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22. January 2007 @ 21:36 |
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I feel like a leper...anyone going to take a stab at my questions above? I want to play in the sand box too you know! LOL!!!
Win. 7/Case- Thermaltake Armor11 bays "full case"-with side fan panel... removed stock fans replaced with SCYTHE 92mm 2ea. and SCYTHE/s-flex sff21f 120mm 2ea./ sunbeam 4 fan controller/Processor-Intel Core2Duo E6850 3.0 w/ Zalman CNPS7700-CU cooler/motherboard-Asus P5N32-E SLI p680I/PSU-Cooler Master RS 850 watt real power pro sli/Sound Card-Creative Sound Blaster X-FI FATAL1ty/Cables-Thermaltake Rounded IDE ATA & ATA2/Memory- 4 Gig Corsair XMS 800 MH/HDD-1ea. WD 300GB 10K VelociRaptor Sata-1ea.WD 320GB 7200rpm Sata/Drives- 2ea. Benq 1655 [Rev.BCDB]2ea.LG GH24NS70[rev.GN00]/52in1 card reader&Writer&USB/ Video cards- 1ea. EVGA Gforce Nvida GTX 550Ti /Monitors- 2ea. ACER AL2017 LCD 20 in. ea/Printer-
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22. January 2007 @ 21:49 |
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@herrick
marsey99 has the fata1ity...I beleive...
I like the Sunbeams for just fan speed contol without temp monitor panel...or if using high amp fans...
Use the Enermax's if I want temp monitor...
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22. January 2007 @ 21:57 |
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At this point can you give me a heads up on a free program to adjust my fans? Im broke now... AND are the Sunbeams manually controlled? I want to controll my fan manually...that way in a middle of a game I can make the right adjustments, with software you can not do this? as for temp sensor meters you say use Enermax's...do yo have any sites that I can go to for the best prices...
thanks for your time and effert and the fast reply, Its a wonderful thing to feel the sand between your toes- LOL
Win. 7/Case- Thermaltake Armor11 bays "full case"-with side fan panel... removed stock fans replaced with SCYTHE 92mm 2ea. and SCYTHE/s-flex sff21f 120mm 2ea./ sunbeam 4 fan controller/Processor-Intel Core2Duo E6850 3.0 w/ Zalman CNPS7700-CU cooler/motherboard-Asus P5N32-E SLI p680I/PSU-Cooler Master RS 850 watt real power pro sli/Sound Card-Creative Sound Blaster X-FI FATAL1ty/Cables-Thermaltake Rounded IDE ATA & ATA2/Memory- 4 Gig Corsair XMS 800 MH/HDD-1ea. WD 300GB 10K VelociRaptor Sata-1ea.WD 320GB 7200rpm Sata/Drives- 2ea. Benq 1655 [Rev.BCDB]2ea.LG GH24NS70[rev.GN00]/52in1 card reader&Writer&USB/ Video cards- 1ea. EVGA Gforce Nvida GTX 550Ti /Monitors- 2ea. ACER AL2017 LCD 20 in. ea/Printer-
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22. January 2007 @ 22:33 |
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I have never use software based...I never plug fans into Motherboards...do not want that kind of drain on board...
Don't use powersupply suppy fan controls either...I only use manual controllers...
What color?
How many fans?
Fan on/off or just reduced?..
Are you going to contol CPU Cooler?..dont recommend on/off on CPU cooler...
Do you have a door over drives?..Clearance Issues with knobs hitting doors...
Fan Sizes?..can some be on same channel...
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22. January 2007 @ 22:39 |
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Lp531,
You would have gotten along good with my father. He loved to build scale model military aircraft especially WWII. You couldn't tell his models from the real mccoy. He was good with an airbrush. He had every Jane's military aircraft book ever published along with many others. He's no longer with us unfortunately.
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22. January 2007 @ 22:46 |
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Well then maybe I'll take some pic's and start a thread...love modding the models and adding the detail's that make them look real...My brother the Doctor is an artist at painting...
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22. January 2007 @ 22:55 |
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speedfan can change your fans but its not compatable with evrey single mobo out so you might be unlucky. iv had one it worked with and one it didnt so for me its been 50/50. but my current case has built in front and rear fan controllers so i havent used it in a while.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php for more info on it.
my x-fi is the extreme gamer not the fatal1ty. only tip i can give you is to keep it in the right mode for what you are doing, game for gaming, entertainment for movies and music and the other one (iv not used it yet) for audio capture.
thing is although it will make your sound richer if your speakers arnt up to it, well, it wont sound as good as it could. mine runs to a sony 5.1 htk thru an optical cable and i know that a better amp and speaker set would do the x-fi more justice.
edited after next post expained my question.
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22. January 2007 @ 23:06 |
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Hey marsey99
It was herrick that had a question on Fata1itly sound card...I thought you mentioned having one...I don't know what his question is...he just asked if anyone had one...that he had question if someone did...
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23. January 2007 @ 04:44 |
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23. January 2007 @ 05:16 |
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@Greensman
pretty sweet drive and price... but are the WD as good as the seagate drives? i know the 2 i have now have the 5 year warranty on it. plus i have had to replace 2 WD drives in my older system grants they did out live there life line for a drive so to say.
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23. January 2007 @ 07:03 |
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cincyrob,
I think someone with more experience should answer that but I do have WD's that are over 4 years old and going strong. I love the 2 in my system right now.
If I've read right and going from experience here too the drives to trust are Seagate and WD with Maxtor and Hitachi coming in 3rd and 4th.
Like I said I think someone with more experience should answer that question. Mort81, aabbccdd, or Lp531 want to add their 2c.
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23. January 2007 @ 07:42 |
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@ LP531
Not sure how my buddy has my fans hooked up, I did not know there was that many choses... My mobo temps are up [maybe he changed fan hook up?] after transfering to this case. So let me get this right I can get a manually opperated controller that gets power from the controller via the PSU?
Cooler....Blue
5 fans a]rear exhaust b]rear HD exhaust c]top exhaust d] Front intake e] CPU ...really do not need to conrtoll HD fan
Dont care about on/off- but want to be able rise the speed during game playing and etc...
The thermultake armor case does not have doors , but has on each side a small swinging door that about 3" to protect front, but has the clearance for knobs
As for size I have 2ea 120x120x25mmblue LED 1300rpm 17dBA 2ea 90x90x25 1800rpm 19dBA and CPU fan is per sig.
as for same channels, I do not know what you are talking about, maybe my sig. can answer that for you... hopfully this helps
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23. January 2007 @ 08:17 |
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but are the WD as good as the seagate drives?
Rob the "Western Digtal" are the top drives on the market followed by "Seagate"
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23. January 2007 @ 08:45 |
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Tanks aabbccdd,
I was going on limited experience and needed someone with experience all over the board so to say. lol.
Now on golf equipment I can field numerous questions and feel very confident on the answer. Any questions? lmao........
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23. January 2007 @ 08:47 |
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man i wish i had time to play , love the game
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23. January 2007 @ 09:12 |
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Sorry for the OT. Will be on next time. lol.
Yeh me too aabbccdd. With 3 kiddies, a demanding job, and 2-4 inches of snow on the ground it's impossible to play that much. LOL. Anyway it pisses me off when I go out there and shoot 37-39 (9-holes) or mid-seventies for 18 when I was better than that this summer. Ok enough of that.
ON_TOPIC....Will I need to do anything special with that new video card? Just plug and play or what? TIA.
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23. January 2007 @ 09:18 |
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Will I need to do anything special with that new video card? Just plug and play or what?
you need to load the drivers you should have software with the card to do that or go to the "Cool Bits" site to do it
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23. January 2007 @ 09:52 |
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thanks aabbccdd... hell i thought seagate was the top dog..lol
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23. January 2007 @ 10:33 |
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I think Seagate has a better warranty but I personally like WD's. My maxtor 300gb is still clicking along but damn is it noisy.
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23. January 2007 @ 13:32 |
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lol @ Mort81,
Don't tell me that I have a Maxtor 300 along with one of my WD's (160) in the old Dell.
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24. January 2007 @ 12:50 |
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I'm building my own computer i so far got a XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB PVT71FYHE9 675MHz and a MD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 939 Toledo Dual Core but i need a motherboard to go with it can you point me out a good one please . thank you hoddey
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24. January 2007 @ 20:18 |
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24. January 2007 @ 20:20 |
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aabbccdd & Mort81,
Got the video card in already, newegg rox....:)
To tired to mess with it tonite, gonna install tomorrow. If I have any questions, you guys get ready.......lol
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24. January 2007 @ 20:26 |
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were always here day and night lol
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27. January 2007 @ 03:24 |
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Win. 7/Case- Thermaltake Armor11 bays "full case"-with side fan panel... removed stock fans replaced with SCYTHE 92mm 2ea. and SCYTHE/s-flex sff21f 120mm 2ea./ sunbeam 4 fan controller/Processor-Intel Core2Duo E6850 3.0 w/ Zalman CNPS7700-CU cooler/motherboard-Asus P5N32-E SLI p680I/PSU-Cooler Master RS 850 watt real power pro sli/Sound Card-Creative Sound Blaster X-FI FATAL1ty/Cables-Thermaltake Rounded IDE ATA & ATA2/Memory- 4 Gig Corsair XMS 800 MH/HDD-1ea. WD 300GB 10K VelociRaptor Sata-1ea.WD 320GB 7200rpm Sata/Drives- 2ea. Benq 1655 [Rev.BCDB]2ea.LG GH24NS70[rev.GN00]/52in1 card reader&Writer&USB/ Video cards- 1ea. EVGA Gforce Nvida GTX 550Ti /Monitors- 2ea. ACER AL2017 LCD 20 in. ea/Printer-
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