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Help with fans: Scythe v Noctua, Low v Med flow

From what I'm hearing though, there is not a significant difference between the choices. I want quality, but I will go for the conveniance of being able to drop in and pick up the Scythe over a very minor performance/noise improvement.
- tsponholz
- Post #8
- Dec 17, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Thermaltake Armor

Want a nice big case, go with the CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000. The only downside to this case is that it does not have a removeable motherboard tray. Though I still had no problems working inside it. Boy, for how many times I mentioned this case today CoolerMaster should put me on the payroll.
- tsponholz
- Post #3
- Dec 14, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Silent yet good cooling case?

I'll put my vote on the Cosmos for cool and quite. I built a rig in one and even with the stock fans it is really quite. I wouldn't say silent, but would say whispers. Pretty good given that is has four fans running on the case alone (his has 6 when you include the PSU and CPU Cooler). One...
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- Post #12
- Dec 14, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Help with fans: Scythe v Noctua, Low v Med flow

These are just the specs listed on the retail sites that I am buying from, which in turn come from the manufacturers site. I know I shouldn't trust that, but I thought I'd throw them in as a guidleine. I had read that article quite some time ago, and actually is what got me looking at...
- tsponholz
- Post #3
- Dec 14, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Bottom mounted psu

The PSU will obviouly work ok bringing in hot air from inside the case, but it keeps everything cooler if it can draw "fresh" air. The PSU will stay cooler, and therefore not be as hot sitting inside your case heating up everything else close by. If you have adequate airflow without using the...
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- Post #23
- Dec 14, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Help with fans: Scythe v Noctua, Low v Med flow

I'm looking to switch out the stock fans that come with my Lian-Li PC-V1000. I have one front/bottom intake and one back/rear exhaust. There is also a Scythe 120 MM fan on my Infinitty cooler that blows directly onto the rear exhaust fan. Options: Lower flow w/ less noise: Noctua 1200 - 17...
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- Dec 14, 2007
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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What's your favorite aftermarket air-cooled heatsink?

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme with a Noctua 1200 fan. Cool & Quite. I put this on a GA-P35-DQ6 fits nice. It is running on a q6600 bumped up to 3.0GHz, everything stays nice and cool and the set up even keeps my ram a bit cooler. My rig has a Scythe Infinnity on a GA-P35-DS4. It's a bit...
- tsponholz
- Post #13
- Dec 14, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Bottom mounted psu

As you are probably getting from other posts, the ideal would be to have the intake facing down and have intake vents directly beneath it. This way the PSU is drawing in it's own fresh/cool air and then pumping it out the back -- keeping it totally independant of the rest of the case. Most...
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- Post #19
- Dec 14, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Need tips tweaking OC on e4500

Just thought I'd post my final stable settings/results. e6400 @ 3.00GHz (10x300) @ 1.31875v; PC6400 Ram @ 900MHz 4-4-4-12 (2:3 ratio) @ 2.10v. I tried at 1.31250v and was not stable. Tried ram at above settings but a 2.0v and was not stable. Temps seem to average about 65 degrees for both...
- tsponholz
- Post #8
- Dec 1, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Need tips tweaking OC on e4500

Yeah there might be that FSB wall... I tried 10X320 up to 1.40v and can't get it stable. I've decided to try a few combos to see what can do. I'll post back with results. I did already have one surprising find. I got stable 3.0GHz @ both 11x273 & 10x300, both at 1.325v. What surprised me was...
- tsponholz
- Post #7
- Dec 1, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Need tips tweaking OC on e4500

These are great tips! Thanks guys. I'd like to clarify a couple assumptions I'm making from your comments: 1) the RAM to FSB ratio doesn't really effect performance in any noticable way, ie. 1:1 isn't any better than 2:3? (I don't really care about an extra FSP or two, or synthetic...
- tsponholz
- Post #4
- Nov 30, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is Quad Core really worth it ?

Games really don't take advantage of all 4 cores (yet). So even intense gaming won't see much improvement with a quad.
- tsponholz
- Post #9
- Nov 30, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Need tips tweaking OC on e4500

Hello, I just finished putting together my new system (in sig) and need some tips on tweaking OC. I have it currently running stable at 9x333, but was wondering if there was a way to better optimize my settings: 1) How does the modifier affect the OC? Am I better to run at 10x300 or...
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- Thread
- Nov 29, 2007
- Replies: 8
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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RAM: how hot is too hot?

Hi, I'm running 4 x 1gb sticks of Partiot Extreme Performance 800mhz ram. I've been have issues with it, and so have been testing the heat. The RAM is pretty hot to the touch, and I am wondering how hot is too hot. I put my finger on it (cause no other way to monitor ram temp, that I know...
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- Thread
- Nov 3, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Memory and Storage

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