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by JimX
Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:27 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Experiences with a Zalman TNN500AF
Replies: 97
Views: 45944

Hello, The system is very quiet and i'm very happy about it. At night, with no outside noise, i can only hear the hard discs turning. I don't know if the WD HDDs are considered quiet, i read some good things in SPCR. Concerning the "money well spent" part, i think that you can buy systems just as qu...
by JimX
Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:12 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Experiences with a Zalman TNN500AF
Replies: 97
Views: 45944

Today, Zalman put the TNN500AF on their site! Pictures and compatibility.

http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/vie ... 1&code=020
by JimX
Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:00 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Experiences with a Zalman TNN500AF
Replies: 97
Views: 45944

I think maybe i posted while you were writing your post! Is that possible? "In the box there were 8 aluminum cylinders with some thermal thing on both sides, which you're supposed to stick behind the FETs while installing the M/B to dissipate heat to the box but that's insane because the thing doesn...
by JimX
Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:35 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Experiences with a Zalman TNN500AF
Replies: 97
Views: 45944

This is the revised edition. The nubs are unusable as i just posted. :( They have this sticky thing on both sides that sticks to your hands but not on aluminum. I suppose i could have used something that would stick but it wouldn't be thermally useful. I think that it is impossible to put the M/B in...
by JimX
Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:51 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Experiences with a Zalman TNN500AF
Replies: 97
Views: 45944

1. I tried booting with the cpu fan on (i bought a boxed set) and it didn't work. 2. I read the X-Bit Lab test before buying the box and was concerned about that so i checked the temps on some FETs and they were all below 80c. Maybe it's an Albatron thing. In the box there were 8 aluminum cylinders ...
by JimX
Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:00 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Experiences with a Zalman TNN500AF
Replies: 97
Views: 45944

Experiences with a Zalman TNN500AF

Hello everybody, One day mid Jan. i went in this PC store to look around and OOPS i saw it! The high-end HiFi look, the size, the ugliness. No fans? I ran back home, browsed for 12 hours, sold my Dell and the next morning i bought it. I also bought an Asus P5AD2-E Premium, P4 540, Asus 6600GT VGA, W...