Anyone compared to these to a good 120mm? They look like bigger slipstreams, are they next quiet cooling cfm/dba kings?
Thats a lot of fan to push around quietly and evenly with no bearing noise Id imagine.

I dont know anything about basic electronics, is undervolting a CPU (specifically a Core2Duo) bad for anything such as the PSU, or indeed bad for the CPU itself? My guess is that the less voltage the better if CPU passes stability tests, but then its making it work harder on less voltage.... My E660...

The ninja rev b passively cools my E6600, unless its a hot day i dont see temps above 54c, and i do alot of video encoding. I did have a 800rpm s-flex fan on there, but after i took it off max temps only rose 2c, so i guess my case airflow is doing most of the work anyway. Farting whats your case, ...

Thanks for opinions, when I meant northbridge HS clearance, I meant Im after something narrower than the TRUE so I can fit a Thermalright HR-05 (or whatever) on the NB. It looks like a Ninja is a fair bit narrower and may fit it, the Xigmatek and HR-01 arent significantly narrower than the TRUE iirc...

I didnt search hard enough, seems the Rev.B is inferior even with a bolt-thru kit.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article805-page6.html

How does heat and idle noise compare to a WD5000AAKS? My 5000aaks is made in March 2008 so I guess its 3-platter, unless they are making 2-platter ones now?

Anyone firsthand compared the Ultra-Extreme vs Ninja rev.B (with thermalright bolt-thru kit)? Because the official SPCR review only feature the Ninja rev.A and the Copper Ninja (with intel push pins). Just wondering which is best passive or at 5v. My current setup is SLK3000B (grills and filters rem...

I noticed some site (www.benchmarkreviews.com) tested a Xigmatek 1283 or 1284 HSF against a TRUE and others in both open-bench and installed horizontally in a case. The in-case review favoured the Xigmatek and from memory they thought it was down to the heatpipes (and fluid within) being horizontal ...

In terms of Accelero S1 vs HR-03 I think it depends on your cooling configuration. The S1 on my 9600GT is cooled perfectly by the 120mm intake but the HR-03GT may work best next to a CPU cooling tower (Ninja etc) where the 120mm CPU fan can service both heatsinks Also the Accelero S1 is quite long (...

My 2c is that I tested both the SLK3000B (BQE but with HD cage the right way around) and Solo against each other, in a warm room with an overclocked CPU and a Geforce 7950GT (Zalman vf700 cooler on low). Used an Antec NeoHe 430w which is very quiet but pathetic airflow compared to something even lik...

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nvidia-9600gt-review.ars/4 Arstechnica has it completely different from Tweaktown, they say it uses less power even than 3850. Personally Id trust Arstechnica over Tweaktown but will wait for further reviews before buying. I dont think the nVidia 9xxx cards ar...

Excuse me for repeating myself but has anyone run a test on identical drives comparing any performance difference between mounting horizontal and vertical?

Well all I can add is that by using the telescopic side duct in my SLK3000B (among other cases) + 5v stock intel hsf that my CPU temp dropped up to about 5C and case temps were only about 1-2C higher (due to obstruction) If you used a big copper top mounting fan hsf like the old Thermalrights it mig...

I like how its low profile and weighs less. The airflow produced by the top 28mm of the fan causes noise but doesn't help the cooling - so the cooling/noise ratio suffers. If you have that much room, why not use a tower heatsink designed up-front for a 120mm fan? Thermalright makes a couple of them...

Has anyone compared this with a low speed (maybe 1000 rpm) fan? The Anandtech review had it beating nearly everything except its big brother the Ultra-120extreme, IIRC they used a higher speed fan though which suits Thermalrights denser fins better. It killed the Ninja and equalled the Ultra-120 (no...

I have the Fujikura 0.6amp fan with my E6300 stock cooler and find even at about 1000rpm its pretty uneven in tone and just noticeable, its really pretty rough compared to any other HSF Ive used but may just be the one sample Ive used. Anyone know if the Nidec 0.2amp fan (the other one used for skt7...

I assumed the "wire grille" referred to those ones with the cross and concentric circles, like on PSUs - ie about as open as the newer Antec grilles. I guess there wouldnt really be an audible difference at such low rpm but Ultrachrome when you said you noticed no difference in temps, what sort of c...

Driven with a Seasonic SS-350ET ATX PSU -- Intel Pentium D950, overclocked / overvolted 10% (Presler, 3.74GHz) ATI Radeon X1950XTX-512 PCIe graphics Asus P5LD2-VM motherboard 4 x 1024MB Corsair DDR2-6400 RAM Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80GB hard drive WD Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10krpm HDD 1 x 120mm fan T...

Never noticed that, ok off with the grilles!

Sorry late reply haha - ok my "test setup" has gone but an undervolted 120mm intake makes little difference to my WD 5000KS (4-platter 7200rpm 16mb cache sata3.0gb/s) which sticks at around 35c. I dont know the fan RPM but using a Sunbeam fan controller I have all fans as low as they will go without...

My mistake, soz. They arent exactly hot, they are wide open to the 120mm intake (when I use it) just that I figured foam would trap heat or at least stop the HD cage exhausting some it in summer temps when things do get toasty without an intake fan. I mean sleeping bags and stuff have foam in them! ...

IIRC the 3800 has the sideways HD cage so thats another point where it differs, Mike C found the 3000B cage was a bit cooler. For the NB cooler you can go cheaper by getting a Zalman NBJ47, but its a tall passive heatsink that usually is in the way of vidcard, whereas the Thermalright one has fan ca...

Yep I actually said that the P150s HD mounting is much quieter, but that my HD is suspended in the 3000B and as that was the main noise source I now cant really tell any difference. They both have the same exhaust fan so the P150s only silencing advantage now should be thicker panels afaik... Like I...

Cool, Ill do that. I actually prefer my 3000B to the P150, its a bit roomier to work in, it looks pretty good and im not terrified of scratching it like the glossy P150. The P150 HD bays are great though, pull out the ones you dont need for great airflow and they absorb vibration wondefully. If it w...

Thanks, yep Antec fan grills are much less restrictive than most others. I would definitely remove the grill off something like my old cheap case though which seemed to be more metal than holes :roll: I just filed the edges round with a heavy file rather than covering. I guess softmounting would cre...

Thanks for the replies. Im clueless at electrical stuff so not into fan swaps unless I can just swap it rather than soldering, buying bits etc. I dont have the card here so I cant remember if it was a "hard swap" or just unplug it. Hmm so the VF900 is no quieter than the vf700? Disappointing, I will...

Ok I have a slk3000b and a P150, the tricools on low (5v) are the loudest thing in there, can anyone say if snipping off the rear exhaust grill actually makes any appreciable difference in noise? Im getting some Yate Loons which I understand from Mike reviews are marginally quieter at 12v than 5v Tr...

I have a Vf700alcu and was wondering if the VF900 had the same fan and RPM, it looks like it from the Zalman site but confirmation would be good. Im not happy with the vf700 fan even on low but was eyeing the vf900 as I upgrade to a hotter card. I know the HR-03 is better but I cannot buy them here....

Can anyone compare this to a SATA 7200.7 120gb for idle noise and vibration? I dont really care about seeks personally. For me vibration is probably a bigger issue than idle noise, if I am looking among fairly quiet HDs to start with. Based on the Anandtech review http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sh...

Ok has anyone run a benchmark to test any PERFORMANCE difference between mounting positions? Perhaps in some mounting positions gravity causes the disk to become "heavier" and spin marginally slower? Just a HD tach between both regulation mounting and 90 degree would be great, possibly repeating a f...