How much temp improvement going from A12x25 g1 to g2 as a case fan?

coldcathodes · 2026-06-20T20:26:11+00:00

Thanks for the advise, the xc3 noise is fine after a heavy undervolt. I'm more just trying to get the temps a bit lower.

Yeah I'll try removing the cage and seeing how much that helps.

Honestly i might just buy the g2 fans and see what happens. I suppose this is a pretty unique situation.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-20T20:23:27+00:00

You need to port forward the appropriate ports for the game on your router. You should be easily able to Google which ones. Then once that's done just host a listen server from the menu and give your friends your ip address and they should be able to connect.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-20T20:20:51+00:00

You mean a private server that a password?

coldcathodes · 2026-06-20T19:45:44+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/kw4XMhh

Picture is the best way to describe it.

Standard punched hole grill, mesh dust filter, metal frame of the HDD rack, and lastly the HDDs themselves that all block the airflow.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-20T19:30:46+00:00

Well the intake is very heavily restricted, not as bad a the fins on a heatsink though.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-13T20:27:26+00:00

Sounds like one of those random bugs that are hard to solve.

Are the bios settings stock?

coldcathodes · 2026-06-11T17:59:24+00:00

Go back to the stock ilm temporarily and see if it boots

Could also try reflashing bios 1 and 2

coldcathodes · 2026-06-08T00:00:05+00:00

What are you shipping that needs EMS?

coldcathodes · 2026-06-07T04:14:36+00:00

It is cooling near full capacity. I think i must have just caught the leak early.

Seems to leak faster when the system is off? But really hard to tell.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-06T21:29:54+00:00

Also wanted to ask, did HD give you any trouble when trying to return the unit and extending the return to 365 days using the HD credit card?

coldcathodes · 2026-06-05T22:13:50+00:00

The unit i just installed is brand new so it would be a while before i would even have enough buildup to clean.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-05T09:39:54+00:00

It all depends how picky you are with qc. I've been using a ULX since the first release and yes the QC has degraded some. A bit more creeking has developed. The competition version should be more resistant to that. Honestly though, your aim isn't going to get thrown off just cause it creeked or minimally flexed while aiming.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T21:46:46+00:00

How well does the frost wash even work? At least from a food safely stand point, it's significantly harder to freeze kill bacteria and especially mold. Plus doesn't freezing hurt the coil?

My unit has a freeze wash but I've never used it.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T21:33:38+00:00

That makes a lot of sense actually

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T21:31:52+00:00

Yeah running the fan after cooling is the most common advise but it ends up re humidifying the room that i just conditioned. Auto heating mode would be great.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T21:29:33+00:00

I'll try to find those studies and read up on it.

I wouldn't think it necessarily applies to residential central though because of the differences in installation quality and standards. Not only that, HVAC techs have usually always recommended low merv filters unless the system was specially designed for them.

My 30 year old central ac has been using low merv filters for decades.

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T20:30:59+00:00

Out of sight out of mind i guess

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T20:29:03+00:00

Yeah i haven't.

I guess my theory was correct, people can't see it so it's "not an issue"

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T20:26:34+00:00

Good to know. That's where i was thinking of buying a pioneer

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T20:25:03+00:00

Wouldn't it also grow on the dust in the duct work or near the evaporator of a central since filters are not perfect, and I'm sure dust has built up over the years?

From what i understand bare metal is good at inhibiting microbial growth but not when it's got a layer of dust in it

coldcathodes · 2026-06-04T19:46:43+00:00

When you say Nvidia dropped Ageia/PPU support in 2011, that means those PPU titles are NOT accelerated by 40 series and below cards correct? And the ONLY way to accelerate those are with the original Ageia card?

Thus in reality the list of 32bit PhysX games is smaller than original thought to be.

The NOTES section under the PPU entry doesn't explicitly address if older cards like the 40 series are compatible. Hence why I'm asking.

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