Is there enough benefit from the Active PFC model in the expert opinions here to make it worth the extra $5? I don't know anything about that new PSU, but yes the xtra $5 is well worth it. If your electricity provider charges for harmonics, you'll easily save that amount over the life of the PSU (m...

Im a little uncomfy with the temperature readout, as I used to be at 35 and 40, and now Im at 50 and 60C. Dont know if this is tolerable, given the (presumed) inaccuracy in the motherboard temp readings. Can't add much to what you guys have already mentioned, but FYI, your temps are fine for that m...

My best suggestion would be to try and use air that is as cool as possible for the Aeroflow intake. That might mean ducting in fresh air and/or optimizing case airflow. Search the forums for the words "duct*", "undervolt*", "temp*", etc... You should be able to undervolt the fan a little extra and f...

aphonos, In testing my batch of NMBs I've experienced the same problem. What's even weirder is that I was using fancontrol's rpm sensing circuit to get rpm readings (my NMB's have no rpm sensing). As soon as I undervolt it the readings get funky. They must have a different kind of design under the h...

Flip wrote:There is a fan above the video-card and the case temp is 32C. The ZM-17 gets very warm but not too hot to touch.

Can you try pointing the fan closer or from a different direction?

It's gonna be hard to remove/reseat that HS isn't it?

JEN wrote:The temp of my hard drive is normally 29C, but today its 36C, CPU 50C, and system is 42C

No need to despair, 36C and those other temps are perfectly safe!

If you look through the news area, I recently posted a link to a dirkvader.de review of the fan (+ heatsink). At the lowest speed, it's not bad.

Your best option may have to be not to use the ceiling fluorescent at all... and use a bright task lamp instead. Or move the computer to a different part of the room. High wattage halogens are said to be a fire hazard. I'd stay away from them. I've heard as high as 1000 degrees (F/C?) versus 130 for...

Yup, a Panaflo L1A is fine for lower power situations. For higher power draws like mine, PSU ducting would be necessary to insure good temps and long life.

The only full tower in the recommended cases list is the Antec 1080. I don't find many others in searching this forum. Are there any other full towers that people can recommend? I dunno if they make it anymore, but Antec has a taller version of the SX1040/1080 - the 1280. There may even be a 1440 m...

Originally I was going to use the plumbers tape as a heat pipe to conduct heat out of a box like Leo's (PowerGyoza's) Printer's Block Linoleum but I never got around to buying it. Leo, It should be an easy mod to add the tape and you should get a good drop in temp. I bought solid copper plumbers ta...

I brought up this issue a few months back in this thread:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=2687

Enjoy!

I tried the above circuit with slightly different components and couldn't get it to work. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I used a 4004 diode instead of 4001, I had it in the right polarity since turning it around stopped the fan. I used a 2200uF capacitor instead of the 3300uF shown in the pictur...

Sweet. What is the degC/Watt rating on that heatsink? I could probably work backwards to figure out the necessary rating to keep those tranny's cool, but..... laziness prevails.

Oh yah, and are the heat from the coils a problem?

Perhaps a similar design which allowed airflow over the top/bottom would be thermally safer? Maybe, but only if fresh air could come in and the warm air could get out more easily.... I've also wondered about static discharge on foams, do some have problems with this or not? Camera foam is the only ...

You really do have to compare for yourself to see the image quality of a Matrox card. It's all subjective, and if your eyes aren't that great it really won't matter, will it? Oh my will it matter very much. Just try reading http://www.arstechnica.com on with a crappy AGP card and you'll have to cra...

A zener diode like the one in this circuit http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?p=6243 will allow for a minimum voltage to always go through, but it won't help you with supplying a full-power jolt on startup. For than you can see what was done here: http://people.freenet.de/s.urfer/fan_con...

So, in that case, my question revolves specficially around gains in airflow for exhaust rather than more efficient cooling of the PSU. IMO, if you improve one, you'll generally improve the other. At some point though (in situations of high heat dissipation from 2 CPU's like I do, or 1 hot CPU + 1 h...

Glad to see some more development on hdd silencing front ppl. I would imagine that the openings in the metal will not really help with heat transfer. My guess is that foam will transfer heat to metal better than to air itself. Very few types of foam will transmit heat well. ez2remember mentioned poc...

Powergyoza, do you think you will be doing a re-work on your board in the future, to prevent the possibility of suffering the same fate? If Tyan replaces/repairs my board, I'm sure I will make a Molex mod. SW, I probably will not be modding my board anytime soon. I know I'll get trash for saying th...

Yeah, the silent-pc police are gonna have to pull you over for doing 46 in a 50+ zone w/o WC.

You can call the 2 places I mentioned in this thread to see if they offer a similar service.

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=3517

According to powergyoza's current-draw measurements for his identical motherboard, I am indeed draining a lot of power from the +5V lines, almost 30A. Or even more. What kinda video card do you have? I'm just waiting for something similar to happen to my Tyan Tiger MP. <knock on wood> Thank goodnes...

Hmm. Getting things shipped to a rented mailbox huh? I'll have to look into that one. :D Would the sleeve bearings die out much faster than the ball bearings? I think I'll probably get the Nexus powersupply since I can easily obtain it. It's supposed to be rated at under 20dbA, so it should be good...

If you're in the Vancouver area, you're most likely <1hr drive away from Pt. Roberts. Pt. Roberts is the key to getting stuff conveniently from the States. Don't rule out the states! Don't let the border stop your from getting boutique silencing gear like the SilenX! Get it shipped to here: http://w...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like those adhesive squares with mountings holes for you to thread through zap straps. Very cool. I used to use those at a video production centre to keep the cables tidy. Lowes, HomeDepot, Rona, yer local hardware store should have plenty of those.

What really goaded me into this is the "do you hear it folding" tag on our team stats page: it was a perfect knife in my ribs cause I had virtually silenced my systems, but only as long as they were doing very little. As someone else has said they may as well be turned off: now they are grafting fo...

The Raptor is WD's 10,000 rpm SATA drive. It's pricier than a similar sized 7200rpm S/ATA drive, but supposed to be cheaper than a 10k SCSI drive. http://www.Storagereview.com has a review.

Almost 10C from undervolting 0.2V is very nice. You should be proud of your achievement. You have basically freed extra thermal headroom for undervolting your fans. Of course we all approach the point of diminishing returns. Or we run into other bottlenecks that hinder lower temps/better silencing. ...

As long as you have good case airflow, I don't see any problem with replacing the old fans. Heck, you're drawing so little power, I'd just stick with a single fan. Cover up the hole left by the 92mm fan and twist the vertical grills on the intake 90 degrees for less airflow restriction and you'll be...