I'm sorry if this question has been asked, but I couldn't find it. I am wonder which CPU is the coolest. From what I know, it should be the Thoroughbred B core 1700+ DLT3C processor. Is this correct or not? If someone has this chip, please tell me what type of temperatures you are getting and what ...

Where else can I buy this stuff? I dont like that McMaster dosent say shipping...

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tm wrote:Is that worse than owning two maxtor 7200 RPM drives?

No, that's like owning two of Maxtor's old 5400rpm 10gb drives that made crunching noises akin to an entire elementary school eating Pringles in an ampitheatre.

Bat wrote:While we're talking of motherboards... any suggestions for a socket A board that can use unbuffered ECC DDR memory?

I dont think so, only server/workstation motherboards support that kind of stuff.

eviljim wrote: Athlon P. - I just may try it. The idea of the heatpipe seems really tech, but the execution is just clunky by nature. Should it be "fanned" or left to do its thing?

By nature you let it do it's thing. If your case is really hot though you should consider a slow fan.

Demian, I feel for you. Feels like shit don't it?! :x I have never chipped one, but I have burned 2 in the past year -- an AMD T-bird and an XP. I cursed AMD to high heaven each time & can't believe that they can't make HS attachment just a bit more friendly. When I think of all the many dozens of ...

athlon powers what you want are mufflers mufflers forces the air to go zig zag lines which lets the air flow (air -> flows hehehe) but traps the sound in the sound absorbing material. check out this page: http://www.muffledcomputing.com/ there are other threads about muffling here you might want to...

AP, Maybe it's an age thing :!: My high frequency hearing may finally be going. In this case it may not be an altogether bad thing. I will have to find some older music that has some high freq. and listen to it again, perhaps something will now be missing :( could also be ambient noise- I'm sure th...

ive just read the whole datasheet, its probably the best solution yet, but note this: "This product is designed with maximum CPU load for P4 up to 2.8GHz as e-mailing, internet browsing, using word processor, spreadsheet software or equivalent at ambient temperature up to 25°C. We assume no liabili...

The quietest 120mm fan undervolted will probably be the Panaflo M1A. Undervolted that is supposedly as quiet as the L1A but with more CFM.

Just my two cents...

Wow, that is very interesting to know Marc999. Ill keep an eye out for those FBA types.

So-Tricks's where I got my M1As from. He's a good guy to deal with. I got L1As there and Im gonna buy two more M1As to 5v for case vents. Unfortunately, it looks like they are out of them. I sent an email a few weeks ago asking if they were getting more in, and I received a cryptic "Just how many a...

The ZM-80A is overkill for that, especialy if you have an 80mm fan blowing over it. Dont spend that much. However if you want to be somewhat future proof spend the extra $15. Be warned that these are heavy and Zalman is going to be releasing a newer, light model with better clips. I dont know a rele...

Radeonman wrote:3y3 n0 t34ch j00. i7'5 n0t p0ss1bl3.

leet roughly means cool. Beyond that hacker talk is mostly just replacing letters with numbers and mucking with capitalization ala ReTrOmAn.

Oh. Thanks!

Radeonman wrote:Another cheiftec user (we the l33t masses). Ah yes. Well, you could cover up some of the vents with melamine, I guess. However, you're doing this at the cost of airflow. And as we all know, lowering airflow can lead to noise and heat.

WHAT DOES l33t MEAN? I AM CLUELESSS>>>

Is your case airflow good enough, is it negative or positive? I have two exhaust fans and my system never gets above 47C/32C CPU/Mobo on load.

I have a 56w Palomino CPU BTW, only 4w less than yours I think...

Yeah don't put that over your fan holes. You would create an instant easy-bake oven. Darn, I thought that would be an easy way to block noise. I have that case below that has the really big grills in the front. :( http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=11-125-527-01.JPG/11-125-527-02.JPG/11-...

"l33t"

:?:

What kind of language is that? Where can I learn it?

I love my fortissimo III - I bought it to replace my Live! and it sounds much better. I still use my old labtec 2.1 speakers, so I can't speak for the buzzing sound, but I have no problems with it. Same here, very crisp responsive sound. It support almost every 3D audio format in existense except E...

You can make your PC as quiet or even quieter than any Dell except the SX260, nothing can beat that thing. I know, I work with one, even with my ear pressed to the vent nearest to the CPU I cant even hear a system fan.

I would like to know this also as I have a Fortissimo III 7.1 and want to buy a pari of Logitech Z640s. Bump for info.

Wrah wrote:um, perhaps you're starting to take this a bit too serious in the wrong direction. It's starting to sound like a l33t quake clan in here.

Im just speaking the truth (from my own point of view).

Bump for info.

I cant find out if it does on the website, if it does it would be a great sound insulation for the vents on my case.

Thanks in advance!

Radeonman wrote:Defragging must suck.

LOLOLOL!

I think the whole AMD-core-cracking thing is more smoke than fire. (probably started by Intel moles :lol:) Same here, I've given my Palomino absolute hell and it still works. 1. Dropped a lightweight HS on it... 2. Almost cracked motherboard installing AX-7... 3. Accidentally spilled bottle of 90% ...

It can do this, assuming that your motherboard supports RPM monitoring and control with say, something like Motherboard Monitor.

if it dosent it will just turn the fans up to full speed. As was the case with mine.

How can I lower the read speeds on mine? Mine is noisy and rattling in my Chieftec case with drive rails.

I think there must be a unit to unit variation on the DM+8 drives as I also have one that does not make any objectionable noise. FedEx delivered my Fortron 120mm PSU this afternooon and I replaced the old PSU. The CompUSA thermal control 80mm fan that I was using to drop the drive temp from 38 - 42...

Hey! Could some one with the Gromacs core host it on a FTP server for download? Maybe for competitive advantage we could have it password protected only to SilentPCReview F@H team members. :twisted: And dammit, I hope they don't give P4's too much of an advantage - we can't have none of that. Yes, l...