the last page of the review is messed up, I've tried with both IE and Firefox but the last table is a mix of results and ads

I have to mount a cheap and "silent enough" cooler on a PIV 630, is the Scythe good enough ? No OC, no need of a dead silent PC.

actually the name of the site it's not very well suited ... pro-clockers...

just saw this new box from Scyhte:
http://www.scythe-eu.com/products/hdd/Q ... D-1000.php

very curious to see how good is..

very good review Mike, as usual..., very interesting the various configs to match the most silent combination. A couple of questions: would you say that those new fans from Scythe are quiter than the "usual" Nexus ? I believe that CPU temps should drop down a bit using a Thermalright XP90/90-C with ...

just having a look at Extech meters:
http://www.thehumansolution.com/exsolemewime.html

or Cirrus:
http://www.cirrusresearch.co.uk/800b_tech.html

actually I haven't specified what "affordable" means to me

Are you telling me you've paid $500 for an instruments that reaches 25db ? Or $500 for the microphone ?

BTW, if that was for the mic only .., how much did you pay for the B&K ?

Nik

I'd like to find a good instrument to measure ambient noise, seems that most of the instruments that goes under 30db costs really a lot..., not to mention under 20db... Without looking for a pro equipment like the one used from SPCR, is there any affordable instrument that reaches approx 25db ? than...

for a comprehensive list of fanless VGA please jump here:
http://www.avmagazine.it/forum/showthread.php?t=39422

I have been using this power supply in my SLI system for more than a month now and I couldnt be happier. Previous I had tried the Neo550 which of course didnt work with my Asus board. I also tried the Seasonic S12 but found it to louder than the Nexus. The nexus runs cool and quiet 90% of the time....

Yes, I'm aware of those variables, I didn't mentioned because I just wanted to know approximatively the temp. Under BIOS the max was 29°, but under Windows, idle, Everest reports 70° :shock: , beeing too much difference beetwen the two reads, I'm skeptical on the Everest read so I'd like to know if ...

Is anybody using this combination ? What's the temp under load ?

thanks !

mmmhhh... :? I have two brand new 2504C wich I gave up installing Win Xp on it, apparently due to an unreliable Sapphire PC-A9RD480 Advantage, but with two Maxtor it had no probs... now I have to test them on a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 ... :? BTW on the Gigabyte MB I had no probs at all..., so was an iss...

mmmhhh... I have two brand new 2504C wich I gave up installing Win Xp on it, apparently due to an unreliable Sapphire PC-A9RD480 Advantage, but with two Maxtor it had no probs... now I have to test them on a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 ...

I'm very curious to know how madshrimps makes his reviews:
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getart ... rticID=219

they laid down the HD OUTSIDE the case on a piece of foam , and compared with the drive inside the Xilencer...

I can't find any confirmation that the Asus has HD Audio onboard, seems to have only a 5.1 ADI AD1986A

EDIT:
it has only 5.1 but it's HD ...

http://www.pro-clockers.com/article.php?id=58&page=1

Let's wait for the real review of SPCR !

Samurai Z unveiled

http://www.scythe-eu.com/products/cpu/s ... urai-z.php

oakdad wrote:How about this fan
http://www.svc.com/aaf-b12-e1.html

that is a little pricey, I was thinking about this:
SAF-S12-E1

Nik

and the Samurai, Master and Z, looks like the Thermalright XP-90/120





the Samurai Z is on the Scythe web site as "Coming soon"

Sorry if this has already been discussed here, but I didn't find it...

I found this page from the last Computex
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2005/0602/comp06.htm

there's a lot of new Scythe products !
Maybe someone is a bit experimental...

frankgehry wrote:There are clips available from thermalright that hold the fan from the top flange so you don't have to do any cutting. - FG

it's kinda miracle to find a decent Thermalright reseller here, unfortunately I've never seen that clip in the online price lists...

thanks for the replies guys @sun.moon my very first silent fan in an HTPC was a papst 8412 N/2GL, but after a couple of months it became too noisy, even at 7 or 5 volt, was well replaced by a Nexus, so I'm a bit worried spending good €€€€ in a fan that will last for... :?: Reading a sticky thread on...

I have to build an HTPC, but I don't really want to mess with the closed corners of the Nexus 120mm, of course I want to place the fan on top of a Thermalright XP-120, I was thinking on an Ys-tech, but in the forum of silenthardware.de, it doesn't have big reputation... maybe an Aeroccol turbine 100...

good revision

on page 2 the link above the picture of the Silverstone LC04 refering to a LC11, actually links to the review of the LC01

I will post pictures of my rig smewhere next week. The asus 6600gt silencer and A8N-E I have already, the other compenents I ordered are shipped today or tomorrow :P Edit: I got my PC assembled now. I was going to do some tests with prime95 and 3dmark05, but it seems that it's not possible to monit...

the only, partial, downside is the TV out on a bracket, but even the upcoming Asus doesn't have it soldered on the back of the MB...

I would have preferred Gigabyte or MSI, but neither of the brands is compatible with the Silverstone riser card...

and most of all this Foxconn is compatible with the riser card of Silverstone cases
go at the bottom of this page:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-lc11.htm

is anybody familiar with this:
http://www.ichbinleise.de/product_info. ... ts_id=1650

sorry, but there's something REALLY wrong in those numbers, eg: AMD Athlon 64 , 89 Watts Intel Pentium IV 520, 78 Watts Intel Pentium IV 530-560, 90 Watts :shock: from Anandtech: config: AMD Athlon 64 Configuration Socket-939 Athlon 64 CPUs 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Channel DIMMs 2-2-2-10 NVIDIA ...