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Is an expensive PSU all that - or is it some crap everyone bought onto?

The main reason I suggest for people to buy a good quality psu is the tighter rail voltages. More than once I've heard of people's $500 graphics cards dieing on them for seemingly no reason, until they discover their 12V rail is running at 13V. Parts are more likely to last longer if the...
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- Post #10
- Jan 9, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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What voltage are front panel LED's?

It should tell you on the bottom of the led what voltage it uses...
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- Post #4
- Jan 9, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Good cooling.???

Ok, first things first - please, please, please structure posts a bit better than that. It's really hard to work out what you're saying. Anyway, your temps are fine. For any cpu you don't need to worry about temps until they start to reach 70/80+. Vid cards even higher nowadays. Many...
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- Post #2
- Jan 9, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Attempt to bring the case noise down in my case...

The internals of hard disks are the same whatever the interface. Usually, however, SATA hard disks are quieter, not because of the interface, but because the manufacturers put their newer technology into the SATA disks. As an alternative for a quiet HD, Samsung make some rather good SATA...
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- Post #8
- Jan 9, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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After setting up my Exos my 6800GT has video corruption

It doesn't seem like overheating to me - these cards are built to get up to 100C+ before shutting down, and nothing 2D should cause that. One thing I have seen cause similar problems, is a bad powersupply. However, an Enermax 470W should be giving enough power for that stuff. That said, if...
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- Post #10
- Jan 9, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Need advice on cases and cooling solutions

Nice choice on the Stacker - I was just about to recommend it. It should be great for keeping those 6800 GTs nice and cool. But seriously, 2 600W PSUs is just plain rediculous. Just one will be more than enough to handle anything you throw at it. And I mean anything - I reckon you could even...
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- Post #11
- Jan 8, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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What fans should I get?

For basic noise reduction, it's probably best to replace the cpu heatsink, and possibly get a fan controller for the case fans. If you've got any left after that, and don't mind voiding warranties, then replacing the vid card fan usually helps. As for the Dell, first of all, Dell doesn't...
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- Post #6
- Jan 8, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Help with motherboard/case fit.

Motherboards are more or less a standard size nowadays - Antec would just be saying their case is designed for that standard sized mobo. It'll fit fine.
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- Post #3
- Jan 8, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Cooling a solid block of four hard drives.

No, no, the suspension I was talking about is where the elastic cord comes down from the cage, and the hard drives are attached to the cord and just hang below the cage. Not sure where I saw the article though... (Reason I say this is that it's not a silencing issue here - he just doesn't...
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- Post #10
- Jan 8, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Sound Dampening for WD120G HD high pitch whine!

I have the exact same hard disk and had the same problem with the noise. I solved it by buying a Samsung 160GB hard disk, and having windows shut down unused hard disks. Now the system is much quieter.
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- Post #5
- Jan 8, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Cooling a solid block of four hard drives.

I've seen some great suspended hard disks done before - using bungee cord I believe. If you can do it well, you should be able to suspend two hard disks below the cage which should decrease temps a bit. Otherwise there are some pretty good 5.25" hard disk coolers available (such as the Cool...
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- Post #8
- Jan 8, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Modding my Thermaltake PSU fan control lead

I'd actually suggest you instead just buy a new fan - get a nice quiet one with a 3-pin connector and connect that to your fan controller. It's a bit more costly and a bit more fiddly, but I'd say it'll be well worth it. Only thing is it would probably void your warranty. However, if you...
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- Post #5
- Jan 7, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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What is THE BEST case

I have to agree with Spike here - "best" is very subjective for cases. I'm a fan of the CM Stacker personally, but I certainly know it's not for everyone. For one, it's a whopping 14kg, and big. Many people look for small light cases these days to help for transport, but I just prefer the...
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- Post #62
- Jan 7, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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looking to overclock, what would be the best, quietest and least expensive option.

Yep, forgot that one - I have the Superflower Fan Master in mine, but you don't necessarily need one with an LCD - the LCD is really more for show than anything else, but every now and then it'll pick up on something getting a bit hot for my liking for one reason or another (alarm temps are...
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- Post #4
- Jan 7, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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looking to overclock, what would be the best, quietest and least expensive option.

Probably the cheapest way to improve your cooling is to switch those fans around - you should have the side as intake (blowing cool air onto vid card / cpu), and the rear as exhaust (to assist the psu in removing heat). Other than that, you might want to look into a cpu cooler, and possibly an...
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- Post #2
- Jan 7, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling

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