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One needs to have Speedfan start up with Windows for the fan control profiles to work, right?

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You could try it with the stock fan first and replace it with something quiet if you don't like it.

Controlling fan speed from the motherboard header works, though some motherboards work better than others

Are you sure your current CPU cooler is the loudest component in there?

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As near as I can tell, I replicated the calculations used in the article The exact amount of the voltage drop depends on the fan's impedance. With the 0.2A Zalman fan, the drop is around 6V, which means the fan runs at 6V. The resistor dissipates 0.55 watts, and gets a bit warm. The voltage drop wit...

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I forgot about the Ultima shipping with a set of clips for 120mm fans, too. Good catch. Anandtech has a picture here.

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No matter what that site says, I swear by Arctic Cooling MX-2 paste. I find that I get even lower temperatures than with AS5, and it's easier to work with and clean off. I just ran into tons of watercooling enthusiasts who love the stuff (and it's discontinued predecessor), too, so there might be s...

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If you're pairing with a 120mm fan, you'll have some work to do with the Ultima-90 is designed for 90/92mm fans. If I had to guess, and this is only a guess, I'd give the advantage to the HR-01 Plus. Both use the same mounting hardware, and possibly the same bases with the same array of six U-shaped...

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If I use a 56 Ohm resistor like this one on a .30 Amp fan, it would be functionally equivalent to running the fan off of the 5V rail, right? Or did I do something backwards?

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Maybe, MAYBE you could go there for a "Best Gaming Graphics Card for the Money" article, but even then you're probably better off lurking on forums like SPCR's, Anandtech's, or even SlickDeals'.

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Right now I'm using Zalman Ramsinks on the Voltage stuff. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2659562176_cf3fe9f543.jpg I've got my system up and running again, but I haven't really stressed it yet. I may do the hacksaw mod after I'm sure the card's not going to fail on me. While I'm modifying thing...

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I found yet another option:

Take the plastic bit off of the bottom of the Accelero S1. Instant clearance!
George Austin

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They use very similar, maybe even indentical mounting hardware, so I don't think your selection criteria is going to help you. I guess in terms of physics, the Ultima 90 would be easier because it's lighter, but that's about it.

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Thermal Interface Material.

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I was so worried about the tall mounting bolt from the HR-05 touching and possibly shorting out my video card http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2656845042_54b9b20bbb.jpg that I didn't even consider that the bolt on the other side of the chipset would be too tall for two-slot GPU coolers: http://fa...

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I use AS CÃ©ramique because it's cheap (I have a 12g tube that seems to last forever) and not conductive or capacitive in any way. I used CÃ©ramique exclusively for three years or so (I bought a huge tube), but I've recently started trying other things because I misplace my CÃ©ramique, but also bec...

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I'm going to try to jury-rig a fan on the inner end of my P180's upper hard-drive chamber, P182-style, and hopefully that'll do it.

What kind of extra heatsinks did you stick on the voltage regulating stuff, andyb?

George

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The NF-P12 has open corners, so it will work just fine!
George

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I've put a bunch of photos of this upgrade project up on Flickr.

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I think my friend's Solo shipped with a faulty button - it was stuck "on" so the power supply and other fans spun up as soon as it was plugged in, and it would shut down after 2-3 seconds. I should check with him to make sure it was a Solo, though. *EDIT July 11th* I just confirmed with Peter; I rem...

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I don't have any stick-on heatsinks on hand for the voltage regulation chips - will a quick trip to Microcenter do the trick?

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I think I'm going the same route as Lawrence and Bob - I just got the Accelero S1 a few minutes ago and the card earlier today. Wish me luck!

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It arrived earlier today. I'm pretty sure the Accelero will arrive a little later today, too. Should I break out a camera for the installation process?

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Newegg came out with a coupon code for the Asus card (VGA7420) and I bit. So much for trying to avoid the shady rebate company

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From SlickDeals . I just bit on this one. Here's a link to the item , use VGA7420 as your coupon/promotion code for $20 off, and jump through some rebate hoops for an eventual $30 check. And if you want an after market cooler for it, SVC's price (with their cheapest shipping) on a Accelero S1 rev. 2...

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I've got Foxit, PDF XChange viewer, and Adobe Reader (with the "helper" app disabled) installed. For a while, I was using PDF XChange all the time, but I've switched back to Foxit as my default reader.

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Erssa wrote:
nafets wrote:You would actually be better off with aftermarket cooling, as it will increase/maintain the life expectancy of the video card, over the crap stock cooling unit...
Proof please.

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Or: A Study in Indecision I am enamored of the HD4850. Newegg seems like the place to go for this purchase. There's a mail-in rebate that will eventually lower the price by $20-30 on all of their HD4850 cards but one. A few have caught my attention: Buying VisionTek offers $5 instant savings, a chan...

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The largest cooler I've seen in the Allure is the Evercool Buffalo used in Madshrimps' review. It's 142.7mm tall and uses a 100mm fan. Are there any top-down coolers that would be starved for air with that much clearance? As for towers, I've definitely got my eye on a Xigmatek or maybe a Thermalrigh...

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I wouldn't put a GT280 in any system, but that's just me. A quad core processor at stock speeds (or slower?), on the other hand, is tempting. I can't believe I forgot to consider the option of putting a notebook drive in there. Good catch. And good call on the Enermax Modu82+ - being able to detach ...

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Okay, so the marketing animations are pretty ridiculous , but as for the case itself, I think they've managed to bypass the tacky valley and ended up with something charming. Even though it's just a well-decorated Alpha360 . There are ample pictures on Newegg , a (...disheartening) review with many ...

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Jeff Cutsinger wrote:
Kalle Lasn in Culture Jam (1999) wrote: Quiet feels foreign now, but quiet may be just what we need. Quiet may be to a healthy mind what clean air and water and a chemical-free diet are to a healthy body.
Chemical-free diets are fatal, not healthy.

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

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