There isn't really a good answer to this question. You need to run your fans fast enough so your computer isn't over heating, but aside from that, its very personal how much noise you can deal with. Personally, I'd turn em down until you are okay with the noise, and monitor your PC to ensure its tem...

5. With modern CPUs, if the pump breaks the CPU throttles and shuts down long before any significant damage is done to the processor. I had an old e4300 in a watercooling loop and the pump broke down. It throttled and shut down. I ran the watercooling quite happily pumpless with the CPU underclocke...

Thats an amazing looking case! I use a Laing D5 vario pump... once its dialed down to 3 or less its pretty quiet. However, before you go changing pumps, you should check if you have any build of gunk (algea etc) in your blocks, and make sure you don't have any kinks in your tubes that could cause fl...

1.3 initially, but since then I've upgraded to 1.5 and still having problems. Its been suggested that I should do destructive flash (ie to 1.1) and upgrade again. Which I'll do, and may work... but it suggests that the firmware is corrupting itself, which is scary. Alternatively, it could be some ba...

I am currently in the midst of issues with my OCZ Vertex 60. One thing to keep in mind is that the firmware is very new (relative to HDDs) in these things, and it borked firmware can and will cause data loss and corruption. While my sample size of one is not exactly conclusive, these types of drives...

Typically when people say things like "sleeve bearings don't like being mounted horizontally", they mean the fan is horizontal, ie blowing air up/down. Basically think of it as saying that the fan is mounted on a horizontal/vertical surface (so the air is blowing perpendicular to the plane the fan i...

The Liang DDC/Swiftech MCP350 is reported to by a pretty quiet pump. I haven't heard one myself, though it's supposed to be quieter than a D5/MCP655. Swiftech reports it to be ~25dBa @ 12v, and it can be undervolted to 8 or 9v. Your radiator isn't really a good choice for low fan speed operation, t...

I don't have this pump, nor have I heard it, so I can't say... however, I would be concerned about 2 things. Given the pump is inside the res it might be hard to de-couple it from the case, which I find is a huge problem with pump noise. Secondly, from what little I can find about it on the net, it ...

In my opinion, bonestonne is basically right with some qualifications: 1. Cooling often doesn't work they you reasonably expect it to. Cooling seems to be not fully governed by obvious logic. There are just too many subtle and non-subtle variables. Often even the experts are surprised by flying bum...

I hate relying on what people say is "enough" cooling etc (and this isn't a go at you Jefe, not at all, I appreciate your input here) its always only half the story! And yes, I did exactly the same thing in my first post... for want of better information. Most forums will tell you that you "need" X ...

Sure its not listed... but the GPU block seems very adjustable. You should pull the heat sink off the card and see if you can make the block fit. I think you should have one fan in the case, as there needs to be some air movement to cool the hard drives, ram etc (not much, but some). Once you have e...

I think I read somewhere that the reservator can handle about 200 watts of heat (but I can't find a link, so lets take that with a grain of salt!). Intel core duo 3Ghz (E8400) 65 watts North Bridge 15 watts Radeon 3850 105 watts Not sure that graphics card is a good choice for you, due to the high p...

I am not sure about the tubing size included with the zalman, however, the swiftech mcw60 block comes with a couple of different size barbs, one of which should work. Worst case you will be able to buy barbs that will fit (although I think the ones that come with it should work). From their spec she...

I am sure you have probably seen the compatibility list here: http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=174 They are all pretty ancient cards unfortunately. Zalman doesn't have much in the way of newer stuff (that I can find anyway). It does seem like the mounting points allow for a l...

3500 rpm! No wonder my Mac Pro's sounded like airplanes when they crashed (when they drop to the kernel debugger, the fans go 100%).

I would have guessed passive meant no fans.

It was aimed at ces, he asked if any radiators were designed for low restriction air flow a number of posts back. Ah sorry. In that case, yes, I completely agree with your post. RPM and dBa aren't really the deciding factors here. Noise character is. A smooth noise character lets the fan spin faste...

1. From what I can read off that graph (and I had nothing to do with this, so this is purely my interpretation), I would say that the Gentle Typhoon, Yate Loon, San Ace and Panaflow all perform well at the low end of the scale -- ie with all fans under volted to varying degrees. The caveat here is t...

Yeah its a bit nuts with the number of fans on it... and its also not entirely accurate to compare fans based on RPM, as some fans blow more air at the same RPM.... although, as a crude generalisation it works. Given the topic of this particular forum, this graph is probably most useful: http://img1...

The Thermochill PA120.3 series and PA140.3 series are designed for low pressure fans. They have about 10 fins per inch. The Black Ice 480GTX has about 19 double stacked fins, and the Feser Monsta 120.3 has about 12 per inch. There's pic in this link: http://martin.skinneelabs.com/HWlabs480GTX-Revie...

Most published stats about fans are crap... CFM and db are usually a joke (there are exceptions), so expecting accurate static pressure stats? ah we can dream! hehe. I do find it a little amusing that the OP has posted in SPCR about using 2000 rpm fans! 2000rpm tends to be very loud in my books! Wis...

+1 with the above. This is really not to forum for peltier stuff. Check out xtremesystems or one of the other 'performance over everything else' style forums. I seriously doubt its possible to build a SPCR type silent system with a peltier!

Heatsink (and waterblock) tests are generally pretty terrible. There are a BUNCH of factors: -ambient temp -airflow (ie fan used, case (or testbench) used) -heat source (ie cpu) -mounting -thermal paste used -limited temp sensors (both numbers and accuracy) -mods performed (ie lapped CPU, washer mod...

72c core temp is okay under Linpack load, depending on your ambient temps. Prime95 will likely run 10c (or more) cooler than linpack... so it really should be fine. In my experience people tend to over estimate how much radiator is required, but we need to keep in mind there are 3 major factors at p...

FWIW I am playing with a gtx 260 at 1920x1200 with everything at max. Its fine.... CPU usage is pretty heavy across all 4 cores of my Q6600@3600, but in game it plays very well. So, I don't think its particularly demanding on a graphics card, depending on resolution. Your 9600 gt might work with it....

alley cat is saying that when he hits back, the browser navigates to the previous page and reloads it, which, depending on the complexity of the page and bandwidth used etc, can take some time. He (and I) would prefer it if it remembered the exact page and just re-displayed that. I suspect it would ...

Hah! I totally agree on the back button thing! Its always annoyed me!

64 bit browsers are currently pretty pointless, as not very many 64 bit plugins exist.

I just installed the dev channel of google chrome, which has extensions enabled... including ad-block! seems to work well.

FWIW I just tried Iron again... and scrolling causes CPU usage to spike (which makes my crappy PSU make noise). So I'm back on chrome. Strange the different behaviour!