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- Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:02 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Gigabyte P35 DS3P - Too much for me?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5313
I just built one for the same purpose with this spec: Arctic Cooling AC-ALP-7 Alpine Socket 775 CPU Cooler 105996 £4.24 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 Socket 775 (1.8GHz) 1MB L2 Cache OEM Processor 135919 £37.37 Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2 iG33 Socket 775 onboard video 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard 1322...
- Mon May 24, 2004 1:15 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Is this flash drive worth it for pvr?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3111
1. If you have excessive swapping, get more RAM first. The first and best way to improve swap performance is to eliminate the swapping. 2a. Per your idea, get a small separate HD and dedicate it to the swapfile. Make the partition just big enough for the swapfile, and place it next to the head parki...
- Thu May 20, 2004 11:29 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet Multi-format DVD Writer.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5002
I just got a LG GSA-4082B. It's definitely quieter than my Liteon LTD-165 reader - in fact, I can't hear it burning CDs at 32x from 75cm away. It does all 5 formats - I wanted DVD-RAM because it's much more reliable than any of the packet writers. It doesn't do bitsetting or Mt Rainier. RPC-1 firmwa...
- Mon May 17, 2004 4:29 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: "Of Sorts" quiet DVD-Writer // Quiet DVD-ROM
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5104
LG GSA-4082B
I just got one of these (£60+VAT from eBuyer for the retail model which includes 1 DVD-RAM). Writing a CD at 24x, I can't hear it running from 75cm away. Reads and writes all formats. About the only things it doesn't do are Mt Rainier and (afaict) booksetting. RPC-1 firmware from http://tdb.rpc1.org...
- Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:36 am
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: AMD Barton or Thoroughbred
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11364
- Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:02 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Tyan G9xxx ATI-based graphics cards with fan speed control
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2415
Tyan G9xxx ATI-based graphics cards with fan speed control
I noticed these on eBuyer. They have the following interesting features (depending on model) :
- hardware monitoring
- variable fan speed
- explicit support for 3rd party heatsinks
There's more info on the Tyan website including lots of detail on the TGM monitoring utility. Anyone tried one?
- hardware monitoring
- variable fan speed
- explicit support for 3rd party heatsinks
There's more info on the Tyan website including lots of detail on the TGM monitoring utility. Anyone tried one?
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 1:11 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: dumb questions about the evercase
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2578
Mine doesn't look like the picture. The perforated area is much larger, and it's possible to position the internal vent at various places within it. Not quite directly over my CPU fan - too low - but I've offset the fan down anyhow to get some aitflow over the NB, so it pretty much fits. http://home...
- Mon Sep 01, 2003 1:05 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Evercase CPU fan duct - opinions please.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3263
Sorry for the late response but I'm looking at the 4252 now and have a question on the side duct. Did you not have a problem lining up the cpu to the side duct? Not a major one, there's some choice in where you put it within the perforated area. Front-to-back is OK, I couldn't quite get it high eno...
- Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:32 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: UK source for Seasonic?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2532
Maybe I can clarify the Seasonic situation. The new line of these PSUs, including the 120 mm fanned units, will not be in the UK until Q4 - that is the fourth quarter of this year. That means any time from the beginning of next month. The distributor could be no more clearer than that. As soon as t...
- Thu Aug 21, 2003 5:25 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Fan RPM Sensor Wire question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2397
- Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:04 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: UK source for Seasonic?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2532
UK source for Seasonic?
These seem to be a bit hard to find in UK ... the usual suspects (Dabs, eBuyer, Simply, etc) don't carry them ... I found these ... - Kool 'n Quiet (a bit expensive compared to US) - Pars ("trade only" - I thought that nonsense had disappeared years ago) - CTL Computer Technologies Ltd (no prices gi...
- Wed Aug 20, 2003 2:22 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet Multi-format LG optical drive.....cheap.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2926
- Wed Aug 20, 2003 1:59 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Suggestions? 1600x1200 DVI-out XFree86-supported card?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7002
- Wed Aug 20, 2003 8:47 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Guess I'm not getting a Prescott.. 100W heat!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 31150
More CPU speed at any cost is not good for anything or anyone. This is the same attitude that's led to excesses like 300hp family sedans for 60mph roads. If Intel wan'ts to have 4G 150W CPUs, let them. They can play with them all by themselves in their own sandbox. :lol: Why is it that casemodding ...
- Wed Aug 20, 2003 5:24 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Guess I'm not getting a Prescott.. 100W heat!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 31150
This sort of problem is more fundamental than you might think. See for example Physics Signal entropy and the thermodynamics of computation. I don't think entropy is the source of Intel's current problems, but it is the fundamental limit and may be a practical issue quite soon.
- Mon Aug 18, 2003 6:00 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Guess I'm not getting a Prescott.. 100W heat!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 31150
The rumor is true ... Intel document confirms Prescott dissipates 103 W.
- Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:19 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: 2.4 vs 2500
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16350
Sidelight on Bartons ...
Overclocking aside, the 2500+ runs at 166 x11; the 2800+ at 166 x12.5; the 3000+ at 166 x13. If the labels were "proportionate", they would be called the 2500+, the 2840+, and the 2954+. So the 2800+ is under-rated relative to its label, and the 3000+ over-rated. In the UK, the current prices for OE...
- Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:28 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What cooling method do you prefer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46055
Apparently Bigwater will use 3GIO, now called PCI Express.
- Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:00 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Sticky for the UK
- Replies: 107
- Views: 815284
Re: McMaster Carr - $5 shipping to the UK
No. That doesn't happen unless the declared value exceeds £18, so you're usually ok under $25.britannica wrote:Useful info, - thanks. Did you get stung for import duty/VAT etc ??futureweaver wrote:Mc Master Carr, vendors of fan mounts, grommets, and other useful things, will ship to the UK.....
- Fri Aug 15, 2003 11:02 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What cooling method do you prefer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46055
- Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:56 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What cooling method do you prefer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46055
I'm noticing that the poll distinguishes between steel and ali cases. As far as I know there's no engineering reason for ali cases as far as cooling goes. Convective cooling from the case exterior, and temp gradients within the skin material, are of no significance unless you do something like put f...
- Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:19 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Enermax Fan controller problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3729
How well do you like the 24V M1As? Just fine. Others say they click badly, but I've not found it so - clicking seems to vary as much by sample as type. Airflow @12V seems to be about the same as an L1A @7V. I have one on an SK7 and CPU temps running f@h 24/7 have been acceptable (to me, maybe not t...
- Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:11 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Grommet Screws?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3675
- Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:53 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: POLL: Dampening Material
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11702
UK version ... This fabric is what we put under roofs - bitumen hasn't been used in the UK for many years - but it's probably too thin to be any use for sound treatment. However there is an alternative. Plastic DPC as used here is - er - plastic, like Dynamat, not bitumen, and pretty effective for d...
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:24 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What cooling method do you prefer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46055
Yea but zalman video heatpipe (zm80a's) dont work upside down I believe. They work right side up and sideways but not upside down. I loooked at the Zalman diagrams. It seems to be to do with the relative position of the CPU, because of the need to get cold air over the GPU sink. The sink needs to b...
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 9:35 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What cooling method do you prefer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46055
If you abandon the non-geometric constraints of ATX, all sorts of possibilities open up.... If you move the PSU to the bottom of the case you could put a plenum at the top for ducted CPU cooling. Not according to the ATX spec, but it might work very well. You'd need a baffle across the bottom of the...
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:24 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: ANYONE USING ENERMAX UC-A07FATR2 CONTROLLER?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1883
I have this one , which is the same without the ports (my case has them already) in a 3.5in bay. It's a useful combination of functions for experimenting with fan voltages and measuring temperatures. The sensors are the thin-film beads, which will fit under the CPU HS - they're thinner than the core...
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:06 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Fan isolators via mail order from EU ?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7756
McMaster $5 shipping to UK/EU
McMaster Carr will ship to UK & I think most of Europe for $5. See here for details.Halcyon wrote:Ah, but they are in the US as well
I don't think I can get the postage cheaper from them.
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 3:49 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Sticky for the UK
- Replies: 107
- Views: 815284
McMaster Carr - $5 shipping to the UK
Mc Master Carr , vendors of fan mounts, grommets, and other useful things, will ship to the UK by USPS Global Priority . It takes 4-6 days and costs $5 for a small bag (10in x 6in), $9 for a large one, weight up to 4lb. This is competitive with UK mailorder charges and makes them quite usable. You ...
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 3:38 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: What cooling method do you prefer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 46055