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by afrost
Mon May 03, 2004 4:25 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Here's a new idea in PC cooling
Replies: 40
Views: 17536

tom's stinks. Anandtech, TheRegister, TheInquirer, OverclockersAustrailia, SPCR, HardOCP.....the list goes on for sites i would rather read.
by afrost
Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:29 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Fish Tank and Copper Pipe home made Reserator idea
Replies: 1
Views: 2112

Fish Tank and Copper Pipe home made Reserator idea

Ok, I'm just wondering if anybody thinks this would work. This would look fugly as hell, and it would cost $50 for the copper.....but it would be quiet :D . I am imagining a 10 gal or whatever fishtank you get for cheap at a garage sale. You get 100 ft of half inch type M copper tubing for $50 ($5 p...
by afrost
Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:13 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: first setup
Replies: 6
Views: 5088

one more thought.....if you drilled some holes in the copper pipe slightly above the water you would get more convection up the pipes.
by afrost
Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:59 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: first setup
Replies: 6
Views: 5088

Here is a retarded idea: what if you bought a bunch of 1/2" copper pipe, cut it so that each pipe stuck out of the aquarium a foot, and put it in the aquarium in a big bundle........that way it would act like a radiator but the water wouldn't be restricted by having to flow through the pipe at all. ...
by afrost
Mon Apr 26, 2004 1:40 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: A question or two about (external) watercooling..
Replies: 5
Views: 5508

I don't know.....wait until the SPCR review comes out in a bit. Zalman is a good company and the Resirator should cool a non-overclocked system perfectly fine.
by afrost
Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:43 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Humming amplifier
Replies: 20
Views: 10201

that is transformer hum, the only way to improve it is to dampen the transformer....which is a pain. the best way unfortunately is to get a better amp/speakers. my logitech z-640 amp does the same thing and i solve this by using a seperate power strip with only the logitech sub/amp plugged into this...
by afrost
Sun Apr 04, 2004 8:41 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Anyone try the DTR Athlon CG stepping?
Replies: 0
Views: 934

Anyone try the DTR Athlon CG stepping?

The next cpu I buy will probably be the DTR Athlon 3200, but I'm curious to know if anyone has tried it. It is the new CG stepping which is supposed to run cooler, and it doesn't have a heat spreader for better cooling. One review at Newegg said that most heat sinks won't reach the core though.....t...
by afrost
Sun Mar 21, 2004 9:28 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer 80mm Fan Mod (with pics)
Replies: 6
Views: 5315

Sweet, i am totally going to do that because the fan in my vga silencer has a really loud clicking that drives me nuts.....i actually had to turn up the rest of my case fans to drown out the annoying clicking. thanks for the great idea!
by afrost
Sun Feb 22, 2004 8:33 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Don't buy Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer!
Replies: 10
Views: 5483

i got it at SVC. i looked and they now have them listed for $22...i'm pretty positive that they were $25 before xmas....maybe not....i seem to remember it being $30 with shipping. i have not tried contacting arcitc cooling because i don't even have a receipt. i think that i am content to go back to ...
by afrost
Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:58 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Don't buy Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer!
Replies: 10
Views: 5483

hmmm if i paid $14 for it i prolly wouldn't be as pissed, i paid $30 including shipping for mine.

i have 5 L1A's but they are all at 5V.
by afrost
Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:54 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Don't buy Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer!
Replies: 10
Views: 5483

maybe even what mine is doing wouldn't bother most people. my pc is really very quiet. i'm sure that i don't have the most silent pc on the forums, but even the most extreme here would not mind working next to my pc.....that is when the vga silencer is not acting up. sometimes it doesn't make this s...
by afrost
Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:47 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Don't buy Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer!
Replies: 10
Views: 5483

Don't buy Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer!

If you want a quiet computer stick with the Zalman heatpipe vga cooler. I had a zalman on and switched it to the Arctic cooling p.o.s. to bring down case temps. that was a huge mistake.....i am going to put the zalman back on. At first the Arctic Cooling was great, but after a month the fan has star...
by afrost
Thu May 01, 2003 9:48 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Any quiet 100GB+ 7200 rpm drives?
Replies: 18
Views: 7798

oh yeah, and i read that the v's are louder than the iv's but run cooler....seems that we all have some contradicting info....
by afrost
Thu May 01, 2003 9:47 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Any quiet 100GB+ 7200 rpm drives?
Replies: 18
Views: 7798

from a review that i saw the 7200.7 is faster in real world tests than the cuda V....i also thought that i saw an article on here about the noise of them too. it is supposed to be louder than the V and doesn't have the foam over the circuit board. I just got my 120 cuda V with the 8 meg cache today....