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by luminate
Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:13 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Antec MX-1: Poor eSATA Performance?
Replies: 3
Views: 2609

Hmm. That's a good question. The press release for the Oxford chipset is dated early 2005, so I'd guess the latter. I'd be very surprised if it's limited to 750 GB. I should probably mention that this enclosure has a serious design flaw in terms of cooling. The fan barely moves any air and just seem...
by luminate
Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:11 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Antec MX-1: Poor eSATA Performance?
Replies: 3
Views: 2609

Update: I returned the MX-1 and took a chance with the AMS Venus DS3 . I didn't expect much, but to my surprise, the drive now performs identically to being directly connected! And even better, its noise level is very similar to the MX-1, although it does seem to run a bit warm (~45C with a fan?). I...
by luminate
Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:52 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Antec MX-1: Poor eSATA Performance?
Replies: 3
Views: 2609

Antec MX-1: Poor eSATA Performance?

I picked up an MX-1 last week and am a bit disappointed with the eSATA performance. The HD Tach graph shows a marked difference between the drive directly connected to my motherboard (red line) and via the MX-1 (blue line). I know that graph doesn't look like a big deal, but it only shows part of th...
by luminate
Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:25 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: New noisiest mobo ever
Replies: 14
Views: 6508

:shock:

Oh god no!

Not only will it be noisy, those tiny fans have relatively short lifespans. They will fail and will probably do so in an even noisier manner.

I will never, ever buy another motherboard with active cooling.
by luminate
Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:02 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Is your P150 HDD suspension rubber band OK?
Replies: 99
Views: 101640

So far, I've had one snap in my one-month old P150. It left my bottom hard drive resting at an angle for about a week. Thankfully, the other rubber band and cable kept it from falling.

I'd be interested if anyone finds a suitable replacement. All Antec will tell me is that they're on backorder.
by luminate
Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:00 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Is your P150 HDD suspension rubber band OK?
Replies: 99
Views: 101640

Is your P150 HDD suspension rubber band OK?

One of the rubber bands in my new P150 snapped. I just did one twist... hmmph. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? I didn't see any in the spare parts section of Antec's online store. AntecRep, are you listening? ;-) EDIT BY ADMIN: Turned into a poll.... Please add comments if relevant.