Personal fans... room fans... This must have been discussed here, but my search queries haven't uncovered it... Does anyone have recommendations for quality, quiet fans for cooling people, particularly while sleeping? Ideally, I'd like a ceiling fan, but I'm a renter and it isn't really an option. I...

... if you don't mind a little soldering: I wired up 2 of the Yate Loon fans into one header - I only took the rpm signal from one fan (one isn't connected), but connected the power wires in parallel. It seems to work well, so now the BIOS controls both case fans. Unfortunately, the kernel I'm using...

I'd suggest running Memtest86+ (http://www.memtest.org/) to make sure your memory is good. If it's not, you can get random crashes later and spend a lot of time and effort trying to work out what it is. You also may not be able to return it if you don't find problems early enough. The only reason I'...

I too recommend the Alpine. If your mobo has a 4 pin header, then get the Alpine 7, which is the same as the 64, but with additional hardware [ edit: and, of course, the 4 pin pwm fan instead of the 3 pin]. Fits an AM2 no problem. See the review on this site - and look at those numbers for lower fan...

I see the one 12-32V costs more and has lower efficiency, so there is a tradeoff.

From a business perspective, I would have thought they should just sell the 12-32V to keep their manufacturing and catalog simpler. It's nice for us to have the choice though.

I used one of these 24/7, and it started clicking, and shortly after, it completely died. I can't remember where, but somewhere I saw people complaining about these drives dying. Of course, I hadn't backed up for a couple of weeks :(. It caused me to abandon my ideas of having a 24/7 server using a ...

I should have read more first... I see they say it isn't to be used with 3.5" drives or full-size CD-ROMs...

Please forgive a question without much research, but how do I work out my 12v amperage requirement? I assume the CPU, HD & optical all draw mainly from the 12V? I have: X2 3800+ 65W, should use well under 65W, but a theoretical max of 5.5A if it took that all from 12V 3.5" Samsung SATA drive, up to ...

Best of luck with MythDora - let me know how you get along. I am very comfortable in Linux/Unix, and can't quite imagine what it would be like starting out. Although Knoppmyth these days just installs in about 30 mins, without major issues, every now and then something isn't quite right, and I'm ver...

If you have patience (I didn't), it might be worth waiting to see how the 65nm X2s pan out. I'm more familiar with Debian than Red Hat, so Knoppmyth is good for me. It has a decent wiki and forum community, so solutions are pretty easy to find. I don't know that there's an Azureus appliance set up, ...

a_p: did you build it? I just did , and am pretty happy. The Alpine 7 seems to work very well. I completely went against my own advice on memory, and kind of regret it as a waste. Got 2GB, and most of it is unused. Haven't set up an Azureus VM yet though. Mine seems to be 100% myth compatible, thoug...

So, I got a bonus at work, and went crazy: bought an HDTV (Hyundai E320D, 32" LCD) and built the machine. Comments below the list. Case: NSK2400 - out in the open air, it will make its way inside my tv cabinet shortly, when I build ducts for it. CPU: Athlon X2 3800+, 90nm, 65w AM2 - haven't yet conf...

Mikael wrote:X2 3800+: 144-108 = 36W

E6600: 130-101 = 29W

But isn't one of the big things about the AMD, that it uses so much less power at idle than the Intel?

The problem is that many audiophiles do reject listening tests also. When differences can't be proven with double-blind-testing claim that thats not a good way to test. And to be honest, although bit-errors are annoying, I have never seen any listening tests where a difference has beens shown (if t...

To be honest, most people I have encountered who call themselfs audiophiles doesn't seem to be very interested scientifical measurments, and technological innovations that can actually be proven to work. So in general basis, I'm prety glad "audiophiles" doesn't deside the desgins. (However there ar...

Sorry to bring up an old review, but I must ask this. Wouldn't output by spdif to another DAC increase jitter? Wouldn't a USB DAC be better in terms of getting rid of jitter in the audio signal? Thanks. The odd thing about USB audio is that it is not properly error corrected - it's just as prone to...

That's interesting, but I am also thinking of having azureus running in the background. Ditto once again. I ran Azureus on a previous installation, but I got worried about security. My Azureus crashed in odd ways, and the machine became unstable shortly afterwards. I don't know if the two were conn...

A data point on memory - rrdtool is installed with Knoppmyth (though making it function required a slight tweak), which gives me a graph of memory usage. Mine consistently seems to stay at just over 256Mb, while also running Slimserver (which uses a fair bit of memory). So if you do stick with Knopp...

Very cool - I like the idea of computers looking like furniture. Random thoughts: since you built the table, did yo contemplate building the computer into the table? You could spread the components out so it could fit under the top surface without requiring making the table look heavy. Also, given a...

Don't know about the harmony remote, but many are supported - IR receiver might be more awkward. There are homebrew ones you can build. It could even be worth buying some cheap remote just to use its IR receiver. I haven't actually built this machine, but I was thinking 2 case fans (NSK2400) would b...

A soundcard may make a difference. From browsing around audio forums over the years, it's pretty clear that the sound card (integrated or otherwise), which passes bit-perfect output is the exception rather than the rule. There are lots of guys out there looping audio through systems and doing bit co...

This is close to my plans... I think you could use the cheap Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 on this setup to good effect, especially if you undervolt. Mobo has the 4 pin fan header, so a fan like the Alpine 7's can be controlled well by BIOS (I think!). Is this an HDTV setup? If not, the proc is well over ...

stuart.cookson wrote:My concern is that the review states:

Sorry, forget my comment - it was uninformed.

stuart.cookson wrote:I want to connect it to my Denon AVR1803 amp.

The volume nob only has effect in software - if you just don't connect it, and/or don't configure software to use it, it will have no effect at all, and the sound output will be entirely down to your motherboard or soundcard.

fresh wrote:Few days ago, I bought storage drive that was recommended on SPCR, WD 2500KS caviar SE16 new revision. However, it turned out to be far from silent.

Very interesting - I heard that too when contemplating my next build. Perhaps this drive needs to be revisited by SPCR...

Blowing would blow air directly at the surrounding components which need cooling. In a sucking configuration, the incoming airflow will be from all directions (and hence slower), rather than the down/out forced flow. It'll take the path of least resistance, which would avoid the mobo components. ......

I booted 3 time with 2 (120mm) fans in the case an huge Arctic Freezer 64 on top of the cpu and my cpu reached 90C° Isn't this is crazy for that cooler and that CPU? I'd have thought the EE X2 would have trouble getting to 90C even if that cooler's fan was off. Could it be that it's not properly m...

Thanks for the info. plympton : Interesting on the hard drive - its review here was more glowing. I'll have to think about that some more. Also, your HD temps report are very interesting. HDs are supposed to age in direct proportion to their temp. 500Gb would be nice. Interesting thought too on the ...

Comments and suggestions much appreciated. To be built in the next month or so. Requirements: Will run Knoppmyth (Linux/MythTv), initially with PVR-350 card Cheap and green to run - low power consumption, esp. at light load. as cheap as is reasonable will run 2 or more light-duty VMWare server appli...

I had initially just tried cutting some vents towards the top, but it didn't do anything to help the heat exhaust. Yeah, I tried that inside a cabinet once too; I made some large holes high and low thinking convection would do the work. It didn't. I imagine the fans stir things up sufficiently that...