X-bitlabs review published today. They liked the CPU but not the GPU cooler.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/ ... rator.html

Here's a small mention of one of the motherboards (ASRock K8S8X) mentioned in the anandtech thread working successfully with a Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ (see Customer Reviews section).
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... 449&depa=0

Thanks, Mike! Yes, it makes sense that a helicopter designer would come up with a fan design that has superior efficiency at higher revolutions since lift is the all important criteria in flight conditions. Too bad that it does not (yet?) confer its benefits at lower speeds. I did run across the JMC...

I did some googling with the search object 'low noise fan technology' and found many links supporting the premise that there is a tremendous amount of activity and interest despite the low profit margins that no doubt exist. Here's a link with many references to low noise fans: http://www.electronic...

I agree completely with your observations, Mike. It does all come down to the bottom line but only until something manifestly better comes along for the same price. That general scenario has been repeated scores of times with one of the best examples being the American car industry that had to wake ...

Speaking of boat blade designs... (apparently someone was running a little out of control). lol Seriously though, would be nice if some PC company started licensing naval prop tech. http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/weird/weird319.jpg DrCR ________ If I'm not mistaken, the propellers on that ...

Personally, I've never liked the idea of mounting a fan directly onto a heatsink because of vibration and the coverage gap caused by the fan's central hub. A fan mounted a minimum of 3 cm away overcomes the fan hub gap and, naturally, is not physically attached to the heatsink-processor-motherboard...

You don't have to worry about the Seasonic ST fan ramping up if your exhaust can get rid of system heat efficiently (provided you don't run too many components off it). Building a CPU exhaust duct would surely help keep case temps down. I agree. If you're concerned about the system's heat going dir...

I'll break this to you as gently as I can. Hopefully, I am not misunderstanding what you envisioned. I also have a Seasonic Tornado. The 120mm opening for the fan is part of the cover and it looks just like the picture at the link you provided (except that the hole is larger and the cover is made of...

As a point of reference, would it be possible to see what temps you get running the HS totally passive? I am guessing that the Globe @5V is moving the least amount of air out of all the fans tested, and perhaps explains why it is more efficient in suck mode - it is assisting rather than opposing th...

Without going into details about the number of platters, heads and SATA vs. PATA, I think the current ranking of HD manufacturers for quietness is: 1. Samsung 2. Seagate and Hitachi 3. Maxtor 4. Western Digital This is for current models, 3,5" IDE drives. It will be very interesting to find out if ...

Efficiency, thy name is SPCR!

Now that's service! Thanks for being so responsive, so quickly, Ralf.

Very interesting. I'm pleasantly surprised that you did not experience much of a performance penalty by switching from a standard IDE to IDE connection. Looks like this would work very well for HD back up. Am I right in assuming that you still need an (internal) IDE to IDE HD for system start up? Do...

I wonder if there could be a way to mount this vertically. I'd have to assume that a straight-through path for the airflow would be way more efficient and cool better. That's an interesting idea. Its effectiveness would depend on whether or not the heatpipe must be on the horizontal as it would be ...

Please be sure to post your before and after results with the power filter! I've been wondering about getting one myself. I'm at the stage where my computer is silent enough that I can hear the whine of the CRT, the ceiling fan, and the UPS system although only late at night. Interesting how the pur...

Just some thoughts that may be totally without merit. Is it possible that the reported high whine in the fanless Silverstone PSU might be prevented or mitigated by line conditioning and/or isolation? There is so much hash riding on the power lines these days (much of it due to microprocessors) that ...

One can still hope? You're probably right, especially if a high performance video card, that's also passively cooled, is added to the mix of components. In my own system with an NCU-1000 and Seasonic Super Tornado combination, although the heatsink is barely warm to the touch with a 2.0 Northwood, I...

More pictures of the V-Tech EC-7105 case: http://www.vtech.com.tw/images/sm/7100005.jpg My only question is who will be the first to take this case and install a fanless power supply such as the Silverstone, an Athlon 64 with the Scythe NCU-2000 heatsink, an NVIDIA 5900xt video card with the AeroCoo...

Hi Rob, Here's a link in the UK where 3 buyers have rated the PSU at 3.7 out of 5. Unfortunately, it's just a numerical rating rather than descriptive reviews of their personal experience. http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=603244 Hang in there, perhaps there is someone in the big world of ...

Dear dedogs, I'm very sorry that you were offended by my post. It was far from my intent to put you down. Apparently, at least three other people felt that what I wrote was inoffensive (thanks, guys or gals!). I still think what you did was very interesting but that it provided no objective way of c...

I have a Super Tornado. I have not encountered your problem but did take extreme measures to combat vibration. My case is made of steel with plastic cladding. What is yours? Apparently, aluminum cases are more prone to resonate. Typically, a low frequency sound, such as what you are experiencing, is...

Welcome to SPCR! Thank you for going to all the trouble of making a recording of your Seagate notebook drive. It would be interesting if similar recordings could be made in a repeatable and calibrated fashion so individual drives could be compared. Poor MikeC, just think of all the extra work requir...

Looking forward to your conclusions with great interest.

No good deed goes unpunished?

Well, this very interesting dialogue regarding the merits and failings of digital and analogue recordings versus live music does seem a bit off the topic of a CPU heatsink. Perhaps one of the moderators can peel off some of the responses into another thread? Apparently, one of the main contributing ...

More information:
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20 ... 00344.html

Everyone is getting into the act. Here is Gateway's version of a cool running and quiet mid tower computer in the BTX form factor. A friend of mine owns a Gateway with a 1.8GHz Pentium 4. It is such a screamer that it drives me from the room. My Dell Optiplex with a 2.0 P4 was considerably quieter e...

NCU-2000 is now available at newegg for $43.99 (and $5.99 for shipping).

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductde ... 6835185109

Make that $800+ for the 73GB model.