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- Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:18 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: I give you the ANTEC SOLO II
- Replies: 177
- Views: 278564
Re: I give you the ANTEC SOLO II
I was debating between the R3, the MIDI, and Solo II and ended up with the Solo II. As was said upthread, for one big video card and not many drives it's probably the best choice if you can swing the $$.
- Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:18 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 4309
- Views: 2594477
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Thin Lizzy - Dedication
- Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:14 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: I give you the ANTEC SOLO II
- Replies: 177
- Views: 278564
Re: I give you the ANTEC SOLO II
I'm about to build a mid-power workstation/gaming machine (quiet/silent of course) and the Solo II looks perfect. I just wish it didn't cost so much freakin $$! I think the cost is what is driving the disappointment. Almost twice the price of the original Solo and not nearly twice the improvement. I...
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:07 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: My corsair 450HX fan is loud, disable?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5005
You will still have current going to a stalled fan motor. The results may be much worse than your current situation. Removing the fan would be a better idea, if the PSU doesn't fault out (someone else will know more than me about this). The best idea would be to either replace the fan with a quieter...
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:20 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Q: Good PSU for HTPC with excellent retail availability?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5082
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:42 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Anyone know of a UPS with gigabit ethernet support?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11800
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:15 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Anyone know of a UPS with gigabit ethernet support?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11800
Just pulling a permit will cost over $50. I've never seen these home-entry devices sold at HD or Lowes, although I never looked for them (assuming they are out of my price range, like several hundred dollars). I would love to hear more about this $50, 50kA device. Like this one from Siemens? http://...
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:13 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Need to pick a PSU for Antec P183 / 200W system
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2394
Re: Need to pick a PSU for Antec P183 / 200W system
1) If the compartment dimensions are the same as the P180 (and I think they are), don't worry about the small gap with a standard PSU. 2) The function of the lower fan is to cool hard drives in the lower compartment. Unless you have it packed with 3 or 4 drives, I would leave it out, since the PSU f...
- Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:06 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone GD04? Release?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 46089
Calling the 120mm fans very loud is a bit ridiculous - you standards must be much higher than mine. They're certainly audible, but if you just spin them down with something like SpeedFan, they're basically inaudible. We wouldn't be here if we weren't ridiculously obsessed with silence. :D Since my ...
- Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:06 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone GD04? Release?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 46089
I finished my HTPC build in the GD04 and it is a good case. The regular Shuriken does fit with an optical drive, with some room to spare. The Big Shuriken might fit - it would be close. Some observations: - Have a #6-32 tap on hand. One of the welded-in motherboard standoffs had either a lot of pain...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:31 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Searching for amp / speakers for casual PC listening
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4338
Instead of going for the dedicated amp you could try one of the Sub-Amp computer type systems. About 5 years ago I paid $50 for a cheap Logitech 5.1 system with a powered sub and maybe 40w per channel, and it still rocks my little office. You don't have to get 5.1. Like this 2.1 system: http://www.n...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:28 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Corporate Greed Will Now Run the US
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15852
I didn't say the whole campaign should be free -- just the access to the airwaves, which is the single largest cost in a campaign. Sheesh -- please read what I wrote. I think if you look at the numbers, it is a very small fraction of campaign costs that go to advertising over the public airwaves. O...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:48 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Corporate Greed Will Now Run the US
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15852
That's an awful lot of words just to say you can't address my points. That's because none of your "points" have anything to do with B.C.R.A. Start a separate thread on prices and salaries, Rupert Murdoch, Obama is a Muslim, propaganda tax sites, verbal communication, or corporate taxes, then form a...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:04 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Corporate Greed Will Now Run the US
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15852
Campaign contributions are absolutely a mode of speech. Your contribution is an expression of your ideas and a method to get them heard. It's no different than hiring an author. The only limit is your willingness to spend more for the purpose. All political campaigns should be free? Who is going to ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:33 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Corporate Greed Will Now Run the US
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15852
Each person in the corporation already had that right, what they gained from the decision was mob rule. Let's not get carried away - mob rule implies violence. We're discussing expression. The ability of a group to express a common opinion is simply the sum of their members' abilities. There is no ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:59 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Corporate Greed Will Now Run the US
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15852
Here's an à propos rant: http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/01/stop-demanding-that-you-get-screwed.html Interesting rant, and I suppose convincing to those who lack critical thinking skills. However, you are changing the subject. What does McCain-Feingold have to do with health care r...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Corporate Greed Will Now Run the US
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15852
God bless the USA and the Constitution! It amazes me how people don't comprehend the phrase "Congress shall make no law..." A corporation is an association of individuals, and while a corporation has no right to vote, the association of individuals have a right to freedom of speech as much as a sing...
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:15 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 4309
- Views: 2594477
- Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:10 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone GD04? Release?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 46089
The Shuriken does fit -- it's about the only one. Maybe some of the old Zalman 7000/7700 might fit... but need to check height. Thanks Mike. only the shortest SATA optical drives and PSUs would fit, due to the space constraints, the PSU being just behind. It seems they should have made the case a l...
- Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:36 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone GD04? Release?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 46089
Can anyone confirm that the Shuriken will fit under the optical drive in the GD04? I'm about to build an HTPC and I like this case, however it seems Silverstone missed the mark. Why force the use of the noisy stock CPU cooler in a case that appears to be designed for silence? Clearly the optical dri...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:33 pm
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
- Replies: 1664
- Views: 1639242
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:41 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Washed my USB stick
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3767
Water resistant
http://www.corsairmemory.com/products/voyager.aspx
Doesn't apply to a wash in a machine though.
I'd shake it a lot, wait a couple hours, shake it again then plug it in
If you have valuable data I might wait a day or 2.
http://www.corsairmemory.com/products/voyager.aspx
Doesn't apply to a wash in a machine though.
I'd shake it a lot, wait a couple hours, shake it again then plug it in
If you have valuable data I might wait a day or 2.
- Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:33 am
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
- Replies: 1664
- Views: 1639242
- Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:35 pm
- Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
- Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
- Replies: 1664
- Views: 1639242
- Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:04 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The answer without a question
- Replies: 147
- Views: 60612
he is an embarassment to the nation and the Republican party. Yes, but not because of Iraq. The left has always disliked him, and he lost the conservative base with all the entitlement spending and trying to give amnesty to illegal aliens. McCain is even worse in that regard, but I digress... Iraq ...
- Fri May 30, 2008 7:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Where's the US going?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7064
- Wed May 28, 2008 10:39 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: how many watts do I need?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5432
Neil is right, this is an amazing PSU. I've built 2 systems with them and they are everything everyone says: quiet, efficient, solid, and inexpensive.NeilBlanchard wrote:I concur -- the Fortron Source Green 300watt PSU is inexpensive ($45.28 shipped at NewEgg), >80% efficient, and very quiet.
- Fri May 23, 2008 6:43 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: A Quick Euro Poll
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19895
- Tue May 20, 2008 8:53 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Help with unknown memory instability problem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5557
- Tue May 20, 2008 7:01 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Help with unknown memory instability problem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5557
Re: Help with unknown memory instability problem
But every time I try to run the memory specific benchmarks in PCMark04, PCMark05, or SANDRA - the system crashes and reboots. Running PCMark04 and PCMark05 overall benchmark scores is not a problem. Wouldn't the overall benchmark also run the memory benchmarks? If the memory-specific benchmark incl...