unless you can no doubt about it afford it. You also don't want to spend 120 on a PSU that's overkill. The Corsair is probbaly quieter becasue it MAY be more efficient. I was just looking for a less expensive, slightly lower powered equivalent - don't mind spending $20-30 more for the Corsair. Seemingly.random wrote:Hard to tell if it's an apples to apples comparison, but the Corsair sounds quieter. I'm also looking at temperature sensors that can be moved around inside the case to reveal the hot spots. With the Artic Cooling CPU fan, I'm hoping it will blow enough air out the back of the case that there won't be a need for a back fan (probably too good to be true). I just happen to have a couple of ball bearing Scythe's on order - I'll compare the two. I think the Adda's in my Lian Li are sleeve. Interesting about the characteristics of the two types of bearings. Is it a case fan or is more sophisticated? It seems better (quieter) to load up a case with more, slower fans. MikeC had a great article about the equivalence of 1 fan running at 12v and two fans running at 6v. A seeking disk drive doesn't bother me at all and is louder than many fans. And most importantly is the quality of the sound. I know case sound is complex - the acoustics and pressure and all. It seems that the exhaust measurement tests are as or more important. Hard to tell if it's an apples to apples comparison, but the Corsair sounds quieter. Other MBs also require battery removable when resetting CMOS whereas the NF-M2 does not - according to the manual. I read somewhere that damage (symptoms? irreparable?) can occur if the CMOS jumper is left in reset position on power up. It would be good to know that a PC can handle just one of these RAM modules. Have you tried the parts (at least RAM) individually in another known good PC? This will give peace of mind (and force you to have at least two similar PCs). SYSfan can be configured in BIOS to control the HSF (of course, you're not there yet). Is the 3pin HSF fan connected to CPUfan or SYSfan? It will be running at full speed if CPUfan and therefore the HS won't even get warm. A red one between the 24pin power connector and AUXfan1 which lights when the PSU switch is turned on and a green one between the 24pin power connector and IDE1 that lights immediately after the case power switch is hit. With the HD and the HD case LED wire attached, does it light after ~10 seconds, can you hear it seeking? This would indicate a purely monitor/connector problem. I felt I had to hold it from the back while attaching the VGA cable. The VGA connector header is pretty weak on mine. Only one beep occurs after save/exit from BIOS or ctrl-alt-delete.ĭoes the LED on the monitor change - mine goes from amber to green about 1 second after the second beep. What are the beep sounds from the case "speaker"? On POST, mine beeps once (a D just above middle C on a piano) and then again 1-2 seconds later (a little higher at A). It was resolved by resetting BIOS - make sure you disconnect the PSU wall socket wire before doing this. Nothing had been removed, added or changed - a touchy little bugger. I recently removed the NF-M2 from the case it was in and set it up outside and had the exact circumstances as you. I've become proficient at touching the power jumper pins "just so" with a small screw driver. What is the MB resting on (hopefully something non-conductive)? I use the MB anti-static bag or a piece of cardboard. You don't even need to connect to any drives to get a baseline - just MB, CPU/HSF, RAM, PSU, KBD and monitor. Smart move assembling outside of the PC case. I have heard that a CPU with no HSF can fry in as little as 10 seconds - don't know about HSF with fan disconnected. This does not necessarily mean that it should be discarded but the noise factor might. As you can see they don't list the +12v watt/amperage. Bestec isn't necessarily a noname PSU - it's just cheap. KILL-A-WATT reports ~110W at idle and ~160W spikes under load. It has been fine (albeit not very silent) for over a year. I have an eMachines (3500+, MSI MB w/ATI on board video, 2x512MB DDR 333 RAM, 2 WD 320GB drives, DVD, ATI X800GT) with that Bestec PSU.
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