The internal pics as promised (I remember someone over at Jonnyguru asking for them also) http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5682/p1020597smallwy9.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1877/p1020637smallfy0.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8424/p1020643smallqb3.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/i...

Hi, A month ago I visiting the biggest finnish computer retailer with a friend and happened to stop by their "returned items corner". Basicly they have items with shipping damage, other minor bumps or that have been returned by customers within the 14 day return period. I noticed they had a P180 for...

Jazz, I also expected to S12II to be next generation PSUs, maybe something based on the S12-Energy+. However, I didn't change my order and received three units of S12II 380W. The 380W does not have the plastic as far as I can tell. However the fan in the Seasonics really isn't that great, a good exa...

Hi jalridge,

yep, it definately vibrates more than other cases I've played with. For the first time I had to use suspension for a hard drive. I've always managed with sorbothane, even with an identical Seagate in a Sonata.

After checking the pics in this review I'm a bit unsure... I ordered three S12II's from Germany, but I'm considering about swapping my order to the old model :? http://www.techaddicts.net/reviews/s12ii500/s12ii500.html The PCB layout seems to match the Antec Earthwatts... I don't get it. Why the hel...

Hope this answers your question

yes, you can probably use a flat screwdriver to pop of the plastic 2-pin socket so that the pins would remain intact. I decided to replace the entire connector because I had proper 3-pin male connectors lying around. (And I wouldn't use a Noctua in PSU, especially in a bit crowded PSU like the one a...

Hi, I recently sent an email to the SPCR user frankgehry, where I stated "If I'd pick now, I wouldn't take the NSK6500". I've been playing with a P180 (building a system for my brother) and a Solo + P150 (used by a friend) in the past few weeks, and I have to say they all seem better than the NSK650...

Thanks

Moro,

yes it fits, check the Main Rig in my signature. It clears the caps near the socket by a few mm.

Now can you answer if the Ninja fits the plain M2N?

BR,
Aleksi


EDIT: Yep, the Ninja did fit the M2N, however capacitors near the socket may touch the heatpipe.

Hi guys, searching SPCR I found a bunch of people using Asus M2N- E with the new version of the Scythe Ninja, but does anyone have the plain Asus M2N and uses Ninja? http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=340&l4=0&model=1340&modelmenu=1 http://www.asus.com/999/images/products/1340/1340_l.j...

Did some tinkering; It's really easy to pick out any odd noises when the case sits 20cm from your head. Also realised that my HDD wasn't properly decoupled with sorbothane and produced a very faint hum. So that's going to be settled with some suspension. My brother has the same damn HDD mounted on s...

Hi!

It's nice to get positive feedback (well, any feedback) on the builds, so thank you!

Hi Amjed and thanks for the nice comment! :) The air conditioning in my building has been on overdrive for a few days. I just installed the muffler and will have to wait until around 10PM for the air conditioning to go off. Yes it does drop some noise, but I want to test if the muffler helps when cr...

I had too much time on my hands at work earlier this week and found some thin aluminium... so I whipped out the tinsnips and re-did the PSU "duct" from aluminium and also an exhaust muffler. So the PSU duct with some U-rubber to protect the wiring. http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6605/p1020405sma...

Dan / Frank, The last "normal" production runs of the FBK were in 1991 and 1993, the 40mm FBK was however made still in 2006 because it is a high pressure fan in U spec. Even that was replaced with 1608KL due to better performance and about three times longer life. It is possible that there have bee...

Hi, I had three private messages (USA, Sweden and Finland) asking about the U-rubber, so thought I'd post the info here. It's from a finnish shop called "teollisuus-Etola", basicly they sell all kinds of industrial plastics and rubbers. So those kind of shops would be your best bet for finding it, l...

Hi and thank you for the nice comment :) About the Seagate... the vibration is OK. It was clearly audible when I tried the silicone grommets that came with the case, but sorbothane has worked very well. If you can suspend the drive then that should be OK too. The drive is quiet when idleing. However...

Hi psiu and thanks for the comments. I actually re-titled the thread as the title "Sonata (T-balanced and damped)" didn't really describe it anymore.

OK, I'm on an update spree... I only have a few pics of this setup, but it shows the main improvement. This thing currently holds the components from my old main rig - Athlon XP 3000+ undervolted to 1.35V and underclock to 1.8GHz (IIRC) - Abit NF-7 with a 1GB of memory - Maxtor Diamondmax 9 160GB - ...

Looking at the old pics sure brought a smile to my face. Nice to watch a time line of your silent PC obsession :) well, this setup is currently with my brother as his HTPC. The current specs are... - Asus A7V880 motherboard, - Athlon XP 2000 running at 1,4V and 1,2GHz IIRC. Used the wire trick on th...

Hi Amjed, first off, thanks for the nice comment :) well Nici pretty much said what I had in mind. The front 92mm fans are very nice. The 92L1A has zero chipset noise and it's very smooth. The 92M1A has slight chipset noise, but even though the intake fans are in the "front panel" the chipset is not...

A friend came over with an AC power consumption meter...

- 65W AC power from the wall at idle
- 115W AC power from the wall at full load (both cores 100% with Prime95, GFX card stress tested with RHTDRIBL, HDD doing a virus scan)

That is not much.

Nice system, very nice and clean work.

Hi guys and thanks for nice the nice comments. :) MrSpok, I've used the Acoustipack Deluxe in my old Sonata. I installed it right at the beginning so I can't tell how much it really helped. With this one I tested with and without the standard Acoustipack and I really think it helped as the case felt...

Hi, in short... This is one of the three rigs I've been playing, it currently functions as my main computer. The specs are: - Asus M2N-E passive cooling with heatpipes - AMD AM2 3800+ X2 (65W), Scythe Ninja as the heatsink - Asus 7600GS, passive - Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATA - Kingston ValueRAM DDR2 ...

Relabellers / rebranders will never order genuine new NMB-MAT, simply because they are too expensive and will allow very very little profit. Regarding the Rexus NMB-MATs; Looking at the pics, few things give them away as surplus. For example, the Rexus / NMB-MAT 92M1BX has to be OEM surplus, simply ...

Hi MikeC,

out of curiosity: the 650W version of the Trio reviewed by a finnish website had a plastic sheet covering half of the PSU fan. Did your 650W sample have this (see the link below for picture)?

http://www.tehomylly.net/artikkelit/kuv ... 650_04.jpg

Hi Cloneman, Yes, the fan is controlled by the PSU's own fan controller. And yes normally you use a duct to provide cool air to the PSU and to prevent the PSU fan from ramping under load. But, in this case the PSU keeps the fan voltage below or at 5V even without the duct even at full load, which gi...

So did mine...

I'll change the thread title.

So the first post should say "a 430W version of the same PSU that was reviewed with the NSK2400"