Haven't been on here in years, but just wanted to chime in on the EVGA 1070 FTW. My first video card upgrade in five years and I am really disappointed in it. The quality control in these is atrocious. I've tried THREE brand new cards now and all three have been more or less the same. The fans are j...

How tight a fit was the Mini in the Antec Fusion with the cover on? The images are all taken at an angle so it's a bit hard to see. Is the mounted Ninja higher than the small pci slot 'ledge' where the graphic card (and others) screws into? The reason I'm asking is that I might consider one for my o...

http://www.apple.com/keyboard/ Could the new Apple keyboard be a candidate for quiet systems? Apple has had some quality keyboards in their laptops (and desktops) in the past, so I would assume this to be good quality, if nothing else. Pretty nice features as well, with the usb-ports and all - the o...

The problem is that the board may only allow you to set the fan voltage between 8v and 12v, as it does on the Abit AB9 Quadgt with the newest BIOS. The BIOS the QuadGT was released with allowed a much better range from 6v to 12v (however it had some serious bugs in other ways, thus needing an update...

Well, the mouse has nothing to do with the keyboard. Maybe under "cheap keyboard" you meant "motherboard" ? If that's the case I disagree, take a look at my previous post and you'll see that I managed to connect five devices at once to the mobo without problems. Pretty strange situation. Oops, sorr...

I'm fairly sure the problem is because the keyboard has a low power USB hub. Most keyboards, especially cheaper ones, with USB hubs employ only low power versions that are enough to drive a standard mouse but not a flash drive or digital camera. This means that there's not much you can do about it, ...

Thanks Fabool! How are the mouse clicks compared to your old Logitech mouse? I'm hoping it won't be louder than the one I'm using now :) For anyone else interested in the DeathAdder, a guide can be found here: http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1334185 Now that I compared the clicks, I have to say...

Any comments on the Razer DeathAdder? http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=22343&vpn=RZ01-00150100-R2M1&manufacture=Razer I'm looking at getting a new gaming mouse. The whine on my MX510 is so loud! Wow, I haven't posted on these forums in ages... Anyway, I was recently forced to upgrade my c...

That PSU looks yummy!

ZM80D-HP & ZM-RHS1 pics

Just a few quick questions about the water. Would adding anti-algae and anti-corrosive fluid to normal tap water be about the same as using distilled water? Does the anti-corrosive fluid nullify the effects of the minerals in normal tap water? Also, I remember reading that mixing some glycol with wa...

Nice review. I'm seriously considering getting one despite the high price, my desktop machine is in need of good cooling and silence. This would, or should cut down the accumulation of dust as well since I can remove some of the fans in the case. A few things though.. what did you fill the Reserator...

http://www.dirkvader.de/page/silverstone.html

Review in german.

Nope, I ran it under DOS so I couldn't take any screenshots. Had to hookup a floppy drive to my desktop computer just so that I could do that. When I ran the HUTIL it scanned the IDE channels and immediately after that proceeded to scan the SATA channels where it found my SP1614C. It must be a compa...

The HUTIL DOES work for SATA drives! I didn't try the one JVM sent me since I read that it didn't work, but today I thought I'd look into it and went to Samsung Korea's HDD page, downloaded their HUTIL (which lists SP1614C by the way) and it works! I have an Intel motherboard (D865GLCLK) and one of ...

I was under the impression that the temperature diodes were NOT located anywhere near the northbridge. At least if you see the Intel documentation ( ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/rl/C3176401.pdf ), section 1.12.1.2 diagram, doesn't it indicate that the two diodes are on both sides of the ...

I'll translate a few points from the Finnish review that I think might be interesting or aren't really apparent from the pictures. --The case is fairly heavy for a mid-tower case --There are no discernable holes in the case apart from the PSU, drive bays, etc. --The sides protrude a bit from the bac...

Something that has been bothering me for quite some time are the strange sounds coming from my motherboard or somewhere near it. The sound is a bit like grasshoppers or like a mini size hard drive. I can hear the sounds almost all the time when there is activity on the computer but they can be heard...

Got a new PSU today (Levicom) and guess what? It looks like the Coba PSU didn't want to go down by itself and took the motherboard with it. Suffice to say, I'm extremely pissed at the moment. If you're looking for a PSU that will shut up your computer for good, Coba is definetly the way to go. Edit:...

Some Q-tec PSUs are banned in Finland by the electronics safety association (or whatever you want to call it) because of flaws in their design.

Check out this case with a HUGE heatsink/heatpipe solution, one 120mm fan and actually GOOD temperatures!

http://www.silenthardware.de/content/view/152/3/
The article is in german but running it through babelfish should make it readable.

http://www.warp2search.net/modules.php? ... &sid=17433

Links for reviews.
I don't think there's any chance of cooling this thing passively..

Interesting to see what ATi has up its sleeve.

If I drilled holes to the bottom of the case wouldn't that also increase the amount of dust which gets sucked in? I don't know why, but the case as it is sucks in a huge amount of dust in a short period of time, so I wouldn't want to increase that if possible, since cleaning the case is always a bit...

I did try running the computer without the cover some time ago and if I recall corectly the temps dropped 5-10C on the processor and the motherboard temperatures were under 40C. I also have a 80mm Nexus fan mounted with an 60-80 adapter inside the case to the 60mm hole. The PSU is a 120mm fan model....

I have a 620C case here and it's running fairly hot but not as hot as yours. I get somewhere around 60C under moderate load (P4 2,8Ghz 9800pro with vga silencer) but I do have to run the fan on my Thermalright SP-94 at 12v for it to remain that cool. What worries me are the motherboard temperatures ...

I bought the PSU based on two tests, one a local test (in Finnish) and one at dirkvader.de. The PSU scored well in both tests. It's really a shame that there isn't really any way to test the long term reliability of a PSU without running it for at least half a year. My PSU could have been a faulty m...

Well damn then :) The problem with making my own radiator setup is that it would probably look horrible and wouldn't want something like that sitting on my desk (there isn't really space anywhere except ON the desk, heh), plus the fact that I'm not the most capable person with huge modifications. Th...

I just had mine fail completely today :/ These probably aren't very well known outside Europe but i thought I'd give you a heads up. The model number of this PSU is AP-350X with passive PFC. It has been running almost 24/7 from last december and it seems that it wasn't up to the job. It seems the PS...

Ever since I saw the Zalman Reserator 1 I've been wanting to get one for my mATX desktop case but I'm a newbie with watercooling so I'd like to get some things right before I end up making a mistake. As I said, I have a desktop mATX case, Coolermaster 620C to be specific, and inside, a fairly high p...

I installed one of these into my brother's computer. I'm not sure if I like it or not. The fan is a bit loud but tolerable after I dropped the voltage with a fan mate. I think there's a high pitched whine coming from the heatsink, unless I'm mistaken and it's the gutted Enermax PSU. By no means the ...

http://www.nexustek.nl/92mmcasefan.htm

Nexus has added the specs for their new 92mm fan promising 19.2dBs and 27CFMs.