With the Asus M2A-VM (HDMI) you can go down to 0.8 Volt. Concerning dimensions: uATX 245x229 mm; a couple of mm-s bigger than what you have specified. Has Gb Ethernet. You can disable almost (?) everything (haven't tried the int. video, since I am using that!) i second that. i'm running an M2A-VM a...

I recently bought a M2A-VM MB to use as a diskless Kubuntu workstation. I installed an Athlon-64 X2 3600+CPU, and 2 GB of PC5300 DDR2 memory. This was installed in an Antec Minuet case and an LG DVD drive. A 80Gb WD IDE drive was used to install Feisty Fawn (March 28?) Kubuntu beta. I experimented ...

Why not an new Amd 690 board? Quite many feats on that chipset. Too bad Asrock don't make any though as their bios rocks on uATX boards. I recently built a computer using the Asus M2A-VM (AMD 690G), with 4200+ EE 65W 90nm, 2x1gb, 1x250gb (WD), dvdrom drive. With the kill-a-watt, it would draw aroun...

I believe the ASUS board undervolts as well

how're the temps btw? The temps are very nice, at full load the CPU only gets up to 52c, and that's with a 50% overclock. I'll post some screenshots later on. why dont you just unplug your cpu fan and go passive? you seem to have enough airflow and the best cpu heatsink there is so there shouldnt b...

I use the arctic cooling rev 2 (or whatever the first generation type was) on my X850XT. It is currently at 43oC at idle, with the fan at lowest speed. I plugged my fan directly to a 12V drive cable (as opposed to using the header on the video card). When I am playing battlefield 2, the temps will g...

I am on my 3rd ATI AIW9600XT. The first two had silencers (the AC VGA Silencer -- original one), and they died after 2-3 months. I don't know what could cause this. I suspect maybe overclocking? Then again, I am wondering about the fan. Maybe it draws too much power (esp when its at 5V where I assum...

FWIW, the Truepower gives coil whine with my p4p800 (only noticeable at 1 ft away). The enermax doesn't have any whine with a p4p800-SE mobo (havn'et tried it with anything else). gksam: It's nice to know that is quiter than the Antec 380S, wich is quieter than my TP 430..:) the_smell: I have a VERY...

hvengel, thanks for the lead on the powersuppply unit. now if only i could scrounge the funds to give this a try

I have the enermax noisetaker 475 in one of my systems. I believe mine is the same model that MikeC reviewed (the PFC one). I think its a great powersupply (nice and heavy). Its pretty quiet too -- much quieter than my Sonata Truepower 380. I would have loved to give the Seasonic Super Tornado Rev A...

Similar to what is used in the shuttle. http://www.mini-box.com/pw-120-M.htm They claim it can power "most" motherboards, with up to 3.0 ghz. Wonder if anybody tried such a thing for a moderate-PC (i.e. P4 2.4 with modest video card, single harddrive). Of course you'd need a very good AC->DC12V inve...

I am using a Zalman 6500 on mine. I got the one which screws onto the motherboard (requires removal of the p4 retention bracket) -- this eliminated the need for a CPU shim. Also there is then heatsink->core direct contact. My p4 1.4M will run 2.4ghz at 1.5V. It will run 2.0ghz at 1.3V. Its been up w...

Hi. I have a 3.0C, and have a moderate overclock to 3.4ghz.. I put the vcore as low as my P4P800 would go. It says 1.525 in bios, but moterhboard monitor says its 1.6V... this P4P800 moterhboard is known to overvolt at times. I am running Hynix memory -- which is known to overclock pretty well. I'm ...

Hi. That was with 2 instances of prime95. I think Ralf is right -- it probably is like 10oC or so too low on the reading... as my P4 2.26@2.66 read higher on a different board! Well, most abit boards read between 8-10 C too high. Motherboard sensors tend to vary a lot which is why it's best to rely ...

[UPDATE] see top of post for [email protected]... with passive 9600 pro.

I think the intel spec is to place the CPU in the same location on all motherboards. I have changed motherboards and the CPU is in the similar location. Actually, its not very centered right now -- beuca seyou'll see in the pictures that hte duct gets in the way of the handle.. Also, there is a cros...

Hi. The temps after gaming are similar.. around 50-52oC... I assume games may not keep the CPU at 100% all the time (i.e. between levels, or loading, etc).. but will keep the GPU hotter. That is awesome, I was just thinking about a Sonata and then adding a duct exactly like you did. Hopefully, my co...

Hi. Glad to hear it was a success! A good way of bending pins I found was to get a mechanical pencil, and (having retracted the pencil led inside) stick the CPU pin inside the tip. Then you can bend it back and forth in an easy and controlled manner without bending anything else

Yes, that's correct.

It is a 2.5" diameter bass port I picked up at a car audio place (people use them to build subwoofer boxes).

zak wrote:The duct looks like a loudspeaker bass port to me...


Thomas

Here are some pictures: http://members.shaw.ca/gksam/sonata/rDSC01999.JPG http://members.shaw.ca/gksam/sonata/rDSC02000.JPG http://members.shaw.ca/gksam/sonata/rDSC02001.JPG http://members.shaw.ca/gksam/sonata/rDSC02002.JPG http://members.shaw.ca/gksam/sonata/rDSC02003.JPG http://members.shaw.ca/gks...

For those who are interested, I finally got around to adding a duct to my Sonata. Prior to the duct, my idle temps (passive 7000Cu) were 46oC, and load temps were -- too hot :) I cut a hole, which is directly above the CPU heatsink, and installed a duct. This duct does not actually go deep enough to...

Let us know how it turns out :) I looked at the specs, and according to how Toshiba measures, Toshiba 5400 rpm is ~27/33 db idle/seek. Toshiba 4200 rpm is ~24/31 db idle/seek (this is the one MikeC reviewed) It looks like the 5400rpm is definately louder than the 4200rpm (which we'd assume anyway). ...

I got an Athlon XP-M 2500+ last week. I am running it on a GA-7VAX board -- which has no support for 200 FSB. I am therefore running 166*13.5 = 2240Mhz or so. The vcore is 1.70. at 1.65, it will give prime95 errors. I ran prime95 overnight (8.5 hours) at 1.70V, and it reached around 55oC. Idle is ar...

Does anybody have experience with the Samsung spinpoint MP0302H mobile 5400 rpm drives?

looks interesting

I see in your sig that you are running integrated video. I noticed that the northbridge gets considerably hotter in a system with integrated video (P4B533-VML, Aopen AX63Pro, Gigabyte-845GEsomething, and Intel845GE-something).

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Yes, you nailed it. What's the point of having a 2.66GHz CPU that you can't run at more than idle? I guess I should have rephrased it. I can do anything that I use the computer for except for games (which I only do once a month or so). Work, mp3s, playing videos, playing DVDs, surfing, email all wo...

[UPDATE!!] Hi all. Just wanted to add that now I have chnaged the board to a P4P800. I got a 3.0C which I am running at 1.525 (stock is 1.55). It comes up at 1.58 on MBM though. I am running 1:1, at 3.4ghz, so thats 15*227mhz. Vdimm is at stock. I have also chnaged the video card to a 9600Pro. I am ...

I had a Celeron 600 in my main machine at one point, and I ran it fanless for 2 years (just unplugged the fan). It didn't get very hot. I undervolted it to 1.4V (stock was 1.5V). I was just using the retail heatsink. The heatsink never got hot... just warm. I am also running a P3 667 slot 1 fanless ...

For quietness, I would definately go with a Cuda IV over a Maxtor Diamondplus 9. The Diamondplus 9 has this low humming noise -- it is pretty pronounced (I am comparing a Cuda IV 80gig vs. Diamondplus 9 80gig). I have 2 computers beside my couch. One has a Cuda IV.. one has a Diamondplus 9. Sitting ...

Thanks for the insight MikeC. I was hoping to have something quieter than the Cuda IV's. I actually run a hardware raid 5, so I would require a minimum of 3 drives. The Samsungs have been on my consideration list -- and I will probably end up going with those when I want to upgrade capacity. I was j...