The reason I think this was a universally valid test is the degree of dampening. This is one factor, but the other can also vary. If a case is less 'convection cooled' (in proportion), this may change the outcome. I happen to own an infra-red non-contact digital thermometer. Going over the outer al...

Well, I usually don't agree with 'all experience are ok - everyboy's right', especially when (semi-)scientific, or at least rationnal things. In this case, the question is quite clear and the supposition made by bluefront (as I understood it, pls correct) should be something like : In a well ventila...

tywem> don't ever start me again on matrox cards

bsdgeek already testified and I can also that it is passively cooled.
my digicam is in repair now, so I cannot send a picture of me with the card, but it is passively cooled and looks oh so much better than a Radeon 9000Pro (same soft/screen).

Ok, found it back ... it was on a PC which is part of our lab, @work, which is used to make some experiments from time to time. today, I've now re-installed a few of the pc and, looked at running processes before doing so, to find that FAHCore was still running on one of them. But I'm still worried ...

As to reply to well-named kostik, yes ... (and I found it back, btw - got to post on the other topic) In fact, another way to achieve not a silent PC but a silent computer working place is to put the main tower far away from the display, keyboard and mouse you're using. Apart from network-based solu...

I've got confirmation about european prices.

Lippert Board : 402€ (german reseller)
Pentium-M 1.3 GHz : 250 € (french dealer)

without taxes (7.6% for CH, 20% for EU) and shipping ....

So, that brings almost to US costs if you add taxes + shipping.

I'm going slightly off toooppic ... ((c) Queen) ;) btw it's a Dell. Dell doesn't make HDD. Most of dell laptops' drives are Hitachi (IBM). But you just went on a slippery slope ... I can say exactly the same of IDE drives against SCSI drives. to fix things up : Fujitsu laptop : 300 kh 'cuda IV : 600...

For the HDD topic, it seems to me that some laptop HDD are really quiet (e.g. Fujitsu).

Now, they should perfectly fit into a silent drive ... wouldn't that be (near) silent) ?

Ok, so I folded a lot some time ago, with a few computers (mainly my workstations). The result were quite nice, about 1600 WU, 25k points. Since them, many reinstall, not so much interest and I stopped. Now, I'm re-installing folding client here and there and went back to the stats page to see that ...

Short : Yes.

Long : You may want to have a look at Rusty's in desk PC.

For me, it didn't worked good because the zalman flower is perpendicular to the fan exhaust, so I reached 70-80°C that way on an XP1800+.
Otherwise I could use a 120mm-fan PSU, but I have a normal nexus so it won't work ...

BTW, I'm about to buy one (120 Gb) and was wondering what are the differences between both version.

Knowing that its use will be to hold all my media and its main activity will be to stream mpeg2/divx/mp3 ... is there any point to take the 8Mb cache one ?

Ok, found back the software, it's EZ-SCSI, there's one SCSI Device Power Management tool dedicated to this task (also set up spin down time on each device)

Provided with (some ?) adaptec adapters, compatoble with SymLogic ones.

Matrox G*, put also G400(Max), better 3d perf than G450 or G550 (IIRC) - really good for HTPC (dual framebuffer use) I have one, I agree, but it is no longer available. I don't think discontinued products should be on the list. I modded mine with a Zalman NB HS. Wroks well, no fan. The orig had a t...

ASUSTeK V9520 Matrox G*, put also G400(Max), better 3d perf than G450 or G550 (IIRC) - really good for HTPC (dual framebuffer use) --- can be modded --- HIS ATI Radeon 9000Pro -> with a Zalman NB cooler > on the P650, yes the HS is really huge (around 4x a NB cooler) and flat (don't eat up 1 pci slo...

the adaptec scsi utilities worked for me, but that was some time ago ...

This is this (ArsTechnica) discussion on ide --> firewire bridgeboard.

Cheapest one are only 10$ off the Granite one and I cannot find if they support 2 drives.

Ok, I reply to myself ... what, me, schizophrenic

found that Firewire -> IDE (here), which can hook up my two drives on it ... guess I'll make woodwork soon

Your opinions are still welcome !

I was wondering about using external firewire/USB cases, eventually boxed for my HTPC ... In fact, I'm now searching for a (as cheap as possible) interface between firewire and 2 or 4 IDE HDD. If you have any address where that can be available to me. Any other opinions on that idea are warmly welco...

One thing I think THG got right is the pride that the average worker takes in his/her job and what they are helping produce. That's something I've seen in SE Asia many times (I lived there for 4 years), which is somewhat lacking with your typical worker here in the UK, and it shows. Well, that real...

IIRC my lectures (3-4+ years ago), The use of 'black' for thermal properties is just an image of the 'black' colors, in terms of radiating/absorbing capabilities and isn't meant to be taken in the same way. Less sure, but, I think there may be != type of painting and that you have special (appropria...

On the employee conditions, in answer to Rusty, Gooserider and MikeC : Altough rusty answer sounds like he think that all employee are almost slave in China, it is not always the case. But, I think we all believe this article lacks the research or knowledge needed to judge and report accurately upon...

Am I the only one who have read this article and found it "naive" (to be really kind) ?

just standard not so funny : EE now working in IT security at a major swiss telco

update on BaconTastestGood (ummmh, haven't took yet my breakfast this morning) : - it's matrox P 650 and not G650. - Add Matrox G200, G400, G400Max (basically Matrox G*) As a declared matrox fan, I just have to state that your classification sucks ;) For example, the G400 are available for cheap on ...

I don't know either for the Via C3 1.4 GHz, but I saw that 1.2 GHz versions are now on sale (and available, IIRC) in Germany

It seems that the 2 following programs are missing from the web link section and are very relevant to dell laptop's. i8kfan gui I8kfanGUI is a graphical Windows application to show the internal temperatures and to control the fan operation on the Dell Inspiron 8000/8100/8200 notebook series and many...

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Few other details : * the keyboard 'clicks' well, grave, but I like it ;) * sometimes, when battery is loading, I have electrical noise (coil whine ?) * again, be prepared for eventuall HDD change, * RAM and HDD are user-replaceable (read warranty still ok), and, if dell pricing is same as here, you...

Ok, just got a D400 1 month ago and am very happy with it ... But, a few things to consider for noise - Optical drives : is in my docking station as I have the lightest one, but otherwise makes lot of vibrations, maybe due to the docking, but I'm not using it oftern (< 1/week) - CPU : centrino/penti...

dukla2000 wrote:[extreme sarcasm]
I mean, the fact your total DC usage is 100-120W is just misleading data that should be discarded as it doesn't justify a nice shiny 500W label with 3 fans.
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Wait, soon there will be ppl who will try to "overclock" their PSU to deliver > 600 W !