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Hi folks any thoughts on this heatsink . Will it provide totally silent cooling for my set-up bearing in mind that I'm a cruncher .
Scythe Ninja-PLUS Rev B opinions please
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All the Tower coolers are good. But beware it is big and chekc it will fit your mobo.
Another option is the Tuniq Tower 120
Another option is the Tuniq Tower 120
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Another "heatpipe" solution ... trouble is, nobody takes a blind bit of notice of that technology and its implementation or impact on a CPU.
You will need a fan!
You will need a fan!
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Thanks guys . I have read all the reviews and it comes with a fan . Was wondering if anyone had any first hand knowledge of it .
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Reason I'm thinking of a change is that me Zallman is good and very good with Cool and Quiet , but with Cool and Quiet enabled I have to press F1 every time I start me pc which is not very good . We are looking at quite a significant drop in temps with the Cool and Quiet so I think its worth using especialy as I'm crunching and looking to make my sytem run at its best for as long as possible .
With the antec case I have you can put a fan on the side with a duct for the cpu . Well I did this and only got a temp drop of 1 to 2 degrees , I modified the duct to go right over the cpu and managed to get another 1 degree drop . I'm not realy happy with the temps and would like to lowere them as much as possible . Yes I could have all my fans running at max , but who the heck wants to sit next to a tractor . I want ioo% cpu use at 0 degrees in total silence now I don't think thats too much to ask for in this day and age .
With the antec case I have you can put a fan on the side with a duct for the cpu . Well I did this and only got a temp drop of 1 to 2 degrees , I modified the duct to go right over the cpu and managed to get another 1 degree drop . I'm not realy happy with the temps and would like to lowere them as much as possible . Yes I could have all my fans running at max , but who the heck wants to sit next to a tractor . I want ioo% cpu use at 0 degrees in total silence now I don't think thats too much to ask for in this day and age .
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Cool and Quiet in conjunction with 'crunchin' is a contradictory of terms. 
C&Q is a great 'idea' for laptops, pretty redundant on a Desktop ... what C&Q management, located under 'power options' are you using ?
You will also need a HSF, sorry, a fan, that has speed control capabilities to use C&Q on another HS.
What you need is a 386, or an early 486, as they did not require HSFs ... very quiet indeed.
Don't let me stop you trying.
C&Q is a great 'idea' for laptops, pretty redundant on a Desktop ... what C&Q management, located under 'power options' are you using ?
You will also need a HSF, sorry, a fan, that has speed control capabilities to use C&Q on another HS.
What you need is a 386, or an early 486, as they did not require HSFs ... very quiet indeed.
Don't let me stop you trying.
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I've followed the Cool and Quiet guide and had the system working . There is an issue with the Zalman fan as I've mentioned . I think the technology is good , it reduces temps automaticaly which is a good thing and it seemed to work well for me . Just need a different fan . Of course I could replace the fan on the zalman its quite a simple job for anyone with an ounce of common sense . But I've got into geek mode and realy like the sound of the Ninja so I recon I'm gonna go for it .
As to C+Q and crunching , even though I'm running at nearly 100% all the time the C+Q does seem to keep temps down lower than without it running . I'm going to do a test tonight or tommorow and will post some results .
lower temps = longer life = more money for the good things in life
Cheers for the input folks .
As to C+Q and crunching , even though I'm running at nearly 100% all the time the C+Q does seem to keep temps down lower than without it running . I'm going to do a test tonight or tommorow and will post some results .
lower temps = longer life = more money for the good things in life
Cheers for the input folks .
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"In May 2006 Intel announced that production of the 80486 would cease at the end of September 2007"
Had no idea they were still used for embedded systems.
Anyway it rings a bell that the 486's were the first processors that required a dedicated lump of metal to cool them. I may be talking out my arse however
Had no idea they were still used for embedded systems.
Anyway it rings a bell that the 486's were the first processors that required a dedicated lump of metal to cool them. I may be talking out my arse however