The magic mouse is okay in Windows 7, but the scrolling is jerkier than in OS X and it doesn't support multi-touch gestures.

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I took some power measurements for the HTPC with a Kill-A-Watt. Idle figures taken on Windows desktop. Load figures taken running Prime95. With Seasonic 250W microATX PSU: Idle - 48 W Load - 74 W With PicoPSU-90 and FSP 75W AC/DC adapter: Idle - 33 W Load - 61 W These f...

Thanks. It's an Orion FS1 Free Standing Cabinet
http://www.rackcabinets.co.uk
It's 12u, 600mm depth.

The stock fan on the Core-i3 is very good and I never hear it. In contrast, the stock fan on the Core-i5 was rubbish and I replaced it straightaway. The Dell switch is fanless.

Thanks. Yeah, it's quite loud but it's mainly for movies so the sound mostly drowns it out. It's 720p.

4 years ago, I posted a thread about my Tri-Monitor Rackmount PC . Somehow it managed find its way onto the front page of Digg and ended up with 340,000 page views! I decided recently to upgrade both my desktop PC and my Home Theatre PC to Sandy Bridge, so thought I'd post some photos and stuff here...

Thanks all for the great advice. I fitted two Sapphire HD6450 512MB DDR3 (passive) cards today. Just did some quick tests and they are using about 15 watts less on idle than my two Nvidia 7600GT cards. Only slight annoyance is that they have DVI and HDMI ports very close together, so an HDMI to DVI ...

Can anyone recommend a graphics card for my desktop PC? I need to drive 3 DVI (single link) monitors and an HDMI projector. I'm currently using two 7600GT cards, but having just upgraded to Sandy Bridge, I'd like something more modern. I don't play games much, but need good de-interlacing performanc...

You could have used a USB flash drive instead AND could have installed Windows if you wanted to (linux is better anyway). :lol: I'm not critical of this setup, just wanted to know. Good point - I didn't consider a USB flash drive. I'm not sure whether it would be as fast though. I don't need Window...

Look on google images to find a low-res image to copy.

I just uploaded to flickr an old photo i took of it on my phone...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesg990/2573281527/

Mojo, I wasn't impressed with the VIA board at all. At first, it crashed constantly in X and I rebuilt the kernel about a million times with various patches trying to solve it. I have a friend who bought a Jetway board with the same chipset and that had the same problem. I get 30MB/sec from it where...

demonheadx wrote:Can i ask where you got the 1up mushroom. that is freakin awesome!

http://www.pixelblocks.com

Thanks all. There's no ducting - I've removed the back door of the cabinet for ventilation and cable access, and that's it. It doesn't run particularly hot. I have the video cards connected in SLI, but I hardly ever use them in SLI. I don't play games much nowadays. Ebay is good for old rackmount eq...

Yes. I normally run in non-SLI mode using all three monitors. The SLI bridge remains connected.

When I want to run an SLI game (hardly ever), I just go into the Nvidia control panel, enable SLI and then reboot. In SLI mode, I only get a picture on the centre monitor.

Thanks Rick. Haven't done exhaustive tests, but CPU temp up to about 60 deg C, GPU up to about 80 deg C (both much lower at idle). Can't remember temp of VIA CPU, but it's so low power it doesn't need active cooling. I had about 100 days uptime until I installed a patch and needed to reboot! The blu...

I'm currently working out which components to buy for an upgrade of my HTPC. I plan to use as much passive cooling as possible, but the case I have is very limited in space. It's a very substantial aluminium case (sides are 7mm thick) so I thought it might be ideal to use the case itself as a heatsi...

Thanks Jay. Yeah, the bottom of the cabinet is open, and it's on castors so there's plenty of airflow from the bottom.

I've removed the back door of the cabinet as it makes cable access a lot easier and you can't tell when it's against a wall.

Very nice setup! Just one thing I am wondering about... suspended with bungee cord in the 1u case. How!?! Do you have any pics of that? I didn't have any pics but I just took some, as it's quite easy to pull out the individual machines now :) There's hardly any room (1U is 1.75 inches) to suspend a...

very impressive. It shows what someone can do these days when they are motivated - and have some cash to spend, lol! How much did the main PC set you back? If only there were more people like you to set the example... The only enthusiasts I know just get the latest and greatest cpu, video, ram, and...

Kater was joking! I thought it was pretty funny anyway :) I don't play much music on this PC, which is why I only have a rubbish pair of Creative 2.1 speakers. I built myself a home theatre PC a couple of years ago which took a lot more effort than the cabinet! I should really do a write-up on that ...

BIONIC_EARS wrote:What's the make/model of that cabinet, please?

Orion FS1 Free Standing Cabinet
http://www.orionuk.biz/asp/product.asp?productId=3

It's the 12u one, 600mm depth.

$70 mouse? what are the raw specs of the computer? it looks gorgeous. Yeah, it's a mighty mouse. Not that good for gaming, but it's nice to use. I've got other mice but always come back to the mighty mouse! In summary, specs are Core 2 Duo E4300 1.86Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 2xGeforce 7600GT, 250Gb HD, Windows...

zoob wrote:Sweet setup! Can you take some pictures of the back of the monitors? I have no idea how you managed to get the cables so hidden!

Sure. You might notice a couple of speakers behind there as well

It could be. I bought it from Ikea years ago. I'd quite like a desk with a glass top next. Mind you, drilling a hole in it would probably be out.

Thanks all for the kind comments. I posted here when I started this project a few months ago and got some very helpful advice, so I thought the least I could do is post up the finished result. I did wonder whether I was going over the top when i was drilling a hole in the centre of my desk to hide t...

:) Nieeece! What was your initial reason for wanting so much screen space? Not saying it's a bad thing, just curious ;) I find it makes me more productive. I can have reference material on one screen, a browser on another, be writing stuff or editing code on the centre screen. It beats having to Al...

Very nice job. And nice to see I am not the only nut who wants three monitors :) How is that Asus board working out for you? I still haven't decided what to use for my new build. One voice tells me to go for an SLI capable mainboard, while the other voice tells me to stay clear of Nvidia mainboard ...

Now updated, May 2011 - My Quad-Monitor Rackmount PC and HTPC! I recently had a massive ebay sale of all my old computer and hi-fi junk and decided to build my ultimate PC from scratch. It's taken a slow, but rewarding, 3 months to buy all the bits required and complete it all. My requirements were...

Thanks to all (especially Moogles) for the info! I actually ordered the system the day after I posted the original post. I assembled the PC yesterday and am very pleased with it so far. The Xilence passive PSU seems to cope fine with the SLI graphics cards. The only sounds in the case are the case f...

Here's the case I'm after. I think it should have good airflow, although the fan is only 120mm at the front. http://www.xcase.co.uk/p/289404/compucase-s400-short-4u-rackmount---430mm-deep-no-psu.html I'm mainly concerned that the PSU won't be sufficient for SLI. People seem to run hugely powerful PS...

Looks interesting. Didn't know about that. Unfortunately my monitors are 1600x1200.