New project... silence + overclocking - Page 2

21st July 2004, 22:15

It is very heavy, it's a Thermaltake Skull Edition, it's thick steel

...

I will just have to wait for those fans, and try it!

25th July 2004, 11:43

Quote:

Originally posted by Belhamel
It's silent, but it could be improved, the xice unit makes no noise,
but the thermaltake butterfly isn't so silent, but it will be replaced with a silentmaxx fanless 423 watt psu.

Wouldn't you wait for the external passive 400 Watt psu from Zalman, it would fit nicely next to your Xice. It is also a small black box. I have read that external passive PSU's can make casetemps higher.

25th July 2004, 22:36

Any idea when this new psu will be out?

[Bonbon] · 25th July 2004, 23:48

Quote:

Originally posted by uni1313
I have read that external passive PSU's can make casetemps higher.

that would be strange ..
dont happen to have more info about that ?

jmke · 25th July 2004, 23:58

Quote:

Originally posted by uni1313

. I have read that external passive PSU's can make casetemps higher.

so an external heat source would heat up the inside of your case? that's like saying that you can risk increasing your casetemp if you put a hot cup of coffee next to it?

[Bonbon] · 26th July 2004, 00:02

he probaly means intern active psu <-> extern

jmke · 26th July 2004, 00:07

well duh

any quality internal active PSU will reduce case temps, it's the "other" job of the PSU beside providing power. case fans are not mandatory but recommended nowadays, but before the AMD Tbird/Duron became popular, all you needed was a small ALU heatsink on the CPU and 1 semi-silent PSU with 1x 80mm outtake fan.

26th July 2004, 00:08

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke

so an external heat source would heat up the inside of your case? that's like saying that you can risk increasing your casetemp if you put a hot cup of coffee next to it?

an intern PSU can cause a better air flow, and the heat in the PSU doesn't get in the case because that airflow, so I think If there is nothing instead of a internal PSU (no fans etc) the casetemp will be hotter than in a case with PSU. But that PSU may not be passive or have a bad airflow. So In probably most cases a internal PSU will lower the casetemp. My opinion.

BTW, It's late and I probably typt a lot of faults

edit: Ok JMke already admitted it

ok, its still late

jmke · 26th July 2004, 00:09

check my edited post above please ^

26th July 2004, 00:11

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
check my edited post above please ^

I was typing it while you had replied that, and I already edited it.

26th July 2004, 00:02	#16
[Bonbon] Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 692	he probaly means intern active psu <-> extern __________________ intelD820 (2*2.8), 1gb ram , 6600gt , lots of hdd

26th July 2004, 00:07	#17
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	well duh any quality internal active PSU will reduce case temps, it's the "other" job of the PSU beside providing power. case fans are not mandatory but recommended nowadays, but before the AMD Tbird/Duron became popular, all you needed was a small ALU heatsink on the CPU and 1 semi-silent PSU with 1x 80mm outtake fan. __________________

26th July 2004, 00:09	#19
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	check my edited post above please ^ __________________

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21st July 2004, 22:15	#11
Belhamel Posts: n/a	It is very heavy, it's a Thermaltake Skull Edition, it's thick steel ... I will just have to wait for those fans, and try it!

25th July 2004, 22:36	#13
Belhamel Posts: n/a	Any idea when this new psu will be out?