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Samsung's V-NAND: Hitting the Reset Button on NAND Scalingby Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/21/2013 2:50 AM EST
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sheh - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkLet me get this straight. So in summary, 2003 saw the introduction of cheese to flash cells? Reply
lecaf - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkI agree, while the video is well produced, the powerpoints are awful. Reply
GonzaloMin - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $82h… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online. (Home more information)
http://goo.gl/iGyZy6 Reply
Streetwind - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkGreat to see that someone found a way out of the dead end road that Flash development is driving down! Not sure if power consumption will really be that good though, considering we're talking about 30nm structures.
Would be nice if you could do a companion piece looking at Crossbar's technology :) Reply
Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkAccording to Samsung, power consumption is up to 45% lower, see this slide:
Of course, until we get a sample of the new V-NAND SSD, we can't confirm that but I don't think it's far from the truth. Reply
MrSpadge - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkWith flash / NAND power consumption increases for smaller process nodes, not the normal way around. Reply
iwodo - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkUm, I am not sure i need those 10x endurance, even 2x will do fine. So with even more layers, move to TLC, and move to smaller node, we could see even higher then 1Tb? 10Tb perhaps?
I wonder how much does it cost to convert old 30nm fabs to be able to produce V-NAND.
I think with V-NAND we are definitely seeing the end of HDD, at least in consumer devices Something I thought wasn't coming that soon. HDD will properly continue to live on Servers and NAS. Where Huge capacity is needed. Reply
MrSpadge - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkYeah, they can scale to TLC and lower endurance at smaller process nodes just fine. Reply
Sjors E - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkAny change of an article like this on ReRam? I can't find a good
"how it works" article on the internet, so I was hoping you could help me out here :) Reply
Sabresiberian - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkYah it would be very nice to read an Anand treatment of the RRAM (ReRAM) concept. :) Reply
Jambe - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkMe three. Reply
Jaybus - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkIt works completely differently than flash. In Crossbar's case, amorphous Si is sandwiched between a metallic top electrode (Ag) and a polysilicon bottom electrode formed in a crossbar structure. Rather than trapping electrons, whole atoms are moved around to chemically change the resistance between top and bottom electrodes of each individual cell. Each cell is a sort of variable resistor where current in one direction increases its resistance, while current in the other direction decreases its resistance. This is also known as a "memristor" because it remembers its current resistance state with or without current flow. There is a good intro article in EE Times at http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319139... describing Crossbar's technology. The article's comments go into more detail, but be forewarned the comments are written by EEs and are not for the faint of heart. Reply
Sjors E - Thursday, August 22, 2013 - linkThnx Jaybus, just the kind of article I was looking for! Reply
Kevin G - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkWith 30 nm class V-NAND coming in at the same capacities as a hypothetical 15 nm die, things are looking good for continued storage growth. Not only will V-NAND have several major process revisions to further increase density, there is also the option to increase the number of vertical layers. 1 Tbit dies really do seem feasible by 2017. Reply
MartinT - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - link24 layers of V-NAND sounds rather expensive to produce, never mind the 128 layers needed for the projected Tb device.
If this is the solution, we're screwed. Reply
Solid State Brain - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkAccording to one of the slides above, with 8 layers needed for 16 Gb, but only 24 for 128 Gb it looks like benefits in capacity by adding more layers have an exponential trend. I can't quite figure out the exact relationship, but for 1 Tb V-NAND chips I guess that somewhere around 32 layers or so will be needed. Reply
SunLord - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkIt really depends on how much a 24 layer 39nm wafer costs compared to a normal 19nm or smaller nand. Shrinking down to 15 nm or below is gonna get expensive with very low endurance. I kinda doubt Samsung would move forward into full scale production with something that will be more expensive to produce than what their rivals can make. I doubt Samsung will build a 39nm 1Tb V-NAND but if they due they'll probably before enterprise customers and we won't see them in consumer grade devices till they do a shrink down to 29nm.
I have to say it's interesting that samsung labels there process in 10 nm classes such as 39-30nm and 29-20nm instead of just saying the exact size such as 34nm or 25nm like others due. Reply
jjj - Thursday, August 22, 2013 - linkI highly doubt this chip is 24 layers , Samsung's language in the announcement was "can stack as many as 24 cell layers" and at 24 layers the density would be terrible compared to 2D , I was expecting 5-6 layers at best for this first chip. Reply
jjj - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - link"Samsung introduced a first generation 128Gbit MLC V-NAND solution with 24 layers."
Are you sure sure this chip is 24 layers? The press rls was saying up to 24 layers i believe so was expecting a lot less layers.
Maybe worth mentioning that Micron is starting 16nm production and yields might be better on 2D NAND so not sure how cost effective 3D is now.
As for the other big players they do have 3D NAND on their public roadmaps, most should go there in 2015-2016 , the timing is mostly about cost ( you can check their investors presentations or ask directly) but maybe Samsung is forcing them to accelerate their plans. Next seems to be 3D ReRAM by the end of the decade. Reply
James5mith - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkOK, I'm going to say something that might be really dumb here, but bear with me....
"Defects in the transistor (e.g. from repeated writes) can cause a short between the gate and channel, depleting any stored charge in the gate. If the gate is no longer able to reliably store a charge, then the cell is bad and can no longer be written to."
So why not mark that a permanent "0" bit, and use it as appropriate? I.e. Only write to that cell when it would contain a zero anyway. You are at a known state, so leave it drained, but it can still be useful to store bits in, as long as they are 0 bits. I understand that tracking this kind of thing might take some work, but it would be a way to get useful life out of a cell, even after it had died. Reply
Joel Kleppinger - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkThen you have to have another bit to store the value of that bit... and what's the point? Reply
Fujikoma - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkYou'd use more addressing bits to point to that bit or you'd wear the SSD faster by analyzing it to overlay the data to match up with that bit. Reply
chaos215bar2 - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkWhat you're proposing amounts to not marking a block as bad immediately if a write fails, hoping that a future write will succeed anyway (possibly because it writes zeros to all the bad cells). I could easily imagine some controllers doing this already at the cost of a little performance, but once you have a few bad cells in a block, the chances of finding data that can actually be written to the block quickly get so low it doesn't seem worth trying.
An alternative scheme would be to use error correction that could detect and correct some number of bad bits (say, n) and to allow writes up until the block has a smaller number of bad bits (maybe n/2). That actually seems like a better idea, assuming you can make n large enough. Reply
Azurael - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkErm... Samsung eMMC... Every time they fix a previous fatal bug, they introduce a new one...
I'm assuming the NAND itself is probably okay and they've just got no clue how to make a working controller, but personally I avoid anything I know to contain Sammy flash... Reply
p1esk - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkIt would be interesting to know how they implemented interconnect wires between all those layers. More wires to drive = higher current needed = more power dissipation. Also, more wires = more capacitance = higher delays = lower read/write performance.
Chanel wrapping charge trap/gate is a good move, similar to FinFET idea. Reply
garadante - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkHmm... Does anyone know if this V-NAND stacking is stacking individual wafers atop each other with vertical interconnects running down, or are they somehow managing to fab it like this? I'm assuming it's the first, where they're stacking individual wafers. While that seems good and great... if that's the case, that doesn't really increase the number of chips you can get off a single wafer. Now you're using 24 chips instead of 1. Seems like that wouldn't drive costs down without massively increasing production? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if I'm right and this is wafer stacking, can someone please explain how it's cheaper? Wafer costs are pretty much everything. Reply
strappe - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkThis is a single wafer. In a conventional planar chip, all the channels of the every transistor lie side-by-side just below the top surface of the silicon wafer. Next, gates are formed directly on top of the wafer. Finally, alternating layers of insulation and metal are deposited to connect the transistors together; the insulation allows the metal wires to cross without short-circuiting. (A complex device like a microprocessor will often have over a dozen metal layers.)
Instead of new layers of metal, Samsung is laying down new transistors. NAND flash was a big breakthrough (over the older NOR flash) by series-connecting all the transistors in a long string so they didn't have to be connected by metal (think of a Christmas light string). Samsung has flipped the string to make each one vertical.
From the drawings, the channels of each device in the string form one long continuous column. Distinct devices are created by insulating the other FET elements (gate and charge storage) in each layer from the one above and below (you can see this shown in the video).
Since each layer is the same, they all use the same masks, but the overall throughput has to be a lot lower because each wafer has to be processed many more times (I'd guess a minimum of three deposition steps to form each layer). So wafer costs will be higher. Figuring out how to keep all those layers consistent and aligned precisely (so that those columns really are vertical) must have been an enormous challenge. Reply
garadante - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkSo either way, costs are going to increase with this. Density increases, but output decreases. I wonder how long it will be before we this in mass market storage devices at lower prices than traditional NAND. Reply
pdjblum - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkI for one totally favor larger transistor size and much longer endurance. And I rather rely on robust physical properties than error checking and manipulation. I don't want to have to worry about my data in five years, or even ten. Go samsung! Quality over quantity any day for me. Reply
MxxCon - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkSo what are the drawbacks of this technology?
This article talks about all the great benefits it'll bring, but what are its disadvantages? Reply
DigitalFreak - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkSo does this mean we'll soon have 2.5", full-height SSDs? :0) Reply
Asmodian - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkEach layer is very thin, this stacking does not affect the overall thickness of the chip, let alone the drive.
All the layers are FABed on one wafer, they are not stacking silicone chips. A drop in yield of 95.83% would be... unacceptable. Reply
p1esk - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkHow do you know they're not stacking multiple wafers? Reply
DigitalFreak - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - link'twas a joke... Reply
LeftSide - Thursday, August 22, 2013 - linkI wonder if the s5 will have one of these chips. 128gb in a phone sounds nice. Reply
meloz - Thursday, August 22, 2013 - linkThis is the first SSD news that has me excited in months. True game changer! I was beginning to get bored with meagre incremental improvements in density/cost, but now it looks like we will get a big boost, just have to wait another 24 months or so.
Other players will also have to find a way to offer higher density/cost to stay relevant, so we consumers can only win. The future of solid state storage looks bright. I see a future when you can get a high performance 128GB SSD for less than $30.
As an aside, I found some of the illustrations used in the articles rather cute. Love how they gave each electron a 'home'. Samsung must have hired some comic book illustrator. Reply
Impulses - Friday, August 23, 2013 - linkI imagine 128GB drives will eventually become irrelevant or just budget parts with last gen controllers/flash... Just like you don't see a HDD as small as 160GB on anything but a netbook anymore. Not hating, just saying, 128GB is rather small. I'm running two 128GB Samsung 830s btw. Reply
geok1ng - Thursday, August 22, 2013 - linkif half of samsung's claims are true they have a product perfect for corporate market and very suitable for consumers devices. i do not like the prospects for people with money invested on microns stocks. Reply
Impulses - Friday, August 23, 2013 - linkYou're assuming Intel/Micron are just sitting on their hands? Reply
arnavvdesai - Thursday, August 22, 2013 - linkThis is exciting news from the NAND performance but like Anand mentioned I would love to get a very good long forma article regarding memresistors and how much of an impact will they have on computing in general. If your RAM is your HDD wouldn't we get an exponentially large leap in performance akin to something we got while moving from HDD to SSD? Reply
I_M - Wednesday, January 01, 2014 - linkSo where are those 480GB and 960GB Samsung V-NAND SSD that are supposed to be manufactured from Aug 2013?
Looks like complete vaporware as of 1/1/2014. - not even part numbers could be found on Samsung websites. Reply
MarcSP - Friday, March 28, 2014 - linkNow we know the real meaning of that V: Vapor-NAND :-P Reply
MarcSP - Friday, March 28, 2014 - linkAnd if we flip vertically that V, it looks very much like "A-NAND":
OMG, it was just a joke from Samsung to mess with Anand Shimp and Anandtech.com! Reply
doggface - Sunday, February 14, 2016 - linkIt is now 2016... And we are into 2tb.. So ... They kind of won this one. So much for your snarky comment. Reply


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Wildcats Host West Virginia Thursday
Wildcats Host West Virginia Thursday
Sept. 26, 2012
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MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State volleyball returns to Big 12 Conference action on Thursday night when the Wildcats welcome the West Virginia Mountaineers to Ahearn Field House for the first time at 7 p.m. The No. 15 Wildcats are hosting the new members of the Big 12 and it will mark the first time the two programs have ever faced in volleyball.
The Wildcats come into the contest following a 3-0 sweep over Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday posting a season-high .433 hitting percentage. They look to keep the Mountaineers winless in league play.
Thursday's match will be 70's Night and fans are encouraged to dress in their finest fashions of the decade. The first 250 students at the match will receive a custom pair of striped 70's style K-State tube socks.
Discounted tickets are also available to members of the Manhattan Catbackers and Manhattan Chamber of Commerce with a promo code online. It also will be Frankfort Community Night and fans from the home town of redshirt sophomore Chelsea Keating can buy discounted tickets when using a special promo code online. Please contact the Fan Experience and Sales office at 785-532-6650 for those promo codes.
West Virginia comes to Ahearn after a heartbreaking loss at home to TCU on Saturday. The Mountaineers won the first two sets over the Horned Frogs to take a 2-0 lead into the locker room, but TCU responded with wins of 25-16 and 26-24 to tie it up. TCU then rolled in the final set while West Virginia struggled offensively and sealed the win 15-2 in the fifth.
On the Airwaves
Thursday's match can be heard on KMAN 1350 with Rob Voelker calling the action. Live audio feeds can also be heard on 1350kman.com and kstatesports.com.
The match will be webcast on K-StateHD.TV for fans subscribing to K-State's online network. Live stats will also be available at kstatesports.com provided by CBS GameTracker.
The Series
This is the first meeting between the Wildcats and Mountaineers.
The Coaches
Kansas State: Suzie Fritz (Florida Atlantic '94) is in her 12th year as head coach of the Wildcats she is the winningest coach in the program's history with 230 wins and has taken the team to eight NCAA Tournaments, including three runs to the Regional Semifinals.
West Virginia: Jill Kramer (TCU `00) is in her third year coaching West Virginia. Prior to taking over at West Virginia, Kramer saw success as an assistant coach at Virginia, Alabama and UT San Antonio. Upon her arrival the Mountaineers posted wins against regional and Big East rivals for the first time in years.
Scouting the Mountaineers
West Virginia is new to the Big 12 and much of the team is new to Morgantown as well with seven freshmen and two juco transfers on the roster. Head Coach Jill Kramer has had success building ranked recruiting classes as an assistant coach at her previous stops and has brought in fresh talent to the Mountaineers program.
Five freshmen are starting for West Virginia, including libero Anna Panagiotakopoulos. Sophomore Evyn McCoy is the team's top returner and is averaging 2.12 kills on a .249 hitting percentage. Juco transfer Arielle Allen completes the starting lineup. Freshman Hannah Sackett leads the team in kills at 2.81 with Nikki Attea close behind at 2.37 per set. Middle blocker Caleah Wells is the most efficient attacker at .329 hitting with 1.96 kills. She also leads the team in blocks averaging 0.91 per set.
The Mountaineers have dropped a few close matches already playing in five matches that went the full five sets. West Virginia fell at home to TCU on Saturday after winning the first two sets. The result was the opposite two weeks ago when West Virginia lost the first two sets to Cleveland State before rallying from behind to get the win. The Mountaineers are 2-3 in those five-set matches so far this season with losses to St. Francis at home to open the season and Robert Morris on the road.
Catching Up with the `Cats
The Wildcats rebounded after their first loss of the season with a dominant sweep over Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday. K-State posted its highest hitting percentage of the season at .433 and hit higher than .350 in each individual set.
Juniors Lilla Porubek and Kaitlynn Pelger continue to lead the Wildcat offense as Porubek pounded out 11 kills and a .474 hitting percentage in the win over UNO. Pelger had 10 kills at .444 and nearly posted a double-double with nine digs. Senior setter Caitlyn Donahue is spreading the offense around and helping the Wildcats to the No. 23 team hitting percentage in the nation. K-State also ranks 40th in kills per set thanks to the setting of Donahue.
K-State has posted two wins over ranked opponents already this season in defeating then-No. 10 Minnesota and No. 20 Dayton to win the Golden Hurricane Classic hosted by Tulsa. Pelger earned tournament MVP for her efforts and was recognized as the AVCA National Player of the Week. Donahue and senior Kathleen Ludwig joined Pelger on the All-Tournament Team.
After dropping its first match of the season last week on the road at Oklahoma, K-State is eyeing a victory in conference play to get back on track. The loss to the Sooners extended a road losing streak at McCasland Field House to four years. Pelger tallied 13 kills to go with .310 hitting and Porubek joined her in double digits with 11 kills. The Wildcats struggled to kill balls against OU's strong back line and block with the Sooners posting 43 digs and 11 blocks to limit K-State to just .155 hitting. It marked just the second time this season the Wildcats have been held under .200 hitting as a team for a match.
K-State's offense and defense have both proven to be among the nation's best this season as well. In addition to the Wildcats hitting .267 as a team to rank 23rd in the latest NCAA statistical rankings of the season released Monday night, the team is 18th in blocking. The Wildcats are stuffing 2.86 attacks from their opponents this season and have posted 10 or more blocks in five matches. The Wildcats are also posting 13.30 assists per set to rank 26th.
Individually, the Wildcats have some of the top talent in the nation as well. Senior middle blocker Alex Muff has proven to be one of the best at her position defensively as she is currently eighth in the nation in blocks per set, averaging 1.51.
Senior setter Caitlyn Donahue is again one of the leading setters in the Big 12 Conference and the nation. She currently stands 14th on the NCAA list averaging 11.67 assists per set. Her guidance as the setter has helped the Wildcats' offense rank high in kills and hitting percentage.
Junior middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger is another Wildcat making noise on the national scene for K-State. After earning AVCA All-America honorable mention last year, Pelger is currently 41st in the nation in aces and 42nd in points per set, as she is one of the team's top contributors in kills, aces and blocks.
K-State Ranked No. 15
The Wildcats drop four spots in this week's AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll after losing their first match of the season at Oklahoma last week. After the best start in school history at 12-0, K-State climbed to No. 11 a week ago but still remain among the top teams in the country. The No. 11 ranking was the highest the Wildcats had been ranked since being No. 11 on Nov. 26, 2007.
Three Big 12 teams continue to be ranked as Texas holds steady this week at No. 9 after defeating Oklahoma. Iowa State also held its spot at No. 19. Oklahoma is the leading vote getter outside the Top 25, and Kansas joins the list of other teams receiving votes this week with a 13-2 record.
A number of K-State's nonconference foes are among the top teams as well. Minnesota and Dayton are still ranked with the Golden Gophers climbing two spots to No. 10 and Dayton leaping two spots as well up to No. 20. Two more of K-State's nonconference opponents are receiving votes. Oregon State is just outside the Top 25 behind OU with 43 points in the poll. Creighton also is receiving votes with 14 points.
Elite Company
K-State's football team is a perfect 3-0 and ranked No. 7 heading following Saturday's victory on the road over No. 6 Oklahoma. With K-State's No. 15-ranked volleyball team at 13-1, the Wildcats join only 11 other schools that can boast the same accomplishment so far with their football and volleyball teams ranked.
The Wildcats are one of two Big 12 schools to have football and volleyball both ranked. The Pac-12 has the most at four schools. Oregon and Stanford are the only schools with their programs both in the Top 10.
Cleaning Up
K-State is off to a great start to the season at 13-1, but the way the Wildcats have been winning is just as impressive. A total of 11 of those victories have been 3-0 sweeps of their opponents. That total already surpasses last year's seven sweeps and is tied with BYU, Central Arkansas and St. John's for the most of any team in the nation. K-State has more sweeps than undefeated Washington (9) and Oregon (9) as well as No. 3 USC (9). Michigan State , Western Kentucky and Towson each have 10 sweeps to their credit.
The 3-0 sweeps have come against strong competition as well. The Wildcats swept Creighton on the Bluejays' home court while the team was receiving votes in the poll. K-State swept 2011 NCAA Tournament teams Missouri State and Tulsa, as well as No. 20 Dayton. Some opponents K-State swept earlier in the season have responded with signature wins as well. Oregon State defeated No. 2 Penn State in five sets, and Syracuse bested No. 23 Iowa State on the Cyclones' home floor.
Pelger Honored by AVCA
After helping the K-State volleyball team win the Golden Hurricane Classic and defeat to ranked teams two weeks ago at Tulsa, junior middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger was selected as the AVCA National Player of the Week. Pelger averaged 4.18 kills while hitting .440 in victories over Tulsa, No. 10 Minnesota and No. 20 Dayton to earn the award. In addition to her kills and hit hitting percentage for the weekend, Pelger added 2.45 digs per set and 1.09 blocks and her five aces led the team.
Pelger is the first Wildcat since Dawn Cady in 1999 to receive the nation's top player of the week award after Cady guided the Wildcats to their first-ever win over Nebraska. This is the fourth AVCA National Player of the Week in K-State history with Kate DeClerk winning it in 1995 and again in 1996.
Pelger Named Big 12 Player of the Week
K-State won what was tabbed by many as the top tournament in the nation that week on the schedule claiming three wins at the Golden Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, and junior middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger walked away with tournament MVP honors and was also recognized by the Big 12 Conference as the Offensive Player of the Week.
Pelger played a major role in defeating ranked opponents in back-to-back matches for the first time in school history as the Wildcats bested No. 10 Minnesota in five sets on and followed that win with a victory over No. 20 Dayton at arguably the top nonconference tournament in the nation that week.
Pelger opened the tournament with a double-double as she posted 11 kills on a .455 hitting percentage to go with 12 digs against Tulsa. She also was in on five block assists as the Wildcats stuffed Tulsa for 14.5 blocks, the fourth straight match K-State posted 10 or more blocks.
Against the Golden Gophers, Pelger played a huge role down the stretch as she led the team with 16 kills. She also added nine digs, five blocks and three aces. Four of her kills came in the shortened fifth set alone as K-State hit an amazing .818 as a team with nine kills and no errors to dominate Minnesota in the deciding set. To close the weekend, Pelger put on a show against No. 20 Dayton.
The middle blocker pounded out 19 kills and hit an impressive .654 to roll over the Flyers. Pelger opened the match with eight kills on nine swings in the first set. Against Dayton, Pelger also had six digs, two blocks and a pair of aces. For the weekend she averaged 4.18 kills per set while hitting .440 against some of the top teams in the nation. Pelger added 2.45 digs and 1.09 blocks and her five aces led the team.
This is Pelger's first Big 12 Player of the Week award this season and her fourth overall, receiving Rookie of the Week once in 2010 and Offensive Player of the Week twice last season. Kristen Hahn earned Defensive Player of the Week for Iowa State as the libero helped the Cyclones defeat No. 1 Nebraska on Saturday, and Nikki Attea was named the Rookie of the Week for West Virginia.
Packed with Purple
K-State fans have traditionally made Ahearn Field House one of the greatest venues and atmospheres in the Big 12 Conference. In 2011, fans packed Ahearn with purple averaging more than 1,500 per match and ranked No. 22 in the nation. The 2012 season as been no different with the Wildcats ranked No. 18 in this week's NCAA attendance report.
More than 2,700 fans packed the stands at Ahearn for the season opener against UC Irvine and following the match Suzie Fritz again praised the fans and said K-State is one of the best atmospheres to play in all the country. For the final match of the weekend more than 1,500 faithful came out to watch the Wildcats' come-from-behind victory over Oregon State to average 1,755 for the three matches at the Varney's Invitational.
This past weekend, nearly 1,600 fans came to see the Wildcats sweep Nebraska-Omaha, and nearly 2,000 fans took advantage of the Wildcat Weekend ticket special to see a victory over Utah State after watching the football team defeat Miami earlier in the day on Sept. 8. K-State is averaging just under 1,600 fans per match this season and conference action is now underway.
This year more renovations have been done to Ahearn Field House to enhance the atmosphere. The entire balcony seating area has been painted purple and white. The railings have all been converted from cream to white and the bleachers are now K-State Purple instead of brown. Along with the seating renovations and Powercat banner installed over the previous two years, Ahearn Field House is now truly home to the Purple and the White. A new media center has been installed as well for journalists to cover matches for their respective media outlets.
Redesigned banners have been hung in Ahearn as well replacing the older ones. The traditional style banners commemorate the winning tradition at K-State, displaying all 13 NCAA Tournament banners, All-Americans and the 2003 Big 12 Championship.
Family Business
The Kansas State volleyball team has been run like a family under the direction of Suzie Fritz, and it can be seen on the roster as well. Senior middle blocker Alex Muff is a second generation Wildcat student-athlete as her father Kevin played basketball at K-State.
Junior outside hitter Courtney Traxson also is a Wildcat legacy. Her aunt Helen Bundy-Buchanan lettered for the K-State volleyball team in the mid-1980s and her older brother Cameron threw javelin for the Wildcat track and field team and her mother Patty also participated in track and field for the Wildcats.
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Junior defensive specialist Tristan McCarty's rounds out the K-State family tree as her cousin Cory Boulanger threw javelin for the Wildcats.
One more Wildcat has family connections to the program. Outside hitter Lilla Porubek's mother played professional volleyball in Europe with former Wildcat All-American Valli Hejjas in professional beach volleyball.


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As a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Vetter spent a year teaching and conducting research in and around the southern Ghana city of Cape Coast. Field recordings made during this residency were released on the Smithsonian/Folkways label and worked into a richly illustrated instructional website documenting music making in a single Fante community. While directing an off-campus study program in Zimbabwe, Vetter studied the performance practice of the Shona mbira dzavadzimu. These products of his research experiences in Africa are incorporated in a regional studies course on music making in sub-Saharan Africa.
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One spring day a clean, brisk breeze brewed across the Bay Area with a brilliant light shining upon a certain college some twenty miles away from home. Over one hundred bright, yellow school buses from all across the Bay gathering at this one college, on a certain Friday in the month of May. Hundreds of voices scatter across each bright, yellow bus. Each voice, each individual with their own story, but without a way to tell it. Unable to express themselves due to special needs or a disability, these young individuals who aren't even qualified for the Special Olympics gather round in order to partake in an event called the Kiwanis Special Games.
It was May 20, 2011 at De Anza College, Cupertino, California and over 800 challenged students from 60 bay area schools gathered to experience excellence and to enjoy the accomplishment that everyone else experiences on a daily basis. Assisted by over 200 Kiwanians, over 300 Student Kiwanis Volunteers, and over 1,000 community volunteers, these children get the opportunity to experience the best day of their life. This fateful Friday was the day I was reunited with a boy named Robbie.
Under the warm quintessence of the sun on the freshly paved tracks and fields of De Anza College, a young boy wandered along the field with his parents and designated group looking for the letter "H". Coincidentally I was assigned an "H" volunteering that day. As I crept closer to the group, the young boy caught my eye. His dark brown locks curled around his head and his hazel eyes glazed in the morning light. As I came closer, I recognized the boy to be someone I used to tutor at Carolyn Clark Elementary. A brilliant boy with the same striking features, the parallels I saw amazed me. I never fathomed that such a boy had special needs. I came up and introduced myself to him, to the group, and to their parents. The boy himself didn't recognize me, but his parents did. I told them to keep shut for now as I lead them towards their first events. 100-yard dash, bean bag toss, Nerf archery, and a tennis ball throw are all but a few of the events that these kids have to choose. At each event completed, we present the kids ribbons for their excellence and accomplishments in the events. At the completion of each event, cheers were heard across the fields with no discrimination in sight. Helping out these children and seeing the smiles on their faces and their innocent expressions were priceless moments. Near the end of the day, when all the events were completed I felt a warm embrace. A presence grabbed hold of me and I had no idea where it came from. I looked down and there was Robbie. Three words came out of his little mouth and after that time stopped. Nothing really mattered that day because hearing him tell me, "Thanks for today," made my day. I awarded his ribbons and his medal and told asked him if I'll see him again. He told me that these ribbons are the only things he needs with the most amazing expression on his face. A bright, wide cheese painted on his face. Who knew that these small pieces of cloth could hold such an impact on each individual? Over 4,000 ribbons were handed out that day with over 800 students impacted in one way or another. That Friday holds a special place in my heart as it emphasized a core value of Key Club, caring. Caring, is our way of life.
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What are the major differences between a homebirth and a hospital birth? Is a homebirth safe?
What are the major differences between a homebirth and a hospital birth? Is a homebirth safe?
Thank you for this question. It's a question which many pregnant women consider but, sadly, many of these women are not offered enough information and support about Homebirth in order to make an informed, empowered decision.
There is lots more information about Homebirth on the main part of the Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond site. In particular, I would encourage you to read some of the birth stories there. Birth is unique and personal and there is nothing quite like reading another lady's birth story for revealing her true feelings on the birth.
In the far majority of pregnancies, a Homebirth (with a midwife present) is a safe birthing option. Of course, there are some cases where a Hospital Birth is recommended because the pregnancy is higher risk. This includes if you have:
- pre-eclampsia
- significant bleeding during pregnancy
- multiple pregnancy
- are in premature labour
- have problems with the placenta
However, for most women a Homebirth is an extremely safe option. The benefits of a Homebirth over a hospital birth include:
- the woman is less likely to have interventions and the associated risks of these
- more likely to have a quicker, smoother labour
- birthing in your own unique environment; this is where you feel most comfortable so are most likely to be able to relax in labour
- you can hire/ buy your own birth pool to use at home. These are not always available in hospital. There is more information about having a Waterbirth here.
- increased successful breastfeeding rate
- less risk of infection as you are in your own environment
- you can choose who/ how many people are present during the birth
Indeed, our midwife Jane writes 'While hospitals are essential if complications arise and are another choice of birth place for women, birthing at home is wonderful and sacred. The labour unfolds at it's own pace and birth occurs in it's own time with less likelihood of complications occurring. Women are more likely to feel supported and comfortable in their own environment as they travel the birth journey.'
You ask specifically about the safety of a Homebirth. Homebirth Australia state this about a recent study into the safety of Homebirths: 'planning a home birth does not increase the risks of perinatal mortality and severe perinatal morbidity among low-risk women, provided the maternity care system facilitates this choice through the availability of well-trained midwives and through a good transportation and referral system.'
Whether to have a Homebirth or not is a personal decision. It is certainly not something that every woman would want but many women feel it is right for them. Conversely, some women feel more comfortable giving birth in a hospital. This then would be the right place for them to have their baby. The advantages of having a Hospital Birth include:
- consultant care available if a labour becomes high risk
- if in need of an emergency c-section you are already at the hospital
- more choice of painkillers available e.g. epidural is available
- immediate access to any special baby care if it is needed
If you are one of the majority of women who have a low risk pregnancy then it really comes down to where you feel you will be most comfortable giving birth.
Please do let us know if you have any further questions about this.
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I've just read one of your other posts and been reminded that you are carrying twins. Twins are generally considered a higher risk pregnancy and so it is extremely likely that your midwife/ doctor will advise you to have a hospital birth. There is a more information on Giving Birth to Twins here.
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Thank you for the great information about homebirths.
You are very welcome.
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The move to parachute the Olympian Nova Peris into Parliament has re-ignited discussion about Julia Gillard's political judgment and the value of so-called ''celebrity'' candidates.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Wayne Swan, hailed the decision as a necessary action to address a long-standing problem of Aboriginal non-representation in Federal Parliament.
But Labor figures loyal to the former prime minister Kevin Rudd rounded on Ms Gillard on Wednesday, calling the drafting of Ms Peris to replace a sitting Labor senator for the Northern Territory ''unprecedented''.
The rarely used provision has overridden a preselection process already under way in the Territory, sparking anger among rank-and-file members in the indigenous community, which makes up more than a quarter of the population.
Ms Peris, 41, will be rubber-stamped as Labor's candidate at next Tuesday's ALP national executive meeting. Its endorsement all but guarantees her entry to the Senate at the federal election this year.
Ms Gillard dropped the bombshell on Tuesday, after phoning the long-time NT senator Trish Crossin the previous night to tell her that her parliamentary career was over.
One Labor MP described that as ''an unprecedented deployment of prime ministerial power'' and ''a clear misuse of emergency rules'' designed to select candidates in forced byelections, or when an MP was suddenly required to step down.
''Because we are in an election year, most MPs will bite their lips, but people are furious,'' said the MP, who wished to remain anonymous. ''This sets a dangerous precedent that vulnerable MPs can simply be replaced overnight by somebody with name recognition to bolster the leader's numbers.''
Senator Crossin said on Thursday she will continue to stand for preselection despite the addition of Ms Peris to the list of candidates.
There are now three candidates standing, including the former NT education minister Marion Scrymgour.
Ms Crossin said that she had the option of removing her name from the ballot, "but I don't think Marion or I will be doing that".
Senior ministers defended Ms Gillard's decision to install the former athlete in the safe seat.
The ALP national secretary, George Wright, said the use of the special provisions was unusual, but there had been precedents.
Mr Swan said ''it had long been a blight on the party that we had no representative from the indigenous population''.
Another senior figure, from the party's Left faction, also praised Ms Gillard's action, revealing it had been a long-term aspiration to get an indigenous representative in the caucus.
He said it was ''utterly laughable'' that the action had anything to do with the leadership issue.
But Labor backbencher Nick Champion said that although Ms Gillard had been responding to a genuine need to have more indigenous Labor MPs, the ALP national executive should conduct a rank-and-file ballot in the NT.
''There's been this idea around amongst modern Labor leaders . . . that they should select candidates on high,'' the Member for Wakefield said.
''I don't think that's the best way to go. We're nearly always better having rank-and-file involvement in the preselections.''
Reactions to Ms Peris's endorsement varied among indigenous leaders.
Jody Broun, who co-chairs the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, the indigenous peak body, said: ''You cannot have enough representation in any Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples''.
The indigenous leaders Warren Mundine and Tom Calma agreed. Mr Mundine, a former Labor national secretary, said it was ''sad'' an indigenous candidate had to be parachuted in by executive power, but that the Prime Minister was right to be forceful.
Dr Calma, a former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice commissioner, said Ms Peris ''is doing great work with indigenous youth and particularly girls in the Top End''.
Others view Ms Peris as a politically naive puppet.
''Unfortunately Nova doesn't realise she's being used by Julia Gillard,'' said Michael Anderson, a former leader of the Australian Black Power movement and a founder of the Aboriginal tent embassy.
''Ms Peris-Kneebone is only being used as a public relations exercise for Labor. She has not been involved in major political processes, rallies or otherwise. She has been missing in political action all the time.''
The Northern Territory's Indigenous Advancement Minister, Alison Anderson, told the NT News that Ms Peris would be a ''maid to do the sheets and serve the cups of tea''.
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Cooler Master Seidon 240M and 12 More Coolers: The Retest and Mega-Roundupby Dustin Sklavos on 4/26/2013 6:01 AM EST
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Edkiefer - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkreally nice review with air cooler verse the water coolers . One comment though, looking at the air temps of PWM and 100% . They seem so close I would think you should get better results on 100% fan . Maybe the case still doesn't have good airflow for air coolers ?
Just saying, I have the hyper evo and with stock MB fan profile verse modified (maxes to about 80% ) I say a least few c with app like prime95 . Reply
biostud - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkYou could do a nice xy diagram with noise and delta temp on the axes. Reply
truprecht - Friday, April 26, 2013 - link"You could do a nice xy diagram with noise and delta temp on the axes."
Yes this 100x. It's so obvious - why is it not SOP for cooler comparisons? Reply
DanNeely - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkI put one together for a prior cooler review; it wasn't nearly as useful as a I hoped. With very few exceptions everything bunched up in a fairly narrow diagonal line.
Noise is vertical; temp horizontal: http://orthogonaltonormal.com/midden/fans.png Reply
JCheng - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkDanNeely: On the contrary, I find that extremely helpful! Having to jump back and forth between the data points and the legend is kind of a drag, but to see the two dimensions really helps! Reply
DanNeely - Monday, April 29, 2013 - linkThe reason I felt it was of limited value was that excepting some really bad performers on the quiet end of the range (designed for low power CPUs in SFF systems?) almost all the coolers fell along a relatively narrow horizontal line; meaning the best to worst ordering in the temp and noise tables was mostly equal with no major outliers. Reply
nail076 - Monday, April 29, 2013 - linkI agree, an X-Y chart of these values would better show the best performers in a sea of coolers. Reply
buhusky - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkWhy do fan & cooler reviews NEVER put the OEM fan/cooler numbers in there as a baseline? Never! It would be much better for me to compare to see how different of an upgrade the item(s) would be compared to what came with my stuff, not just as compared to each other.... Reply
A5 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkThe OEM coolers are terrible. They would make the graphs unreadable because all the aftermarket stuff would hardly look any different compared to the OEM cooler. Reply
matagyula - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkIn this case I don't think the OEM solution would keep the CPU cool enough -> i7 @4,4GHz, as written on the "Testing methodology" page. Reply
DanNeely - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkIn the last test it was 6C hotter than the worst cooler in this review. That would put the core temp in the high 90s and possibly result in thermal throttling.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6830/cpu-air-cooler-... Reply
tsponholz - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkIt would be nice to see this a baseline. Reply
Hrel - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkagreed, just mention the numbers outside of the graph, so it doesn't fuck up the comparative look. Reply
Torrijos - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkIt's a little sad not to have the H110 on that test since it tends to be quieter than the X60 for the same level of performance. Reply
JustMoreFun - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkIt's very sad that you up to now didn't test one of the Thermalright Coolers, as they are commonly referred to as being the reference when it comes to air coolers. Reply
davidthemaster30 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkIf the NH-U14S, was mounted so that it pushed air towards the top of the case, would it still block the PCIe slot? Reply
marc1000 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkI don't believe it would fit inside the case in this position... it looks like it would go past the backplate. Reply
epoon2 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkYou should check with Noctua, they have an FAQ listing motherboard compatibility Reply
spidey81 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkFirst I'd like to say that I thoroughly enjoy your articles. In your recommendation of the U12S/U14S over the D14 I think you may have missed something. At your current 4.4 Ghz overclock the smaller/cheaper heatsinks performed, let's say, more efficiently. However, wouldn't the D14 be able to handle a higher thermal load that come with higher overclocks? So it's kind of like you said, it depends on your usage. It would be interesting to see at what point in overclocking would the D14 become worth purchasing over it's smaller siblings. Reply
epoon2 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkit scales in the same direction for all coolers as temperature increases, common sense or wrong? Reply
spidey81 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkThis article was to test the performance of the coolers at a certain clock speed. However, I think you would find that when pushing the overclock higher you would see some coolers wouldn't be able to keep the temps in check while others could. There's a difference between efficiently transferring the heat and the amount of heat capable of being transferred. That's why the D14 and TRUE are popular among overclockers who push higher than what we see in this test. To that end, the 240mm or 280mm closed loop coolers will also be able to handle higher overclocks.
In this (http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/s... review of the H220, you can see that on the socket 2011 cpu the air coolers weren't able to maintain the extreme overclocks like the closed loop coolers could. Reply
spidey81 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linksorry, link broke. http://tinyurl.com/cu24bwk That should work better :) Reply
epoon2 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkYou meant that as the load/watt/heat produced by CPU increases, the order in this graph http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6916/54390... changes?
but in the above test, the fans are at constant, max speed already ... I know what you mean but I just can't figure out the science/reason behind why your scenario would happen. Reply
BrightCandle - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkTwo key factors are at play:
1) the amount of watts of heat the solution can dissipate at a given delta temperature to the air.
2) the thermal interface performance to the CPU itself and hence what temperature the CPU is running at.
Water is cooling the water block but then water itself is above ambient temperature. This often means the ambient temp CPU effectively sees is higher compared to what it was with air. But water warms and cools much faster than air by volume, and it can hold a lot more energy. Combining water with a substantially larger area to exchange its heat to air and you get a solution that cools better given a large number of watts of heat but does less well on low wattage where air cooling fits and is sufficient.
A 2600k pulls about 170W over clocked. A 3930k can be over 300W. 170W is about the point to consider water but you need an overspecced loop to show any advantage at all. Passed 200 watts however and water takes a clear lead and air stops being able to do the job. Reply
epoon2 - Saturday, April 27, 2013 - linkAssuming the water pipes dissipates negligible heat, the role of the water system is equivalent to that of the thermal compounds: to transfer energy and heat to the sink and radiator.
The difference in rate of heat exchange between the metal pieces and the external environment becomes the key.
In an open air test, the rankings should remain the same as amount of heat generated by the CPU increases. In the real world , the performance of air coolers depends on the effectiveness of the case's heat exchange system.. Reply
A5 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkFor future reviews, I wouldn't mind seeing the Xigmatek SD1283 tested. A lot of people recommend it for people who want something better than the CM Evo but don't want to spend Noctua money. It typically runs ~$50 so it fits that niche price-wise as well. Reply
A5 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkI guess I meant the silly-named "Dark Knight 2" when I wrote this. Didn't know they had 2 different SD1283s. Guess I wouldn't mind seeing the cheaper, non-coated "Gaia" as well. Reply
Dr_b_ - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkDoes the U12 have socket 2011 mounting capability? Reply
epoon2 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkhttp://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&... Reply
Dr_b_ - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkthanks 4 link. NH-D14 is really too big, blocks a socket in my x79-UP4 gigabyte. U12 looks like it might work here. Reply
epoon2 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkwow that was fast, maker updated with editor's choice logo already btw Reply
tsponholz - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkI don't understand why the Thermaltake WATER2.0 Series doesn't seem to make it to these lists. I have the Performer and love the performance and noise. The review I have seen (never in a round up) put it on top of the Antec and Corsair offerings. Reply
karasaj - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkAny good places to get the NH-U12S in the US for that 65$? Reply
Hrel - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkMan, that 30db noise floor is REALLY becoming a problem. You guys would CLEARLY get value/use out of better equipment. I would REALLY REALLY REALLY like to see that happen. Reply
Razorbak86 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkFeel free to make a contribution of said equipment to the site's standard test setup. Reply
DanNeely - Saturday, April 27, 2013 - linkWhen you're buying something to donate; keep in mind getting ambient noise levels much below 30db is easier said than done and an anechoic chamber large enough not to turn into a hotbox during testing isn't going to be cheap. Reply
TrackSmart - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkGreat review. Kudos to Cooler Master for giving us cheapskates something to play with at $33 that will handle some significant overclocking, while also staying quiet. I've usually dismissed aftermarket coolers as being a poor return on investment for mid-range builds (i.e. it is more cost effective to spend the money on a beefer CPU than a bigger cooler). But $33 is a price point where it might make sense to invest in better cooling over a modestly higher-end CPU. Reply
crimson117 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkNot sure how you can give a bronze award to such an expensive item - price/performance value simply isn't there. It's 3-4 times more expensive than the Kraken X60 or Noctua but doesn't offer nearly that much improvement. Reply
Razorbak86 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkHuh? Where are you getting your pricing? o.O
In the US, the Swiftech H220 is $139.99, and the Kraken X60 is $109.99. Maybe my math is a little rusty, but I calculate the price premium to be 27% higher (i.e., [$139.99-$109.99]/$109.99 = 27%). If it was 3-4x higher, it would be priced at $329.97-$439.96. Reply
Treckin - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkDustin! you promised to include the Antec Kuhler pieces in your closed loop reviews!
Hope thats still planned! Reply
Rogerdodge1 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkare these really the delta temps in Celsius above room temp? if they are then even at a room temp of 21.11C (70 F) you have gone way beyond the temp spec on the processor(72.6C at the heat spreader) with several of your air coolers....even if these are absolute temps Celsius some of the air coolers are dangerously close to max temp. I understand pushing the overclock to test the coolers, but subjecting the chip to those temps is bound to kill it a lot quicker. i suppose if this is all you use it for it doesn't matter much, but damn i would hate to do that to a chip i paid for. Reply
Bobs_Your_Uncle - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkI've remained extremely intrigued with both the design & the potential efficacy of a prototyped cooler noted within Anandtech ( http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=21782... ) & elsewhere ( http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cpu-cooler-sandia... --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWQZNXEKkaU ). It's been quite some time since initially publicized & I wonder if you might know where to research for an update on it's status?
While the concept has many possible applications, the thought of it's implementation for PC component cooling is enough to excite one into debilitating nervous ticks. (Well, maybe it's not quite that exciting, but ..... I'm still interested on where it is in development!) Reply
politbureau - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkHey Dustin, where's the H110? I understand you'd like to limit the test to 'current' coolers, but the H110 is still readily avaialable at retail, and it seems coutnerproductive not to include what should be the top performaing CLC is this roundup... Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkThe H110 and Kraken X60 are almost the exact same product, just different fans (understanding that Corsairs fans are superior) and different control (the Kraken X60 uses USB and software, the H110 relies entirely upon your motherboard). But they're the same Asetek radiator and I suspect the same pump. Reply
Guspaz - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkI recently tried to replace my Shuttle's 92mm fan with a Noctua NF-B9 PWM, which was a very disappointing experience. Yes, it was quiet, but it also spins extremely slowly at max speed, with a low static pressure and a very low airflow. The end result was an increase in CPU load temperatures of 40 degrees (celcius) or so, which is pretty damned massive. Since the CPU fan in a Shuttle doubles as the case fan (the CPU has a heatplate which connects via heatpipes to a large heatsink on the rear of the case, onto which a 92mm fan blows air through it, cooling the CPU and exhausting air from the case at the same time).
The problem is that the stock fan, while decently quiet up until 35-40% speed, has this point around 40% speed where it very quickly gets very loud (motor noise, not airflow noise). Some research showed that there are only a tiny handful of fans on the market that spin anywhere near as fast (Delta had one, that's about it), and they're a tad pricey to buy on a "hope it's quieter at medium speeds".
Is it really so much to ask for a fan that is quiet at lower speeds, but can still spin fast (loud if required)? I don't care how loud the thing is at max speed, because if I'm gaming I've got headphones on anyhow. But during normal use (or while trying to sleep) the occasional CPU spike pushes it just past the 40% mark and even the 5% speed bump causes an audible revving. Reply
epoon2 - Friday, April 26, 2013 - linkto your point on quiet at lower speeds, but can still spin fast (loud if required) -
It would be more expensive, and the fan may be larger, and the original target audience would flock because their original wish was getting a quiet fan at all times. Reply
FH123 - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - linkI'm a bit out of the game, but I think the Noctua fans that only have 6 blades, spaced quite far apart, have a reputation for low air pressure and don't work well when the CPU heat sink has lots of closely spaced fins. I also use a Noctua fan (see below), but it's a model with more blades and more closely spaced ones.
In general I agree with you. Fans that run at low speeds by default are a silly marketing phenomenon, which are only useful when you don't have a fan controller, no motherboard fan headers or can't get to grips with the freely available Speedfan program. What you really want is a fan that will still actuate and won't stall at low speeds (say 600RPM), but can ramp up to (much) higher speeds, if needed.
Another phenomenon I find with my own fan / case combination is that there are certain speeds where the fan noise takes on a distinct and annoying pitch. I don't think it's motor whine, but perhaps some sort of whistling effect produced by the fan holes in the case. This happens at 1,300RPM and around 1,050RPM for me, but neither at 900RPM nor 1,200RPM. I therefore find it very important to be able to regulate the fan speed. Reply
StitchExperimen - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - linkI would like to see the replacement of fans with 9 blade fans and see if a lower rpm and higher air flow makes a difference. I took two 9 blade fans in push pull on a Corsair 80i on a i7 3770 because the stock fan noise was so loud/bad. Possibly with this is what I used in push pull from newegg >>> COUGAR CF-V12HPB Vortex Hydro-Dynamic-Bearing (Fluid) 300,000 Hours 12CM Silent Cooling Fan with Pulse Width Modulation (Black) Reply
FH123 - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - linkAre there any fan ducts still on the market? I built my PC years ago using a Thermalright HR-01 with the optional fan duct that connects the heatsink to the rear 120mm case fan. This arrangement seems to work very well, which perhaps ties in with your observation that the case fan is very important for air coolers. Fan ducts also seem to be common in commercial designs from the likes of Dell. I don't even use a CPU fan, only the case fan.
If it's of any interest, my system is built in an Antec Solo case, optimised for low noise. The only fans are the rear case fan, the power supply fan (at the top of the case) and the GPU fan (ATI 5850 radial fan). There is no front intake fan. The Q9650 CPU has a mild overclock from 3 to 3.6GHz, while remaining at stock voltage. The case fan, at 1,200RPM, keeps the CPU within 45 to 50C over ambient during a Prime stress test. It runs at merely 900RPM during lighter loads. Reply
flemeister - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - linkYou can easily make your own with cardboard and tape. I've found a three-sided duct to be the best for connecting a CPU heatsink to a rear fan (with the open side facing the motherboard). It still pulls plenty of air through the CPU heatsink, but also allows air to be pulled over the motherboard VRMs. Reply
disappointed1 - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - linkWith all due respect, this testing methodology is now completely flawed:
"For air coolers, I added a Noctua 140mm rear exhaust fan and used the ultra low noise adaptor to ensure it didn't affect acoustics in any meaningful way. This is in line with the usage cases air coolers are designed for, and should be representative of the kind of airflow most users will have from their exhaust fan."
You FUNDAMENTALLY can't compare coolers on the same charts with different testing conditions. The closed-loop coolers are just as much designed, and will be operated, with proper/equivalent case ventilation. Just test them under identical conditions and let the liquid coolers pay any penalty with higher idle noise readings. Reply
epoon2 - Monday, April 29, 2013 - linkI tried the article again, couldn't find where Dustin mentioned his testing method for Water. On the page where he shows the Seidon, it's clearly installed inside the case. I do not believe there is a strong bias towards either air or water coolers in this test. Reply
disappointed1 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - link"...I'm now using that exhaust fan for testing air coolers. Closed loop coolers continue to do without."
He added an extra case fan for the air coolers, which was not present for the liquid coolers. This will have the effect of biasing the results and renders them void. This is readily apparent by the author's own admission that "the differences in performance were pronounced" and "now liquid coolers aren't the juggernauts they used to be" and cannot be compared with previous results. Reply
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bobbozzo - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkSpam link above goes to a site for a women's magazine, nothing about coolers. Reply
TheStranger81 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkIt would be a review if it actually had any charts....WTF is going on ? Where are the charts ? Reply
Wwhat - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkLook at how this site does such things:
(language is irrelevant for the subject of graphs)
You can deselect items in the list and when you select a line you can see the position and details as you move the mousepointer over it.
And in their bargraphs it uses mouseover to show the percentage and relative percentage.
Like shown here: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/gehaeuse-und-ku...
PNG's for data are a bit.. outdated really aren't they? (But perhaps you need to dumb down again for tablets and phones these days?) Reply
Death666Angel - Saturday, May 11, 2013 - linkCan you adjust the air and clc results so that the x-axis is the same unit length? That way it is easier to compare between the two cooler types. :) Reply
hooner - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkGreat review...thanks!
I have a quick question...I am thinking of buying a cooler master N200 and is front or rear radiator cooling best? I am presuming the front fans are intakes, rear and top are out.
My thinking is rear takes heat straight out the back from CPU, where as front means air is drawn in, cooled and then blow back through case. Surely venting the heat straight away is better?
Cheers Reply
SloppyFloppy - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - linkYou keep recommending the really well performing Swiftech H220, but after some research they appear to have server quality control issues with their pumps failing and/or making lots of noise as well as some of their fans being noisy.
Now I don't know what cooler to buy that performs well without sounding like a lawn blower. Reply