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by CoolGav
Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:28 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Cooling: Antec slk3000b vs P150 vs P180
Replies: 4
Views: 4007

Any idea how to source cheap PC parts in the UK? Im getting someone to bring this stuff back on the plane to NZ. I found a P150 at ebuyer.com for 82 quid inc courier which is about the best from someone with good feedback. I got my Solo from ebuyer. They're OK. Dabs.com are very good but a bit more...
by CoolGav
Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:22 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: What cases fit a Scythe Ninja? Antec P150?
Replies: 5
Views: 4668

The SLK3000B has a removable air guide to get fresh air into the CPU HSF (at least mine do). That would need to be removed before fitting a Ninja and closing the door. The Solo definatly is wide enough (as hravn says) as I have that combination! Any case that has a 120mm exhaust above the ATX backpl...
by CoolGav
Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:16 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Cooling: Antec slk3000b vs P150 vs P180
Replies: 4
Views: 4007

Having 2 SLK3000B's and a Solo, but not a hot graphics card, hopefully I can give you some help... The Solo/P150 out of the box seems to be a quiter case. That's down to small things like the hard drive suspension and front panel. There's no side intakes, which suit my usage as I have a Ninja in the...
by CoolGav
Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:43 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 2.5" Reliability, compared to 3.5" drives?
Replies: 4
Views: 3645

I've recently experienced problems on a Samsung 2.5" 80GB drive (MP0804H I think). I got 2 just over a year ago. 1 went into a laptop that doesn;t get used a lot, anopther into a desktop that also doesn't get used that much. The desktop drive was not activly cooled (neither was the latop, but it was...
by CoolGav
Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:17 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec Solo build/review
Replies: 119
Views: 132589

I moved my P4 system to a Solo (from a Lian Li PC7) yesterday. What a wonderful case! Perhaps in places inside not quite finished (rough edges), but the design is great! APart from fitting the PSU. I put in the motherboard first (complete with Ninja) and then couldn't get my Seasonic in! I've suspen...
by CoolGav
Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:00 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: dust filters & grills: how to reduce restriction?
Replies: 6
Views: 2815

The fan isn't getting enough air because it's too close to the extra filtered intake area. If you can move it back and duck it you should see a better performance. Of course, you might not be able to move it back as your HD might be there!
by CoolGav
Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:58 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Keeping temperatures down in a closet
Replies: 2
Views: 2250

For non-destructive the choices are limited. You could leave the door open a little to let some air in and out. Otherwise I wonder if you got a hunk of copper or aluminium and put it in the closet/cupboard, wait for it to heat up and then remove it to let it cool down again,a nd repeat forever would...
by CoolGav
Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:19 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Too hot to fold!
Replies: 7
Views: 7129

It's been hot in the UK as well, so I've had to turn off some PCs that were folding...
by CoolGav
Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:48 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Advice needed for HDD for HTPC...
Replies: 12
Views: 4285

For heat and noise, laptop 2.5" drives are better, but don't come in the kind of capacities that are required for most HTPCs. I'd therefore echo Nick in suggesting a single larger 3.5" drive partitioned for OS and media. If you can suspend the drive and have a fan running slowly to push or pull some...
by CoolGav
Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:24 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec Fusion - here, now!
Replies: 18
Views: 12934

So it's approx £75 more (that's and extra 136%) than the NSK2400! I know the iMON (assuming that's what's inside) isn't cheap as I have one (and it's not as good as I'd hoped). For me it says buy the cheaper one, as it doesn't have the big knob (what can it do? Volume? I have a big volume knob and ...
by CoolGav
Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:14 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Dremels?
Replies: 7
Views: 3611

I've had a cordless Dremel for a few years and luckily don't need to use it much these days. Any serious mod work takes days since the battery runs out quickly when it needs torque. I haven't used a corded one, so I can't compare, but given the choice now I'd buy a corded one. I think from a usabili...
by CoolGav
Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:45 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Looking for a mATX PSU.
Replies: 3
Views: 1905

Seasonic do SFX PSUs, but I think they top out at 300W. Whether that's enough for your system I can't tell. You would be better off designing for a normal ATX PSU, as there is more choice and they are quieter (larger fan spinning slower). Designing it around a specific type of fan (120mm bottom/side...
by CoolGav
Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:55 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: p150 vs SLK3000+S12
Replies: 6
Views: 4176

I have a couple of SLK3000B's with S12's, but haven't got a P150, so can't directly compare. They're quite different cases, so it depends on what you want. SLK3000B: plastic door - do you like to have one? no cord mounting for hard drives, just rubber side airguide onto CPU cheaper combination I was...
by CoolGav
Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:58 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: HELP - folding on non-network connect computer
Replies: 5
Views: 5436

Re: HELP - folding on none network connect computer

I have 8 P4's at work that is just setting there doing nothing. 99% of the time, they are off. I want to fold using these computers but our firewall blocks access to get WU. Is there anyway I can download the units from home and run them on this computers? I would perfer to manually download it as ...
by CoolGav
Fri May 19, 2006 6:36 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Gromacs 2107 - disproportionately slow?
Replies: 4
Views: 5064

I haven't looked into what by machines are running at the moment, but I've had 3 days of no results at all :roll: , so I expect some mixture of these kind of proteins. I think (not at home to check) some are the 404's, and some others were unknown by F@H Log Stats. Also my PIII isn't running for now...
by CoolGav
Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:23 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: how do you turn on only PSU fan or case fan?
Replies: 3
Views: 2213

You could get a standard regulated power supply for anything that's rated for DC up to the maximum voltage of the fans. Thay wont draw much current, so even a small wall-wart should be OK. Regulated means the output voltage should be constant, so it wont vary and fool you into mis-choosing a particu...
by CoolGav
Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:08 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: 100,000 Point Club
Replies: 202
Views: 329801

I got there!

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by CoolGav
Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:41 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Turion 64 vs Pentium M - by Tech Report
Replies: 45
Views: 23793

When will Turions be widely available? As an alternative to a Skt939 based X2 system, would one be a fair bit slower, but much cooler? Skt754 boards look to be in plentiful supply, just no Turions as yet! (at least not in the UK). I have an upgrade itch, which I think would be best served by an X2, ...
by CoolGav
Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:35 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Linksys Thumbs Down, D-Link thumbs Up
Replies: 10
Views: 4883

Can't say I've noticed any network gear making an annoying noise, but then I don't tend to have it lying around beside me. My experinces with Linksys are 2 fold - an old router whose PSU died and cost alomst as much as a new router to replace, and the WLAN card in my desktop which works well but doe...
by CoolGav
Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:30 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 25 cent coin-sized HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 5270

MATX could become the new set size standard :D. I've wondered for a while why full ATX is still the most common form factor. Back in the days of the BX chipset (1998), you needed the PCI and ISA slots. Then everything started going onboard. Now there's little need for more than 2/3 PCI slots IMHO f...
by CoolGav
Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:28 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: 3000b Cool n' Quiet (not finished)
Replies: 20
Views: 11944

I have to agree, that matte black finish is ghetto fabulous. Can I ask what is the PSU in the pic? Seasonic? Or is it one that comes with the case? One of the great things about the 3000B is that it doesn't come with a PSU. Makes for a cheaper case and you don't have to throw out anything if you fi...
by CoolGav
Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:19 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: christmas project still not running
Replies: 12
Views: 5113

I found this page that seems to have some more data on your shuttle... How many SATA ports do you have on the board? Looks like it's 2 from a silicon image RAID chipset . If that's the case you don't want RAID enabled, but it would probably need the drivers during windows install. Is the SATA drive ...
by CoolGav
Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:39 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: SLK3000B connectors?
Replies: 3
Views: 2241

Usually the "ground" is black or white, with the other coloured* wire going to the terminal marked '+'

* I'm British, so spell it correctly with a u
by CoolGav
Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:32 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Deadening the room
Replies: 5
Views: 3366

Ethan is a regular at the Sound on Sound forums, where there is a part specifically for acoustics. I often refer people from there over here, so now's my chance to reverse the referral!
by CoolGav
Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:29 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: AGP AMD64 board
Replies: 13
Views: 7603

AGP AMD64 board

Today I've had a board die on me, an i865PE based MATX Gigabyte that was only just over 2.5 years old. The LAN had gone about a year ago, my only Gigabyte failure. The Northwood 2.0 can now be pensioned off into retirement I guess... I've had problems with Asus boards in the past, so want to steer c...
by CoolGav
Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:09 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Silent hard drive for Mac audio/video use (Seagate?)
Replies: 11
Views: 7530

Samsung is the drive maker of choise around here for noise and heat. However if you do need the extra capacity then Samsung may not be selling what you really want. The imminant T133 series will be in 300 and 400GB capacities, however I haven't seen them yet. Seagate was a good choice a few years ag...
by CoolGav
Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:36 am
Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
Topic: Sticky for the UK
Replies: 107
Views: 580107

Scan have the Seasonic's on the Today Only page on Weds 23 Nov. 380W is cheaper than 330W!
by CoolGav
Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:12 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Just finished building :D
Replies: 8
Views: 4037

Memran wrote:Are these tri-cool fans considered to be quiet?

I think its time to replace them. Any suggestions on replacements which are available easily in UK?
Check out the fans at QuietPC.com, I've been very impressed with the clear ones, they seem better than my Tri-Cool.
by CoolGav
Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:12 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How many USB peripherals have you got connected?
Replies: 24
Views: 17576

@work: Logitech Trackman Wheel RS-485 converter @home (spread over all systems): 8-in-1 drive thingy scanner printer (Canon iP4000 R which is also on LAN and WLAN) iPod lead (for when the iPod isn't in the car) iMon (inside HTPC) bluetooth dongle spare USB lead for my external drive when it gets plu...
by CoolGav
Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:48 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Lian Li PC-65
Replies: 4
Views: 2785

I have an original PC-7, which is like an original PC-60 except has no fan controller or removable motherboard tray. With mine I have a P4 2.53 cooled by a Ninja with 120mm AcoustiFan, and a 350W Seasonic SS-12 PSU, exhaust is 80mm (again AcoustiFan). There's a passive Matrox P650 along with a Cream...