IMO it is better not to have a modular PSU, as the contacts will give a significant voltage drop (a 24 to 20 pin adapter when loaded with an a64 setup had a 0.1V drop on all rails, which is not good for the 3.3V rail).

Since I have read that it supports Cool n Quiet, that would mean that one can vie software controll Vcore and Multiplier, which is enough for me. (I don't plan on overlclocking at all, at least not this system).

Hmm.. That one looks good, as does the MSI RS480M2-IL, which supposedly has a 9600-like IGPU, which would be perfect for my needs.

Is it just me or are there no reviews at all for mobos nowadays? I havent found any at all for the ABIT and only a pre-prodoction MSI...

I would like a good MicroATX (can be slightly larger, this is for a custom case. Full ATX however is far too large). The ones that my local reseller has are these: S 754: http://www.komplett.se/k/kl.asp?bn=10125 S 939: http://www.komplett.se/k/kl.asp?bn=10482 S 754 CPUs: http://www.komplett.se/k/kl....

Look's like I'm a bit behind the times.... Err.. Yeah...

*flees and hides behind nearest lage object, quivering in fear*

I Just installed the new speedfan (4.20) on my VIA M-ITX M10000 (Erza... >.<) and now *it can read CPU die temperature*!

Woo!

(It was surprisingly cool too, although i have switched the thermal pad with AS3).

According to the text next to the graph, the efficiencies they are implying: 495/600 = 82.5% 405/500 = 81.0% They neglected to mention how loud it is though. Um, that wouldn't be the efficiency (AFAICT) that is the drop in power output/efficiency that occurs as the mosfets temperature rises, not th...

If you connect the Molex and rewire it for 5V or 7V, is it still OK to plug in the 3-pin connector for RPM monitoring? Or will the 12V coming from the motherboard header do bad things when it is mixed with the 5V/7V combination from the Molex? It would do bad things. You'd be shorting the 5v and 12...

As for the stock back plate, when I built a system for a few friends of mine, I kept the stock one and re-used the orignal screws, and tightened it to the same tightness as it would have been with zalmans by comparing the hieght of the standoffs to the position of the bracket. Hi, You mean using th...

The max 450G requirement is meant for big OEMS, that have to ship built computers on trucks and stuff, where they are subjected to very nasty bumps and jarrs (somewhere around 10G's I believe). So 700grams wont kill your bracket directly, just be carefull when moving your computer to not be all too ...

Don't worry about the port at all, if it is hot enough to melt that then you've got much more pressing problems such as your cpu bieng completely dead. However, one thing you should worry about is the of-center load that will occur becuase of the contact. The base of the HSF will no longer press eve...

Thanks for the replies. My main challenge now is to find a supplier nearby for the elastic masterial. I agree with your ideas that discontinuing the use of the drive is smarter, but I just feel stupid having a 120 Gb sitting on a shelf somewhere. The only place I can put the hard drive is in a CD b...

A Zalman NB47J with *VERY IMPORTANT* bent out fins, soft of like a zalman 6000 but in both directions (this makes it much seaier for air to get to the fins, which are too tight for optimal passive operation normally) should be enough.

I use speedfan, it does everything I need very well, and IMO feels less bloated when compared to MBM *IMO*. I think you could get the monitor from one point thing to work, albeit indirectly, by setting up speedfan so it logs temps and then downloading the log to your comp from the loggee.

Connect green to ground with something like a paperclip. Som eolder PSU's need load on at least one rail (otherwise they turn off) so plug a fan or something in.

1) Molex SilentDrive Acoustic Enclosure 2) Zalman Hard Drive Heatpipe Cooler ZM-2HC2 Please be careful about those recommendations (at the bottom). I wasn't actually recommending any of them, just listing the coolers that I'm aware of. Still, I take your point. My bad. :oops: The Zalman unit especi...

There are several diffrent ways that you could attach them (listed as noise level, better is higher up): -Drill holes and use rubber grommets -Use existing holes and use bluefront's cable tie holding assembly thing. search for it, it is quite common) -Double sticky *foam* tape -Cyanoacrylate glue (f...

Orbit wrote:...I believe MikeC once said that suspending will also reduce some of the perceived noise of high frequency whine... so its better than nothing.

That is true as when hardmounted the whine will transfer to the case (seek noise is transferred much better though).

rcaw wrote:Does it matter that the power would come from an IDE connector vs the card connector?

Nope, shouldn't matter at all, the card may however hiss at you for not having a fan plugged in, however I doubt this as I have not heard of it, it is however possible... (really really doubt it).

There are several dual 12V lined PSUs with 20 pin connectors (the Nexus 4090 some to mind).

There are numerous 20 to 24 pin adapters available too for not that much...

There is at least one lian li that has that, don't recall the name though..

This, and all other "put comp inside refridgerator" ideas do not work, at least not well at all. the reason being that they are made for cooling stuff down that does not give of any heat whatsoever, the only thing they have to work against is heat leaking thorugh the insulation, which is not alot of...

You would probably also deform the base of the heatpipes when you attach them to the die, beacuse they are made of relativly thin material. The bending would give an awfull contact to the die.

What I have wanted to do for a while now is duct out the hot air that my cpu gives off while using a zalman 7000. This of course is quite difficult in that you don't have a frame to hold the fan in, so I had to make my own fan holder thing. When attached like it is now (using the stock fan @ 5v for ...

Wooo! Another Gothenburger!

Just out of curiousity, which stores do you know of that have good stuff? I only know of inet, microstore, microhard (and komplett and dustin, but they are mail-order).

I'm not an electronics genius, but isn't a zener diode basically a one-way power gate? A zener diode will let current pass through it one was with a voltage drop of something like 0.7V, and will let current pass through it the other way if the voltage is above the zener voltage stated on the diode....

How were the disks attached to your case? Direvtly into a cage? Rubber dampers? Suspension?

And could yo upossibly test it while holding it in your hand and compare whine/seek noise to when attached as it was before?

There are two different types of heatpipes, one (the type used in ZMHP80A/C/D coolers) are a hollow pipe with liquid, and gravity gets the liqiuid back to the bottom after in condenses, wheras the XP-120 for instance, has a wick that pulls the liquid back up, which means that is can work independant...