Well, provided you didn't do something foolish like use epoxy as thermal interface material, you can try gently rotating the processor on the heatsink to break the suction. Works for me every time.

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Another option:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-RAGE-II-C-PCI-4 ... dZViewItem

A 4MB ATI RageII PCI video card for $0.99

since microsoft and toshiba had so much at stake in this venture, shouldn't they have done what sony did? flood the market with hardware? what would it have cost them to include an HD-DVD drive in every xbox360? $20? I don't think Microsoft had so much at stake. Yes, you could buy an HD-DVD add-on ...

The Intel HSF is good out of the box. Not sure of the long-term reliability of the fan (e.g. how soon does the bearing start sounding like a random orbit sander), though. I used the stock Intel C2Duo fan in a build for my brother-in-law and it is plenty quiet.

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-PSU (I'm using a Seasonic at 430 Watts. I let it run overnight, and when I woke up it was powered off. I started my system and I had no signal out to card. On second reboot it sent out a video signal. When I get back I'm going to test and make sure the 430 Watts is enough, otherwise a 550 Watt wit...

Well, speaking as someone who owns both a 43" 720P (Pioneer plasma) and a 46" 1080P (Sharp LCD) television, different technologies asided, the image quality on the Sharp is much cleaner than on the Pioneer. The Pioneer has better color saturation because of plasma's inherent superiority over LCD in ...

Hi, I’m looking for advice. I want to build a energy efficient server. What do you think about the two specs below: AMD SEMPRON LE-1250 AM2 45W BOX Gigabyte GA-MA69VM-S2, AMD 690V+SB600, Socket-AM2 TwinMOS DDR2 PC6400 2048MB Dual Pack KIT w/two matched DDR2 PC6400 1024MB CL5 Or an Intel D201GLY2 ...

Both the Ninja (not the Mini) and the Ultra 120 are your best bet and should fit in the Lian Li PC-A05A without issues and will outcool pretty much every heatsink you listed. You can find 120mm PWM fans that will be far superior to the Zalman fan as well so that shouldn't be a concern / gating facto...

A friend of mine just bought the BMW 123d, and I have to admit, I almost never had so much fun in a car. It goes off like a rocket and yet it consumes only 5.something l/100 km (as long as you drive reasonably). You could even go 250 on the Autobahn, but then your consumption looks more like 12 or ...

I've successfully run Vista Aero on an x300 and an x600 (as well as x1600 PRO, 7600GT, 6600GT and x800XL). Not sure what the power consumption is of these various cards, but I assume the x300 is probably the lowest consumper of the bunch. However, I much prefer my current 8800GT.

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As for the BWM, I don't think it's coming to America w/ a diesel is it? Something about our prohibitive environmental / low sulfur standards here. They're definitely bringing the 335d to the US (6-cylinder twin-turbo direct-injection diesel) for the 2009 model year. My hope is that they bring the 4...

I'm waiting for the BMW 123d to be brought over to the states. I'll be happy with a 50MPG 4-cylinder diesel with RWD, a manual transmission and 290ft/lbs of torque. All those cars are interesting, but don't look to be terribly involving from a driver standpoint. However, they get one thing right - l...

Man I just hate those boards with the PSU connection right in the middle. Nothing you can do about that big wire bundle...... Yeah, that board is terrible in that sense. You see that black cable crossing the case just below the videocard? That the FRONT-panel audio connector. WTF is that doing at t...

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/06/ ... il_part_1/

Anyone else think this is sort of the PC platform equivalent of a Hummer? Power hungry (needs a 1000W PSU at minimum), loud, expensive. It boggles the mind.

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Daaaaaaammmmnnnn.

That looks like a custom stereo install in a trunk, not the inside of a desktop PC. Seriously slick, sir! And as a side note, you'll definitely like the 8800GT after suffering through a 6200TC.

And, since nobody else remembered to say this: Welcome to SPCR!!!

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Love my 8800GT Superclocked + HR03 + Nexus 92mm fan. It was worth the extra money to get the HR03 (although the Accelero S1 is a worthy option). I tried it passively but on BioShock in my P150 w/ a single 120mm fan at 7V, the 8800GT started to go into thermal runaway. In a larger case with better ai...

Better yet, lobby your congressional representatives to vote for higher EPA requirements and encourage auto manufacturers to build / import high-mileage diesels. Personally, I'm waiting with bated breath for either a BMW 123d or 323d to arrive in the states.

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I didn't suffer any permanent injuries during that freezing ride.....but the Norton did. About 1/2 way through the generator crapped out....stupid Lucas parts. Luckily the Norton had a magneto so the engine stayed running, but I had no lights. Why do Limeys drink warm beer? Because they have Lucas ...

Delta_42 wrote:No, but I am cooling a T7200 with a Noctua NC-U6 in a Fusion case just using the case's 120 fans.

How did you mount the Noctua on the T7200? Is it a board that uses a standard P4 retention mechanism?

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I'm trying to cool (quietly) a T2300E in an Antec NSK2480 and was thinking about using an HR-05 IFX / SLI as the cooler - given the offset of the SLI version, I could have it right next to one of the 120mm exhaust fans. However, I'm concerned about the amount of power dissipation that can be expecte...

I'd probably suspend the gnomes or undervolt them at the very least.



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SZ has mentioned about 3/4 of the way down the page in this thread that he has put a pair of Noctua NC-U6 heatsinks on the CPU and northbridge of the D201GLY2. Photos are posted here. I tried the HR-05 IFX and wasn't able to make it fit (interfered with the RAM slot).

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Yeah, that gives new meaning to a "Well, DUH!" moment.

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Sounds as if something had corrupted part of the kernel. Been browsing porn lately?

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FWIW, I read several articles about the Shuttle KPC. It appears that the samples were at CES as a technology preview and the design has not been frozen. Therefore, your guess about features is as good as any. I'm interested enough to put a google alert on the topic. Speculation & conjecture time --...

For Intel CPUs, I prefer Intel motherboards. They are boring, but very reliable (I make an exception for mobile CPUs as Intel currently doesn't sell a MoDT board). I like the DG33BUC a lot for both mATX and full-size cases - I used one as the basis for a system for my sister-in-law. The DG33BUC has ...

If it is anything like the cooler for the FX5950 Ultra, it'll be noisy. Lots of clicking. On the other hand, the x800 is quite a bit newer than the 5950U, so YMMV.

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These mini mobos are getting better & better -- Shuttle has based the kPC on a Mini ITX chassis that includes a Celeron 420 processor, Intel 945G chipset, 60-80GB hard drive, 512MB of DDR2 memory, and a 100W power supply. Cooling will be provided by Intel's stock processor heatsink, although users ...

- SATA first generation? No thanks, those drives are not easy to find anymore and more expensive than SATA-2 plus it would save me the trouble of finding and setting a jumper to make the newer generation drive backwards compatible with SATA-1 This was a new one for me as SATA is supposed to be back...

If anybody interested then I've got D201GLY2 installed inside Antec NSK3480: - Windows Home Server installed - PSU is PicoPSU 120W 12-25V - AC-DC brick is Fortron 120W- - HDD is WD 1TB GreenPower, planning to add one more for data duplication, - no CD or DVD - CPU and NB heatsinks are replaced by N...