This does not really answer your question........but............ I am no gamer, but I listen to a lot of music on my computer. I picked up a set of Polk AMR150s. I love them, they were the best sounding of all the speakers i listenned to. They are 4.1, but pricy at $149 when I got them. I picked up ...

I now qualify: P55C 233MHz on Atrend ATC-5000MB in AT case. 1" high Coolermaster heatsink, with fan removed, on CPU. Enermax 80mm adjustable sucker in front at minimum RPM. Deer 230W AT PS blowing out the back. CDRW, 40GB 7200RPM HD, Floppy. VGA, Sound, and Ethernet cards, 160MB RAM. The CPU heatsin...

I have done some more work on this. I removed the fan and the small plastic adapter from the CPU heatsink. This had a big impact on temperatures. Now the highest temperature I see is 120F with the case open and running Prime95. This is about 25F less than the with the fan still installed but not spi...

Here is what I did: Go get Intels specifications on this processor at ftp://download.intel.com/design/archives/processors/mmx/docs/24318504.pdf and read section 5. Maximum operating temperature is 70C (158F). Nominal power disipation is 7.9W, maximum is 17W. Use the equations on p46 and the table on...

I would love to find a way to make my wife's computer quiet, other than turning it off :wink: . I already made a big improvement by replacing the old HD (Maxtor DiamondMax 1750) with a Quantum Fireball. Now the noisiest thing in the case is the tiny fan on the CPU. I either need a 50mmx50mmx10mm fan...