Check out this thread Thanks, that answers half my question :). At least I don't have to worry about trying finding good 4-pin PWM fans. The JMCs sound like great fans, are they any others I should be aware of? As for the other half of my post; is it always the case the 4-pin PWM headers offer no c...

I've been seeing a lot of AM2 boards with 4-pin fan headers for the CPU, is this now a standard going forward for all AM2 boards? If I remember correctly from 775LGA Intel boards 3 pin fans can not be controlled via 4 headers, is this always the case or dose it vary from board to board? Also where a...

Very nice.

I would however like to see the system and frog together, a glamour shot of some sort would be preferred.

pcweltz wrote: Noise: 28-42dB(A)

Decent but not good enough.

Interesting... And just how low can you take it? (CNPS-7000B) 50% ? 40% ? I see no reason you couldn't take it as low as processor heat demanded. Well, you could take it lower, of course; there's no real reason you couldn't take it to 0 percent and let the proc burn. But I sense your question may b...

Whether it will or not depends on if the motherboard suppors speedfan. The HS itself doesn't really matter. Check speedfan's list of mobo's that support speed adjusting to see if your's is there. (or just download it and try it out) Well, like I said, I use speedfan to control the case fans. I alre...

Yes.

I've built several machines with the CNPS-7000 and used BIOS and/or SpeedFan for fan control is all of them, no Fan Mate needed.

Thanks Gordoco, the M2N-SLI Deluxe will be the first AM2 board to go into the list.

I'm also considering making a revision to the original post, so if anyone thinks that something should be added and/or edited feel free to comment.

Gordoco (or anyone else for that mater) would you mind taking a look at my "Recommended Motherboards" sticky thread and providing some information on the M2N-SLI Deluxe? Relevant information would be BIOS fan control; how many fan headers are controllable, how much control is offered, (start speeds...

Even though I don't like the look of the V1000 I do you like this V series. The two main things that trouble though is the lack of space for the CPU HS/F and the fact that Lian Li seems to have chosen a non-standard method for mounting their fans. If you read the SystemCooling review they seem to ha...

The A8N5X Manual lists CPU voltage settings from 0.800 to 1.650 Volts in 0.0125 V increments. I just ordered one, so I haven't actually had the chance to test it. Asus A8N5X -- ATX / 939 / nForce4 -- Active cooling is stock but ample room is provided for large passive heatsinks. -- Q-Fan control fo...

MikeC wrote:Helped out with a quick entry about the DFI RS482. Very nice mATX board for silencers.

Looks good, thanks.

Boards are now also broken down by socket and chipset. Edited the entry for the Asus A8R32-MVP Q-Fan properties since I've later learned that the chassis fan as well as the CPU fan is controlled by Q-Fan. The control is also far more then "on or off" with "fan start temp" as well as "fan max speed t...

Yeah i suppose you guys are right. I mean im not JUST going on looks the reason i considered it against a Seasonic is because i heard it was quiet various reviews and customer comments. So if it comes down to both psu's being dead silent im willing to pay that little extra to get that extra flash, ...

Buying a PSU or anything else for that matter based on looks is the worst thing you could possibly do.

Thanks for the excellent post inti . I've added the Asus A8R32 which looks like excellent board; just too bad about the poor fan control, can you confirm that for me and/or provide SpeedFan information? I saw your entries for the DFI RDX200 and Asus A8R-MVP but I think I'll pass on adding them since...

Simply unplugging the fan is not ok. The stock heatsink is simply far too small to deal with the heat without the help of a fan. The Zalmans in Neil’s post are probably the best way to go. The NB32 includes thermal adhesive so if you are able to get the stock unit off without taking the motherboard ...

Some passively cooled socket 939 boards for further research: I do not know what undervolting options these have, nor what fan headers can be found on the board (seems a less important requirement) For me personally fan control is the most important requirement; undervolting doesn’t interest me, an...

I have three SATA hard drives in my system; my main drive a 160GB DiamondMax 10, and two 320GB Western Digitals that are used housing my music library and backup. I also have a 40GB Samsung Spinpoint in an external Firewire enclosure. The problem is if I let Windows spin down my drives via power man...

Dntel - Umbrella

I have looked at the recommended boards and most are out of my price range. I am considering the msi neo2 with ati chip but I hear it doesn't support sata2 which I might need later on when hard drives become solid state? (hehe I don't plan on buying a new comp for a while) The abit kn8/k8n whatever...

The VF700 makes a bit of noise at 5V. Not much, but a bit. At 3V through a fanmate, it's below the noise floor of my room, I can't hear it at all. My idle temperature on an overclocked 7800GT is 54C. Under load, 75-odd, depending on the game. If you can duplicate this, I wouldn't even bother with d...

2. What motherboard would you recommend? I am not too versed on motherboards. Do most SLI motherboards have some sort of fan cooling over the chipsets? I here about the a8n-premium alot but it is out of my price range. I was thinking of just getting the a8n vanilla but I am not sure if it is noisy ...

here my post http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=25004&highlight= it's possible to change mount to gfx fan mount. No clicking noise from PWM. Interesting, I haven't thought of that. I was planning on cutting the connector from the VF-700/900 off and replacing it with the connector from...

I think I've seen a few cards ship with the VF-700 stock but has anyone attempted to modify their VF-700 to run off the graphic card's fan header? All modern graphics cards feature dynamic control of the GPU fan to keep things "less loud" at idle with the stock HS/F. With a high performance heatsink...

In related news; AMD steals 9 Intel engineers.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1521

Things must still be looking peachy over at AMD for them to be able to lure talent such as that away from Intel.

Yes, leaked AMD slides put 65nm desktop and laptop CPUs in Q107, which is why this event next week is so interesting. If they just pull some publicity stunt by showing products that we can't buy for almost a year, I will be very dissapointed in AMD. Hopefully, Conroe has lit a fire under their a$$....

Conroe has a huge advantage over the current Athlon64. A die shrink will help but if AMD wants to have the performance crown it's going to take a new architecture that we haven't seen yet.

cmthomson; the P5LD2 has been added. Is the CPU fan header the only one that is controlled by Q-Fan? What about SpeedFan support?

Looks very nice; should be able to handle the more power hungry chipsets coming out in the coming months and years, which will be a bigger problem then most realize. But it doesn’t seem like it will be much of a help for those looking for a solution to those with unfortunate nForce4 locations.