanks!

I use Zalman voltage reductors very often, mostly the 7 V one, but sometimes also the 5 V one. The ZM-RC56 uses a 56 Ohm resistor and gets 7 V to the fan, while its cousin the ZM-RC100 uses a 100 Ohm resistor to provide 5 V. I know somewhere buried in my brain lies the formula that would help me fin...

A review would be nice !! But I'm wondering if the noise a PWM fan makes doesn't depend on the way the PWM is implemented by the board (quality of PWM control circutry ?). So I don't know how really relevant a review would be of it is the case. Well, that's the kind of details I'd love to read at S...

This is a call for SPCR staff: would you guys be so kind to prepare a PWM fans roundup? Things are pretty well documented here for ordinary fans, but there's little info on the PWM kind. I'm sure many of us would appreciate it if you could add these to your recommended lists.

Thanks!