you are right of course. i was just to lazy to go down there (the shop angers me as everything is so expensive. especially the 'silent' fans they offer.

so to change my question: who is best to get 100ohm pots from?

cheers again

sorry, is that not standard notation? 100r, 10k 2k2 etc
yes 100 ohm used to speed control lia's. hence i guess they could do with being 1-2watt(or perhaps illl get away with less) and linear.
i just cant find anything that fits the bill, of not then i may have to try RS or others.
cheers

cheers Yomat, but surely that is just a manual speed controll for a psu that runs hotter and has a crappy fan (ie the pfc version). or is this model any better? surely its just the standard unit jazzed up with leds, or am i missing something.

cheers
mynci

cheers, i was under the impression that it was 'recommended' that all power supplies have the pfc rather than law. i have seen a lot of cheap units from many different places being sold with no obvious pfc (im thinking a bank of capacitors in addition to smoothing ones) and certainly no labelling to...

just a quick (and no doubt dumb) question. i need to make an order from the hideously expensive maplins (www.maplin.co.uk). and get free postage if i make the order over £30, so i was going to add a couple of 100R linear pots that i can use for speed controll of an lia. ill be damned if i can find a...

Mr_Smartepants, if you are in Keflavik, Iceland (unless im really stupid, and i may be) thats in europe, where did you get a non pfc version? and how much was the shipping? as a reseller do you have a trade supplier? the long at the short of it is that i want to offer a range of silent pc's to the s...

FrankT have you pulled the fsb down to get that underclock? if so (i assume you cant change the Cpu multiplyer) how biger performance decrease does tha give over all? i wouldnt mind 'only' getting 1.8gig or so out of my 2.53 if it meant getting temps like that (perhaps i can run almost fanless). che...

really, i can get non pfc cheapo supplies with cases. if thats the case then its a real arse.

cheers for the input though.

any luck on a uk supplier of the non pf version? www.theoverclockingstore.co.uk are doing the pf version but want an astonishing £52 for it. i expect to be ripped off in the uk but not by quite that much.

anyway any one with any info please pass it this way.

cheers
mynci

ps i had an 845ge pro II for a time and that worked well too

i have the albatron 845pe proII i am running stable at 1.375, i tried 1.3 on my 2533 and i couldnt even power on, which was odd. but when i get a little more time i will try to take it down some more. All in all i like the albatron bourds but i have found there documentation and customer service to ...

i had a similar setup, i find that havng the fan blow on the hs an then block the qtech's lower hole (remove the fan) and put a panaflo instead of the remaining fan (mines controlled by a ecternal speed controller, bypassing the thermal control) not i get good cpu temps and much better psu exhaust t...

cheers, i didnt think of the load thing, i shall try it poste haste. its definately a 12v fan though.

mi spel chekas alwyz brocken.

i have just been given a really cheap 300w psu, i was going to put a panaflo in it and have it to play with/perhaps run my machine. i was going to move the thermister to a sensible place and use the temp controlled voltage for the panaflo. it turned out that the temp probe was right by the fan intak...

@cpemma wow another silent pcer from the same region, what are the chances. you make a fair point, at 5v some fans wont start so well, however the majority i have played with, will start, just with a little less grace than i would like. all of my panaflo lia's do start at 5v, just not witout a splut...

>>What i'm confused about is exactly how to switch the wires in the psu connectors You need to push in two little tabs on the interface side of the molex connector, best to do this with a little screwdriver, then the pin can be pulled using the wire. once you have pulled this out you can attach (sol...

thanks a lot, ill get my stanly knife, duct tape and card out and see what i can knock up.

cheers

fan grills *tend* to add noise, if you can d without them then i would. my guess is you'd be able to if you had a smaller fan, most except the 120mm ones, then you could get the grommits with the larger fan holding nick(meant for the thicker 120mm and the like). this may hold the grill as well. or t...

sorry pingu i dont get what you mean-probably being stupid. but let me know as i am willing to try anything if it will mean one less fan and lower temps.

cheers

cheers rusty, is tht the optimum design or would it be better to have the duct sit level with the edge of the curve on the 'crown' of the flower, so pulling ar in from all sides. oh hang on, do you mean that the whole edge that can be seen in uncovered? and if so is the back visible as well? thanks ...

that was the one i spotted, it looked as though the duct when all the way to the base of the cooler, ist thats the case were does the air go to/from? in my mind the air needs to be drawn accross the cooler.
thanks a lot for the info

mynci

i am consudering ducting my flower HS to the case exhaust, however i am not certain about how to do it. obviously i want to build an airtight-ish device that goes between the exhaust and the HS but i am unsure of the details. is stiff card good and duct tape good enough to use? is there an ideal sha...

well one of us asked the questions drooling and the other in a sensible fashion, ill let you work out who embarased themself.

i still want one.

ok, i want one, i want one now.
how do i make it and where do i get the bits? do you have a pcb layout and parts list?
how reliable is it? how hot does it get under full load?
did i mention that i want one?
is it a nexus modded? or did you redesigne from scratch?
i want one.

cheers mynci

i now have a stack of fans, originals before swapping out, noiseblocker s2's, a 92mm zalman and a few spare panaflos (incase i have another incident with their super fine blades - i cant cope with putting the zalman back in untill replacements get here) ok the point is, while im sure many of the guy...

ooh yes didnt notice that. they may be ablt to get some of the low flow ones though perhaps ask them.

http://www2.theoverclockingstore.co.uk/ ... 40dc10143c

they are a little on the steep side though. not sure if they ship outside the eu either but its free uk shipping.

cheers
mynci

thants the person i meant. i should have done a useful search rather than just offer the disjointed nonsense stored in my brain.
never mind

i get my panaflos from an ebay shop http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/id=16053311&ssPageName=L4. just email and the very helpful dorothy (who posts here under a name that escapes me). im fairly sure that she will ship within the EU (but not certain) always fast and efficient. i know she did have 92mm pan...

I think Piots correct, the 50/60Hz ac is upped to a much higher frequency as transformers can be made smaller and more efficient, thats why good music amps are so big and heavy as switch mode conversion would put too much noise into the circuitry and sound terrible. As ive said before though my anal...