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The current limitation regarding cooling on todays system is just the lack of a proper form factor. Or should I say, compatibility issues. If you have a custom designed system that doesn't need to retain compatibility with various third party hardware and adhere to ATX standards, an entire...

Vantec stealth are actually rebadged NMB 3110KL-B10's NMB makes the smoothest bearings I've ever seen on any DC fan, and they should do to, making turbine bearings and bullet train bearings ;)

Papst makes just about any fan with speed sense. You just have to ask them for it (when ordering from the factory :)

I take it you meant Panaflo? Unfortunately they don't make the L1A with a tacho output, but they do have one with a locked rotor signal. Unless you really care about the RPMs you're running at. In which case get the M1A with tacho and 7v wire it.

If you want a better fan (more powerful, lower noise) try a Panaflo L1A. Rated at 21dB, 24CFM but I can assure you the Papst ratings are optimistic, and their 80mm line of fans suck big time (vibration). Might not help with the overclock but its definately a more powerful and quieter fan largely...

Cheaper PSUs can be damaged, the better ones simply heat up more as you're sending current back up the 5v line etc. http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=4260&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Although I didn't expect this to work with PCI cards, I do routinely hotswap my CDRW drive from one machine to another without a hitch. Only thing needed to do was to "scan for hardware changes" in device manager.

Most R9000s are passive cooled and offer decent performance. I use the ZM80 heatsink (different to ZM80-A which is 30% larger) on my LeadTek GF4 Ti4200 and never had any problems with it. Runs reasonabl cool, I expect the ZM80-A would be significantly better.

auto box = sluggish couple it to a small engine and you can watch the trees grow as you drive by.

:o Apparently I need to put on 20lbs. Yes I'm skinny... I eat like a pig and don't get that much excersize... might just put on 100lbs 10 years down the line all of a sudden :-?

Thanks, will give it a try.

The machine is running XP... but its a damn tough problem to solve.

Yes a little OT I think ;) Just some way to enable ICS on the connection would be great...

Hi, I have a client who is trying to get his AOL connection to work with 2 machines which are hooked up using two NICs and crossover. Some people report it can be done, others that it cannot - ICS cannot be enabled as the AOL software dials up. Meanwhile he has a 12 month contract with AOL...

Damn, strange, it won't let me link directly... oh well try this one: http://www.rotting-energy.net/Forums/fb123.jpg And yes, you can install cards in the slots covered by the fan :)

Whoops heres the pic: http://www.quietbits.co.uk/img/fb123.jpg

The bracket screws on to the case using the holes that hold the PCI cards in place. You put in your PCI cards, then put the fan bracket on top, and pass the screw through all of them. It is held very firmly in place. Furthermore you can use the bracket to hang another fan of any size (case...

Sure, the result won't be the prettiest or most elegant, but it can be done, and the bottom line is, us silent people are after solutions, not price or looks. This is the reason I buy 80mm Panaflo L1A for £4 in 500qty and manage to resell them for £15 each ;) Papst 4312 for £7.60 each and...

Wrong window, wrong post :oops: This was meant to be here: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totally passive P4 system utilising heatpipes. Available for sale: http://www.deltatronic.info/neu/index.html Its all in German, but click the...

I just realised, I mixed up the windows... What I meant to post here was: I have a Sonata (upgraded from Cheiftec Dragon) and its generally a better case. - Drive bay system rocks. Either slide the drives cable-outwards for easy access to cables and jumpers, or put them in the other way to...

I have a Sonata (upgraded from Cheiftec Dragon) and its generally a better case. - Drive bay system rocks. Either slide the drives cable-outwards for easy access to cables and jumpers, or put them in the other way to keep cables out of the way and this makes for a -very- tidy case without...

Totally passive P4 system utilising heatpipes. Available for sale: http://www.deltatronic.info/neu/index.html Its all in German, but click the links and you'll see some interesting photos. I never understood why no one makes an external passive ATX PSU - if its external then size (heatsinks)...

Had cars broken into so many times now my insurance is too damn high. Three times total, each time it was for the stereo, on all occasions the car was alarmed and the front panel for the stereo was detatched. Last time I caught him red handed and chased him down the street but damn those...

I know a few people who just yank the fans off the heatsinks and run them stable passive. They get hot alright but they work, apparently.

Keep the heatsinks, detach the fans and use a Zalman FB123 http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/fb123.htm This way you can hang the 92mm fan above both (if it doesn't cover both CPUs then use a 120mm fan), and have it turned down (~20dB) with the included resistor. This should give more...

Nope, this one was a Millenium MGA which had a port for Mac displays, still a 15pin but larger, like a game port on a soundcard as well as usual PC D15.

Matrox made some cards called MGA, though they were not monochrome... they had dual ports (Mac/PC) IIRC.

I think it looks good...

Some times a -very- short geared car doesn't feel that fast. A friend has a 518, the old 1991 model. Of course, something with just over 100hp in something that size won't be fast, around 13s to 60 is the spec IIRC, but it definately felt slower - 1st topped out at something like 10mph. It...

Hows this for a linear response? Can you tell I'm a BMW fan... :wink:

Alpina D10 biturbo... 40 mpg highway... 241hp. Pheer the power of Diesel 8)

http://vectra.opel.com/brand_sites/vectra/launch/templates/home/home.jhtml;$sessionid$HNGD2FBFGIXIXTDHT1XRTGI?pageId=home Looks very similar to the Vectra... its GM so I guess its expected. I bet its handling will be boat-like </pessimist mode>

Don't compare them, German cars have positively solid build quality... even if the mechanicals aren't up there with Japanese cars, their interiors are always better screwed together and of better materials than anyone else IMO. Japanese cars use plastics that could have been from recycled...

Same here.... they love to sit on a nice glossy magazine page just while I'm trying to read it :)

Interesting that they use a heatsink on the SPP... the one on my A7N8X gets hot enough to burn, yet has no heatsink on it. I've been meaning to Arctic Silver epoxy a little ramsink onto it as I have one that perfectly matches its size but haven't got round to it (and probably never will...)

Nice one :)

Damn.. I just realised I've not been folding for the past one and a half months. Actually I've been folding, but who knows under what ID... certainly not mine! :evil:

They all have high profile tyres except for the R32 and 4Motion... I take it you know the R32? http://www.tyresmoke.net/gallery/album19

honold, you urgently need to lower the suspension an inch or two... it looks like you could loose a small kid under the arches :P Are those tyres standard issue? In Europe, the Jetta (Bora as its called) and Golfs come with balloon-profile tyres. Mucks up the handling :evil:

I've seen the 120Gb 'Cuda V S-ATA for sale at least a month ago... I saw it in the window for sale... it it possible that we got the drive sooner than the US?? :-?

Although I'm sure it protects the core, I'm not sure it helps at all with the heat transfer. Its still the same area for the heat to pass through (core -> IHS), but with a heat spreader you have two separate interfaces for the heat to pass through.

http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000cu.htm 0.20C/W :mrgrn:

Exactly my thoughts. Seeing people waving flags around drives me mad. I feel like going up and burning them.

My Shuttle had the KM266. Wasn't any good graphics wise, but it did its job fine.

We get a 130hp Golf... 310Nm torque, 6 speed box. Goes pretty well, but its a VW, and in my book, thats not a good thing. Probably because Ferdinand Peich is the car equivalent of Bill Gates :) I would take it for granted when changing to a lower gear one wont just dump the clutch without...

Just to chime in - Sunon's 60mm Vapo-Bearing fans are pretty much free of any sort of bearing noise. There Zalman compact flower (5100 series) uses them, and they make very little noise when spinning, compared to sleeve and ball bearing fans I've seen. I assume its some sort of fluid bearing...

I didn't write this properly, what I meant was that it would take 3-4 years of average driving to save enough fuel money to offset the increased cost. BTW... that car I rented did 75mpg @ 50mph. Now thats fuel economy!

They have a narrow power band, so you have to change up quickly compared to a petrol engine, in order to stay in the power band - power drops off suddenly in a diesel. Also, they are unrefined compared to petrol engines especially when cold, but the latest diesels are pretty good in that respect...

I don't know about the States, but there are three different 1.8T engines in Europe with varying amounts of boost pressure. Power: 180 bhp @ 5500 rpm Torque: 173 ft-lbs @ 1950-5000 rpm Power: 150 bhp @ 5700 rpm Torque: 155 ft-lbs @ 1750-4600 rpm and the one fitted to the Audi TT, 225hp...

Having good low down torque is a plus in city traffic. Don't need to mess with the gears that much. Turbo-diesels are good for that ;)