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- Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:06 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: What case for dual loop 140mm rads? (Black ICE GT Xtreme 280
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4452
Lian Li PC-A71F (the door adds silence compared to A70F). A 280 rad will fit in front on stock mounts. You'll have to cut the top but you can fit 280 there and have plenty of room left (i have a 360 there and still have room for a dual bay res in front). Plenty of room left for whatever you want to ...
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:16 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Quiet Lian Li Case
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10365
Also new Lian Li's HDD tray system doesn't look good, metal tray itself is enough to act as loudspeaker amplifying HDD noise. Have to wonder what they we're thinking of how they've trashed that at least mostly working soft mounting. I have the non sound-proofed version of the same case here at work...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:31 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: laptop style keyboard recommendations and feedback
- Replies: 31
- Views: 29793
Using the Logitech Illuminated at home. It's just fantastic, and keystrokes are just perfect. Using a Cherry Stream at work, the keystrokes are shorter (much more laptop like) but it's about the same layout, just without the backlight and without the wrist rest. I am more comfortable on the logitech...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:51 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: The quiet DVD drive ultimate thread
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20957
I had several Plextors and am still using a PX-716SA which i would be very annoyed to replace. Even at regular speeds it's rather quiet (does a "whoosh" at 16x, no humming), but the BIG difference comes from the PlexTools. I can activate the "silent mode" in which the drive speeds, access times, eve...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:43 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel DG45FC: Loaded LGA775 Mini-ITX Board
- Replies: 40
- Views: 45161
- Thu May 08, 2008 11:52 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS Previews
- Replies: 89
- Views: 47221
There are some excellent 3.5"->5.25" silent enclosures (like the SilentMaxx i'm using with my current 150Gb Raptor - totally muffles the motor and almost kills the seek noise). What about some nice 2.5"->5.25" enclosures that keep the drive quiet and cool ? I'd consider the Velociraptor only if i co...
- Thu May 08, 2008 11:26 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Attack of the Scythes
- Replies: 72
- Views: 66116
The Ultra Kaze makes no sense in a no restriction environment. Their real strength is their high static pressure, making them push a lot more air under high impedance. It has been proved though that they have no competition when placed on a watercooling radiator (from Martin on XS forums, so using p...
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:47 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Did heat kill your hardware?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15750
Just killed a motherboard due to long term high temperatures over north bridge and south bridge. Actually the south bridge failed first, creating problems with most devices connected to the PC (mostly USB). This was a heatpipe cooled motherboard, and i was watercooling the CPU and GPU so just used t...
- Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:53 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: My quick Scythe "ULTRA KAZE" Review
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8955
If you can alter the fan speeds try lowering them down to around 800rpm where their noise characteristic totally disappears. I use two of those (same as yours) for my watercooling radiator and now i'm mostly annoyed by the chipset cooling (upside down mobo in a lian li V2K + asus heatpipe = not a go...
- Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:55 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Scythe "Ultra-Kaze" 1000RPM fan turns 2,013RPM!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4465
- Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:26 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Scythe "Ultra-Kaze" 1000RPM fan turns 2,013RPM!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4465
- Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:12 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Report about Scythe S-FLEX 1200rpm
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7242
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:49 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Plextor PX-810SA - recommended
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3732
Well why i mentioned the Plextor is because i've had drives from LG, Nec, Yamaha, Pioneer... and all are way more noisy in normal reading (data reading) than the Plextor which remains a lot quieter. Besides they all died after 1 or 2 years of heavy use, the Plextor is still alive and as quiet as bef...
- Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:45 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Plextor PX-810SA - recommended
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3732
I am still using a Plextor Ultraplex, which is still the most silent drive i have had compared to countless others from different brands... It was built like a tank, so no vibration ! I also have a 716SA for DVD duties, indeed it's not silent while burning or ripping DVD's, but when reading again at...
- Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:56 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: New Scythe 120mm fans - just announced
- Replies: 60
- Views: 45787
I picked up the 200RPM model in Akihabara last week. It's plugged into my CPU fan header and is temp controlled by the BIOS. At 1000-1200RPM it's below my ambient, but when it spins up...you HEAR it! I'm going to replace it with one of the new "Slip Stream" models being discussed here. Well i was a...
- Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:39 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: New Scythe 120mm fans - just announced
- Replies: 60
- Views: 45787
- Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:31 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: audiophile tripe to be tested!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 15098
The cables wont make any difference other than psychological one. They induce quite a strong self-persuasion effect, or kind of placebo effect... Double blind tests have been properly done already, besides scientific measurements of dynamics, phase shift, etc DO exist, of course ! What's important i...
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:33 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: New Scythe 120mm fans - just announced
- Replies: 60
- Views: 45787
The Ultra Kaze 120x38mm 1000rpm looks a lot promising, especially for watercooling (static pressure from radiator is a big problem). I'm ordering two right now ! I'm curious to hear how they fare against the Papst 4412 F2GL (which honestly is still fan perfection incarnate), and against their own li...
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:44 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Zalman ZM-MFC2: 4 x Fan Controller + Power Meter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14195
For the defense of that fan controller, many knob-equipped fan controllers use PWM and thus produce noise when setting the fans below maximum speed. It's very hard or even impossible to guess which controller uses PWM and which uses direct voltage regulation... Idea: it would be great if there was a...
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:03 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Quieter System, Air or Water[?]
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31606
and even when you bleed all the air bubbles you can, you still have some left, and they do make noise. No i dont have a link to how much noise bubbles make. But they are audible, and my air cooled rigs are not. So its louder than air alone. I strongly disagree here. You CAN bleed the bubbles out pr...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:24 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Quieter System, Air or Water[?]
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31606
Good pumps make zero noise if they have no air going through. We can reduce the number of fans of a watercooled system to 1 or 2: * Watercooling other hot motherboard components is possible, if needed (passive cooling works in most cases). Various solutions exist (chipset and mosfets waterblocks, or...
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:15 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: has anyone died from liquid cooling system?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21682
Honestly, the above poster is right: there are so many more dangerous things in a house than a watercooled PC. If anything the watercooled PC is not much more dangerous than a aircooled one, the main danger still resides in the PSU capacitors, and the mains outlet. A properly assembled watercooling ...
- Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:45 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 103586
I agree that my wording wasn't the best.. so here's a graph :) http://gmat.free.fr/pix/efficiency.png Try to have your most typical system uses into that "sweet spot" zone :) The problem with users of 700W (or more !!) PSU's is their system places them on the very left of the curve, so they waste a ...
- Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:33 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Fan Controller Options
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10604
- Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:39 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 103586
Yes TDP only reflects the characteristics of the chip itself, not its surroundings. So CPU alone and GPU alone, not the whole motherboard and not the whole graphics card. How much current draws a northbridge chip ? What's drawn by a SCSI RAID card ? What are the power requirement of sound cards ? Wh...
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:47 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 103586
mcoleg, exactly, although current generation of '80+' rated PSU's still show that "sweet spot" behavior, and still fall down on each side of this sweet spot - the efficiency curve still looks the same. So taking a 80+ rated PSU just to use it at 20% of its rated power load, is maybe not the best opt...
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:58 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 103586
I don't know that this is strictly true. Do you think a PSU with an operating temperature of 20C would last longer than one with 30C? Meanwhile, I'm sure one with a operating temperature of 200C would do no worse than 150C (ie they'd both fail instantly). (...) I get your point, still the temperatu...
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:12 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 103586
Since the lifespan of a PSU is directly correlated to its running temperature, it IS somewhat related to its power draw. Still the very fine tests run on this website showed that the maximum efficiency of a PSU was reached over 75% of the maximum rated power draw (and the efficiency curve being some...
- Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:51 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: water cooling - Koolance case
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6598
Not good. First, about noise, the Koolance features *two* 120mm fans on top, that are running on 12V. Next, the performance of the watercooling system itself is poor, you can do better with a Swiftech or Alpha HSF. Finally the price tag is too high. Try DangerDen, D-Tek customs, Swiftech, BeCooling ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2002 1:26 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Invitation to write Quiet Watercooling Article!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20343
" I'm hesistant however, as I have no previous experience with watercooling, but you have to learn somewhere -- somehow, right?" Yes :) It's the only way to learn about PC watercooling... Take the plunge :) (pun intended) " pumps would produce a lot of sound that would irritate me, a lot." Good pump...