Yes they are expensive and hard to get.

You may consider their design though. Especially the exhaust seems a minor concern in their design - it focusses on sucking enough cool air through the CPU heatsinks and on the PSU.

This german firm developed some specialised kits for the Mac G4. Maybe is gives you some ideas from the accompanying manuals ... Replacement of CPU cooling for single processor G4, and additionally replacement of the exhaust by a 80mm fan: http://www.verax.de/verax.php?SID=4572460a0548695d5&template...

It is surprising to see the Zalman company risking all their goodwill on their latest offerings. The review is thorough and the conclusions seem fair to me. It is a real shame though because the looks are very good.

The product (Ncomputing) seems a terminal service to me, not a virtual machine. Just my 2 cts however after experimenting on a dual xeon.

Your idea is quite innovative. The weak spot seems to be the combination of client functionality with server functionality. Your idea poses many risks for the data through the terminal sessions running client activities on the server (damaging files and settings). It seems better to me to get an old...

I forgot to recommend a compaq deskpro ens like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Compaq-Deskpro-ENS-1Ghz-Small-Desktop-System_W0QQitemZ110010429720QQihZ001QQcategoryZ51134QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It is pretty quiet and you may have success underclocking it (so you may only need the PSU fan). S...

What about single PCI NIC's with dual or quad ports? I am using a HP nc150t PCI gigabit switch+NIC switch myself and it works fine (your epia will support two of these on a double-PCI riser). I am not sure whether your firewall software will support it however. I bought one new for about 80-100 EUR ...

In the UK you may find JMC fans through Supermicro suppliers - i.e. http://www.boston.co.uk/. Ask for "FAN-0076".

I have not read all posts in detail ... but here is what I would do if I were you. General considerations: * fairly light applications, but multitasking * reasonable availability of components * digital out The following components are potentially loud: PSU, Harddrives, Fans. 1. PSU A Passive noisel...

http://www.stefanreijmers.nl/doc/www.stefanreijmers.nl-93_3.jpg The sketch I promised ... It should be seen as a front view/cross section of the case. The red symbolises the intake fan(s), the blue the airflow. Motherboard to the right with the IO shield pointing upwards. The angled inner panel is a...

If you already have a PSU with a 12cm fan, you could consider to remove the case ... (not everybodies cup of tea ...) The ease of connecting stuff and staying connected is definetely better with the IO to the top. You are right about that. I have found a solution too: Imagine the connectors pointing...

@DyJohnY The design I suggested actually has the exhaust away from the user if the user has the PC to his/her left side. The design can be used without fans since none of the hot components are in line (except for the harddrives and the PSU). This requires something like a NCU-2000 to cool the CPU h...

The inverted setup allows you to have your exhaust fans in the side panel (the side not facing the user of course). Your setup could work with three 12 cm fans in the bottom as intake. For greater airflow another three exhaust fans in the side panel can be added. Also consider having the PCI slots a...

@ JanW Actually I did consider heat tolerance but I did not mention it, because one imho should stay clear of such temperatures (where heat tolerance becomes an issue) anyway. Maybe I should be a bit more elaborate on my idea (of course I am reinventing the wheel here). The case can act as a chimney...

@ JanW The point I could have made is: if the PSU does not dissipate more heat than the CPU, it is not illogical to put it in front of the CPU. Since it is my experience that folding@home does not push a CPU to the max, it is my guestimate the heat dissipated by your PSU is lower but quite close to ...

Just one other thing to share ... It seems a lot of people stake their faith on RAID. This is good, because a system with RAID is much better secured against harddisk failure. Which is of course, very important ;-) However, there are many other types of system failure which may end up in losing all ...

Interesting idea (PSU > CPU airflow) and it would not be very difficult if your case allows you to put your PSU in the bottom and at the front. Personally I like redundancy so I would add another 12 cm midships, as exhaust or at the top. For optimum results I think you should get rid of the PSU's or...

Interesting idea (PSU > CPU airflow) and it would not difficult if your case allows you to put your PSU in the bottom and at the front. Personally I like redundancy so I would add another 12 cm midships, as exhaust or at the top. For optimum results I think you should get rid of the PSU's original c...

Recently I developed a need to get myself a Home NAS too. Have been looking into ready available products (Buffalo, Linksys, ...). Nice, but ... The thing is, I also like to consolidate as much functions as possible (bandwidth management, router, printserver, file server, web server, firewall, conte...

i found the following board to be undervoltable:

socket 478
aopen ax4spe-un
1,1V and up in 0,1V increments
silentek 3-pin pwm fan control (limited rpm range!)

processor used: P4 northwood 2.8. i.e.:
2,8 Ghz@1,33V
2,0 Ghz@1,2V

I have been looking into the same subject - 4-pin (mobo) PWM fans - for my CPU HSF. I found that Supermicro offers 4-pin PWM controlled fans (ie Sanyo) among their accessories. Also see this document: http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/matrices/ThermalMatrix.pdf , page 2. I can only imagine other man...

Just installed a PHT 3600 this weekend. It seemed good value. However, for the moment I think it is not an improvement over the standard Intel solution. I have to admit though that I have silenced several components at the same time - so it might be relatively as loud as the Intel solution. It now i...