there are more nonnative engerish speakers here than any other forum i frequent, which i imagine makes being a mod more challenging than on a more mono-linguistic site. Agreed, and besides that, people from different countries can have different senses of humor. IMO, people from the USA are among t...

you would think a 6 core 970 would be much hotter having more cores than the 930. And a larger die size than the 3930k, at a not much lower core speed. The 970 is a 32 nm Gulftown core, and the 930 is a 45 nm Bloomfield, that's why the latter runs hotter. The 3930K on the other hand is a hot runnin...

The cooler from Zalman is not that different form the models from Antec. Keep the D14.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1214-page7.html

Red review: http://www.storagereview.com/western_di ... w_wd30efrx

No I'm aware of the value in the higher multiplier. Just because I don't mention it, it doesn't mean I'm unaware of it.

In general, people are obsessed about load power consumption, without realizing that most CPU's rarely runs at 100 % for more than a minute at a time.

G620T actually idles at 0.1W higher than the non-T part. Idle is the same, and load power consumption is proportional to clock speed. :!: Why would anyone buy the -T, unless you can't lower the multiplier yourself? In a music PC, how often does it run on full load? And if it does, I bet those extra...

sleepygenius wrote:It appears it would obstruct the installation of sata cards or the like.

I don't know where you got that from, look at the pic.

Wouldn't it make sense (for once) to turn the CPU fan upside down when the PSU is that close?

Hyvä!

Heatsinks are not made for motherboards, heatsinks are made with CPU safe-zone size specifications in mind. Now you're just splitting hairs. Remember, board makers still want to sell boards. The issue with AXP-140 is that it is next to impossible to find anywhere (at least in Europe). It's nice tha...

No, they are not big - S1155/1156 boards have mostly "wrong layouts". I'd say most heatsinks have the wrong layout. Heatsinks are made for motherboards, not the other way around. When you have to fit two chips (CPU + PCH) into a small area you can't expect one of them to be in the center, just like...

Can I haz 4:3 ratioz?

I've never heard of that resolution, let alone that aspect ratio (1:1.3333). It's not this one?
Edit: Olaf is a clever guy, I'm not.

Have you tried newer drivers, or installing drivers for the monitor?

Which output connector do you use?

It's modular.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/power ... -high-end/

andyb wrote:Should be great for a case that has a large side blowing fan as that heatsink looks to be about 20cm square (guesstimate), perhaps 24cm.

Given that it's a mini-ITX board, and it's based on L12, I'd say it's 12 cm.

Availability is 12 - 18 months away, price at least €40.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,88955 ... lung/News/

Some new low profile coolers, fans and prototypes.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,88867 ... lung/News/

Translation.

What's the opinion on 38 mm fans? How does the extra thickness affect the noise and performance, in general?

I'd try to replace the .cab, .hdr and .bin files, and edit the .ini files.

Data2.cab is twice as big in Fan Xpert 2.

This board has the laterst version of Fan Xpert 2.

Dunno if the 40% limit is because of the software version, but if it is, have you considered messing with the Setup folder?
I've downloaded both + and 2, and swapping files may help you get the better version.

I don't have any board to test, tho.

I would call it the data drive for the application you are using. If a slow spinning drive is fast enough for your needs, but you don't like the WD GP head park feature there are other "green" drives out there. I like the Samsung F4 for example but it's not as quiet as the WD GP. Isn't the AV-GP pr...

There's no point in whining about the lack of accuracy in TPU's review's, we all know that. The importance in TPU's reviews isn't in the numbers, it's in the relation to other cards. If a high end card like the 670 is among the quieter cards in the list, it may be worth looking in to. Granted, it do...

Techpowerup reviews many graphics cards, and they check the fan noise. I'm not saying that their tests are as good as SPCR tho.

Here's an example of a quiet 670: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS ... II/27.html

Here's an old reminder of how to apply the paste, it makes a difference.

http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/artic ... dup-2007/4

"maybe" and "likely", they're just speculating, there's no proof that it's an issue for all systems.

One More Reason...

What are the other reasons?

LED's can be turned off.

birthdaymonkey wrote:I did a bit of eyeball calibration (with some help from various forum posts) and find it's extremely accurate.

Can you give me a link? I'm very satisfied with mine, but all I've done so far is lowering the brightness to 25%.

Another Asus review: http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-gefo ... -review/10

According to lab501, the fan on the stock models vibrates because of how it's mounted. Maybe Tzupy can confirm this?

induce vibratii

I think I know what that means..

Oh, well I assume they're ALL too loud for SPCR standards. I'm not talking about SPCR standards, I'm just pointing out that the links you and the OP gave both shows that Palits version doesn't help in terms of noise. The Asus model barely ramps up under load even though it runs at the same temp as ...

Jay_S wrote:The Palit GeForce GTX 670 JetStream and Gainward GTX 670 Phantom non-reference coolers look interesting.

The Palit makes just as much noise as the reference model, Asus seems to be the quieter one.