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- Thu May 27, 2004 5:23 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: My Design of silent Computer Case (Wood) -Link Repaired-
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19539
i know mdf is ery acoustically dead, but really make efforts to decouple hard drives and fans from it. You'll see absolutely no cooling boost that most metal cases would give to a directly coupled drive, the only possibility is that it will increase noise. Secondly, have you considered something oth...
- Thu May 27, 2004 5:09 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: I need a 4000 (four thousand) watts PSU
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11179
greef Anything over 1800W requires a 220v line. Those are usually installed for large applience such as dryers, stoves, air conditioners, supercomputes etc. Regular 110v wont do becasue P=IV i know, moot point cos the guy is in spain. In europe all our mains are that high. NOTE i may be entirely wr...
- Thu May 27, 2004 4:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Suspended hard drives and reliability
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13344
right. number one - if you want to know, test. There are plenty of hard drive benchmarks out there, and if one of you doesnt test it soon, i may well do, as i have suspended my drive. number two - there has been absolutely no evidence saying that cracking knuckles is realted to the onset of arthriti...
- Thu May 27, 2004 4:39 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: What is a good cool graphics card?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3619
- Thu May 27, 2004 4:34 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: modding a zalman flower sink
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1236
modding a zalman flower sink
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/zalman.jpg is that one, the Zalman Flower CNPS6000-Cu. Quite simply, i have this heatpipe with a load of fins attached to it pulled out of a hifi amp. http://www.gr13f.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/dumbpix/tonky/1.jpg 80mm fan for scale. http://www.gr13f.pwp.blueyonder...
- Thu May 27, 2004 4:24 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Please post you barton(mobile) max underclock/undervolt.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4506
Not a mobile, but considering mobiles are just the best desktops... 2500+ AQXEA 0331XPMW Max undervolt 200x9.5 (1900Mhz, wanted ddr400 and this is closest to the stock 1.87) 1.20v It has a lot more room downward I'm sure, just haven't primed it yet Max overclock 225x12 (2700Mhz, Prime stable for 10...
- Thu May 27, 2004 4:01 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: successfully modded an antec 350W trueblue psu
- Replies: 0
- Views: 962
successfully modded an antec 350W trueblue psu
Well, i've been happily surprised by this one, despite my somewhat half-arsed job. I bought an acrylic PSU cover from ebuyer (99p). That got rid of the 92mm blowhole. I then swapped out the rear 80mm fan for a coolermaster "silence" one that used to be on a cpu sink. I then superglued a bit of extra...
- Thu May 27, 2004 3:54 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: I need a 4000 (four thousand) watts PSU
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11179
i wouldnt worry about powerdrain from the wall, most home circuits happily run devices with those kind of wattages (3000W electric kettles!) I would think a project like this would need to be designed from the ground up, big, high quality toroidal transformers and the like. I can't see why it should...
- Thu May 27, 2004 3:48 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: has anyone replaced the fan on an arctic cooler?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1530
has anyone replaced the fan on an arctic cooler?
Well, thread title says it all.
Mine's pretty quiet, but it could be quieter.
Would say, an 80mm papst ducted from the side of the case provide the same pressure as the stock fan?
Just throwing some ideas about.
griff
Mine's pretty quiet, but it could be quieter.
Would say, an 80mm papst ducted from the side of the case provide the same pressure as the stock fan?
Just throwing some ideas about.
griff
- Thu May 27, 2004 3:43 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: How quiet is the arctic VGA silencer on a 9800 PRO?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5251
- Wed May 12, 2004 3:43 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: 120mm fan help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4141
- Sat May 08, 2004 5:26 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: LCD for gamers
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15299
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:19 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: cpu/NB cooling for Barton 2800 and Abit NF7-S
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4854
- Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:53 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: keyboard silencing!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1125
keyboard silencing!
Anyone know what would be best for this? i dont mind spending the time cutting the rubber out, i have two keyboards hehe..
griff
griff
- Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:51 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: 120mm fan of choice in the UK
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3892
nexus at stock or undervolted evercool are in the running atm.
any idea if these are remotely close to their claimed dbA rating?
i can get rid of those silly light easily enough..
griff
any idea if these are remotely close to their claimed dbA rating?
i can get rid of those silly light easily enough..
griff
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 4:02 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: 120mm fan of choice in the UK
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3892
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:39 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: 120mm fan of choice in the UK
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3892
i was actually thinking of removing the frames, seems a shame to a premium for them then take them off... but still, looks good. Unfortunately i've heard nothing but bad things about the 120mm acoustifan, all the reviews i've read slate it. So are those titan aluminiums the same motor etc as these? ...
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:58 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How to completely drain a power supply...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 132834
a one handed electrician is a living electrician - remember if you use two hands and *whoops* eh, complete a circut the path of curent flow is (as i have been told) through your chest (and heart) - so if you dont want to have electricity passing through your torso JUST USE ONE HAND and the *whoops*...
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:53 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: modding an antec trueblue 350watt
- Replies: 0
- Views: 887
modding an antec trueblue 350watt
it's the one that came with the lanboy, and it's far too loud. There is a 92mm fan at the bottom and an 80mm at the back, both supposedly temperature controlled but still unreasonably loud. I have bought a psu cover with no blowhole, i was considering buying a quiet 80mm fan, making a duct and leavi...
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:42 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: 120mm fan of choice in the UK
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3892
120mm fan of choice in the UK
I wish to buy a couple of 120mm fans for my Lanboy. One is going to be at the back, i will enlarge the 80mm hole, the other is going to replace the hard disc cage. To me this seems to give a good airflow over the cpu and northbridge etc. I'd like to get the quietest fans i can with the highest airfl...
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:33 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Suspending the 5.25 bays
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2756
Sounds more like a recipe for making coasters than anything else. In an optical drive the spinning CD and the laser are not that rigidly fixed to each. The slight swaying caused by the changes in rotation speed will almost guarantee that you'll get burning and reading errors. I think slowing the dr...
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:00 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Suspending the 5.25 bays
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2756
Sounds like a good idea but won't your optical drives still be secured into the front of your case? Or are you going to cut out the front of the case? If you do cut out the front of the case then that'll mess up and -ve/+ve pressure you're trying to create. I'd have to completely cut out the bay fr...
- Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:00 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Is BTX really going to replace ATX?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13940
- Sat Apr 24, 2004 10:56 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Suspending the 5.25 bays
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2756
Suspending the 5.25 bays
Well, it seems that hard drive suspension is the silencing measure of choice - what about the full size devices? So far i've had two ideas. One is to suspend the whole 5.25 drive cage, the other is to simply remove it and suspend the optical drives seperately. I'd have to completely cut out the bay ...
- Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Dvorak keyboard layout, anyone used it?
- Replies: 124
- Views: 86402
- Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:41 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Dvorak keyboard layout, anyone used it?
- Replies: 124
- Views: 86402
my brother decided to use a left handed dvorak layout, and switches between querty and that quite regularly. He says he's mildly slower with one-handed dvorak, and only uses qwerty for long conversations. About a month after he started using it he was at about 40wpm, it's been a long time since then...