If you want a four-core 45W TDP chip to run with a big quiet heatsink, grab an i5-2500T and bolt a big nasty 1155 heatsink to it. ! Oh, wow - I didn't even know about the T version of that CPU. That's very cool. I'm not in too much of a hurry for a new build, in general (need to focus on SELLING st...

What i really want to see is new GPUs... maybe they will come PCIe 3.0. Either way seems its the time that all manufactures will adopt and release their mobos with. I'm sure a lot of them will be "PCIe 3.0 compliant" or what have you, but I very much doubt that any of them will really take advantag...

It looks like motherboard manufacturers have started (in August, if not earlier) their marketing initiatives for claiming that their boards will be compatible with next-generation hardware, in the form of Ivy Bridge CPU's and PCI-Express 3.0: Here's the Asus anouncement ... And here's Gigabyte's . T...

Great reply, boost. Thanks a lot! I had a Pentium-M desktop system back when Intel's mainstream desktop alternative was crappy. The hole pattern was also something non-standard, so I never did get around to changing the cooler out for something bigger/quieter. It doesn't look like the array of optio...

By the way, this is excluding anything to do with the on-chip graphics. I'd be using a PCIe video card. Doesn't this rather negate the point of worrying about a few watts here and there consumed by the chipset/motherboard and RAM? What's a discrete card going to pull, 20W+ idle? To my mind it's onl...

I've had my eye on this Jetway HM67 mini-ITX board for a little while. The reasoning is that I have an extra mobile i5 processor sitting around, which I pulled from my laptop. But you know, some the mobile quad-core chips aren't too expensive, either, with a bit of waiting and shopping around, and a...

Changed the first post from an "interest check" on the main PC to a bonafide FS thread, with a bunch of other stuff, as well.

Thanks for looking! Note that I might also selling this stuff on Arstechnica and Anandtech, so don't be surprised if you see it there. Some of my forum feedback: heatware , beerology , head-fi . I accept PayPal, or contact me for other methods. "Shipped" means within the US, most likely with USPS Pr...

Howdy. I'm getting my PicoPSU-related power connectors redone, and I wanted to do a clean job. Looking through the historical threads about connecting the Dell DA-2 brick to a Pico, some people mention using Molex Mini-Fit Jr connectors ( this thread mentions using "series 5556 for female connectors...

NO LONGER AVAILABLE This is a similar deal to what I had before with a couple Xeons. Those didn't seem to work out (or at least, one person didn't get around to replying to me), but this CPU would hopefully have better luck. I have an ES version of an Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 CPU (at 3.33GHz, the fas...

thread resurrection with new stuff added

Hmm... But it's not like I actually used the card after switching in the old baseplate. If I understand correctly, the VRM can overheat from prolonged use, but wouldn't break instantly. Unfortunately, I don't think that RMA'ing would be possible, since I did cut off that corner of the baseplate to a...

I thought that I had a PSU problem with one of my builds, but I've actually narrowed down the problem to the video card. Specifically, the behavior of the video card (a reference-board HD5850) is that, on bootup, it will display the appropriate image for a couple of seconds - i.e., the motherboard l...

Bump for price drops, and stuff removed if sold elsewhere.

Thanks for looking! Note that I might also selling this stuff on Anandtech and Arstechnica, so don't be surprised if you see it there. Some of my forum feedback: heatware , beerology , head-fi . I accept PayPal, or contact me for other methods. "Shipped" means within the US, most likely with USPS Pr...

IMO, air is still preferred for going as quiet as possible, and going with water adds a lot of hassle. People in the WC section of the forum might argue otherwise. :) That said, modern Nvidia chips are hard to cool and the mounting patterns are not supported by a lot of aftermarket heatsinks. Depend...

I'm having a confusing problem that seems to be power-related... most likely, the PicoPSU can't handle the load, but the symptoms are fairly strange. Feel free to skip over the background info in the three paragraphs below and go to the symptoms, if you don't feel like doing too much reading. A whil...

Good points/ideas, guys! That will give me some stuff to think about.

I'll most likely be getting another custom wooden case from spotswood (Rich), but I do want to try out making a nightstand case at some point, maybe before that custom case is done.

I think you're understanding everything correctly. :) You're probably right that the airflow to the motherboard might not be ideal without something tricky. That said, I would definitely want to avoid having any holes in the top at all. As for standard vertical placement (or inverted, as I mentioned...

I've been meaning to upgrade the case for my EATX-sized (SSI EEB, actually, but whatever) system. It's currently in an ugly-as-hell Thermaltake case that I'd like to ditch for a couple of reasons. Unfortunately, there are no cases for sale (and I'm fairly confident of this) that would fit my ideal r...

Bump!

Bump with price drops for remaining items (the rest were sold elsewhere).
Also added: HD5850's.

I thought I'd chime in, as an actual customer of Spotswood. :) He built a custom HTPC case for me, and I'll get around to posting it in the Gallery section once I'm done building it. First of all, he's a great guy, and it was a pleasure to design the case. And the final product was very high quality...

That's definitely nowhere near normal. Check to make sure that you're mounting everything properly. Also, what program(s) are you using to check the temps? Something like Realtemp or CoreTemp will give you a break-down, by core. It could be that one or more of the sensors are messed up, rather than ...

Yes, they have/will shut it down.

You could also try finding an extra PCI (not Express) video card to use, solely for running the third monitor, if you have an extra slot. They're still out there and shouldn't be overly expensive.

A bunch of price drops

Bump - Logitech mouse sold elsewhere.

A bunch of new stuff added.

Honestly, it's rarely a good idea to buy anything by Thermaltake, regardless of what a random review or two say.