The Gigabyte H55-USB3 has a JMicron JMB363 (aka "Gigabyte SATA2").

I know I posted a reply yesterday, but I don't see it now!? :( I hear you about RAID and backups. Problem is, I rarely get around to doing the real backup. I ended up going with 2x500gb mirrored, since I already had 1 of these drives, and 1TB regular for media and stuff. This is nice because I can b...

Not really, there isn't a workstation near enough. I ended up going for an i5 650. I felt bad about losing performance to reduce heat, I went back and forth a lot. In the end I'm hoping this will run cool enough. I got a Gigabyte H55-USB3 mobo so I can use the i5's GPU. This is nice because I don't ...

I've been looking at CPU specifications, at the TDP numbers. For Intel the 32nm i5 and i3 are pretty low at 73w. For AMD the Athlon 2 250, 245, and 240 are 65w. The AMD Phenom II X4 905e is also 65w.

I have a closet that doesn't get much airflow. A little, but not a lot. Currently I have an old server in there that gets quite warm. It is time to replace it, so I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions on CPU/mobo/PSU/GPU/etc that would work well in such an environment? The machine is norm...

Hard to say if my 275 is quieter than your 260. I haven't messed with fan speeds or anything since it is very quiet already. My Antec P180 case has 3 120mm fans set to low (they each have a low-med-hi switch) and the CPU has an additional 120mm, mobo controlled. The computer purrs quietly, I definit...

swinster, nope, it has two DVI ports and svideo, no HDMI.

Sure. It is quiet! So much quieter than my 3870. It spends almost all of its time on the desktop in Windows 7, so that fan is at whatever is the default. I hear it runs the fan slow and consequentially the card hot. Some people turn up the idle fan speed, but I'm sure it is fan. So it is very quiet ...

Thanks for all the feedback. I went back and forth looking for the right buy. On the cheap end, the HIS 4670 IceQ is ~$70 and it runs cool and has a quiet slot cooler. This card is slightly less powerful than a 8800 GTS and less than half as powerful as a 4850. Honestly the 4670 meets my needs, but ...

That's why I'm asking! :D So the plan is to get this one: DIAMOND 4770PE5512 Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103077 Is that the same fan solution you have? I'll give it a day or ...

What is the most powerful but quiet video card? This is for a desktop machine, but I do want to play games, however very rarely. I don't want to go with a fanless card as I think they get too hot. What is the most powerful card that has a quiet fan? I triad a Sapphire HD 3870 and it is horribly loud...

I want a buff machine to play games. Pretty simple.

Why folding? It seems that is a lot cash worth of hardware, electricity, and time. Whats the point? No offense meant, I'm just curious.

I have my hard drive mounted to my case lid. Think thick aluminum plate. It is mounted with three screws into the drive with nothing on the other side of the drive. I'm currently using rubber grommets to try and dampen vibrations but the lid still vibrates quite a lot. Here is what it looks like... ...

This has happened to me. It took over a week to regain full hearing in one ear again. I was scared though! I sounded just like you do. :) Don't worry, it'll come back. You don't have to regret it until you are 55. :p The easiest way to tell how bad it was was (can I say was was?) to use a cell phone...

As a follow up to this thread , I wanted to let you guys know how it all turned out. We left off with my OCZ ram not being able to run at its rated 2-3-2-5 with 2.6v. Replacements came in yesterday and I was able to achieve this overclock... 2384 (227x10.5) 2.5-3-3-11 (3373/3085 bandwidth) 1.72 vcor...

I think I like that solution, Ralf, better than mixing AS3 with AS epoxy. I'm going to put an NB47J on my NF7's southbridge because it gets so hot you can't leave your finger pressed against it for longer than a second or two.

Thanks for the link alglove! The memory they reviewed was 2.5-3-2-8 and what I have is 2-3-2-5, but it was still an interesting read. The OCZ memory actually beat the Corsair 2-2-2-5 in 3dMark03. Not by much though, and in the other benchmarks the OCZ was slightly behind. When they talk about its in...

I put slightly more of AS3 on the cpu after I did the pin mod. I am pretty sure I did it right, and temps are the same as before I did the pin mod. The pin mod went pretty smoothly, the wire I used was tiny. AGP frequency is 66mhz. silvervarg, I'll give CPUburn a shot. I haven't done any measurement...

We must've posted at the same time. I sooo need to pass out, I'll have to try the 2-3-2-5 at 2.6v tomorrow.

Well, been playing around without much luck. I flashed to D10, disabled APIC (not in the bios, but as described by Mickey Padge here ), performed the L12 pin mod (and verified the mobo saw my 2600+ mobile as a 2500+ @ 11x166), disabled everything I could under "Advanced Chipset Features" in the bios...

I don't know, have you touched your southbridge? Mine is hotter than anything else on the mobo. I've got Arctic Silver 3 on the nb, but its not a problem to put the stock one back for a bit. The guide was saying some of the higher bios' aren't as good for OCing. Should I go with D10 since I have the...

Last night after I posted I ran Prime95 at 2400mhz and it rebooted. 2300 had calculation errors. 2200 rebooted. At that point I went to sleep. :( Thanks for the reply apocalypse80! Ok, since the 3 in the OCZ ram's rating is ras-to-cas, the ram does work correctly at its rated timings. The nb is cove...

In this post you guys helped me understand a lot and to pick out the components for my new box. Well, the components are here (except for the case - the components are plugged together without a case!) and I have a few questions about how the ram is performing. I ended up going with the OCZ Enhanced...

Group hug!

Yeah, Atech Fabrication has a "mass storage" case that is really neat. Really expensive though. My thought is that I'll just use a networked PC in a different room to store movies, music, and such. This way I can get by with just one hard drive, which is all the case will fit with the options I chos...

Here is the part list so far. The less popular items I made into links. Nothing is purchased yet unless otherwise specified... $549 A-Tech 5000 case (black, slot loading, touchscreen , USB-UIRT) ($100 deposit paid) $407 Xenarc 700TS 7" 16:9 LCD touchscreen (just purchased today) $50 USB-UIRT $75 350...

Unrelated to the failure, but AFAIK, packing peanuts dissolve in water.

I suppose I'll go with the NB47J. The guy I found on google said that was a tight fit, the CNPS6000 probably wouldn't fit. mpteach, yep, I have an Audigy ZS 2 so I can get EAX 4.0 in games. :) So this means I have firewire if I really need it. Been looking at what other components I need. Mainly wha...

I managed to track down this thread where somebody was questioning if the NB47J would fit on an NF7-S with a SP-97. He bought one and said, "Tight fit. Looks really nice.", so I asume it fit for him. 8) I assume the NF7 (not -S) will be the same. Nice work on your passive cooling machine! I wonder i...