Yeah, I've done that. Heat build up isn't an issue. There's a 1" gap all the way around the rear of the cabinet before it meets the cabinets behind it and it's completely open. Here's a late night pic, maybe you'll see from that: http://www.pbase.com/deksawyer/image/153171134/large.jpg There's also ...

Case arrived this afternoon and the good news is the CPU cooler fits! Case is a Streacom FC7 Evo and was bought from ebay for £39 and you might notice, it doesn't have any front usb ports. I prefer the cleaner look, but as it's going to be in a cupboard it's no big deal. Case is nice and it went tog...

I couldn't resist last night when the wife went to bed - placed the board on a box and plugged it all in. http://www.pbase.com/deksawyer/image/152405584/original.jpg Installed openelec, which was a bit of a disaster - no audio at first. Managed to sort that somehow then it would freeze when I select...

Core components added to the motherboard. This is my first ITX system - it's tiny!! As you can see from the pics, I had a little helper (who kept trying to eat the fan cable). ISSUES. I had to remove some of the foam on the Big Shuriken backplate as it was going to interfere with some components. Sh...

Impatience has gotten the better of me waiting on some Thin ITX boards, so I've just ordered this lot: I built this recently, to replace my skt775 Intel HTPC. Was going to go fanless, but at the time, there was no thin ITX 1150 boards available (there are a few now). Here's what I ended up with and ...

Just a little update to my server. How it used to be: Lian Li V300 with some old S939 parts. http://www.pbase.com/deksawyer/image/110643540/original.jpg Latest upgrade (ie full rebuild) http://www.pbase.com/deksawyer/image/141215422/large.jpg Asus E35M1-M PRO 4GB DDR3 Be Quiet BN180 L8 430w Pure Pow...

Well the time has come for a change of WHS case as I'm running out of HDD space and space for the HDD's. I'd been using an Aspire X-Qpack for years, originally as a server running XP but for the last year or more with WHS. I had to stick to a similar form factor due to where the case would be placed...

Well, it turns out neither would fit. The AC was too tall and I couldn't find the bolts for the TR mounting bracket. Doh!! I had no choice but to stick with the AMD heatpipe cooler. CPU is an Opteron 144 (1.8Ghz) and the AC fan spins fast enough to cool it and slow enough not to be a nuisance. I've ...

Hi guys I'm rebuilding my WHS box very soon with a Lian Li P-v350 replacing an ageing A plus case of a similar size. My question is, would I be better using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro to use a front to back airflow route or use a Thermalright XP-120 and quiet fan to utilise an airflow route th...

Thank you!

I've had this lying around for years and I've forgotten who made it, anyone help?



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Cheers Guys - very helpful!!

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I have a T2080 which, if poss., I'd like to use in a low power WHS set up but I don't have a clue if there are still boards available for this. It's Skt.M I believe....

ITX or uATX, it doesn't matter.

Anyone able to help?

cheers

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Sorry - missed this.

Thank you.

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The fans click when at full speed, but are very quiet when undervolted.

I never tried the stock fans - I might give them a go if I can be bothered!

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Well, just an update to say that things are still going well with this pc. I fixed the front PLED issue by plugging the cable into the speaker pins - worked. Software for the OLED is being developed by a third party but is still a long way behind. I'm now geting live tv info, such as channel number ...

Thank you!

desktop boards seem thin on the ground though, eh....

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I have an Intel T2080 lying here but I've no idea what socket fitment this is.

The whole socket M/socket P thing is a bit confusing for me......or is it neither of these?

Can anyone shed some light?

And are there any low power desktop boards it'll fit in..?

thanks

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Read the text, don't just look at the pictures!! :P I've removed the right rear grill and it has helped noise & cooling. My temps are fine as they are so I won't be undervolting. http://www.pbase.com/deksawyer/image/98797003/original.jpg My aim was silence and believe it or not it's the closest PC I...

I've been living with the Omaura case for about a month now and all is well, apart from the OLED software, which leaves a lot to be desired and actually breaks trading standard laws as far as I'm concerned, since it doesn't even come close in real life compared to how it's advertised, but that's ano...

My Omaura TF8 still hasn't arrived, so I've no idea how much room I have to play with, with regards to CPU cooling. However, I seen this on Morley Digital but I don't know what cooler it is. Here's the link to the pic - it's the case on the right; http://www.morleydigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2008...

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How noisy are the case fans?

thanks

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I'm UK based and need to find an XP-120 for S939. No fan required.

cheers

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Yes, I've heard that about other boards before - didn't think of it being the problem though....

...I'll check it out.

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Just installed MCE on this board but can't seem to get it to come out of S3 standby using the MCE 2005 USB remote receiver.

It's actually stumped me because there's nothing in the bios (1405) to enable this feature.

Any words of wisdom??

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I have the Elan Vital Greenerger, which is a pre-cursor to the Nesteq PSU's (Elan went bust and Nesteq bought them out, or something like that) and it's silent most of, if not all the time. I use it in my HTPC in SSM mode and I've never heard the fan kick in at all. It's a highly recommended PSU.......

Yes, you need to do something about the HDD noise. I modded mine by adding some round elastic (around 4 or 5mm) to suspend the drives inside the cage. It was actually a cargo net I used to use on my motorbike; I just unraveled that to have an almost unlimited supply of black, round elastic! I was go...

After having very high temps (via Speedfan) on my WD JS160 sata drive; around 55-60°C, while the Maxtor right next to it was always around 30-35°C, I asked WD what the problem was. Here's their reply; Dear Mr Anderson, some new JS version have a fault in the temp algoritm coding, that's why the temp...

Sorry, I missed this reply..........

My heatsink protrudes around 2cm from the GFX card at its highest point.

How much clearance do you have? And how is the build coming along?

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Thanks for that! I still don't think there's room with my passive VGA cooler. http://i.pbase.com/o4/77/610877/1/57337662.cpucooler.jpg You might want to change that NB cooler as well. The Zalman NB-47J fits nicely. Have you seen the new VF900-Cu VGA cooler from Zalman? Looks good. Keep us updated wi...