This deal has been repeated so many times I can't count how many times it's been. Anyway, the NexFan is the best deal for Canadians so far, from my experience. Not sure if they're doing the Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal anymore but, I got 3 Yate Loons for $15 CND shipping included. I didn't even get charged...

Welcome to SPCR! Nice computer you got there. But you might want to try removing a few fans. For starters, I'd take out the front intake fans, or at least remove one, I'm sure you don't need 2. And take off the rear 120mm fan and duct your ninja to the back of the case. Or you could remove the fan ...

So I took the leap and bought another machine. Plan on using this probably solely for doing mostly text work for school, bills, taxes, whatever work that only uses Office lol or using Firefox to look at my lecture notes. Anyway here's what's in the computer part by part. Computer Components: 2 - Yat...

Does anyone know which of the following boards is more energy efficient: ASUS M2NPV-VM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131014 ASUS M2A-VM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131172 I am guessing the ASUS M2A-VM, because it has the 690G ... but I am not s...

You should make some sort of duct to push the air from the Ninja to the back. It should improve you temps by quite a bit. You can use something as cheap as Cardboard from old boxes or what-not.

Speed fan doesn't seem to work. So I've decided to run my Fans at 5V using a Zalman adapter thing. But it'd be great if I could just run them through Speedfan instead. Also the fan speeds aren't detected at all in SpeedFan. Right now my CPU fan (stock cooling) is the real problem. I really wish I co...

I'm still waiting for my supplier in Ontario to get these. Sales guy doesn't know when they'll be getting any. Kind of sucks. I really really want one of these.

so has anyone hooked up an HDCP monitor, or is it too soon and you are just ironing out other things? Lots of Moniters are HDCP compatible. Usually ones 20" and above are. The only way to really test out the HDCP is if someone gets a Blu-Ray Drive or HD-DVD drive in their HTPC. Isn't that what HDCP...

I did that w/ an el cheapo PSU once, had live heatsinks, shocked myself a couple of times! :lol: how are you cooling it BTW? It's basically in an upper chamber of the case closed off with a 120 Yate Loon at probably 4.x volts. Or at least will be when I get the PSU. I'll definitely take pictures wh...

Yes, capacitors can most definitely remain charged for a while. I was doing a little something inside a device (a strobe tuner, actually) that had been unplugged for a few minutes, and it shocked the BEJEEZUS out of me. It really hurt. Then, as much as that reminded me to be careful, it happened ag...

I keep on hearing around different forums that I need to be extremely careful when opening power supplies; even when they aren't plugged in. Can someone explain to me the dangers of opening a power supply and why it's so dangerous?

You should consider taking off the rear fan and ducting the Ninja to the back. Your temps should stay the same with a whole lot less noise coming out of the rear. At least that was the case with my Ninja.

I hear fudzilla is a very poor review site. Like majority of their rumors never hold true.

I'm very disappointed in the OP. I was expecting to see some skyscraper sized heatsinks lol. It'd be nice to see at least some pictures to see what you've actually done instead of just using some words to describe it.

Well the biggest difference between the two that I've noticed: AMD690: Supports Shader 2.0 6150: Supports Shader 3.0 Not sure if that makes a difference for your use, watching/recording TV/movies. But it should make a difference when playing video games. Another note, I was looking into these boards...

The benchmarks for HD 2900 XT aren't so promising overall. There are some games in which it spanks a 8800 GTS, in others just ties. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7043 OTOH, in some games my 7900 GTX ties with the 8800 GTS, in others falls behind 30-40%. The resolution they use though...

That is a very low load setup. I would say probably less than 50W most of the time. I would think you could get away with the SS300SFD fanless. Or you could throw a Nexus on it and see if it ever spins up. That way it's also there as a backup in case you decided to use it in the dessert or somethin...

Just the amount of modding I'll have to do to steer airflow it's way is all.

Ah I was afraid you guys would say Ikea. I do agree that they have some nice stuff, but I live in St.Louis and the nearest Ikea store is 3 hours away in Chicago and their freaking website charges 300 dollars to deliver a 60 dollar desk. I just can't justify driving a 6 hour round trip or getting my...

I think my overall setup should only take up maybe 100W at most. It's a MOTD, or is going to be.

N4L-VM DH
1GB Stick
Notebook Harddrive SATA
DVD-ROM
T2600 (1.6)

I'm sure this setup shouldn't take more than 100W at most on load.

Here's the setup as I have planned out. CPU: Intel T2600 (1.6) Memory: 1GB DDR2 Motherboard: N4L-VM DH HDD: Notebook Harddrive SATA (Size undecided) PSU: This is where I need advice. Which one would you pick? Go for a PICO 120W (I think this would work for this system right?) or a SS-300SFD. In term...

You are better off just replacing the fan with a quieter one. Get a < 2000 RPM 80mm fan based on a "fluid bearing" (Scythe, Panaflo, etc.) and run it at 5 or 7V. Run it straight from the PSU like a case fan, bypassing the 2-pin connection to the fan controller. I think Seasonic heavily overspeced t...

So here's what I have planned I guess after hearing your 2 comments. 1. Remove the top cover (fan included) 2. Have it run fanless 3. Depend on a 120MM fan to cool it (Yate-Loon 500 RPM rougly 3.5V) Would you consider this at all a good idea? Or is it too dangerous to leave the cover open? o_O If no...

I know this should be the same powersupply that comes with the NSK3300. I'm planning on buying one for this Micro ATX case I have, and it seems to be the only one that fits the case. Can anyone comment exactly how quiet this thing can be? Like would it be quieter than a Yate-Loon at 5V? Or a 12CM fa...

I forget how much a pico PSU supplies but at stock voltages you should be find I'm pretty sure of that. You can probably overclock as far as your stock voltage will let you, which could be anywhere from 2.2 to 3.0 depending on how lucky you are. Try voltages from 1.2500 to 1.3000 see how far your ca...

nici wrote:No it is not. Zooey Deschanel as a chipset cooler would classify as sexy.

What's a Zooey Deschanel? lol. I've never heard of that.

winguy wrote:Nexus NHP-2200 btw

Wow that's one sexy north bridge cooler! I like I like. But unfortunately it doesn't look like it'll fit with a huge tower heatsink like a Ninja or Tuniq

aristide1 wrote:Which processor do you have Choco?

E6400

My new Rig (my workstation) is a T2300.

Unless they are actively interfering with each other, why not use both? That way, if SpeedFan crashes, BIOS should take over. Of course, if BIOS does everything you want, just use that, but if that were the case why would you be using SpeedFan in the first place? They do conflict. If you use BIOS y...

Asus P5B-E Plus You are lucky to find that board. In the US there are no Plus models. :? Do you overclock? Is your NB still hot Hot HOT? I've decided after a lot of thinking, I don't need the cooler anymore and the idea in the end isn't worth it. But incase in the future I change my mind I still wa...