i mounted an 80mm fan in place of a 60mm fan, performance is much better and the noise level is much lower...although i didn't rubber mount it.

going the way of the larger fan may be more cost effective for the job at hand.

i'm not sure linux would be your best bet for this...i can't say i have my linux box up and running all that much, its good to know, but doesn't have all of the options for it as upfront as windows or mac. the wake on LAN is one thing, and the drives, i'm not sure if you'd be able to set them to tur...

we all learn from the first build...my first one was with a dual Pentium II Xeon system, i'm waiting on a new pair of processors for it, i'm getting 700mhz CPUs for it, 100mhz FSB, 2M L2 cache...then i need to jump on a PSU because its possible that the one i have [and got just before christmas brea...

it does look better, but all the heat they're directly exposed to could be a problem, as the heatpipes would expand..or at least in theory they would...

it would take heat away from the CPU faster, yes, but the fan would need to keep up.

i'm only loosely familiar with the board, my friends new system as it, but i haven't gotten the time to go to his house and help him build it. dual channel is more efficient..

i didn't even notice the shroud on the heatsink either, maybe that would be worth removing to see how temps react.

aim for ATi when it comes to a graphics card, that board works best with crossfire, so using nvidia may surface some unwanted issues.

your ram isn't running dual channel?

your mobo is going up becauase you have the heatsink right in front of the fan, it can't take much from the rest of the system.

hmmm i think your motherboard temp is fine for the system, the CPU isn't getting any warmer, so its probably just the CPU spreading its heat... there's probably a chipset thats just heating up, you may try sticking little ram heatsinks on them to see if that helps. as for benchmarking software, you ...

reminds me of when i had my Pentium II xeon server in my garage one snow day...i wanted to see how cool it would get...i have this temp controlled 120mm fan that i taped to a box, slid it over the CPUs, and at first they were so cold the fan didn't spin at all, i thought i had it plugged in to the w...

i was using a beta when i did that though....

but my specs where:
1.1GHz celeron
512MB SD RAM
GeForce FX5200 PCI 128mb

i used a GeForce FX5200 and ran vista without a problem. PCI, 128MB....

however you take that is on you.

hmm...best bet would be making the two drives you have in that computer the slaves in another, or having one be secondary master and secondary slave, it doesn't matter, that would be the easiest way to get to your files. however, if they're all password protected, no bets on getting to it. when i ha...

try using krazy or guerilla glue on it, by putting glue on the piece, and using a pair of needle nose pliers to guide it into place, and just let it sit for a few hours. that plastic piece supports 4 pins as well, so its better to at least try fixing it before getting a new one. but i'd suggest remo...

that case, it looks amazing, with those huge grills and mesh front panel...makes me wish that i could get one.

the only thing i would do with the HDD suspension is find a way to secure it, like eye-hooks or something, i wouldn't want to bump the case too hard and hear a life shattering crash.

just as an example for this, take ATI's Rage graphics card...when the ATI Rage 2C was released it had 8MB ram on the card, non expandable...that would be a 3d workstation card, because it could support 32bit graphics, however, with only 8MB of ram on the card itself, it had limited performance. work...

i just want to go back to a comment earlier about workstation graphics... workstation graphics have to perform better than gaming, because a lot of workstations create the games, set the first benchmarks etc...a graphics card for a workstation would be great, but the difference is that they require ...

not sure what you mean by background noise...maybe disabling windows sounds will stop it?

i don't quite get what you mean.

well, yesterday i put in my 420W PSU that came with the case...compared to the 200W, this is running a lot better and the problem is gone. maybe the 200W supply is going bad? its roughly 4 years old, and to my knowledge its been with this system ever since, the only parts changed have been the hard ...

with my current cases, i can't do it, but if i get a new case, i plan to suspend them like the last picture, but instead of cardboard between the drives, i was thinking of springs...that and all the drives would have a ground lead to the case somewhere. i can't suspend drives because they're moving ...

yea, i've got the elite without the power supply, i got mine at a local store, so it was in the same box as the elite. ahh...i had to swap systems from my server to my P4 rig because of insane temps in this case, i had to wait about 2 weeks before i could get the elite, i was going nuts because my s...

i've seen other people in the same issue, and the only solution thats come up is this: http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds/main/review/th2go.htm the Matrox Triple Head 2 Go is the only way to get 3 monitors working unless you want to go with a PCI graphics card. performance is excellent, and quality is...

my server has two, which will soon by in RAID1 setup, each is 40gigs
my P4 rig has a single 80GB drive
my linux box [aka DHTB] has a single 20 HDD..

ive got a single external 400GB

and a spare 6GB drive that i use to test new hardware with the server.

i'm guessing thats a cooler master elite..i've got one for my server upstairs [i don't use it as a server though, just audio recording/editing] i found cooling to be much greater after removing the metal plates in the 5.25" bays..if they front panel is going to be mesh, you might as well make it eff...

yea, everything will fit, with your choice of heatsink...for hard drive, seagate barracudas are good and quiet, even in metal drive cages. as for keeping it on at night, instead of leaving it running, what are your thoughts on hibernation? technically, the whole thing is off, and when you go to push...

not only that, but how often will you watch a DVD on your computer...there are 50" plasma TVs with DVD players for that.

on my oldest board i have AGP Aperture set to 256, even though its running the 440GX chipset..for its age, its good. with over a gig of ram in that system, i see no real difference, but in theory, since it doesn't need graphic performance i could technically lower that and get better performance. i ...

yea, i have to figure out where my dad read that...it just doesn't sound right...a lot of people do it, yet "it doesn't work like that"

i can ask him later.

oohhh, i can't say i'm a gamer, but i do a lot of editing music, which needs just as much if not more resources. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127015 ^that board is a favorite of mine, i'm actually building a computer for a friend of mine that will use a board very similar ...

well, the scythe kama bay would work great, but if its covered by a door, hows the air going to get in? the 80mm fan idea was great, the GTS probably hasn't gotten much cooler because it may be drawing hot air from all over the case, and bringing some over the card, thereby preventing it to cool dow...

well, normally i'd say get rid of the CD-RW drive, but i still don't believe my dad on a couple things, so i'd suggest getting rid of the DVD drive. 1) the DVD-RW drive can do everything it can and more 2) if the CD-RW drive is reliable and better to use for CDs, theres no point in removing it, you'...