Comments on: More PC Stuff

By: David

David — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:55:15 +0000

Be sure to keep an eye on those temps.

By: David Brent

David Brent — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:26:40 +0000

Yup it came with potentiometer, funny, I had completely forgotten about that, just hooked it up and it does make a difference. Ill have to see how it fairs in the long run…

By: David

David — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:15:08 +0000

Well since it’s a Zalman HSF, didn’t it come with a potentiometer? My CPU cooler did, (not that I use it), but it allows me to manually alter the voltage from 7V to 12V.

By: David Brent

David Brent — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:51:44 +0000

My main issue with the CPU cooler is the noise. Boy can it purr!

MicroDirect is a hidden gem, I compare all my upcoming purchase prices with OcUK and Scan when looking towards Micro Direct. The thing that swings my way is the fact that MD is about 15 minutes down the road so by maybe paying a few quid more on the product, I am saving on the delivery. For any big orders I tend to use OcUK just to save time and effort.

By: David

David — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:30:34 +0000

You may have benefitted from their lack of stock. That's a fairly awesome CPU cooler. What is it you don't like about it? Bah @ Maplins, bah @ microdirect. It's like you've never heard of Scan or OcUK. The delivery from those two can be quite steep sometimes, but if you buy a lot of stuff all in one go, (which I sometimes do), it's not that bad. When I want to buy stuff I usually hunt around quite a few sites, (including MD), and find that it's always Scan or OcUK that are the cheapest.

By: David Brent

David Brent — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:08:45 +0000

Gah Seasib?! I meant Seasonic obviously

By: David Brent

David Brent — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:05:39 +0000

Ah, nothing like a fixing session where you cause more damange than you hoped

My PSU: Seasib S12-500w ( http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=10265&GroupID=9 )

My CPU Cooler: Zalman CNP39500 ( http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=11508&GroupID=1095 )

I wanted a diff. CPU cooler however I had to negotiate with a lack of stock at MD.
I refuse to shop at Maplin electronics for anything apart from hardcore electronic components not available elsewhere offline. The instore selection of computing equipment is laughable. Inlcuding a shite 40GB HD going for Â£90…..

By: David

David — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:46:49 +0000

I’ve only have two problems with it. One of the fans died, it’s an 80mm fan, but it’s half the width of a normal fan. The other problem was that the 120mm fan in the bottom of it kept catching the fan grill and making a pinging sound (annoying), I held it stopped for a couple of second to see if it was actually htat fan making the noise and somehow that killed the 120mm fan, and also blew a fuse in the PSU.

I replaced the 120mm fan with a coolermaster one that I’d taken off a 4for3 module, and my dad picked up some fuses at Maplins for me. Works fine.

I’ve checked the voltages in Everest and they’re pretty awesome, the 3.3V line is dead on 3.3V, 5V line is at 4.95V and the 12V line is at 11.71V. They’re all well within the limits and they’re pretty stable.

Having said that, I know I only paid about Â£25 for my PSU, and I do have my eye on a Seasonics S12 600W PSU, but for now this Q-Tec one is doing the job. I don’t think my PC is taxing it very much so fingers crossed all will be well.

By: David Brent

David Brent — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:31:44 +0000

PS: Google for ‘Q-Tec explode’

By: David Brent

David Brent — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:31:04 +0000

Nice, however I have one concern for your safety.

You are using a Q-Tec PSU in your main PC……….??!?!?! These are notorious for failing or exploding and taking several components down with it. FSP/Seasonic/Tagan/Enemax PSUs are really the reliable ones.

Over 2 TiB of space, holy schmoly, were trying to build our collection and stuck on a total of 640GiB