key word: relatively. killing 3000(Pinochet) versus 20 million(Stalin) Also, Pinochet was "putting down" communist terrorists much like the Emperor was putting down the Rebel Alliance. Pinochet was a sadistic, power hungry, asshole but I think the author was just making a joke
My older brother assembled one earlier this week and here are my impressions, which by the way are far from thorough or scientific. Now for the obligitory system specs:
AMD Athlon 1.33 GHz
Asus A7V133 KT133A Motherboard
Corsair PC-133 256M memory
nVidia GeForce2 GTS 64M
Soundblaster Live Value
Western Digital ATA-100 7200rpm 40 gig hard drive
Netgear FA311TX Fast Ethernet Card
Koolance Case with Liquid Cooled power supply and CPU
First off, none of the above specs have been over-clocked yet so that he can make sure his system runs fine pre-overcloking. Secondly, this case does stay cool. It was close 80 degrees Fahrenheit in his place and the temperature never got above 108. Yesterday, with the air-conditioning on it never got above 100 even after being up for hours. Thirdly, the case is QUIET! The fans that cool the reservoir kick in at 95F at 45% power and are very near silent. Even after putting my ear right next to it, I could barely hear them. The major source of noise in his PC comes from the fan attached to the chipset and even that is fairly quiet and likely could be replaced with something much quieter(But I'm not a hardware guy so take that with a grain of salt)
BTW Everyone should read the [H]ard|OCP artical for an indepth review.
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key word: relatively. killing 3000(Pinochet) versus 20 million(Stalin) Also, Pinochet was "putting down" communist terrorists much like the Emperor was putting down the Rebel Alliance. Pinochet was a sadistic, power hungry, asshole but I think the author was just making a joke
In the Koolance case if the CPU reaches 129 degrees fahrenheit the fault alarm will sound which(assuming your near your PC) should be enough warning.
Yes, the case itself is 40 pounds but leaking isn't a problem unless you crack the reservoir or the hoses.
My older brother assembled one earlier this week and here are my impressions, which by the way are far from thorough or scientific. Now for the obligitory system specs:
AMD Athlon 1.33 GHz
Asus A7V133 KT133A Motherboard
Corsair PC-133 256M memory
nVidia GeForce2 GTS 64M
Soundblaster Live Value
Western Digital ATA-100 7200rpm 40 gig hard drive
Netgear FA311TX Fast Ethernet Card
Koolance Case with Liquid Cooled power supply and CPU
First off, none of the above specs have been over-clocked yet so that he can make sure his system runs fine pre-overcloking. Secondly, this case does stay cool. It was close 80 degrees Fahrenheit in his place and the temperature never got above 108. Yesterday, with the air-conditioning on it never got above 100 even after being up for hours. Thirdly, the case is QUIET! The fans that cool the reservoir kick in at 95F at 45% power and are very near silent. Even after putting my ear right next to it, I could barely hear them. The major source of noise in his PC comes from the fan attached to the chipset and even that is fairly quiet and likely could be replaced with something much quieter(But I'm not a hardware guy so take that with a grain of salt)
BTW Everyone should read the [H]ard|OCP artical for an indepth review.