Tobias wrote:One of the Zalman northbridge-coolers does an excelent job cooling the smaller Graphicscards. Have an nb32 cooling a MX440, works like a charm.

Agreed. Cheaper than a Panaflo, too

How do I mod the fan in the Sonata PSU? Is it a simply case of unpluggin the old one and putting a new one in or do I have to start cutting wires (which I don't really want to do)? Well, not completely sure, but it looks like it uses a similar connector to the Seasonic. If so, you should be able to...

Rusty075 wrote: (The natural magnet is quite powerful in there actually, I use a couple of them to attach notes to my fridge)

Some of those HDD magnets, especially the older ones, are freakishly strong. You could use one to attach your cat to the fridge

Just a word of caution. WHen you pull the Antec PSU from the Sonata, the 120mm fan will suddenly become pretty damn loud. Since it won't be getting the reduced voltage from the Antec PSU, you will have to go to other measures to low-volt that 120.

I would turn the fan off and hang a 5 or 7v Panaflo L1a over it, using a slightly modified piece of PCI slot cover, a la MikeC in his article here :

miker: sounds like a good setup, do you have any pics? I suppose the suck or blow thing depends, i would probably have air from the back of the case blowing into the case through the radiator as it will be cooler air. I dont think i would be able to set up my watercooled rig like that because the r...

Looks like AcoustiProducts finally finished the pre-cut kit for the Antec Sonata. However, it looks like only our UK & Swedish members can take advantage for now.

You can check it out here.

From all the tips they list, it may be a pretty tricky install

I just replaced the Antec PSU. Never bothered spinning it up.
It does sound though that if it were that loud, I would say you have a defective unit. BTW, grommeted HDD racks rule.

I am currently watercooling my Sonata (very similar internals to the BQE) and I have the radiator mounted to the rear fan exhaust, and the fan on top of that, blowing out (through the rad). It works OK now, but do you think it would work better if I turned the fan around and sucked air in through th...

Fanless is probably fine unless your PC case has no airflow, then it won't be OK.

Just borged another Dual-Proc Xeon 2.8Ghz IBM server.

That should help.

Wrah wrote:Oh how quickly I've fallen from the top-10

Well it looks like I also finally fell from the No 1 spot, never to return. I just don't have the PC power to compete

Rusty075 wrote:Ok Miker, you asked for it:

Amazing. I thought it would be more. You know, that was intended as a rhetorical question.

Now all I need is a bunch of metal tubing, a jackhammer, some quickset concrete, an industrial size pump, a team of migrant workers, and $23,000 to buy the PC's.

I think this idea could be adjusted on a large scale to heat my driveway. I hate shovelling snow. How many folding PC's would it take to melt 6 inches of snow over 500 sq feet?

Well for the sake of info, here's my "farm" P4 2.0A x 4 (Misc "borged" PC's from around the office) AthlonXP 3200+ (My silent home PC, a 2500+ OC'd to 3200+ specs) AthlonXP 2100+ ("The Wife's" PC, a 1700+ OC'd to 2100+ specs) This one is only on 1/10 the time. Dual Proc Xeon 2.8 with HT (Counts as 4...

Oh, and speaking of the front panel...another thing that I'm wondering is whether these cases come with an option to have that front door on the drives open in the other direction. i.e. I'd much prefer it if it opened to the right rather than to the left because of where I have my computer. It sits...

Man, just punt and WaterCool that 9800.

Trip wrote:when's this folding thing supposed to end?

Not for quite some time. They results they got from the first few rounds have raised more questions, and they are looking more closely at some older projects. That's why we are seeing the recent rush of tinkers cores.

My Asus has a jumper I had to set, up by the CPU socket, plus a BIOS tweak, and only for PS2 keyboards.

Found this link. Mostly not english, but there's some zalman stuff there. http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2003/09/29/17.html Note the reserator in action on the one pic. It looks like its about 3 feet tall! :shock: EDIT: There's also a real life pic of that fanless Zalman case. Schweet. I am guessing ...

No Russ, I thought you were a big Tom's Fanboy. I myself feel a little dirty for giving Tom's the click on that link. Money is his pocket.

Actually it was the same guy. Problem is he never came back and finished the story.

Surprised someone at the Zalman boards hasn't had this config question. The A7N8X is the #1 AMB board.

Holy crap. Looks like it should be hanging off the wing of a Boeing Jet. I bet it sounds similar, as well.

Damn that was fast. I rule.

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... man+sonata

uhh, I remember this post from before. I will have a looksee using search.

Looks cool. Can't wait to see some more pics. 300L/hr is fine unless you have a massive need for flow. .5m head is plenty for me in a midtower case. Curious how many W they say it will dissipate with no fan and all...

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P.S. Hopefully it will be 1/2 OD

exrcoupe wrote:How are you supposed to mount it in the case? If you happen to move the case, the wood structure would slide around.

I don't think this technique is intended for a LAN box, if that's what you mean. You could get creative and use some suction cups and clamps or something

Frozencpu.com is selling some kind of liquid "phase change" solution (Nanotherm PCM+). It's supposed to be much better + easier to apply. NO NO NO!! Don't use that stuff. It eats away at the material of your heatsink. There's a big thread about this over at OC forums in the Cooling forum (and some ...

Lots of mobos now have the ability to turn the PC on from the keyboard. (I know mine does)

Looked kind of forced. The only thing that would have made it worse is if everyone were smiling madly -AND- giving the big thumbs-up sign.