FrostyTech noted the TRUE had a convex base, and did indeed benefit from lapping.

The real problem with premium caps in the PSU is obtaining the caps. I have not found a US bulk supplier of Rubycon caps in the US, so I buy them in Hong Kong in 200 piece lots. Add $25 for FedEx shipping... Some of the offending caps are a smaller size than is usually available. I have found a dist...

I'm seeing about 33~35C at idle, inside a Solo case. There is a hot running video card installed, and a Rocket V pci slot cooler to manage the video card. I compared the same Zipang on an Intel D915GAG board running a Pentium 530 Prescott (hot, hot, hot). But... I was reading BIOS temps, not the fin...

I like a single 120mm. It is located directly over the PSU components to keep them cool, rotates at a slower rpm, and moves more air with less noise.

"Solid State Capacitor" sounds like a marketing type who doesn't know a polymer cap from a hole in the ground. Polymer caps are terrifically more expensive than electrolytics. That usually results in "death by bean counter" at the onset. Typical PSU run capacitance values anywhere from 1000uF to 330...

I have two of these: MSI Passive Video Card This card occupies 1.5 PCI slots, so it is big. The heat sink has a 4-way steel back plate that supports it. Very solid. This card also runs smokin' hot without an auxiliary cooler. This is the solution to overheating I bought several of the Rocket V coole...

Yes, touched it all over. Nothing struck me as even warm.

I am new to heat pipe cooled HSF units. I am building multiple systems using the Scythe Zipang coolers and Red Scorpion 1200 rpm fans. I was testing this HSF running on a Pentium 530 Prescott (hot, hot, hot) and the heat pipes did not get warm. Increasing the air flow dramatically cooled the process...

Using RealTemp 2.5, I got 6 and 6 on my E8400. I have a 3C delta between cores when running two instances of Prime95, or idling.

Arctic Silver recommends a number of hot-to-cold cycles to properly cure AS5 paste. I tell my clients to turn the machine on and off daily for two weeks. During testing of a new E8400 machine, I noticed the temps steadily declining after a complete thermal cycle. HSF is a Zipang with Red Scorpion fan.

I bought two new XP90 for some Intel D875PBZ boards that I'm building for a client. Both are Northwood processors at stock speeds, so I don't expect a huge amount of heat. I have a 92x25 Panaflo 12H mounted on each. These generate a fair amount of fan noise, but this isn't a problem in a busy office...

I found the F13i broke my DS3 (not R) machine, so I backed down to F12 version. The board came with the F6 bios, then I tried F13i, then back to F12 while trying to get rid of high DPC latency. None of these bios fixed the DPC problem. I do not have have the DS4 board, so I cannot use (I think) that...

I have experience only with the Solo. As it is named, it comes without power supply. You can shop around and pick up a quality supply that meets your needs. I refuse to use Antec supplies because they are populated with Fuhjyyu capacitors of notoriously bad quality. See www.badcaps.net for details. ...

Do those still use Fuhjyyu caps? Yes, as far as I know. Antec and Bestec power supplies destroyed a number of my client systems, so I refuse to use them ever again. Antec has been bludgeoned by the service groups to stop using craps, but they refuse. This is a shame, since the design is good. No do...

I am having very good luck undervolting Panaflo fans in the Solo drive bay front mounting area. I have two 92mm 12H that are noisy are full voltage, but very quiet at 5v. I use a pin removal tool, and simply move the red and black fan leads from the 12v to the 5v side of the Molex connector. When fr...

Neil, I had the same thought. The PSU is too large to get through the optical bay. A pity, as this would be an easy fix. Antec installs the bay rails on the optical drive, which then just snap into place. Removing the HSF while in-case is nearly impossible. I use the Scythe Zipang for my builds, and...

Its a very slim amount of people that have to take an extra 10-20min to swap a PSU. This power supply cannot be changed out in 20 minutes. There are too many components that must be disconnected and removed. After replacement, the disturbed connectors for sata, ide, floppy, power, audio, usb, firew...

Antec certainly did not design the Solo case for easy power supply replacement. I'm installing a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 board with Zipang cooler installed and have to pull the mother board to change or install the power supply. There is no room to replace the power supply without first removing the mot...

How do you plan on cooling the VRM (voltage regulator modules) around the CPU socket?

The Intel spec calls for a breeze from the processor cooler. If you run 100% passive processor cooling, there is no breeze.

IMO, the solution for passive cooled video cards is the Evercool Rocket V cooler. It occupies two PCI slots, and uses two 80x10 fans with Ever Lubicate bearings. This is important, because these fans have their axis in the vertical direction when mounted in a typical tower case. I understand vertica...

Wow... that sounds like a lot of pressure. I have a Zipang/Red Scorpion on a customer's new machine. E8400 processor is idling at 23C, only a few degrees C above room ambient. I'm certainly OK with this.. but attribute most of it to the E8400. The exact same HSF mounted on a 775 Pentium 530 (Prescot...

I have a new E8400 at stock clocking in-build for a client. CPU idles at 23C with a Zipang + Red Scorpion installed. This is only a few degrees C above my (air conditioned) ambient temps. Board is horizontal on the bench. Here in Sacramento, we are getting that heat wave you mentioned. We call it "s...

I do a lot of board recapping. Reference www.badcaps.net if you want all the gory details. The (better) new boards sport all solid polymer caps instead of electrolytics. The Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 line, ABit IP35 Pro, etc, etc. Most of the Gigabyte boards are solid caps now. Polymer caps are long over ...

I sold off my remaining stock of GA-P35-DS3, and moved to the IP35 Pro for my standard-build platform. This was done for three reasons: 1) BIOS problems with DPC latency remain unresolved 2) Chronic "beta" level BIOS for E8400 support. 3) No response from Gigabyte about getting DPC beta bios No Resp...

The TDP on your 915 is 95w. My P4 Prescott 530 is 84w, so I do understand your situation. These high TDP processors draw high power from somewhere, and that somewhere is the VRM. My Prescott runs the VRM temps way up due to power draw. You MUST consider VRM cooling when choosing a cooler. The tower ...

For a push-pin heat sink to fall loose in the case it would have to be a minimum of 3 pins free before it could move. With two pins or less unmounted, the contact with the CPU will separate, and it will over heat. Hopefully the board overtemp circuit will shut down the machine. I'm asking myself, wh...

The Thermalright LGA-RM mounting kit is a bust for mounting the Zipang using the 478 bracket kit. The Zipang 478 bracket interferes with VRM capacitors on a GA-P35-DS3 board, and cannot be used at all on a 775 board. I looked at the two Xigmatek bolt-through kits on the web site. It appears to me th...

The Thermalright LGA-RM mounting kit is a bust for mounting the Zipang using the 478 bracket kit. The Zipang 478 bracket interferes with VRM capacitors on a GA-P35-DS3 board, and cannot be used at all on a 775 board. The RM kit is interesting. Backplate, insulative strip, 4 screws, and two plastic r...

The Evercool Red Scorpion will do the job for you. You can get the mail order from www.heatsinkfactory.com and they come with a 120mm adapter. This fan has an Ever Lubricated bearing, instead of the sleeve bearing in the Yate Loon. I have several Red Scorpions I am using on Zipang coolers in place o...

The Thermalright 775-RM kit arrived, and I will be testing it today. If the installed height is OK, this looks like it will do the job with the Zipang. The TR 775-bolt through kit with spring loaded bolts is beutiful work, but a real nightmare to implement with Zipang, due to clearance problems. If ...