Awesome, thanks! Bought me a slipstream. We'll see how it goes...

Hi, I'm looking for a standard 120mm case fan that has 4-pins to plug into the CPU header on my MSI motherboard so I can reduce it's speed via the board's built-in Intel PWM controller. The 3-pin 120mm fan I currently have works fine on the other 3-pin headers, but won't listen to the PWM signal on ...

Also, what voltage did you use for your e6600? It's running at 1.38 volts (SpeedStep knocks it down to 1.050 at idle). It really doesn't take much power to make this CPU hum! Anyway, it's stable running Orthos for hours. It took me about a week to get all the BIOS settings right. If you miss even o...

Great work! Do you have any pictures you can share with us as well? Does the Raptor make alot of noise? Derek I will post some pictures soon. The raptor is probably the loudest component -- when seeking. To be honest, the P180B soft HD mounting is ok, but leaves a bit to be desired. I may explore o...

I'm wondering about the PCI vents though, is it really better to have them solid than ventilating? I haven't noticed much of a difference, but then again my bottom grill is still open as well. What I'm really after is some test data to show a benefit for either method. Yeah, I haven't really done t...

Thought I'd share with you folks my latest build in case any ideas here inspire you to build something similar. Here's my story: I wanted a beast of a gaming rig for Crysis and other upcoming DX10 games, but one that could be very quiet when idling because I sleep six feet away. Here are the specs: ...

I just installed an 8800GTX in my new E6600 rig. Though it's not an ultra, I think it's safe to say that it's pretty close. The 8800GTX is *quiet* when idling. To give you an idea, I have a modded P180B, with 4x 120 S-flex E fans running at 50%, E6600 @3.2GHz /SpeedStep:2.1GHz, with Thermaltake Ultr...

That one jumper `controlled spinup via spinup command per ata standard' sounds like something you don't want. Try either taking hte only jumper off or putting it on the pins closest to the molex power connector. On the Raptor, I put a jumper on pins 1-2, then 3-4, then 5-6, then 7-8.. no luck. My o...

And also, will the drives spin just because they have power, or do they need the disk controller to tell them to spin up? I'm pretty sure you can't keep it from telling them to spin down when you power off the mobo... ALl the drives I've ever used in the past spin automatically with power... but it...

Hmmmm, that's news to me. Is this true? Doesn't say anything about that at the mini-box website...

Ok, so I went and bought a PicoPSU-80W without fully doing the math. Since the mini-box support folks haven't answered my inquiry, I thought maybe some SPCR readers would have some knowledge. Here's what I want to do: Run a monster OCed gaming rig with a Corsair 520HX. It will sit in standby mode th...

what kind of hard drives do you have in there? The drive I'll put in the 24x7 will be 8-10 watts I figure. you might be able to get it down to 110 watts but that's still quite a bit (depending on your area 110 watt machine will cost you $80-100 a year on average, maybe less, maybe more!) Well, thin...

qviri wrote: Except you'll pay over $400 for the SBC...

True, but over the 4+ years I plan to use it, it would make up for the difference.

My current system is a P4-3GHZ. I built it for silence 3 1/2 years ago with help from SPCR. It's as quiet as I'll ever need: P4-3GHz w/ AlCu HS/fan ATI 9500Pro with Arctic Cooling Silencer Abit AI7 MB w/ fans set to 2000rpm at idle 7-volted 120mm panaflo fans Modded Supersilencer 400Watt w/ Panaflo ...

Yeah, looking at what you've put together there, I'm starting to think I should just re-purpose my existing system as a 24x7 server and just put the new system into standby/hibernate when I'm not using it. Not totally happy about having to power cycle it so often, but I see the advantage of just hav...

Ok, so I already started a thread above, but I thought this idea might warrant it's own. I want to build a 24x7 computer that sips power but still runs Vista, plays games, Photoshop, 3d rendering and the like really fast. I'm a power user, don't want to compromise with a mobile CPU and intend to ove...

I'd say the biggest problem would be the gfx card - 8800XXX cards take a lot of power idling. 8800GTX alone takes 60W while your machine does nothing and goes up to 150W when pushed. I believe we will soon have more info on the coming 8600 series and its power consumption. There shouldn't be any pr...

overclocking for games doesn't always make much sense for the most part, any core 2 duo chip has more than enough power to run the games - all the benchmarks I have seen comparing CPU's show that games are almost 100% GPU bound using a core 2 duo chip (seriously) I know what you're saying, but one ...

Yes, I want to have my cake and eat it too. I want to build a system to replace my aging p4-3GHz that's capable of sitting mostly idle for 22-23 hours a day. It will serve up a few files, VNC sessions and torrents while I'm at work/sleeping and it will spend 1-2 hours/day gaming. I will build it to ...

Hey guys. Yep, looks like it's down to these two. Probably will go with the Rheobus. Does it at all make sense to use this to control the CPU fan (a Scythe mounted to an Ultra-120), or should that still be plugged into the motherboard and thermally controlled from there?

I've got 2x Yate Loon D12SL-12s and 2x Scythe S-flex fans for a total of 4 fans that I'd like to control. Can anyone recommend a 4-fan controller, perhaps a 5.25 bay controller? The 4-fan controllers I've seen appear to use PWM, and I'm not sure if I'll hear whining or not. Anyone know if these fans...

I think the right spot is where you are safely cooling your components, but no more than that. Your CPU can get quite hot before switching to thermal protection. Assuming you've done all you can by using one of the best large CPU coolers and a fan that pushes as much air as possible at a given db le...

I'm building a system like yours, but going to be putting an 8800 in it immediately (GTS or GTX not sure at the moment). I already purchased a 520HX.

I'm looking at building a similar system to you. Thing is I *may* upgrade to SLI 8800GTXs and *may* upgrade to a quad core CPU, all depending on pricing, availability and whether software can really take advantage of the extra horsepower in say 12-18 months. To keep my options open, I decided to go ...

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Well, I never got around to figuring out what was up with the PSU fan signal, but I checked the M1BX fan itself by plugging it into a FanMate. It works beautifully, starting up every time at the lowest setting and pushing out decent airflow at a full 12V. So clearly the problem is the PSU or some st...

It's an M1BX fan (with monitoring), so it has 3 wires and a 3 pin header. They are labelled +, - and S on the fan itself. I'm pretty sure I've got the wiring right (after messing it up initially). I'll test it tonight and report back.

There's a remote possibility of the fan being connected incorrectly. I once put a Papst 4412F/2GL in my 300W Tornado but plugged it in backwards, so it was basically being powered from the RPM sensing line. The fan would never start on its own, and once manually started it always spun slowly (as in...

Three lines of text on the fan itself:

OI27AN-1BX

Model FBA08A12M

DC12V 0.17A


Looks Like 12 volts to me.
--Gordo

chylld wrote:are you sure the m1bx isn't a 24v fan? if it is, then that explains your problem.

Good point. I thought about that. I made sure to buy a 12V, but who knows what they shipped me. I'll unplug and read the model info. Back in a bit...