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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khryo" data-source="post: 12130" data-attributes="member: 11413">Time to continue and install the other components ...I decided at that time to buy some cable sleeves, and attach them properly so nothing is blocking the air flows.  It looks a little bit like a mess, but you ll see afterall this is usefull ...<img src="http://users.win.be/vidu/pics/LC11-8.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />On this picture, you will notice the AGP/ PCI raiser and also a nice little blue box on the right side <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />This box is in fact the MCubed T-Balancer FAN controler ... I tried many times to use software based FAN controler, but non of them came across the power of this baby.  With 4 temperature sensors and 4 FAN output, you can program it with a cool GUI through an USB connector then forget it.  Once the TB is programmed, you don't need to run a software anymore , you see my point ?  YES, a standalone FAN controler, even while in BIOS it already runs.  The other benefit of this box is the fact it can runs the FAN very ... very slowly and turn them off.Compaired to other reobus, it adapts automatically the FAN speed according to the sensors and the curve you decided to program!  This is not linear, you can decide to turn off the FAN until the CPU reach 30°C then go slowly between 10 to 20% until 45°C, then go up to 50%, and so on ...After some fine tuning I went to this configuration, all the FAN a linked to one or more sensors, and react only if needed.  For instance, in idle mode no FAN run at all, my CPU is at 30° C and the CPU FAN is turned off --> No noise perceived except the silent PS fan which exhaust the heat from the tuner card, until the front FAN start.To give you an idea, while playing a mp3, the CPU FAN runs at 10% and keep it at 35°C.  A DvD can go up to 40°C max with CPU FAN and Side FAN at 20% ...  Why is the CPU so cool ?  It is a mobile one, so when no horsepower is needed it runs at 800Mhz with only 0.9V of VCORE!   Even while playing a DvD, because I use the MPEG-2 decoder of the NVidia 5200FX.  I only see the CPU going to full speed when grabbing a DvD then it turns to 1200Mhz x Multiplier of 9 and VCORE of 1.4V --> This is not even the VCOre of a desktop Athlon 64 ... here the CPU does 45°C with CPU / SIde FANS at 20%.This took me a weekend to fine tune the T-Balancer and listen the FANS and select the right speeds I notice to be silent.  Now in the living room, you don't even notice the noise when been in the room.Here is the proof, the PC is running ( front FAN is turning , but not the CPU and Side FAN ):<img src="http://users.win.be/vidu/pics/LC11-9.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I took this picture after installing the OS, patching and rebooting may times and installing all the drivers (more and less than 3 hours ).You can notice the gray cables with big sensors, this is for the TB, the digital sensors takes the temperature of the CPU ( I placed it inside the cooler ), the chipset , the hard drive and between the video and the tuner card ( which is the hottest part of the PC!).</blockquote>

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