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- Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:48 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Fractal Design Define 7 & XL - Reviews and Discussion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5870
Re: Fractal Design Define R7 & XL - Reviews and Discussion
Can you remove the PSU shroud? It doesn't seem like it has a functional purpose.
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:32 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Seagate's 10TB HDDs
- Replies: 38
- Views: 168954
Re: Seagate's 10TB HDDs
Hadn't heard of the WD80EFAX, but from pictures, it looks like it might be more related to the WD100EFAX (i.e. the 10TB Red I wrote about having maddening 'background maintenance' noises). I won't be taking a risk on those and will leave it to a quiet PC enthusiast who owns one to comment. I have a...
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:05 am
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: Ethernet vs. Powerline vs. Wifi Adapter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17201
Re: Ethernet vs. Powerline vs. Wifi Adapter
I tried power line networking and it barely worked at all (tried in multiple locations in two buildings). WiFi is much more predictable in my experience.
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:55 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Tips for selecting a case (2018)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12795
Re: Tips for selecting a case (2018)
And if the power supply is facing up-side down, it's facing the floor or desk. And what's wrong with that? If there's enough space between the case and the floor. Like you're indicating, it's potentially marginal, but it's also basic thermodynamics. Heat rises and the power supply is designed for t...
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:06 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Seagate's 10TB HDDs
- Replies: 38
- Views: 168954
Re: Seagate's 10TB HDDs
This thread should be moved to the hard drive forum; not many people will find it here. Anyway... Some info that may be useful: the latest 8TB WD Reds (WD80EFAX) are air drives, not helium. This means higher motor noise (also higher power consumption than the 10TB WD100EFAX). But the seek noise is l...
- Thu May 03, 2018 6:37 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Micron 1100 a really good value SSD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12606
Re: Micron 1100 a really good value SSD
I doubt they are "new" drives as claimed, but regardless, the price is good.
- Thu May 03, 2018 6:30 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: how quiet are 2tb seagate 7mm 2.5 drive?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7756
Re: how quiet are 2tb seagate 7mm 2.5 drive?
It's a two platter, shingled recording drive.
- Thu May 03, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic Prime Ultra - Bad Fan and Bequiet Straight Power 11
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18588
Re: Seasonic Prime Ultra - Bad Fan and Bequiet Straight Powe
It's only a sample of one, but I'm happy with my Seasonic Focus Plus. It uses a 120mm fan. When I toggle the fanless button, I can't hear any difference. I don't know what the minimum fan speed is, but the air flow is very low; I can barely feel it. Anyway, if I had got unlucky with the fan, I would...
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:02 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Need alternate recommendation to WD Red [SOLVED]
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25026
Re: Need alternate recommendation to WD Red
Why not a 2.5" drive?
- Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: With helium drives, anything above 6TB = noisy?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 56564
Re: With helium drives, anything above 6TB = noisy?
I have a WD80EFAX (8TB "Red" helium 5400rpm) pulled from an external. The idle noise is unpleasant (high pitched whine), but not loud. Installed in my PC case, it's fine. Seeks are a loud, dull "thud". In addition, the drive does something in the background, which means you will hear seek noises ev...
- Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: With helium drives, anything above 6TB = noisy?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 56564
Re: With helium drives, anything above 6TB = noisy?
I have a WD80EFAX (8TB "Red" helium 5400rpm) pulled from an external. The idle noise is unpleasant (high pitched whine), but not loud. Installed in my PC case, it's fine. Seeks are a loud, dull "thud". In addition, the drive does something in the background, which means you will hear seek noises eve...
- Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:36 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Recommend me a UPS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7505
Re: Recommend me a UPS
As for silent, are you talking about silent during normal operations? I don't generally have UPSs near me in a quiet room to notice if there is any coil noise or anything. When there is a power outage there will always be noise from the conversion but that's the least of my worries at that point in...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:52 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Recommend me a UPS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7505
Recommend me a UPS
Looking for an inexpensive, totally silent UPS. Doesn't need to be high capacity.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Any advice would be appreciated.
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:53 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P280 (or similar) drive trays for high capacity HDs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5321
Re: Antec P280 (or similar) drive trays for high capacity HD
Hmm...the P100 is still for sale (Newegg has it in stock) and it uses the P280 trays:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1458-page4.html
If they want to keep selling the product and avoid returns, it seems to me they have to update. No?
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1458-page4.html
If they want to keep selling the product and avoid returns, it seems to me they have to update. No?
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:42 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P280 (or similar) drive trays for high capacity HDs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5321
Antec P280 (or similar) drive trays for high capacity HDs
Has Antec made drive trays that support the newer HD screw positions (used by high platter count HDs)?
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:31 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Quiet card for 4k/5k desktop use?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17023
Re: Quiet card for 4k/5k desktop use?
Yes, good point. Although some of us are still using PCs that predate DP1.2.Vicotnik wrote:Would integrated graphics + low-end card with DP work?
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:01 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Quiet card for 4k/5k desktop use?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17023
Re: Quiet card for 4k/5k desktop use?
I haven't seen a low-end card with more than 1 Displayport output. This may or may not be a problem depending on your monitor choice.
- Sat Apr 08, 2017 3:46 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: What's a good idle GPU temperature?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7216
Re: What's a good idle GPU temperature?
I was wrong about the Gigabyte being fanless under 60 degrees. It's actually fanless under 58 or 57, something like that. I was "successful" in getting the fan to spin up without gaming or anything too stressful. The fan isn't loud at low speed (it's very loud at the 3000rpm maximum!), but I can hea...
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:23 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: What's a good idle GPU temperature?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7216
Re: What's a good idle GPU temperature?
I guess it's normal then. It does mean that any 3D at all will push it over 60 and start the fans. A fully passive card would be better since they have beefier heatsinks, but not many choices.
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:28 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: What's a good idle GPU temperature?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7216
What's a good idle GPU temperature?
My nvidia 1050ti card ( this one: http://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N105TWF2OC-4GD ) idles in the 50s. (It's fanless under 60). That's with a 21 degree ambient temperature. Is this normal? My case doesn't have much airflow, just a single slow 120mm fan.
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Silent 4K office (not gaming) card?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7351
Re: Silent 4K office (not gaming) card?
Not counting obsolete cards, there's nothing cheaper than the AMD 460 or Nvidia 1050. It would be nice if they made a cheap 64-bit card for upgraders, considering that people are keeping their PCs longer due to the slow progress in CPU speed etc.
- Sat Oct 22, 2016 7:34 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Largest 5400rpm storage?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6371
Re: Largest 5400rpm storage?
Maybe they had an excess inventory of 7200rpm drives so they sneakily relabeled them. Or perhaps there never was a 5400rpm version of the 8TB drive, and it's just a fiction created by WD's marketing department so they can sell the same drive at two prices.
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:18 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: The case against SSDs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11924
Re: The case against SSDs
Are you nostalgic for tape drives? They still exist, but only for niche applications. Hard drives are going the same way.
- Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:42 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB M.2/PCI-E SSD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10386
Re: Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB M.2/PCI-E SSD
Ok, good. I know some of the Intel PCIe SSDs only boot in EFI mode. EFI is what retail PCs have used since Windows 8 (Microsoft requires it). You know, "secure boot" and all that crap. Most systems older than Win8 were classic boot only (the traditional method based on the original 1981 IBM PC...Mas...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:20 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB M.2/PCI-E SSD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10386
Re: Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB M.2/PCI-E SSD
Ah, so it's AHCI. Still, if it doesn't have a boot ROM (still waiting for an answer on that), then support for it would be BIOS dependent. Even if the BIOS knows about AHCI for on-board SATA ports, it doesn't automatically mean that it supports booting from ROMless add on cards.
- Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:53 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB M.2/PCI-E SSD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10386
Re: Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB M.2/PCI-E SSD
So I take it you had no problem booting from it, on an old machine? In what modes (EFI or classic)? My understanding is that most of these laptop PCIe SSDs don't have boot ROMs, so only work on newer machines with NVMe support built into the BIOS.
- Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:18 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving Windows 8 to a 3TB drive, tips?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4152
Re: Moving Windows 8 to a 3TB drive, tips?
Followup in case somebody stumbles onto this via google... Acronis Trueimage does support cloning a Windows MBR source drive onto a >2TB drive while converting to GPT and making it bootable in one simple step. You need an EFI BIOS and you need to boot into Acronis (CD/USB) in EFI mode. This is the e...
- Thu Dec 26, 2013 2:57 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving Windows 8 to a 3TB drive, tips?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4152
Moving Windows 8 to a 3TB drive, tips?
Has anyone successfully moved Windows 8 to a >2TB drive? I've used Acronis Trueimage (the free version provided by Western Digital or Seagate) in the past and it's always worked great, but there are a lot of complications with >2TB drives. These are the things I think I know: 1) MBR is limited to 2T...
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:36 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: New Antec Case 193 or 280 (or 183 maybe)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10762
Re: New Antec Case 193 or 280 (or 183 maybe)
The P280 is really nothing special, compared to the majority of the cases on the market - it does away with the divided zones of the P183, does away with support for the CP PSUs, does away with the more solid, removable drive cages and does away with the multi-ply construction of the side panels. I...
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:48 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10839
Re: Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
The "2" is shorter and deeper. It supports E-ATX motherboards.