http://www.thermalright.com/a_newimages/HR-03-New-pic.jpg With one of these above and one below the graphics cards, you could use passive SLi on a motherboard that doesnt have two slots between the cards (their example above does). And there'd definitely be no problem plugging in the SLi bridge eit...

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Ok, the specs for your case say 7 exposed 5.25" bays, so unless you have a lot of optical drives you will be fine- the Zalman fan controller only takes up one of them. It's only about 2.5" deep, not including the cables, so there's space behind it if you're suspending your HDDs in the same bays. Hop...

Hmm... sounds like it could be case vibrations being caused by your HDD. That would explain why it occurs during gaming, but not under CPUBurn or similar tools- they dont really use the HDDs once they're loaded. WoW will be constantly cache-ing and streaming data to and from your HDD as you play. Th...

That depends on what the warranty is worth to you :shock: Unless you're getting performance issues, it's almost certainly a bad idea- there will be fiddly wires and connections running between the two PCBs that were lined up by robots with a hundred pairs of hands- it doesn't sound like fun! :roll: ...

If I remember correctly, the -5v line is useless anyway- it's a leftover from an older standard. My Seasonic S12-430 is currently putting out -1.2V on the -5V line, and my PC is still running...
Don't worry about it.

edit- Oh, and while I remember...
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You can do a clean install of the upgrade disc, I believe you need an original code to activate it though. School/college networks are a goldmine- usually, every PC is licensed for 98SE, but they tend to run a multi-license copy of XP instead and never need their own codes... :wink: Other than that,...

Search for "Authorised Education Reseller" - Microsoft do a sort of student discount to download copies of the upgrade disc. You can get XP-Pro for about £52 in the UK.

Or... you could get him Vista and really shut him up!

Hope this helps

That's pretty standard, to be honest- think about what would happen if a package went missing on its way to you? Newegg wouldn't expect you to pay for it, they'd cover the loss themselves (either out of pocket or through insurance). Never in a million years will a company give a refund/replacement f...

Incidentally, Vista RC-1 has S3 Suspend-to-RAM as the default shut down option in the start menu- I thought I'd turned off my PC, then it 'Started Up' in about a second and I started to get confused... :?: Took me a while to work out what was happening. For use as an HTPC, RC-1 includes the Media Ce...

The rubber standoffs are quite hard, and don't do much for vibrations when mounted underneath- they work best on the side of the cooler, as they bend a lot easier than they compress. The Zalman is more about cooling than silencing, and it does a reasonable job with very little airflow. Most people h...

Hmm... I reckon that if you opened up the pci blanks at the back of the case, and mounted a nice quiet 120mm fan across the front of the GPUs, then you could duct off your SLi setup, exhaust the hot air out the back of the case, and run the whole thing surprisingly quietly. Well, quiet for an SLi ri...

This thingy:


You know, now that I think about it they may have just taken off the side and leaned it up against the case...
My bad.

Nah, I think it's a place for all your purple-anodized thumscrews with skulls on them, and a stock of spare CCL tubes to keep lan'ing well past 10pm... 3xtR3m3! w00t! etc. :? Personally, I like cases with flat, solid tops- they're so multifunctional! My case doubles-up as a bedside table, footstool,...

Hmm... they look like the same sort of thing that Dell uses, ducted to intake over the CPU and blow out the back of the case. You could probably use them on your case floor, to intake from below the case and to blow fresh air over your HDDs, but that's assuming that you don't have/want a front intak...

Ok, so in that case you should set the fan speed so that Asus Probe says it's off, and then actually look inside the PSU to check if the fan is indeed stopped. As I said, some programs can't measure RPMs if they're too low (or if the fans can't report the RPM correctly, again because it's expecting ...

Just by the by- PC World is extortionate instore, but if you reserve stuff online first you can get up to 40% off sometimes, and still have then benefit of picking it up that day and taking it back if it's not quite right. :D I'd also recommend Quiet PC , the service is excellent and delivery is che...

the fan completely stops spinning

Have you checked the fan itself, or is that just what is reported by software? Some programs (e.g. Speedfan) have problems measuring below 6-700rpm, it could be that it's still going fine, but the software can't register.

This is starting to get a bit silly, and really far off topic.
(and picking a fight with the mods is NOT generally a good idea Thomas-BP2)

Dont forget though- if you've got a business email address, you can usually persuade someone to part with their heatpipes if they think you're going to buy lots of them...

Doubt it- you'd be better off with proper heatpipes instead of metal bars. The copper pipes work well because the liquid inside them carries the heat, not the copper itself (it does a little, but not compared to the liquid). Copper is only used because it's more effective than other metals to transf...

It should do- you've got push-pins either side or that whiny little fan, dont you? Thermalright include 2 different clips depending on the distance between the holes, as well as something for if you've got hooks on your motherboard. Looking at your motherboard though (assuming I'm looking at the rig...

silon- howdy :D , yes I am starting to wonder about that sensor :? It's definately still hot, I know that much! I think I'll try a quiet fan blowing over the HR-05-SLi to see if that makes a difference; with my case fans turned up it dropped to a steady 69 degrees, so I'm on my way... :roll: I like ...

I knew someone would ask that... :oops: With the stock heatsink, speedfan reported 70 degrees, and very rarely changed from that +-1 degree. With the Zalman, I doubt that it was even touching the chip, but speedfan reported between 69 and 70 degrees, and there was no change from adding a very slow-r...

Well hello again, for anyone interested I've recently made some changes to my PC... I've since soft-mounted everything with the help of the Nexus silencing kit thing (thanks, whoever it was that recommended it to me), removed all the fan grilles (which REALLY helped the sound, I couldn't believe it ...

Would it not be the same as the diference between DVD and CD?
i.e. none, all the PC knows is that data is coming in from a storage device. I doubt the PC will need any special software, beyond what comes with the drive (and most of the time you can use a generic driver anyway).

Are there vents in the top of that case? If not I think you'll be blowing warm air throughout the rest of your case, and that wont help with HDD temps. If you ventilate the roof of the case, and have the fans suck the air out, you should get some good airflow through the case. The rear fan would nee...

And for the Northbridge, you could try one of these if you can find it.
Should just miss the graphics card.
I'll second the suggestion of a VF900 for the GPU as well, it comes with a FanMate 2 as well so you can make sure it's silent.

xilencer- the heatpipes are ~2cm circumference, and ~15cm long. With 11 pipes, that equates to 330cm2. Granted, it's not a massive amount of space, but it does make a difference on the temperatures, especially with a little airflow over it (between 5 and 10 degrees on my Maxtors). I would rather not...

You should be wary about start-up though, there may not be enough current to get them spinning in the first place.
It sounds like a nice idea though, and would probably help with cablegami in a larger case.