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- Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:19 am
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: How realistic is a NAS for main storage?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11984
Re: How realistic is a NAS for main storage?
I realize this thread is old but .... The problem w/ reaktek81xx is that they generally don't support jumbo packets and that's IMO a disaster for high performance. WRT NAS speed. A disk may have a 120MBPS sequential transfer rate, but after introducing non-sequential access of files and the overhead...
- Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:23 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Low Idle Power Core i5 System?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7420
Re: Low Idle Power Core i5 System?
Hi all, I've been researching the ideal low power system. I have an Atom PC and it's great at taking less than 35 watts, but it is getting a bit too slow for me. I've been reading Tom's Hardware Review article that you can get a i5 to 25 watt idle load and was hoping I could achieve something simil...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:46 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: 47 watt 7 TB server (disks spun down)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7561
Forever? Given you have enough RAM. I have never used a swap partition under Linux (in recent years anyway) and have always had the page file disabled under WinXP on my main system. Never had any problems with it. Why would you need swap space on a file server? If you run out of dram the OOM reaper...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:46 pm
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: More ps reviews. More enet data
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3582
Sincere thanks for the reply Mike. The question of durability/reliability cannot be answered by any review site w/o vast resources. Fair enough, but how about seeking at least the manufacturers MTTF/MTBF. For example I see the edac power units for the PICO have a reported MTBF of 30,000 hours, which...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:59 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What's wrong with just about everybody. In a nutshell.
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16812
I don't believe that religious nutjobs are the serious problem the OP paints. Certainly not christianity; the protestant reformation and the age of enlightenment knocked most of the rough edges off christianity quite a few centuries ago. Yeah right. Are you serious ? What about all those crazy abor...
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:23 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What's wrong with just about everybody. In a nutshell.
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16812
Intelligence is the biggest threat to dogmatic religions there is. Intelligence is demonized by the church at all costs. It was a crime for a Catholic to own a bible when Catholicism was in its prime. I doubt it. There are a lot of very intelligent religious ppl. They simply have a "blind spot" in ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:19 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Microcenter i5-650 $120 in store deal
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1512
Microcenter i5-650 $120 in store deal
Microcenter is selling the Intel i5-650 for $120, in-store deal only. This compares to Newegg @ $195.
The -650 and -660 (~$205) are the same except for the 3.2Ghz, vs 3.33Ghz clock rate.
Great discount for a 3.9% slower clock IMO.
The -650 and -660 (~$205) are the same except for the 3.2Ghz, vs 3.33Ghz clock rate.
Great discount for a 3.9% slower clock IMO.
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:15 am
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: More ps reviews. More enet data
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3582
More ps reviews. More enet data
First - fantastic site which is why I've been lurking here g=for years. Having just put together a system order based on the list here, I think the power-supply data is getting a lttle dated. The pico' series seems to be the "last word" in silence, but I've never seen any useful data on durability/r...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:39 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
- Replies: 30
- Views: 41312
If you depend on the Menu key, like I do, it seems that you have to just write off this piece of keyboard real estate. I've had this kb for about 1yr and like it a lot - best KB I've ever owned. But a sincere question ... can't you remap your KB under Windoze so if you *need* some specific key not ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:10 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: System won't [boot] with 80w pico
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2863
Your average power consumption may always be under 60W but momentary demands are likely to exceed that number and cause excessive voltage drop which is extremely likely to cause the processor/memory to go to an incorrect state. If the system can boot with one disk only, then there is likely a soluti...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:14 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: What's a good OS for a pentium 1 or 2?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 32867
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:37 am
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: Small, silent, green DIY NAS: suggestions?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 40058
If I were you I'd look into Intel D510/N10 mobos like this one Intel BOXD510MO Thje 945 chipset uses a lot of power, more than the CPU. Also the Atom -330 and D510 have better performance than the 270 you are looking at. You still need a SATA card, or else a ridiculously priced atom mobo. The D945G...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:16 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i5-661: A 32nm CPU with Integrated Graphics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57305
Not sure what Servers have to do in the context of desktop components! If you don't understand, perhaps you should try reading this forum or the website articles of smallnetbuilder.com I suggested. There is a lot of demand for DIY SOHO servers with low_power/low_noise profiles. The reason desktop c...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:33 am
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: Small, silent, green DIY NAS: suggestions?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 40058
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:50 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i5-661: A 32nm CPU with Integrated Graphics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57305
One problem with these new dual cores is that if you use them with a P55 board you end up with a 32nm dual core that consumes up to 10W more at idle than a 45nm quad on the same board. I wonder how a H55 board with a discrete graphics card compares when using an i3 versus i5-750? You are making a s...
- Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:13 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i5-661: A 32nm CPU with Integrated Graphics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57305
One problem with these new dual cores is that if you use them with a P55 board you end up with a 32nm dual core that consumes up to 10W more at idle than a 45nm quad on the same board. I wonder how a H55 board with a discrete graphics card compares when using an i3 versus i5-750? You are making a s...
- Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:13 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i5-661: A 32nm CPU with Integrated Graphics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57305
Just an FYI for anyone looking at the Intel MOBOs for the new 32mm parts. I just determined that both boards (DH55HC & DH55TC) use the Intel 82578DC enet interface. This part does NOT handle jumbo packets according to Intel http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35653 Since my intention is to build a ...
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:55 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i5-661: A 32nm CPU with Integrated Graphics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57305
Most sites used the Asus P7H57DV-EVO which consumes a lot more power than the Intel H55 board that SPCR used – TechReport . It’ll be interesting to see what a decent low power .... I've been tracking low power but mid-high performance boards & CPUs for some time. My opinion is that Asus is part...
- Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:27 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Quiet & Ultra Low Power Router/Firewall/Server on Debian
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9613
I'm looking to build a similar server,. I think the Intel DG45ID looks superior to the DG45FC for any purpose I can think of (including price). My server needs are greater so I can't consider the Atom. E7400 or E8200 perhaps. Someone claims the Atom can be made into such a low idle power, but I thin...
- Sun May 17, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: low(er) power high(ish) performance server recommendations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7476
low(er) power high(ish) performance server recommendations
I need suggestions/advice re a 24x7 soho server. It will run Linux, many network services including routing, DNS,DHCP, and encrypted tunnel, LDAP authentication. email. Also serving files on the LAN side and dealing with encrypted flie systems. Power, heat & noise are issues. The system will be "up"...
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:25 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: MSI IM-945GSE-A (MS-9830) mini-itx atom N270 board
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12820
I'm not surprised at the price - no fans means more heat-sink, and this is an industrial board w/ a nextended temp/vibe spec. Probably a great choice for a carputer. Problems tho ... they use the N270 rather than the N330 processor (lower performance for a mosdest poewr increase). They use the 945GS...
- Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:09 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: [Survey] Most Silent (Recent/New) 3.5" Drive 300-400GB
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8298
This is a useful site, http://forums.storagereview.net/ And if you signup and enter your disk data you get access to the database. My reading and experience is that all drive manufacturers have had reliability problems. I had a Seagate 160GB SATA go bad on me 2 months ago, but the drive had been spi...
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:58 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Ionic Breeze PC Cooling rig
- Replies: 84
- Views: 105558
From a theoretical point of view: NO change in temperature. :-) Yeah a slight change in temp for a non-ideal gas, but it's mostly entropy. Increasing the convection in the heat pipe isn't a huge increase in efficiency so long as these are properly mounted. Are you really sure about that? Hmmm... ho...
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:03 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Ionic Breeze PC Cooling rig
- Replies: 84
- Views: 105558
How about combining the acceleration of ions with heat pipes? I guess that the radiator part of a heat pipe is limited in size because of the passive heat transport. Is that correct? If yes, could we possibly make heat pipes even more efficient by accelerating the internal gas transport? Pehaps sli...
- Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:43 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Almost ready to place AMD64 quiet order....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9409
- Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:06 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: cheap, low power and fanless system
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5316
Re: cheap, low power and fanless system
Hi I wanna built a system fit to run ftp, apache and do some downloading 24/7 running winXP. My criteria is that is has to be cheap, use as little power as possible, as small as possible and has to be able to run XP. This is what I have come up with myself so far: mobo: VIA EPIA-5000 case: Morex Cu...
- Sun Sep 26, 2004 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Why no Pentium-M MoBo ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7809
Re: Why no Pentium-M MoBo ?
If I coud buy a decent PentiumM Dothan motherboard I would do so today. Why aren't these available ? I see a news report that there is one in Japan. Can anyone tell me how to find this or other similar boards ? check ultim8pc.co.uk they have a mini-itx mb for pentium-m Thanks XLYZ, These guys are a...
- Sun Sep 26, 2004 7:47 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Why no Pentium-M MoBo ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7809
Ever try to explain to someone not computer hardware knowlegeable why they they should buy a Pentium M or Athlon XP laptop rather than a P4 or P4-M? It takes a lot of explaining. So the market you're talking about is still very small, and the parts will be expensive when they do become available. I...
- Sun Sep 26, 2004 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Why no Pentium-M MoBo ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7809
Why no Pentium-M MoBo ?
As much fun as it is to undervolt CPUs and spend your life making one-off hardware hacks (and your afterlife repairing and debugging these) ... I'd much rather buy a good solution. I Am extremely impressed with the power vs performance of my Dothan Pentium-M laptop. It beats my 2.6 P4HT system on ne...
- Sun Sep 26, 2004 1:53 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Cheap and silent laptop
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3902