[quote="Taxcheat"]FWIW, I stumbled upon this NAS build that had quiet, lots of drives, and ECC ram as goals. Other than the $370 mobo/CPU combo, seems like you could go with most of the rest of the SPCR components. http://www.nerdblog.com/2009/04/good-enough-zfs-nas.html" onclick="window.open(this.h...

Anatorax wrote:I wonder if I will be able to put Accelero S1 on the 6850 card without much trouble. Its TDP is close to the one of 5770. It will be so great...

Hell, I have the S1 on my 5870, and that's pretty damn hot.

Review from Anandtech.

Make sure you setup SpeedFan correctly. Configure->Advanced->set drop down box to correct chip->PWM mode to Software controlled. Of course, the Akasa splitter only works if you're actually using PWM, since it draws power from molex. Otherwise, you'll be better off getting a regular fan splitter, if ...

So, what makes ECC so important that you need it in a home server, but not your desktop computer? BTW, my original question still stands, what's the secret sauce that makes AV-GP drives special? What other differences apart from disabled head parking and error correction is there from regular old Gr...

I don't see what the fuss is about having user details on the right. I mean, SPCR doesn't have avatars anyway, and user names are double listed on the left, just above the post anyway.

Monkeh16 wrote:Having a selection of styles isn't going to increase server load.

No, but it's generally a bad idea to take down a service when lots of people are using it, if something goes wrong.

Pretty much the same. I also have a 92mm fan wedged between my speaker and monitor cables at the back blowing in fresh air. I actually added the 92mm fan after reading one of your posts I believe, but I found having the fan as an intake resulted in better temperatures compared to having it as an exh...

So what exactly are the repercussions of not having ECC? I mean, majority of regular computer systems don't have ECC, why should a file server? Maybe ECC memory is cheap in the US, but in Australia ECC RAM seems to run about 30-50% more expensive, before factoring in MB/chipset compatibility, and li...

Yeah, just go and try stopping the fan manually, one by one. Personally, I just use my finger, but I guess a pencil/eraser works too. =]

SPCR has reviewed the GELID Icy Vision . From looks of things though, the fans have a 4-pin header, but aren't PWM fans. Arctic have other GPU coolers , you might want to take a look. You might want to take a look at the Twin Turbo or the Twin Turbo Pro. AC coolers come with PWM (4 pin) fans, AFAIK....

I can't say anything about noise, but I'd guess the AC would cool better than the GELID. Just a quick look shows that it is much bigger, fitting three 92mm fans as opposed to two. Of course, an extra fan means extra noise, depending on fan speeds. I have an AC Accelero S1 on my 5870, and while idlin...

I'd like to know if there is a major difference between the AV-GP drives and regular old Caviar Green Power drives? A quick look around shows that, at least in Australia, AV-GP drives sell for ~50-70% more than normal WD Green drives. Is it just head parking?

You might want to put your links in a url tag, the forum is truncating them.

So, well ventilated, but bad directed air flow. Air spills everywhere, as opposed to taking a designed path through the case. Correct?

As per thread linked by corrion, contact Antec support. I had the new P183 with CPU backplate hole as well, and my front panel also had electrical noise issues. Antec sent me a front panel module for free, and it has a blue semicircle sticker on the side, and no noise issues.

Oh wow, I didn't know 80PLUS posts a report of all the PSU's they test. Pretty cool. But I mean, you look at the list of offenders, and it's not too surprising, most of those look like YumCha brands. I doubt a brand like Seasonic would do such a stupid thing, especially when they make good PSU's any...

I guess they're "improving" from their designs in the -Hundred series. And you thought they couldn't punch any more holes in those computer cases huh?

You talking about the 7 year old Lanboy? Yeah, it was pretty ugly huh? http://techreport.com/r.x/antec-lanboy/diagonal.jpg Or did you mean the new Lanboy Air? ;] http://www.dvhardware.net/news/2010/antec_lanboy_air.jpg Quite funny reading old press releases ... LANBOY offers gamers all the benefits ...

Try submitting a ticket. Antec might ship it out to you for free.

I don't suppose you have access to another PSU to test with? Sounds like some sort of a short circuit somewhere.
Is budget a major issue in terms of PSU? If you can afford it, the Seasonic X-400 is a great choice. Take a look at the review, if you haven't already.

What's the PSU inside the NSK3480? I can't say for certain, but from my experience, most PSU's are pretty much the same in terms of fan swaps. Pop off the screws, take out the fan, it's a straight swap. The only issue you might have are fan headers, since the PSU might use a smaller, two pin header....

Best to quote MikeC in the other thread asking about P183, in comparison to the R3: The difference between these cases seems relatively subtle when you haven't had them side by side. But when you've built systems in both, it's pretty clear. The Fractal gives you lots of the right features for a very...

You can roll a DIY with some cardboard. That's what people here have been/are doing, since before the P18X had it built in. =]

Very nice PSU. I think my upgrade plans are unchanged though...as nice as 80PLUS Gold is, the CP850 costs 40% less, and has very similar noise performance whilst isolated from system heat.

Going fanless is so extreme and cool, but utterly useless. A Mac mini with much faster hardware and better equipment goes for less, takes much less space, looks better and doesn't sound bad either. Not mentioning the DIY route... Love the SSD and the blu-ray on that new Mac Mini! The 16 GB SSD is h...

Going fanless is so extreme and cool, but utterly useless. A Mac mini with much faster hardware and better equipment goes for less, takes much less space, looks better and doesn't sound bad either. Not mentioning the DIY route... Most general PC users may still find the price hard to stomach. But f...

Where do you think the original P180 came from? It came from a collaboration with the publisher of this forum. Some of the later enhancements came from this forum. So they do pay a lot of attention to this forum regarding quiet PC's, which is the main purpose of the P18x series. Those three-layer s...

If you don't like it, don't buy it. When did it get harder than this? :roll: I suspect that is exactly what the market is doing. Not buying the mini. When I was doing research before buying my P183, I had considered the mini, before quickly putting it aside. Many of the points stated earlier are qu...

I don't suppose you have on board graphics? I was running trimon back with my old X1800/mobo combo, though theoretically I could have gone quad. The main attraction with Eyefinity is SLS--Single Large Surface--which makes the computer think that it's outputting to one large monitor. Useful only real...