Oooh, me likey! Any more pics/specs?

Edit; never mind, just seen the other thread.

Jay_S wrote:.....ps. Anyone spot the used bike parts in my cabinet?

It took me a while, but I spotted the brake blocks. Used to stop the cabinet hitting the wall behind it? Very ingenious.

Ummm, fair enough... Simple answer; it depends on the cooler. The LGA775 holes are 75mm apart in a square formation. If you have a VGA cooler with a variable mounting mechanism, like on the old Aerocool VM-102, then you should be OK. Some coolers have fixed holes, 4850/4870/5850/5870 is 75.5x75.5mm,...

Yes, you do need to remove the whole cooler from the card, then unscrew some more screws to remove the baseplate from the rest of the cooler, then reattach the baseplate to the card, then install the S1. There is no short-cut as the screws connecting the baseplate to the rest of the cooler assembly ...

I use an S1 on my 5850, but with a Thermalright VRM R4 instead of the stock baseplate, so some of this is guesswork; 1. I cut the fins, only need to take about 4mm off the ends, I used nail scissors to do it, the metal is very thin. 2. I think that 125c was without fan, but I could be wrong. When I ...

I'm guessing you either have a source of cold air (airbrick/vent) right next to the intake/bottom of your case and/or a heater above the case, boosting the convective effect.

My setup is slightly different; e8400, and no fan on the IFX-14 (just a 120mm case fan ~1 inch away). The temps I get are:
Idle (case fan @ 800rpm): 49/39 (core0/core1)
Load (case fan @ 1800rpm): 55/45 (core0/core1)

(This is with speedstep enabled)

In case anyone was wondering, I upgraded the stock cooler on my 5850 to an Accelero S1 + VRM R4, full details in gallery: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=497701#497701 Long story short; with no fans at idle it's cooler than the stock cooler, at load with no fans - fiery death. S...

Was doing some tinkering so figured I may as well take some snaps and put this in the gallery. Old Specs; CPU: Intel E8400 (3.0 Ghz) CPU Cooler: Scythe Ninja (The original one with proper mountings) RAM: 4 Gb (2 x 2Gb) OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R Graphics: ATI Radeon 5850...

Yes yes, I know, momentary retardation on my part. The fan in question was a 4-pin molex type, I made an adapter so that I wouldn't have to modify either the PSU or the fan wires/molex connectors. Then at some point I rebuilt the PC, not paying too much attention, plugged the molex-SATA power connec...

From the SPCR review of the Noctua NH-D14 : "Ultra-Low-Noise Adaptors: The blue one has an 81 ohm resistor , while the black one measures 50 ohms. The first brings the speed of the 12cm fan down to ~900, and the second does the same to the 14cm fan." Not too sure on power ratings, but the larger of ...

...The VRM R4 is great for what it does, which is too cool the VRMs. The VRM runs cooler than the stock setup, if you have the heatsink propped up within the vicinity of your tower CPU fan. It is the Accelero S1 that is not efficient enough to cool WITHOUT a running fan cooling it... Ah right, now ...

...I just recently installed Accelero S1 and VRM-4 on the 5850.... temperatures went up to over 90 C..... Poop, wish I'd read that before I ordered my VRM R4, the damn thing cost more than my Accelero S1. Was hoping to get my system back down to two fans again. I suppose a nexus blowing on it will ...

I read an excellent article on silencing PS3s and Xbox 360s, can't remember the website now, but it is simple and effective. I have used this method on several of my friends' consoles and they have never been happier. I shall outline the steps as best I can remember below; 1. Find a large hammer or ...

A totally fanless system is not just a pipedream, myself and many others on this forum run fanelss configs, though most newcomers are indeed scorned by some forum contributors who decry the feasibility of totally fanless. To go totally fanless you will either need decent ventilation in the case to a...

Not too sure what the state of play is nowadays with regards to S-ATA drives, the last 2.5" external drive I owned was an IDE one from a few years ago. I got a tiny (thin metal shell same size as the drive but ~1cm longer for the IDE to USB circuit) enclosure off ebay for 99p plus postage (similar-t...

If you're working at all on a budget I would recommend a dual over quad, unless you have specific software you will use lot which can make use of the extra cores. My personal recommendation for what I percieve your usage pattern to be would be a dual core AMD like the Athlon 64 X2 5600+, a 740G or 7...

Thundercats at the top of the list obviously, He-Man, GI JOE, The Jetsons, King Arthur & the Knights of Justice, Ren & Stimpy, Prince Valiant, Bravestarr, Captain Planet, Doug, Ducktales, TMNT, Transformers, Smurfs, Pole Position, Voltron, M.A.S.K, Inspector Gadget, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, ...

I installed 7 [x64] on my main PC - spec in sig - last weekend (still dual-boot with XP at the moment, to ease the transition) and am loving it so far. Got an SSD at the same time so it is ludicrously fast, but I can't really tell how much of that is due to SSD, 7, or just the fact that it's a fresh...

Well as I couldn't find enough info about aftermarket coolers for the 5850, I just installed it with the reference cooler and was pleasantly surprised. At idle with the fan at 20% it sits at 41 degrees C. At this level it is either quieter than or very close to the sound level of the rest of the sys...

So does anyone have a definitive answer on whether an Accelero S1R2 will fit on a 5850 with the baseplate part of the stock cooler doing VRM cooling duties? And will it need a fan blowing on it? (I only use one case exhaust fan, but could stick a 120mm nexus under the card if needed) My 5850 is comi...

I am very doubtful you will get that size screen at that power rating. Not sure how much power my 40" 1080p Samsung uses, but it kicks out enough heat to keep my room warm (even with the backlight turned down) - in comparison, my gaming rig doesn't make a difference to room temp when it's on. I beli...

Just seen this on the interwebs Dyson launches the bladeless electric fan . At first I thought "awesome, that's going to be perfect, no blades=no noise, and the laminar flow will produce less noise than the turbulent flow of bladed fans". Then I read more, and it turns out there is a DC impeller som...

Well it certainly looks pretty!
Spec would be nice to know, and I saw some temps in the link, but wasn't sure if they were load or idle. I take it that PSU is some form of semi-passive affair? (ie the fan only comes on under load)

Awesome! I've seen similar things that combine the functionality of the WDTV with a USB drive caddy, and have recommended them to friends who want cheap HDTV playback of xvid files. Yet I have never heard of or seen this product, I'm ashamed... This product essentially negates the need to build an H...

Am I the only one who clicked this link expecting to see some crazy concept case based on actual fractals? I suspect I am... :oops: Pleasantly surprised though, this will be an ideal new case for my server which is currently squeezed into a heavily ghetto-modified beige box. Space for 8 soft-mounted...

Fire shouldn't be an issue, the flash point of cardboard is about 200 degrees C (if anything in your PC gets this hot then you're in trouble anyway), and over 400 degrees is required for continuous burn. I have used card for the ducts in my cases for years with no problems (so far...). Saying this, ...

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See, I still don't get why the very CPU we both have is said to use approx between 150 and 190W while a 100W brick apparently is able to supply sufficient power for the whole system. The E8400 uses a lot less than 150W on its own. The figures you are quoting come from reviews where they measure the...

I can recommend the Yate Loon 140mm SL model, runs at 1000rpm @ 12v. The medium speed model (SM) runs at 1400rpm, for a bit more cooling headroom. You can pick them up on ebay, usually from international sellers, for less than a tenner including postage. A quick google reveals the woman in the pictu...