Imagine: new mousepad, smoother and nicer than any mousepad you've ever had. Suddenly you are the number one in the COD2-list :twisted: , you die only occasionally in Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat (still the best Battlefield :P ) and in UT you hear "GODLIKE" all the time. But then there is noise b...

Love the open-PSU, the noob-level is pretty high though:P

But if it works, then it's good enough. "Silencing could be addictive", I read somewhere on the site. So I guess you know when to stop

Experiment with setups - I did. It took a lot of time (let's say 2 days, except evenings BEER )

But it works best if you want to know what the best setup is. Sometimes in practice there seems to be extra factors you don't always get to think of when theorizing..

Depends definetly on the game.. The GeForce 8800 GTX is bottlenecked by the AMD X2-series (even FX), if compared to a Core 2 Duo-platform. Especially bottlenecking occurs in the game Supreme Commander. With thousands of units in one game, the CPU is heavily loaded by the AI. So don't say that low CP...

Have you maybe got the "old" 110W CPU?

Then it doesn't get really any better than that

I'm getting the feeling that AMD (and ATI) is/are losing control over power-requirements. How the hell could the 7xx0 and the 8xx0-series be so much less power-hungry then the ATI's offerings?? I couldn't even get even get an idea why the hell you should be willing to get such a card that is only te...

I think the Tuniq Tower is comparable with the Big Typhoon, probably a bit better, but dense fins are bad with low airflow. I guess the only reason why it's better than a Scythe Mine is becaus it's bigger. The reviews found on the internet don't represent the truth. The fan is not quiet according to...

Well if I had to imagine the case was filled with dark fuckness

Then you did a pretty nice job.... How many hours??

Take a good note that the hot 8800GTS/X are also warming up the case big time. For example take a look at the CPU-temperatures measured int the review "P180 Part 2: The whole nine yards". I've got an 6800GT, so I know what I'm talking about. Cool graphiccards are a big difference, butwhen you want h...

Obviously the most here vote Seasonic.

As for "silent"; what you mean is quiet..

Silent = no noise at all = fanless = 70$>

As for the AAM-function, I guess you've tried Hitachi FeatureTool?

As JH Hoffma proposed; The Hitachi HD Feature Tool is very simple -(pretty save, As I recall it didn't do things to a HDD that weren't supported by the HDD)- It is indeed bootable, moreover, it's only bootable. Since I guess no one likes floppies anymore, There is also an *.iso-version, which may be...

Ok now a serious post: you won't get your PC inaudible, unless you go truly silent. but then again, there's no chance of getting a powerhouse. Face it, there is no way of getting inaudible. My PC is running very quiet, I can still hear it, but it is very easy to ignore. That's where "silencing" is a...

It is possible. As always ducting is the way. Like this: Passive coolers for CPU, GPU and maybe Northbridge with fins pointing to back-end of the case. A passive PSU like the Fortron Zen, Silverstone Nightjar, Antec Phantom. You'd get ideal with this: ----------------------- |......|.........|.........

Asphalt

Why would one want a positive pressure case, I don't understand. and as Felgor has posted, the P180 is definetly at it's best when used with negative pressure - which of I think is far superior to positive pressure. Only in very small (read: costum) cases positive pressure could be better through ex...

Fabre,

Do you know how much the Be-Quiet absorbing kit helped?

By the way, I can get a replacement, without to much hazzle. Just fill in your adress etc. state your problem with the Noctua-equipment, add a photograph and send....You'll get a reply that they send a new unit. Haven't got it though. I'll keep you posted on how the service really is:D I've just got...

I guess. But for you who use it. If you're using an very open heatsink, like the Ninja or HR-01, the fan is actually better than anything else. I put this fan in place for a Scythe DF(S122512L) which is pretty much on par with the performance of the Nexus and it definetly blows out more air which ma...

My Noctua doesn't hum. low or high, doesn't matter, very little bearing noise. Just the stupid whine. (A bit off-topic) And you probably got from the forums that Noctua's haven't got very much power to blow through obstructed things? I must say though, that my Noctua cools the wide-finned Ninja easi...

I use a fanmate2, that isn't PWM is it?

Thanks for the fast reply anyway!

Hi people, I've got myself a Noctua S12-1200 recently, only to find out that at certain intervals the fan makes a whining noise which is at any speed very audible :o . I guess it's a productionerror since it's much alike a bottomresonantion-frequency which has many secundairy frequencies between ~4....

Hmm I've got a new one for the Noctua 1200-version. At multiple speeds the fan makes a mid-frequency-whining that's audible like hell. The volume of the whining is lowered acording to fanspeed. I think it's something like resonation inside the motor-hub. As far as I can say there's about every mm yo...

Are dimmed LED's bad??

I don't think so. Most of the LED-equipped products are a scenery in your bedroom if you turn them on (or if you can't turn the LED's of)

Therefore, I'm probably dissapointed with most LED-equipped...just because the LED's are FAR to bright, you must be f***in' nuts

If you want to go for quietness.. The Tuniq is probably not a good idea. It'll work, but seeing the spacing between fins I'd say that it's about as good on low-airflow as the Thermaltake Big Typhoon. You'd probably be better of with a Thermalright Ultra or Scythe Ninja. But that's when you prefer qu...

LOL both up here are right

You've got 4 fans:

Nexus on your Ninja,
Nexus at the bottom,
Adda in your Seasonic,
And some AC-fan in your Accelero

Mike, I've got an 6800GT :D I'm only thinking about the 6800XT... first, ofcourse the XT is pretty more crap in "frames"-performance. What is the difference between the two in wattage? Maybe I'm interested... If the 6800XT has got an better "performance/watt"-ratio. My 6800GT has no stoch-cooler any...

[quote]Top-down airflow good for system cooling[/quote] I partially disagree with Devon here. Probably it's good for the motherboard-components like VRM's etc. But the Heated airflow can also heat up the motherboard, it remains to be seen at what speeds (depends on mainboard, layout, other component...

For you all who are thinking about the Thermaltake, the differences I have seen in my system when I was switching to the Ninja were something described by the SPCR-review. I had a Papst 4412FGL @5v on it, and ofc tested it on 7,9, and 12 v as well. I found that it's efficiency ran of very fast on lo...

My CPU:

X2-4400+, Toledo, JH9-E6, 55°C, 1.35V, 65.0W / 40.6W

With Ninja Fanless, but Noctua @ 650 RPM in top in P180: max 56C
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- What does the dubble TDP mean?
- Off-topic but: May I be able to undervolt without problems, while CnQ is enabled?

Thanks, and You're Welcome!