i heard of complaints that the foam gave off a chemical smell

is it true that the kabuto and other blow down fans reduce motherboard temps. mine is 33c same as the cpu with the stock heatsink

something strange just happened. using the stock cpu fan and heatsink running windows xp the last few days on this rig the cpu temp was 43c and the fan was spinning close to 4000rpm. this was the main reason i wanted to make the change. yesterday i installed windows 7 64bit and my cpu temp is now 33...

flinx gave me good advice stating you have to determine your power draw then look at the ramp up curves. i have a seasonic x-650 and its practically fanless at idle, silent with load, using onboard gpu ati radeon hd 4200. though it does have one of the worst curves at 400w. there are better choices ...

arctic cooling box????

solo is better built but that sileo did LOOK good. cooler master will prob release a sileo 2 with improvements. i think it was a first for them

with such a good fan, im wondering why nexus did not make the list for cpu cooling.

im looking for quiet over cooling what would be best for this rig -AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition -G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 2x2 -ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO/U3S6 AM3 785G -2 Western Digital Caviar RE 320GB -lite on IDE dvd burner iHAP422-08 -creative SB X-FI audio 9400 -1 120mm exhaust -memory card re...

ok so after several fun attempts to install xp on the new hardware i went to staples and picked up a copy of windows 7 upgrade. first try went bad when it installed then told me the product key was invalid so i reinstalled xp the tried to reinstall windows 7 as to recognize the upgrade but this was ...

i like the price of the mugen 2 on newegg 38$ but its sold out. the stock heatsink has the cpu at 43c max so far so im thinking of other options to the mugen 2 possibly just change the stock fan or choose a more available heatsink. what would my next best option be?

vga works fine i just figured the component is my next best option being that the dvi is out. i have on idea how to begin a process like the one above but im sure if i had the RIGHT parts i could pull it off
i found this
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1031549788

the dvi port is out on my monitor and all this time i thought it was the graphic card, motherboard or cables. turns out its some factory defect. so what i want to know is does anyone know if there is a fix for this? also what about the option of using the component inputs on the monitor. i would nee...

i talked to an asus tech and they said nlite slipstream is flawless for this application and i should flash the bios for a possible conpatibility issue or just rma the board

windows 7 is for sure where im going with this but for now for the sake to say HA, I DID IT MR GATES. its a hobby and a challange and im at a point where i need a little push. we all been there

trying to install windows xp mce. the bios has 2 modes ide and raid. trying for a raid 1 mirror with 2 western dig sata 2 drives. the system will not bood from cd with the u3a6 card installed it hijacks the boot so im not using it for now. this board has no floppy so im using a slipstream nlite vers...

please please help. i cannot seem to get my 2 wd sata 3.0 drives to work in sata mode installing windows xp. 1 drive will install in ide mode but not only can i not use sata mode i cannot create a raid config. please help i tried slipstream using 32bit driver in nlite but nothing. im at a total loss...

wow, that thing is massive, are we sure it will fit in the solo??

basically i need a quiet solution for this build if i just replace the stock fan or the whole unit does not matter. i want it to be quiet , PWM, and fit in the SOLO, AM3 socket. any ideas?? -AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition -G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 2x2 -ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO/U3S6 AM3 785G -2 West...

here you go, have at it. not all reviews are the same .

http://hardocp.com/reviews/psu_power_supplies/

i agree with flinx, i had the exact same ideas as you and received the x650 3 days ago. not a pep since, 100% modular, gold, using about 25% of cables included, nice and neat. -AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz -G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 -ASUS M4...

well the loudest thing in the new rig is by far the phenom II x4 965 fan. this thing has gotta go. any ideas?? this is for a solo case so size may be a factor. BTW what size is the stock fan

and a cherry on top!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... k=flc-3000

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... Megahalems

what do you think of this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

will it be effective in my solo case with the cpu fan, 120mm tri cool exaust, and a 92mm pwm intake. quiet is key for me

how about AM3 cpu cooler recommendations. or is am2 the same

i have been using qfan on a asus a7n8xe-deluxe with an athlon xp 3200+ since 2003 without a single problem. using it right now in fact. i also asked the question of the case fan being used by qfan and got mixed response. i would like to buy a new pwm case but heard it will run at full speed if not c...

nice...........thanks. ill stop shopping for a router now

i LOVE the look of the sileo but i think the solo is a much better built case. that was a major decision for me. sileo smells and its flimsy not meant to be tinkered with. i really wish i could get the 2 side by side. i also had a hard time finding the sileo without the psu included.

i have been using a dual lan motherboard and using the second onboard ethernet port as a router. the new board i have does not have dual lan so i will need a way to run the cat 5. i am trying to avoid using a router/switch and i have a spare pci Ethernet card. so im wondering if i could install it a...

i have a dual lan motherboard and used it regularly for networking like xbox. my new build has no dual lan so can i use a pci ethernet card like dual lan or do i need a router/switch now.

i have a dual lan motherboard and used it regularly for networking like xbox. my new build has no dual lan so can i use a pci ethernet card like dual lan or do i need a switch now.