slipperyskip wrote:I kind of like Jamin's original idea about the cigar humidor case. It has excellent sound deadening qualities and it is very easy to work on, but then again I'm biased.

Um, is there a cigar humidor which would fit his 3 disks?

1) I would like a small footprint machine to act as a full time file server and part time web surfing/email checking computer. How small do you want it? The mini-itx boards are great for small, but the requirement for 3+ HDD would be hard to fulfill if you wanted to stick with a "mini-itx only" cha...

MikeC wrote:That's so utterly ludicrous it barely merits any comment!

Heh, does this mean your testbed will replace the current lightbulb with a higher wattage one in the future?

One difference between PC's and VGA's is that your monitor is on top of your desk, and your PC tends to be below it. Also monitors tend to be elevated on little stands. They are cooled convectively, but they're not a risk when it comes to overheating, when compared to one's CPU for instance. But no...

I don't think the ATX standard or the way tower cases go about it is all wrong: The inlets are generally at the bottom of the front of the case (where allegedly cool air is) and the exhausts are at the top in the back, where allegedly convection has helped the process along. But really, once you hav...

It's worth noting that the fanless Cube's had a high RMA rate from overheating. So much so that Apple has dropped the idea of convection cooling altogether. (The new G5 has 9(!) fans) Indeed in the "iLamp" iMacs, there's a big fan at the top of the base unit, so they've learned their lesson in "con...

Many of us use the Zalman heatpipe heatsink with ATI's Radeon boards. Is the 9800 vastly different?

aphonos wrote: How big are the fan mounting holes in that case?

Not too big. "A few mm" The holes are designed to fit small plastic pins that Lian-Li uses to mount their stock fans. I agree it's a better idea to find isolators that fit the fans and use a drill to widen the mounting holes on the case.

The other issue is that PWM creates its own problems with pulsing & other nasty noises in fans when slower speeds are desired -- at least this is my limited experience. I am told the fan and PWM circuit have to be designed for each other to avoid this problem. Worse, in my experience, there's a lot...

Hi, I've seen different sizes for those EAR fan isolators and I was wondering if anyone knows which ones fit a Lian-Li 60 case? Hi, I have the same case and use the isolators that I bought from siliconacoustics. Well, sorta, as I needed to dremel the holes a little bigger to accomodate those isolat...

Yomat wrote:Hmm.. this guy made his own 'gravity'-pipes. Is there no way to buy already made heatpipes with fluid and wick in it?

I asked the same question months ago and looked online quite a bit. I wasn't able to find a retailer that sold heatpipes.

Around here you'd be less reviled if you were an evil mass murder. I'd rate it like this (from worst to best): 1)Delta fan running at full speed. 2)Undercover sales rep. 3)Enermax Whisper PSU user. 4)Evil Mass Murderer. Where does "loud maxtor disk drives" fit? Maybe we need a sticky confessional t...

I got 2 SLK's and one of em had a little piece of paper with some drawings about how to put in on the cpu, where to put the screwdriver in the clip etc. I think. I have a habit of not reading manuals. "Dem straight, real men don't need no stinkin' manuals." I think I used one pad on a CPU where one...

Is that worse than owning two maxtor 7200 RPM drives?

Silent speakers == good speakers?

arstechnica's a/v forum will probably get you a lot of leads. They seem to like the klipsch speakers (since they keep recommending them).

Could the whine be coming from the sound card itself, or has the sound card not changed at all?

Although IANAL, I do know that California does have a rather broad law (and legal interpretation) regarding the marketing and advertising of products and services: http://www.dca.ca.gov/legal/u-6.html Any resident of California can lodge a complaint with the state (specifically, the Department of Co...

That dinky little thing? :) Are you thinking of getting the zalman heatpipe heatsink? I have one on a sapphire 9700 with an L1A blowing over it (at 12 V) which works well. (A long way of saying, "I don't know how much air the stock fan pushes since I ripped it off of the 9700 as soon as I got it") :...

Hi, One idea I'm considering at the moment, is to modd the back of my Lian Li PC60 case so that I could fit a 92mm exhaust fan. I would assume that at the very least it would increase airflow with no additional noise, especially useful as I next plan to replace the fan on my R9700 Pro with a Zalman...

put me down for two. I can at least give you a head to head comparison vs the fanstorm

I'm in no hurry either

2) The machine will be powered on 24 hrs a day, but idle for 95% of the time. That can change, you can run F@H on it :) 4) My data will contain digital photos that I do not want to risk losing. Although I back up my data to CD, I can go 6 months without backing up my data. I would like to use 3 har...

slippy wrote:I use SPCR's "Recommended" lists as a shopping list = MikeC is my personal shopper

Well personal shoppers generally have the credit cards and handle all the nitty gritty of ordering stuff for their clients

I know it's influenced mine. I see it in my credit card statements.

I probably don't ever need all 8, but I'll retrofit the L1As I have to use them :) An update: More observation indicates that even if the L1A starts up off the fanstorm, it can just stop again (again with the fanstorm indicating that it's supplying power to the fan). And the noise generated by getti...

I recently picked up a fanstorm controller and have spent the past two days messing around with it. A few observations: 1. If you value tidy cabling, this will drive you nuts. On the other hand, it's nice that the cables on probes are long enough to reach right across the case. 2. I can basically sa...

I'd like to get 8 of them, please.

I have not included any circuit diagram because, first, I do not know if anyone interested and second, it will take some time draw it. Cheers. I'm interested. Although rudimentary soldering skills is all I have. Start a new thread when you're all ready to unleash your mad electronics skills to the ...

It seems a rough formula for just how much CFM you need would be: CFM = (volume of case) * (total heat dissipated by components per minute) / (heat capacity of air at constant volume) Although I've seen this formula: CFM = (total heat dissipated by components per minute) / ((specific heat of air) * ...

I'll take a look at my Lian-Li case, but I believe it won't quite work, since one side has these large holes cut into the drive bay.

Hmm. Is there anything that's available in the US? For some reason, I don't think there's a monopoly on heatpipes in Europe

(Note: I'm not looking for the heatsink blocks, those I can get myself.)