Well, I promised a review of the Nexus NXP-301 but I thought it would
be nearly useless since case-mod.com told me they're discontinued. And
they've been taken off their site. (BTW, if you're in Canada, choose
shipping by USPS from case-mod.com I just got a letter from Fedex asking
me to pay brokerage fees which are way higher than what I would have paid
if I only would have paid the duty.)
Anyway, since I promised a review, I'm going to comment on its performance.
I haven't had it long enough to see it konk out like some people on newegg
have experienced but I can tell you it's just what I need without being a
miracle.
First, I wanted manual control over the fans. And, I wanted a model with
buttons small enough to install it recessed in my case so I'd be able
to close the little door on the front of my Silverstone LC20.
One feature I wanted was the ability to bring the fan speed way down.
And I read a certain Zalman controller wasn't able to to that.
The odd thing is though that although the fans can be completely stopped,
when you turn the button to raise the speed, it all of a sudden jumps
to what seems like a way higher speed instead of a real gradual increase.
This is not bad since I find the cheap 80mm Coolermaster fans seem a lot
more silent than the one I had in the front of my other case (Centurion 5).
I used a y-splitter to put two fans on two buttons. So, the first two
buttons control four 80mm fans while the third button controls the CPU fan.
Well, I think my main annoyance before was the sound of my Zalman Alcu-7000.
With the fan controller, there is a tiny difference when you bring down the
speed. But that tiny difference is exactly what I needed.
So, it's like I said, there is a difference even if it's a small one. Since
I plan to use that machine for file sharing at night, the lower noise
is still important.
By the way, does anyone know if you can hook up the cold cathodes in another
case? It looks like they have proprietary connectors.
I also wanted to note that despite my efforts, my backup computer is still not as silent as my main rig which has a Seasonic S-12 power supply, Coolermaster Centurion 5 case with side window (no holes on the side) and passively cooled motherboard, video card and CPU.
Like I said before, I used the fan that came with Scythe Ninja heatsink on the back of the case. So, the only fans I have in that machine is are two 120mm fans which are very silent. I practically can't hear it at all since it's close to the floor.
be nearly useless since case-mod.com told me they're discontinued. And
they've been taken off their site. (BTW, if you're in Canada, choose
shipping by USPS from case-mod.com I just got a letter from Fedex asking
me to pay brokerage fees which are way higher than what I would have paid
if I only would have paid the duty.)
Anyway, since I promised a review, I'm going to comment on its performance.
I haven't had it long enough to see it konk out like some people on newegg
have experienced but I can tell you it's just what I need without being a
miracle.
First, I wanted manual control over the fans. And, I wanted a model with
buttons small enough to install it recessed in my case so I'd be able
to close the little door on the front of my Silverstone LC20.
One feature I wanted was the ability to bring the fan speed way down.
And I read a certain Zalman controller wasn't able to to that.
The odd thing is though that although the fans can be completely stopped,
when you turn the button to raise the speed, it all of a sudden jumps
to what seems like a way higher speed instead of a real gradual increase.
This is not bad since I find the cheap 80mm Coolermaster fans seem a lot
more silent than the one I had in the front of my other case (Centurion 5).
I used a y-splitter to put two fans on two buttons. So, the first two
buttons control four 80mm fans while the third button controls the CPU fan.
Well, I think my main annoyance before was the sound of my Zalman Alcu-7000.
With the fan controller, there is a tiny difference when you bring down the
speed. But that tiny difference is exactly what I needed.
So, it's like I said, there is a difference even if it's a small one. Since
I plan to use that machine for file sharing at night, the lower noise
is still important.
By the way, does anyone know if you can hook up the cold cathodes in another
case? It looks like they have proprietary connectors.
I also wanted to note that despite my efforts, my backup computer is still not as silent as my main rig which has a Seasonic S-12 power supply, Coolermaster Centurion 5 case with side window (no holes on the side) and passively cooled motherboard, video card and CPU.
Like I said before, I used the fan that came with Scythe Ninja heatsink on the back of the case. So, the only fans I have in that machine is are two 120mm fans which are very silent. I practically can't hear it at all since it's close to the floor.
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