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- Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:46 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Does Ultra 120 Extreme fit on P5K Deluxe?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2113
- Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:45 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: coupling Scythe Ninja RevB to LGA775
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4878
- Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:59 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: coupling Scythe Ninja RevB to LGA775
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4878
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:41 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Website with VGA power consumption charts?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5219
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce8600gts_7.html#sect0 Dude... they already tested power consumption of the cards in the last two reviews, or at least cards essentially IDENTICAL to the ones in those two reviews. Minor differences in clock speed don't do much, especially when the...
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:09 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Do i need a fan controller?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3013
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:04 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Are 120mm fans quieter than 92mm [?]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8328
I got only 7dBA from the Panasonic catalog, but nobody ever claimed the Panaflo 120mm was quiet - and they have claimed the Panaflo 92mm is quiet! :wink: Sure they have, back in `98 or `99 or so when this whole quiet cooling shebang hit mainstream with the Celeron 300A and I did my Chenbro Genie mo...
- Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:06 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PSU for 28 - 32 Harddrives
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8210
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:39 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: DVD Burners: IDE or SATA... Which Interface to Use?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8811
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:58 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: soft mount vs. performance
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19587
Seagate has some white papers on this-- soft mounting, at least on older drives (the white paper is fairly old) showed a noticeable worsening of access times, but if you seek silence, it's probably worth the trade-off.
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/ ... rives.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/ ... rives.html
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:57 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: DVD Burners: IDE or SATA... Which Interface to Use?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8811
If you're on an Intel ICH8 or later board (or nVidia equivalent) I would go SATA. NEC was best of breed til the ND-3550A; nowadays I believe Lite-On, LG, Samsung, Pioneer, have marginally better drives, but the gap is very slim. As Arvo points out each particular model has its own strengths and weak...
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:51 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Intel Stock > Ultra 120+Yate Loon...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7754
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:50 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: 18A on the 12V rail enough for an X1950PRO?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4643
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:31 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Found: the world's quietest production 120mm fan
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7401
At 150RPM, the heat sink will, for all practical purposes, be purely passive. I don't think the fan will push enough CFM to cool a gnat! Which means this exercise, fascinating as it is, is largely for fun? :D Still to think, all the "fanless" applications that overheat... the ones that need just a ...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:10 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PSU for 28 - 32 Harddrives
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8210
However I hope tha fact that the drives on the controller seem to spin up later than the ones on the mobo will save som power. Yeah, that's what I've personally observed as well... however, as the systems I build generally all have backplanes, I'm not quite sure either. :) PCP&C's are going to be m...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:48 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PicoPSU in Shuttle SN45G case
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2341
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:44 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PSU for 28 - 32 Harddrives
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8210
Practical implementation is that the drives will always be powered-on, without a backplane and a direct connection to the PSU instead, the drives will NOT support staggered spin-up. You're talking about +65A @ +12v on startup and +35A or so on the +5v line, which is pretty large for a consumer-grade...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:53 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: XP120 vs. U120X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3131
I would expect you would... you've basically got an Athlon64 with more cache...
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article719-page4.html
Close enough...
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article719-page4.html
Close enough...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:50 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Scythe Mini Ninja spotted
- Replies: 106
- Views: 95049
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:05 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Bolt-through versus push-pins at Madshrimps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3206
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:03 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PSU for 28 - 32 Harddrives
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8210
Staggered spin-up requires backplane support as well, if memory serves. However so long as your controllers are delayed in start, that generally works. http://www.storagereview.com/HD501LJ.sr?page=0%2C5 Shows a bit less than +1A on +5v at startup. 32 drives is quite a lot, although you should be ok ...
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:12 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Chenbro from CeBit 2007
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4020
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:32 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic S12 II (new revision) - now widely available
- Replies: 73
- Views: 71171
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:30 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Dual-Core PicoPSU Gaming madness? (aka, new version needed?)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5467
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:26 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Price difference Antec Solo/NSK6000
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6236
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:22 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic S12 II (new revision) - now widely available
- Replies: 73
- Views: 71171
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:18 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Stromectol no prescription
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2676
Aspire Q-pack, Antec NSK2400 or NSK3300- or if you need a full-sized ATX MB, the Antec Solo... Or you could buy a Shuttle XPC, the P-series chassis would work. Although with only a single HDD you can get away with almost anything. :D I ran a Chenbro Genie throughout most of college and considered it...
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:13 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Ninja (rev B) and socket 775 temp issue (detailed descript.)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14756
- Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:50 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 103551
speaking of questions, i do ask any one who brings the topic of longevity up to show me some statistics/data/calculations/graphs/whatever (that included jonny as well). so far, nothing conclusive. i'll give it more time, i suppose. I have data from our own production as well as customer data here, ...
- Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:00 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: quiet at high load psu's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4241
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:27 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 103551
uhm.... i dunno where people get these ideas from... about PSUs not being able to handle 50%+ loads for the long haul... I can't figure that one out either. A quality PSU is rated to handle up to its continuous load, and unlike cheap pieces of junk, it will actually be able to do so. Period. We hav...