How much of the pipe would be removed? If it's a large amount, then you might be better getting a used heatercore with the Nexus 120. If you're only removing half or so you might not have a problem.

You could replace it with a very slow 80mm fan and some kind of adaptor/duct if it's really that bad.

The capacitors in CRTs can hold most of their charge for 10 years, assuming you don't short the terminals. So even old monitors could be potenially lethal.

My Samsung 19" CRT whines when I switch to a lower resolution sometimes. I usually run it at 1600 by 1200 at 60hz, but low resolutions, particulary those used by Dos games, can make a very high pitched whine. Power cycling the monitor usually fixes it though.

One other thing about the NF7-S2 series is that it has a poorer quality onboard sound chip (AC670 I think, I'm not sure) than the NF7-S. (Nvidia Soundstorm)

I MAY have had too much AS3, but I doubt it. I try to conserve it as much as possible. When I look at the core there is little overflow on the sides, and the core is thinly covered. The sink itself is a clip on type, it can't be made tighter, so :? I don't think it's room temp either, normally with ...

But the thing is, I think that this kind of thing has happened to me before. I smear the paste around a bit, taking a fair amount with my finger, so that there is almost none left, and I get better temps. It's really disturbing, cause you get used to bad temps, and suddenly they're good. BTW I don't...

On Wednesday my computer was acting strangely, so I turned it off while I was at work. When I got home the MB was (apparently) broken, so I switched it out, and put it in again after testing it. (I didn't reapply AS3, I just smoothed out what was still on the sink with my finger.) The MB gave me tro...

Arcanthis wrote:Due out late Feb'04, might want to hold off if you're thinking of getting a ZM80C...

Then it's been out for about 4 months, unless you meant June or July.

CPU: Also, I'm confused about the power needs of Athlon 64s as described in Athlon 64 for Quiet Power . On page 3 , idle consumption for the A64 2800 is listed as 77W (or 71W for CnQ) and seti consumption is listed as 115W). AMD, on the other hand, lists TDP numbers that are significantly higher th...

http://www.systemcooling.com/images/reviews/LiquidCooling/Zalman_Res1/image5big.jpg In that image, the unused internal hose connection looks like a standard barb. Has anyone tried to connect a 6" - 12" hose to it? This would put warm water near the top, and colder water near the bottom. Could someo...

Nanny, you need to relax on the dust issue. It's for G-gnome to sort out in his own time.

The bit-tech forums are also good for quick replies on electronics stuff, though in the last 3 months they have had an explosion of newbies, and a bunch of trolls. Their best work is bling, SPCR's is silencing.

I've experienced the opposite. I had a 1600+ Pally that OCed to 1800MHz at 1.45v, with the stock AMD cooler and generic 266MHz DDR. After about 6 months, I was forced to go to a Volcano 7, but the CPU wouldn't go faster than 1600MHz @ 1.7v. It now runs at 1550MHz at 1.7v, and may need to go slower. ...

Socket 940, (Opteron, AthFX) S939, (Ath64) and S754 (Ath64) all use the same mounting clip and socket shape and size. If it works on one, it'll work on the others.

Everyone else was recommending the use of filters, I didn't feel the need to repeat it. Besides, if your computer has terrible heat problems, you may have to risk dust and slightly increased noise levels to fix them. I recommend what I would do given the situation, always. BTW aston, what are your C...

Open the lower front of the case, use what ever tools you have access to. Several rectangular slots would do fine. If you have done this already, you could try to cut holes in the side panel. The grey areas in the following image are where you should add extra holes. Focus primarily on the front are...

Where is fresh air being drawn into the case? It may be that the vents are too small or are obstructed. An option would be to use the 80mm fans as intake fans, and have the 120mm as an exaust fan. Some pics, or a good description would be useful. From what I have heard, having a negative pressure ca...

On the wavelegnth side of things i personally dont think a 120mm fan is too bad really, its the higher frequency fans like 60mm or even AMD's old 50mm 7000RPM fan that really kills me. That said i dont think id want to go much higher than 120mm The lower frequencies are less annoying, but it is har...

One thing to consider is that the wavelength of the sound produced by a 120mm fan is lower and more difficult to dampen than that of 2 80mm fans. I have found this from personal experience. I have two similarly loud fans; (when not dampened) a 120mm and an 80mm, and using the same amount of dampenin...

Anyone else think it was designed for the Presshots massively high wattage?

Water would work, prolly very well. You would need at least 1" of water on every side of the drive. Note that there would be the risk of a leak killing your drive. If you're putting something in front of the drives only, I would recommend useing a heavy block of lead/brass/copper/gold or a VERY well...

From my understanding they transmit the sound better, but it takes more energy to put the sound into them.

The reason that water dampens sound so well is that it is dense and heavy. Sound is made by vibration, and dense/heavy objects take more energy to vibrate at a given noise level. In theory, a 1"-3" brass or lead shell that completely enclosed the drive would lower the volume and pitch of the vibrati...

My recommendation is that you get eight 500W PSUs and use the information on the ProCooling Forums to make one. Here's the thread:

http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showth ... eadid=4369

That would be your best bet for making something cheap. (The thread is 9 pages long though.)

Don't forget Ram, Opterons require registered memory. That's another $500 per GB, or $1000 per CPU. For 40 CPUs that's about $40,000 for each CPU to have 2 GBs. The total is now $80,000. Then you have to consider the harddrives. You will likely want SCSI for your high performance machine/s, though y...

I was looking at some internal pics of the Reserator, and it looks like the inlet is a compression barb. Could you put about 1' of hose in the barb to get better temperatures by moving the hot water at the top. The concept is that as it cools it sinks towards the pump.

andrew-on-spcr wrote:Right, sorry forgot we were talking about the NF7-s, not MY board.

You cruel, cruel little man.

Oh good. I have lots of power tools, the axle grinder should be fine for that.

Strand wrote:The fan in the link is an 150mm fan, not an 172mm fan. Or has I missed something?

The fan housing is shaped like an oval. They took the smallest measurement, which is 150mm, but not the largest, which is 172mm.

Some refer to the CPU as "Athlon XP ****MHz" (where "*" is the CPU speed in MHz) or by the CPU's default rating. Ex: "Athlon XP-M 2500+"