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by chrisb71
Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:50 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: What not to buy & what I ended up with
Replies: 5
Views: 4719

Re: What not to buy & what I ended up with

I got a Seasonic x 650 the other day and it started making a horrible clicking noise as soon as the box started heating up. I'm going to be returning it tonight for a new one and hope that one does not. The noise is very faint, but it is high pitch and annoying. I hope the new one works, everyone el...
by chrisb71
Tue May 01, 2007 5:44 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: self contained components?
Replies: 0
Views: 2376

self contained components?

I'm building a new gaming computer and I'm thinking about picking up this: MSI NX8800GTX OC Liquid http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127282 Basically it's a video card with hoses to a radiator / fan combo. Never having used watercooling (my htpc is the huge heatsink/slowed dow...
by chrisb71
Tue May 01, 2007 5:32 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Radeon 9600xt on Vista
Replies: 9
Views: 5557

my 9600xt is passively cooled I have a the Aerocool vm101 cooler, with the heatsink mounted on the cpu side of the card so it's near the exhaust fan, though I am not sure how much air gets pulled across it since it's not right in front. But i have no problems even playing games let alone sdtv and hd...
by chrisb71
Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:15 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Ionic breeze cooling
Replies: 9
Views: 5708

There was an article on this in Wired a few years ago. Basically, it works, but scientists can't really agree how. Besides, those ion breeze coolers put out ozone. Ozone is not very good for you, which is why they say put a maxiumum of one per 500 sq ft. (I've heard rumors that people have gotten si...
by chrisb71
Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:50 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Thermalright XP120 cooler: The new King
Replies: 182
Views: 148153

Nice work, Ralf. Now for some controversy. From a post at Hardware Central: Quote: "And while I'm no expert on heatpipes, my understanding was that they lead the heat _upwards_. I have an AeroCool VGA heatpipe cooler, and in their documentation, they say they don't just use gravity but rather some ...
by chrisb71
Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:40 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Recommended Heatsinks updated
Replies: 158
Views: 255642

I have an Aerocool deep impact DP 102. It works really well, especially with 2 fans in push pull mode. I replaced my Scythe Kamakaze with this, and it does a better job with less noise. (about 6 deg C difference). (I have both fans undervolted to 5V). It is heavy though so it's not appropriate for t...
by chrisb71
Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:06 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Help me build a quite PC!
Replies: 3
Views: 5162

The SATA seagates are not quiet, the PATA are. The SATA cannot be put into "quiet mode", I don't know why, but they can't. I have two believe me they are loud. It is the seek noise that is loud, I have mine damped so there is no noise from vibration, but the seek is still really loud. They are not a...
by chrisb71
Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:22 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: heat sinks on hard drives
Replies: 4
Views: 5377

Hi thanks, Yeah I can't put side heat sinks on since I don't have 2 open 5.25 bays (well I have one open bay, but I'd rather be symmetrical and have both cooled the same way :-). But I thought the side is the same as the bottom if the bottom is not covered by a card, since it looks to me like one pi...
by chrisb71
Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:53 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: heat sinks on hard drives
Replies: 4
Views: 5377

heat sinks on hard drives

I was thinking, I have some heat sinks on the way, generic copper fins. I was thinking what if I used arctic epoxy to stick them onto the hard drive bottom (the front half of the bottom is all bare metal). I realize I'd probably have to sand down the metal somewhat, since it doesn't seem very smooth...