Just to let you know, have "taken the plunge" and fitted and akasa icicle 311 to my Radeon 8500. Seems to work great but haven't fully tested 3d temps yet. Have posted details on main page... Thanks for your help and advice! How does the 311 fit on the card? I have a retail 8500 and there are a lot...

I use MBM5 but will usually install AsusProbe just to verify temps. BIOS temps are definitely NOT load temps. BIOS temps in Win NT-based OSes (Win2000, WinXP) will be higher than "in-Windows" idle temps because WIn NT has a "halt" command built into the OS. When the processor isn't doing any work it...

I just got an SLK-800 to put on my Tualeron rig. I put on the SLK-800 + ASIII with an 80mm Adda 26CFM, 22dB fan. Temps at idle dropped 2-3C for MoBo and CPU. Load temps for the MoBo dropped 3-4C, for the CPU they dropped 9C . Noise level remained the same. Hi Ralf, I forgot to ask you. What do you ...

Look at my rig specs below. I'm running an OCed 1.1A @ 1.475Ghz on default voltage. I'm using a Thermalright SLK-800 and a 7-volted Panaflo M1A fan. This runs 45-46C at full Prime95load and is damn near dead silent. You can't even hear the HS fan from more than 6-8" away. Prior to this I was running...

GamingGod wrote:lol omg, i swear u guys are gonna go deaf. It will never be quiet enough.

Nah, as you quiet one thing down, other noises become more noticeable.

Does anybody know how to quiet my heartbeat down? it's really starting to bug me.

I don't know if it completely applies here, but I've had first-hand experience with these 80-60mm adapters (actually the exact same one that ex2remember linked above). The problem with these is the back-pressure that is generated when trying to force the air through the funnel. A whole lot of fans d...

I'd go take a look at the Storage Review Forums . There's a couple of guys over there bitching about the cuda V's being quite noticeably louder than the cuda IV's. Someone's also having trouble with poor performance fromthe cuda V. I've been patiently waitiing to put an 80GB Barracuda V in my new sy...

However, I have determined via harddrive swapping that it doesn't seem to be a harddrive-specific problem: I took a harddrive from another computer that has the OS in working condition, plugged it into my computer, boot up and, surprise, blue screen occurs. Put the harddrive back to the other compu...

MikeC - Thanks for all the info. Just the kind of input I was looking for. What if I changed out both stock fans for Panaflos? Yes, more noise than just one fan, but less than the two stock fans and cooler than just one fan....

Loudest thing in this box now is the TruePower PSU. Time to get a Nexus, I suppose. Why not try a single Panaflo swap first? Run just that fan. The fan circuit is already in the TP... Huh? More details please. Remove which fan, replace which fan with which Panaflo (L1A, M1A?). How will I know if th...

Today I pulled the 12V Adda off of the SLK-800 and replaced it with a 7-volted 80mm M1A. According to the specs this should be running about 16dB, 19 CFM. CPU load temps went up about 1-2C to 46-47C max. This fan is inaudible from more than 6" away. Next thing I did was take the 7-volted 120mm L1A e...

All the Sparkles I've heard are not too quiet and I've never heard of them having 1% voltage regualtion. They do have a pretty decent reputation though. I'd definitely go with the TruePower if you value silence. Don't forget that the TruePowers have those "fan-only" low voltage power connectors that...

I've used a lot of cases over the years and have really fallen in love with the Antec SLK3700AMB . 120mm fans, rubber mounted drive cages, front door all reduce noise. Fan filters on front. drive rails, slide out HDD and FDD cages, easy-open side panel, front USB makes it user-friendly. What a great...

Hello Ralf: Did you put something over the edge of the cut round hole? It looks like some sort of rubber/plastic edge protection. If so, it to reduce noise, or "just" to cover a sharp edge? Yes, I put black rubber window molding over the edges. Just for looks, not performance. I got it from Caseetc...

I'm pretty "in" to P4 OCing and 45-50C @ idle is certianly on the highest side of normal. You'd more commonly see high 20C to high 30C ranges at idle and mid 40C to mid 50C at load. These temps are with the retail HSF or maybe an 8942 or Swiftech 4000 and something like a 32 CFM Sunon or equivalent ...

I just got an SLK-800 to put on my Tualeron rig. It's designed as an extremely quiet server. Specs are: 1.1A Tualatin Celeron running at 1.475Ghz (133FSB). 2 x 256MB of Crucial PC133 CL2 RAM, Asus Tusl2-C MoBo. I have been running this with the retail HSF + ASIII running 7-volted for low noise. Temp...

Apparently this will work because Sapphire (the ATI OEM manufacturer) is advertising a version of their 9700 with the ZM80A "factory Mounted" on it. Their website is down right now or I'd throw up a direct link for you, but try this later: Sapphire

Does the SLK3700 come with a metal wire grill on the rear as stock? yea i just noticed that myself, in ur pick there is no stamped case fan grill but on the new egg site the pics have it with the stamped grill, did u cut it out yourself? I cut out the grill myself. The stock grill is pretty restric...

The general consensus seems to be that aluminum cases are louder than steel cases so you might want to think about that. An excellent choice would be the good 'ol Antec SX10x0 series of cases. These cases are made of pretty thick steel, have very good ventilation and an unbeatable reputation. I've b...

hey ralf, what are your 2.66GHz cpu temps? do you know what they are when the chip is not overclocked? thanks in advance! Right now I'm running an L1A on the 8942 and my temps at 3.0Ghz are as follows: Ambient: Low to high 70F range. MoBo: Idle from high 20C to low 30C range, Load low to mid 30C. C...

Shonuff. I'm not suprised though, look at the SX6xx, 8xx and 10xx series. Just rebadged Cheiftec/Chenbro.

Holy Jebus! What a great idea! How come nobody's ever thought of this before?

Any reason a 7-volted 80mm L1A wouldn't work in this application? I have plenty of empty PCI slots so that wouldn't be an issue. Might add a stiffener across the top of the cooling card.

Yes, it's the SLK3700. It comes with a regular Antec "Smart Power" 350W PSU. I pulled it and put in the TruePower 380W PSU. I have the one 7-volted 120mm L1A on the rear wall, sucking out. I have another to go in front but I don't need it now. Maybe in the summer/fall when temps are higher.

1.1A Celeron running at default speed/Vcore on an Asus Tusl2-C. Retail HSF with fan 7-volted, ATI Radeon LE with passive HS, Seagate 80GB Barracuda IV HDD, Antec TruePower 380 PSU Antec SLK3700AMB case with a 120mm 7-volted L1A on the back. Rear fan grill cut away for airflow and less noise, Case wi...

Bump from me 'cause I'd love to know. I've got an 8500 with a GPU fan that is starting to get noisy.

http://www.newark.com has the B30 120mm fans in stock. Here: http://www.newark.com/NewarkWebCommerce/newark/en_US/support/search/searchResults.jsp?_dyncharset=ASCII&action=0&First=0&QText=50F5409&x=10&y=7 . They've got a better selection of the 38mm NMBs here: http://www.newark.com/NewarkWebCommerc...