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- Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:07 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: What is the best/lowest (idle) power C2D or am2 X2?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11297
From my recent research I came to the conclusion that it was not possible to have an HTPC that was both low-power consuming at idle and be able to play games at decent settings (my definition of acceptable gaming settings was 1920x1080 at high quality settings). can you spell LOL? I guess some peop...
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:25 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Doxazosin 4 mg
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5637
no
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- Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:21 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Intake fans...next to useless?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 23032
- Sat May 31, 2008 12:48 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Q9300 cores idle 45-48c
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11037
How confident are you that you're installing the push pins correctly? The last pin needed a lot of force to click in all the way. also, you have the pins twisted to the locked side when you install, not the unlocked side correct? I can't imagine even the worst example of Q9300 would run anywhere nea...
- Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:26 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Hypermiling: A new hobby for gas savers & environmentali
- Replies: 95
- Views: 46378
Another tip which wasn't immediately obvious to me was to keep the car in gear (high gear) when decelerating and braking until you almost stall. I had naively presumed that coasting in neutral would use less petrol, but it seems that that's wrong. In neutral the engine management system needs to us...
- Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:56 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Is it bad if the heatsink base touches any solid capacitors?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3726
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:34 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How do you calculate power requirement?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5440
- Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:18 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Build advice requested: Linux, GA-G33M-DS2R, ADD2, Celeron
- Replies: 34
- Views: 26120
wow, that's a monster post. I think you're a little confused as to your overclocking options if you think a 1333mhz fsb cpu is gonna clock better.. these new intel cpus are really, really good and it's probably going to be your motherboard holding you back-- for that you would want a higher multipli...
- Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:38 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2TB storage in RAID 5 mode...
- Replies: 49
- Views: 27707
No offense, but that really seems like a stupid concern to me. It's already been said that pci sata controllers are very cheap and easy to find and use. You're going to be spending a considerable amount of money building your raid array ($500+), and I'm sure you want it to perform well for a long ti...
- Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:07 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Server Dilemma
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7463
you could cut the price a little even with what it is, by only buying 1 of the 500GB drives. if you really need a lot of storage, get an 80-160gb drive for the OS [no need to make it bigger than it has to be] and then have only one 500gb drive for data storage/network access [if thats the use]. i d...
- Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:57 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Server Dilemma
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7463
you're all over the map with those servers... I really doubt you'll have need for dual quad core xeons :P what's the intended use? just about any modern machine will do fine as a fileserver, I'm still using a P2-450 for mine and it comes close to saturating my 100mbit lan. Assuming you don't really ...
- Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:26 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Looking for constructive critisism on a new build.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3596
looks like a pretty good build. I would recommend going with the E21xx series cpu as I've got an E2140 that runs very cool even bsel modded to 2.13ghz that runs 28*C idle, 42*C load stock cooler @ 20*C ambient. You could save a few bucks and run undervolted yate loon fans and spend the extra cash on...
- Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:10 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: P180 v1.1: The front door
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2015
that vent on the left is probably popped out on one side. most people don't know this, but if you lift up on the top of the front fascia with the door open, you can unclip that vent and it will fold back (so you can have your front door parallel with the side of the case. be careful not to break it!
- Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:08 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: IS 450W enough for a quad core computer?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6772
- Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:55 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
- Replies: 137
- Views: 107486
well, as an overclocker, i do get the idea of an overkill. also, as an overclocker, i'd like to choose my components carefully and with consideration. so far it did not include the psu, apparently. a 500w unit would have been more than sufficient for the components and would have had a buffer to wi...
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:12 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Swap power supply in P150, how?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4122
removing mobo
it should be like 8 screws and 5 minutes to pull the board out. definitely worth pulling it instead of risking breaking a cap or cutting a trace on the mobo or soemthing bad.
- Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:50 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Anybody use Portable Apps Suite?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1684
portableapps suite
I've used this a little bit, it's not a complete operating system, just a collection of apps that save all their data to their root directory so you can easily move your apps+settings to other computers. I've tried running most these apps with wine under gentoo and almost all of them worked flawless...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:08 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: salvage my old P4 3.2Ghz into a quiet HTPC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3235
I'm assuming that's a socket 478 mobo in which case I could recommend a scythe ninja cooler. You'll probably still have to run it with a fan but it should be very quiet and do a good job of cooling that heater. As far as power supply it's really up to how much you want to spend. Something like a cor...
- Sat May 26, 2007 1:53 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: AM2 microATX board that undervolts/underclocks
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9544
VIA
Have you considered getting a really low power via? it should have all the features you are looking for and will run cool and quiet
- Sat May 26, 2007 8:47 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Music and File Server
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6851
NTFS driver
I'm assuming you intend to format the partitions with ext3 or reiserfs or something of the sort, and not NTFS. Read support for NTFS has been near flawless in linux for 5+ years. You aren't going to need to jump through any hoops or worry about fscking your disks if you only intend to copy from NTFS...
- Sat May 19, 2007 9:05 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: oc'd e6600 3.6 and 8800GTX powered from 380W PSU - why not?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10264
380W PSU
that sounds reasonable. I've been powering an overclocked core duo system with a 7950GT KO on a 300W sparkle psu from ~1999. numbers don't mean as much as quality.
- Tue May 08, 2007 11:20 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: PicoPSU cable length?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5738
cable length
I'm not sure how long the picopsu cable is but I do know that you can get just about any length (up to a couple feet) of ATX power extensions.. I think we sold them for about $25 for 12"
- Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:19 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Thoughts on low power HDD storage
- Replies: 41
- Views: 38240
I think we've pretty much agreed that a complete, low power computer system will be your best bet. I'm not sure about Europe but here in the states it's not uncommon to find a cpu+mobo combo that will run fanless and dissipate under 20W at full load for under $100. The advantages of having a complet...
- Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:29 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Thoughts on low power HDD storage
- Replies: 41
- Views: 38240
I'd have to agree with Jesse. The added hassle of adding switches and running several different controller cards would more than offset the power consumed by a low power full-fledged computer which could do everything you need (switching drives, sharing media etc)and imo be a cleaner and more functi...
- Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:29 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Semi-poll of Core 2 Duo Ninja users
- Replies: 46
- Views: 42001
I've got an e6300 at 425fsb (~3ghz) running a ninja rev. b and my idle temps are about 40*C while under load they reach ~58*C (ambient about 20*C).. I'm really not concerned with the temps although I do have the scythe fan running at full voltage and I'm wondering if that is normal or if I should lo...