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- Sun May 07, 2006 5:12 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
- Sun May 07, 2006 5:11 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Is ASRock939 Dual ok for this system?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1938
- Tue May 02, 2006 8:32 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
- Tue May 02, 2006 8:25 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
Thanks for telling me the end and all but I'll go with what I know and what happens in the real world over your proclamations. It's insulation, it's purpose is to absorb and retain heat and it does so. For our purposes it is usefull due to its sound muffling properties but that doesn't somehow cance...
- Tue May 02, 2006 8:14 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
- Tue May 02, 2006 7:09 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
Er, no. Plenty of people have used acoustipack on these forums without temps increasing. I have two systems myself with acoustipack, and temps didn't change at all. errr, if you say so. I'm not quite sure how everything else being equal, adding thick insulation doesn't alter temps. In my experience...
- Tue May 02, 2006 7:08 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
Remember, your setup is very similar to mine except mine draws *more* power than your system and it runs fine with a Silverstone 300W fanless (with the Nexus 120mm at 5v). Remember that the silverstone is actually a 400W+ fanned PSU that has had the fan removed and huge heatsinks placed inside and a...
- Tue May 02, 2006 4:55 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
That system is, sorry to say, pathetic in terms of power. Or alternatively, you could say it was very energy-efficient. :wink: Two different ways of looking at the same system. My power calc for your new rig: X2 3800: 89W max (probably much less during normal use) ATI X1900XTX : some sources say 17...
- Tue May 02, 2006 3:38 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
A fanless 350W PSU may work well with a P180, but probably not in my case. The 534W may be an overestimation, but I doubt a 350W PSU would power my planned components. My current (fanless) Yesico 350W PSU occasionally has problems with my current PC, while my 400W Zalman works fine. Current PC is: ...
- Mon May 01, 2006 5:55 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: SilverStone ST30NF Fanless PSU review
- Replies: 89
- Views: 88684
Hi I'm building a system for audio recording and so have become very interested in this psu. Is this unit capable of handling two 200GB hard drives (one for normal home use, the other solely for recording) in an Antec P180 case or would that be too much to hope for? CPU will be AMD64 3800+ Thanks Y...
- Mon May 01, 2006 3:49 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless PSU + P180, a perfect pairing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25167
The idea you expressed originally is the superior choice. First off, no PSU fan is as quiet as a 5V Nexus 120mm. Second, the Nexus 120mm is in the center of the lower chamber as opposed to near the exterior of the case in the case of a PSU fan so any noise is even more muffled. To boot, your Silvers...
- Mon May 01, 2006 3:45 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: SilverStone ST30NF and PCI-E
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4726
- Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:31 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Building a New High-End Quiet System
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4571
- Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD raptor 74gb and P180
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3623
- Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:05 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Silverstone SST-ST30NF Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1542
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:43 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: SilenX 600w 14 dBA iXtrema PRO PSU
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2334
I had one before going fanless. It's a good PSU. It's not 14dba at any typical distance but no PSU is 14dba outside of a fanless which is usually, absent coil hum, etc 0dba. There's a lot of teen angst towards SilenX on these boards but they do produce good PSUs. I was disappointed with the fan nois...
- Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:13 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Quiet Modular PSU?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9411
- Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:05 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Thermalright HR-01 CPU Heatsink
- Replies: 55
- Views: 50926
- Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:04 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Thermalright HR-01 CPU Heatsink
- Replies: 55
- Views: 50926
As to which HS I'd rather have in my own system, the answer would depend on availability, price, socket type (the HR01 will not go on a 775) and how often I intend to experiment -- ie, remove & reinstall. In this last matter, the HR01 beats the Ninja hands down. With either of these HS, if I was tr...
- Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:55 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Quiet Modular PSU?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9411
- Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:15 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Quiet Modular PSU?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9411
- Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:46 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Advice needed on picking a truly silent PSU
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4373
- Sun Dec 25, 2005 12:04 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: AGP AMD64 board
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7594
- Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:41 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Advice needed on picking a truly silent PSU
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4373
My next thought was the Silverstone st30nf, which seems PERFECT for me right now, but I imagine I’ll be forced to upgrade my system in the next year or so, and the Silverstone does not support PCI express as I understand it. I don't know where you got that impression. As my sig clearly shows it sup...
- Sat Dec 24, 2005 2:58 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Preparing For Dual Core
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2022
- Sat Dec 24, 2005 2:56 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Advice needed on picking a truly silent PSU
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4373
My next thought was the Silverstone st30nf, which seems PERFECT for me right now, but I imagine I’ll be forced to upgrade my system in the next year or so, and the Silverstone does not support PCI express as I understand it. I don't know where you got that impression. As my sig clearly shows it sup...
- Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:38 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Fanless psu
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1543
Unfortunately, generally with the fanless you get what you pay for. Although not near cheap, I don't regret a cent I spent on the PSU in my sig. Handles everything, there are no words to express how impressed I am with the unit. If you're not particularly sensitive to noise then the post above makes...
- Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:49 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P180 with Acoustipack?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7495
Can't say that this seems like a particularly good idea except for those with fans running at higher speeds with a lot of loud components in. In my experience what the Acoustipack and similar products do more than anything is turn your case into one giant oven as the material just traps the heat and...
- Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:42 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Does/Why does the p180 have problems with VGA cooling?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5738
There are no "problems" with the P180 when it comes to VGA cooling. As has been said it's exactly like any other case in that regard. In fact, for my X1800 XL with the Zalman at its lowest setting my temps are fine. I find that if you leave the vent holes next to the pci card slots open and even lea...
- Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:57 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Does Cool & Quiet work with OC
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9867
Re: Does Cool & Quiet work with OC
I was wondering if when you overclock Can you still use Cool and Quiet on an Athlon 64? No problem. The 1 additional rule is that your chosen overclock has to be at stock VCore and stock CPU multiplier (as CnQ will set, for full throttle, the CPU to default multiplier and default VCore, despite wha...