Congratulations! SPCR has been a daily visit for longer than I can remember. My thanks to Mike and all who have contributed, quite literally, to a quiet life.

martin

So the bottom line is that a 450w psu should be ok for the system I'll build. I just wonder if the power consumption of i5 2500, as stated in the intel's web site, could be more than 95w under heavy load or is this the maximum amount it would spend? what do you think guys? Chip manufacturers state ...

What is your budget in this? If money is no object then the Seasonic X-400 or Kingwin STR-500 are both amazing. As you say money is no object, want to build a good system that should last at least 6-7 years. As for the 80% efficiency level, I think this relates to two different things. Ok I know th...

Just a "me too" on going with a quality 450/500W PSU, and that those much lower in capacity tend not to be of the finest vintage. If it helps provide a level of comfort, this is what I have connected to a Corsair HX520 (ie 520W) PSU: X58 motherboard, i7 980X, 12GB RAM, 3 x hard drives, 1 x SSD, DVD,...

Might I suggest separating your concerns over intellectual property from the skills needed to developer and support and database driven website, at least at first? You can develop your ideas using software on your own PC/Mac, and thus keep to yourself. You should likely speak to a suitably qualified...

Juat wanted to add my thanks for the reviews, always good to hear people's experiences.

martin

Just like to add my small voice to the sense of shock, but also my very best wishes and thanks to Mike and the whole SPCR community. I only have half a dozen websites pinned to the top of my browser for daily visits and SPCR has always been one of those. Whatever happens, the journey has been excell...

I have one of these RE2 models, love it. Go for the curry option.

Fitted Nexus 120mm to a SI-120 by cutting out the offending plastic webs. Just used a junior hacksaw to make three cuts per web, scored along the bottom with a craft knife then snapped out the pieces using some pliers. Very easy job if you don't mind a little cosmetic ugliness, this is a robust fan....

FWIW, I'm running a A8N-SLI Premium off a Nexus 4090. Has 3700+, SI-120 w/Nexus 120mm, 2GB, 7800GTX 512, 3 x HDs, 2 x optical, TBan. Very stable.

The 7800GTX 512 is pleasantly quiet

cheers, martin

I'm struggling to believe it is only 3 years - seems like much longer, and I mean that in a good sense

Congratulations! Long may SPCR reign.

cheers, martin

Not sure this really helps you much but I swapped out a Nexus 3000 (needed elsewhere) for a Nexus 4090. Found the 4090 was even quieter. I run P4 plus a gaggle of drives so likely a bit further up the power (hence PSU fan noise curve) than some.

cheers, martin

Further European source: I've had a "Noise Control Stealth Chieftec Dragon" for quite a while and am very happy with it. Purchased from www.chillblast.com in the UK.

cheers, martin

Have had 4090 for a couple of months. Extremely happy with it I run a reasonably thirsty system (P4/2.66, 4 x IDE drives, 2 x CDRW, ATI 9800Pro) and find it completely stable and a very low noise PSU. Beat the previous Nexus 3000 I had (also decent PSU but donated to other system).

cheers, martin

Given the use you've described, you should have no trouble at all serving your small network. The hard drive will not be taxed.

cheers, martin

I assume we we're talking about a VIE EPIA motherboard/CPU. It will absolutely be able to cope with streaming your MP3s over a LAN. A 486 would probably suffice :-) It is easy to forget how dramatically powerful recent desktop CPUs have become, yet not long ago a P-III was considered pretty decent f...

Jordan - sorry if I nabbed the last one!

Just to close the loop about buying from Novatech (see couple of messages up) - have now been sent correct 4090 model.

We are not worthy, we are not worthy



A Happy Customer

Beware if you order a 4090 from Novatech in the UK - they shipped me a Nexus 4000 last week instead. RMA in progress (and very efficient pickup it was too), waiting to hear the outcome. Suggest anyone ordering double checks what they will get.

joshley, I've been running a Duron 1GHz with a Zalman Flower+fan on a secondary box for a couple of years. No problems at all. It has been crunching number 24/7 all that time.

cheers, martin

TheDarkHacker: snap. This is spooky

TheDarkHacker: clearly we are persons of discerning and taste Have been very happy with this board, must have used just about every connection thus far - and as you know, there are many!

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I have a GA-SINXP1394 which has been running happily for many months without the Dual Power doohickey ever being installed. I always understood that it was optional (at least on that model of board, probably most others too). Mainly it got it the way of my Zalman Flower cooler.

cheers, martin

Hi Tigr. I think we have different needs. I would love to have a front panel (= ease of access) unit which can tell me internal temps AND can provide programable fan control. Programable to me means setting a voltage curve (or at least straight line) between min and max temps. Also with programable ...

Steve, many thanks for the link. Does indeed look to be the same unit. More links on the Kingwin site.The following is good info: http://www.systemcooling.com/kingwin_thermalcenter-03.html Disappointing that the start of each temp range is 25C - that's more like an ambient temp than something you wo...

Bump. Anyone?

Anyone got experience of this, or any pointers to reviews (no luck with google):

http://www.qtec.info/products/product.htm?artnr=13952

In particular, I'm curious about the temp response curve and whether it will work OK with 2 lead fans that I have eg L1A.

cheers, martin

Interesting - I have been pondering a similar arrangement to give me off-site backup of data I would not like to lose in case of catastrophe. Apologies if any of what follows is already obvious to you. 1. Provide a backup for a dedicated webserver I have, probably using rsync(?). rsync is good. If t...

silvervarg: you may be confusing SSD with flash memory (eg CF card). SSD is usually a whole pile of pretty normal RAM with a batter backup. Flash memory is just, well, flash memory - it has a limited number of guaranteed write cycles eg 100,000.

cheers, martin