The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

I've got a 60 in SONY, the best viewing range for me is 8 feet
Every one said it (LOOKED)was to big for the room, but after watching it it's not,everyone who watches it enjoys the size and distance. I really could have used a 65 in
If U go to any place that has set up a large screen viewing area, you'll see that they Average 6 to 8 ft from Screen
My 47 in sets on the opposite wall 11 ft away, it's to far away for true viewing
Both are 1080p
Gonna go look at the 3D TVs
Anybody got one yet, I heard they R a disappointment

 

i might end up getting the VF1000 again, but how is the akasa neo vortexxx? for around £10 it seems just too good to be true

 

It is too good to be true, for a 4870 in a poorly ventilated case it won't do very well.

 

damn it. i was looking forward to that as it vents the air out of the back...

 

I'd love to know how everest got the data for the middle one XD

 

Red_Maw,
Bad sensor, more than likely. See what shows in the System in the Control panel. If windows is reading it wrong, nothing else is going to see it right!

Russ

 

naa seemms normal to me

 

It is a new model/drive...

Perhaps it needs a new firmware, or something just isn't quite jiving right

 

It'll be a new drive's sensor type not being recognised by that version of everest, I highly doubt the sensor is faulty.

 

Run a S.M.A.R.T. check with SpeedFan. That should show it right.

 

Sam,
The real question is why would they change the sensor type? I've only seen one drive (IDE)that the system wouldn't recognize, and even then it could be addressed and used as a slave drive. I would be more inclined to think that something is wrong in the drive, because I also can't remember not being able to read the temperature of any modern drive, with any version of Everest that included HDD temps. That's why I asked him to check the system/Hardware/Device Manager, in the control panel, to see if the motherboard shows the drive correctly.

Russ

 

I've no idea, but I'm pretty certain I've seen drives show up like that before, when in their infancy. Most of us don't buy HDDs that have only just been released to market.

 

I've seen some very strange smart readings with HDD's ran through Sata 3.0 ports. Probably because speedfan is incapable at present of interpreting that way
There COULD be something screwy with the port too. or cable for that matter...

 

I was just perplexed as how the numbers for C and F weren't the same temperature. That's the only time I've seen that hdd (everest only shows 3/5 hdd temps) show up in everest, so it's definitely not the sensor (different story though). To be honest I've had some very strange problems with this MB's sata ports, most notable being that my ODD doesn't work (works fine in my old system) and the incredibly slow transfer speeds. As of yesterday the ODD won't even stay closed anymore unless I hold it closed till it gives up trying to eject the tray. Going to swap it with some POS ODD I got for cheap this weekend and see how it fairs, not too confident though. As odd as this sounds I'm likely not to buy another gigabyte board after this experience.

I have hdd's on SATA 3.0 ports that everest does just fine with, it seems to luck of the draw as a far as I can tell.

Sensor is fine, speedfan has no problem with it (and shows all my hdds too lol). Windows reads it fine, only consistent problem is all the smart attributes are unknown, with the exception of possibly the WD software which I haven't tried.

 

On another Building note, here's an interesting new Water cooling system. How well it works, remains to be seen. Very simple to install, and the air blows out of the case, not in!

http://www.coolitsystems.com/index.php/eco.html

Check out the video!

Russ

 

Looks identical to the H50, apart from the fan being the correct way round.

 

Definitely looks impressive russ. I agree with sam, in that it reminds me greatly of the H50. Probably similar effectiveness as well Though the power consumption might be less eh? Not sure what the H50's power requirements are.

Well it's definitely confirmed about the HAF932's wiring being shoddy. Its gone months without restarting itself. It did yesterday. I was going back and forth between my secondary and primary with a wireless mouse usb dongle. I'm thinking I'm gonna disconnect the reset switch from the board, and see if that's where the problem is. Since I don't use the reset switch, no big deal. And since it only happens once in a blue moon, it could be quite a while, til I know if it worked LOL!

 

Here's some reviews on the CoolIt ECO A.L.C. Seems to perform a bit better than the Corsair H50.

Review from TweakTown
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3189/coolit_systems_eco_a_l_c_cpu_cooler/index.html

Benchmark Reviews
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=512&Itemid=62

PCWhizKids
http://pcwizkidstechtalk.com/index.php/coolitecoreview.html

Futurelooks
http://www.futurelooks.com/coolit-systems-eco-a-l-c-cpu-cooler-review/

Techware Labs
http://www.techwarelabs.com/coolit-systems-eco-alc-cooling/

For the Money, I might well consider it over the Noctua!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

Thanks russ. This guys video review may have just sold me

Highly impressed! With summer coming up rapidly, I'm strongly considering it
http://pcwizkidstechtalk.com/index.php/coolitecoreview.html

 

Oman7,
Add me to the list of the "Impressed"! You will note that they have kept the water flow speed reduced by using smaller fittings (1/8" ID) on the pump and rad, Something I advocated a couple of years ago for water cooling. It's pretty much like removing the thermostat from an automobile in that it runs water through the cooling system so fast, that the car overheats because it lacks sufficient time to effectively remove the heat from the radiator and cool the liquid sufficiently before returning it to the engine, just as too much airflow does with conventional air CPU cooling. With the $20 MIR, it's the same price as the Noctua I was considering. At 2w total for the pump and fan, it appears to be very efficient and power stingy!

Since my Computer is being left to my Friend Russell, and Oxi is being left to another good Friend Dave, Russell and I will make the decision in a day or so on whether to get the Noctua or this CoolIt for mine!

Thanks for the vid!

Russ