Urgh. Hmm. I'll have to see if I go Corsair HX620, S12-650 Energy+, or see if an S12II-600 is going to exist for my next build.

*shrugs*

(yes, it is glorious overkill... but I've already got an S12-600 rev3 (?) in there now)

Set it to 1.375v, during idle it should automatically lower the voltage.

Vdroop is fixable through other methods, but it's a lot more work. :p

300h of use.

300h of lapping, even with 2000 grit, would leave him with a pile of very fine sand for his CPU. :p

Useful thing that people tend to forget. Although I usually am raising voltages as I overclock.

Although for stability I tend to run 24hr+ of Orthos, at least...

It's normal, it will fit very tightly, but that's the intended result.

I have one P180 build with a SFF12D in it, no fitment issues with the frame into the middle of the chassis-- had to slide it in and lock it in... it didn't feel quite secure out of the case when the fan + frame were assembled, but installed, they were very secure. Haven't tried to fit it into the fr...

Will it dry out? That's going to be a huge potential issue.

The best thermal pads actually work just as well as the most fancy thermal greases out there.

dhanson865 wrote:If they aren't going to vent heat automatically at least allow the unit to cool to room temp before testing a 2nd time. As is the 115v tests are artificially worsened compared to the 230v tests.

No kiddin'.

I expect them to have a pile of dead cheapo PSU's once they start testing those...

Onetwo - Theory of Everything (part 2)

Should be fine. Assuming you're using coretemp or TAT you should still have 20C or so of headroom in your chip.

if you want top of the line, the Ultra-120 Extreme is one of the choices. If you're not all that sensitive to noise, a Nexus 120mm on it at 12v gives excellent performance. For even lower noise, tho, a Scythe Ninja has a lower-resistance design and should work better when low noise is a higher prior...

OOS or not available everywhere I checked (frozencpu, heatsinkfactory, SVC, case-mod, newegg)... ordered a SFF12E instead. In retrospect now I probably could have waited, but I had another going through Newegg anyway...

Yes, you do. They mentioned thermal stress in their thing, which a sealed 1m box would do quite nicely.

Not realistic at all, but their emphasis on precision is amusing.

I haven't tried OCCTPT yet, although I wasn't aware of it til recently. I run TAT or Coretemp for temperatures, plus Orthos...

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-ultra120ex.html Pretty good as I've come to expect from Xbitlabs. so... umm.. when does SPCR review it? :) I also like that they've upgraded to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 from their Core 2 Duo... although their Q6600 doesn't look like a spectacu...

Looks pretty good. I like how they emphasize their additional precision. It's a nice but ultimately more for bragging rights than any real utility to the average enthusiast. I am curious to see what their PSU test lab noise floor and whatnot turn out ot be, tho. :) HardOCP, Anandtech... nice to see ...

Nice, very nice!! Hmm, potential fanless (well, case-airflow-only) sibling to the Ultra-120 Extreme... smaller size means it's not as ideally positioned/shaped to take advantage of the case fans in a P180/P182 as is the Ninja, but damned nice nonetheless. I wonder if anyone else is going to consider...

Not much of a review-- Tom's Hardware's obsession with percentage increases continues. :p Once you've established that the TEC-equipped devices have a powerful-enough TEC and sufficient cooling for it, things like power consumption and heatsink efficiency become much more interesting-- how much more...

How much stuff do you need to store inside-- how many HDDs, 5.25" devices, etc...? Finding panels with noise reducing construction is going to be the killer...

Hmm, I've seen this before. Not sure if it was here or not, tho. I need to buy a new 120mm CPU fan right now, I've got a Nexus 120mm on there but in an ill-advised 2am fit of modifying it to fit my new Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme I put a slight crack in the frame. OOPS. :( Not bad enough to inhib...

Shouldn't cause any problems at all. In fact that's probably better for cooling as it forces any excess air from the fan closely over the top of the heatsink rather than letting it escape farther away.

Not at all, the rig he describes should only have the PSU loaded to 65-70% or so, tops. It has 384W available across the +12v rails (32A), and the 8800GTX is accounting for 10A or so, the CPU is maybe 7A... plenty of capacity to go around.

We haven't had any problems in production here, although FWIW, we do quite a bit of Linux here, and the Windows boxes here usually run extensively modified versions of Windows. Hmm... I assume our customers have addressed this. Our failure rates indicate this isn't a problem, although I can't say ho...

Yes.

My Ultra-120 Extreme should be here tomorrow, I'll let you know. My Ninja rev A is happy cooling my [email protected]/1.325v... but it's not so happy with my new [email protected]/1.325v, particularly with summer here.

Keep in mind Intel's own heatsink specifications and design guidelines account for the PCB of the motherboard warping.

14A on the +12v is probably enough, but that's awfully skimpy. Raidmax is right up there with Deer, L&C, Foxconn, and others as "horrid junk that doesn't even work well as doorstops", too.

L&C = junk.

Avoid.

All the MSI barebones that have passed through my hands have had crap PSU's from L&C, Foxconn, etc. etc. I would strongly avoid them until proven otherwise.

300W should be plenty for you, going with a Corsair HX520 is about one of the most quiet fanned PSUs you can get. Both that or the M12-500 should work fine.

I've overclocked a few, and most tend to hit 3.2ghz+ without too much difficulty. If you're not planning to run at stock clock speeds I would grab the E6420. Only catch is with the 8x multiplier on the E6420, if you want beyond 3.2ghz you'll be OC'ing your ram as well. As I personally tend to go for...