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- Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:36 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Pentium II 266 without Fan?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6381
better (read: necessary) to have a 80mm Fan around it somewhere Probably. From CPUs ranked by noise (in http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=31&page=1) "Early P2 with less efficient core difficult to cool quietly, as power dissipation i...
- Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:20 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
Umh, first hand-on review in this MacWorld article, and ... One thing that did surprise me about the Mac mini was the noise level, both good and bad. Most of the time the machine is very quiet, basically silent; I expected more regular fan noise given the cramped quarters inside the box. On the othe...
- Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:51 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
As we're on silentpcreview, I think I'll point out that a P4 in this box will peak at 85W (around) while the G4 will be at 25W. It's also priced at 514 CHF here (no cpu/ram/...), while the mini mac is 699 CHF ...
This one is much better OTOH.
This one is much better OTOH.
- Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:24 am
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: Apple's new SFF box: "Mac mini" is here!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27958
First mini mac porn : http://www.macnews.de/gallery/displayim ... =16&pos=18. ].
but no hint on the fan, CPU is MPC7447
There's also a video here, but I can't view it here (@work).
but no hint on the fan, CPU is MPC7447
There's also a video here, but I can't view it here (@work).
- Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:21 am
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: AOpen Pentium M SFF system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6984
- Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:49 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Motherboard for via c3 cpu?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2228
The zalmann is overkill for this poor little CPU. Almost any stock heatsink without the fan should be ok, given few airflow. I build such PC for my father, and it's enough for email, web, word & chess, altough a little bit slow to start programs. I tried one mpeg movie and it worked, but it was smal...
- Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:21 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
Have you ever seen a Dell, Compaq or other "big brand" computer that came standard with a Seagate Barracuda IV or Samsung Spinpoint? Yep, at least 1 HP, 1 IBM & 1 Transtec (ok, no that "big"), but I don't open "brand" PC that much. The HP had in fact one of the single platter 'cuda IV, with a ducte...
- Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:48 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
Keep in mind that apple designs are usually done with a specific user profile in mind. They're not generalists. If you do a general comparison, they'll fail. If you do a focused study, they shine. Now, if only they would focus on SPCR users ... If you get into how Apple does business,... well, ther...
- Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:37 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
spec , from what I found, max power used should be below 25.6W. Not such a challenge to silently cool. It is also nice to note that this CPU has lot of powersaving features as well. probably not a challenge to cool in a big enough case with a big enough heat sink and a big, slow fan moving air accr...
- Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:21 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
I would like to see a Shuttle MacMini killer with a PM. Why? Because they can, and the PM is so much faster. A PM Zen could have this size with a mini-ITX mobo (already exists) and laptop drives. The 1.25 GHz G4 is what? 3 years old? :lol: PM is like two years old, but have got improvements and new...
- Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
Noise > yep, but if the power supply is external, I don't think it'll be such a problem to cool a 1.25 GHz G4, which should dissipate around 30W (? can't find the spec, just found that ). Especially if they make use of the enclosure itself. Tay > They also planned a page for all the accessories that...
- Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:54 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Apple drops tiny, cheap Mac bomb
- Replies: 117
- Views: 59160
IMHO, it's a perfect move from a commercial point of view in general. For my personnal use, I was wondering wether to buy one or not, because I've got already plenty of computers (and my family as well). But given the current weak dollar, it may be even more affordable now (it's worth about 110 big ...
- Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:17 pm
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: AOpen Pentium M SFF system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6984
Finaly, it looks like the European version will be the EY855, for 350€ (average street price).
Tom's Hardware ".de" made a review available here.
Tom's Hardware ".de" made a review available here.
- Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:36 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: New Antec cases being shown at CES on pcmag.com
- Replies: 473
- Views: 401514
Another thing I just noticed... do you have to open the front door to hit the power and reset buttons? Yes you have to open the door to use reset and power button. Hardly a problem imo... Wastes a fraction of a second of your life every time you have to use the buttons, oh my :lol: Don't forget tha...
- Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:03 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: New Antec cases being shown at CES on pcmag.com
- Replies: 473
- Views: 401514
For the record, BTX is around the corner since 2003.
Not everything intel wants become reality (cf. itanium)
Not everything intel wants become reality (cf. itanium)
- Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:02 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: New Antec cases being shown at CES on pcmag.com
- Replies: 473
- Views: 401514
For the PSU, it looks like it'll be an idea to just take a normal fanned PSU and remove the fan ... or make big holes into a phantom Just about any kind of PSU could be used. There is about an inch (maybe less) of space all around the PSU, so regardless of where the PSU fans are located, if they ar...
- Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:22 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: New Antec cases being shown at CES on pcmag.com
- Replies: 473
- Views: 401514
:arrow: First, many thanks to AntecRep (whoever (s)he is or they are) for sharing information, sending samples to SPCR and especially coming to the forum from time to time and listening to us. Now, if you would just pay Bluefront to work for you ;) More ontopic, I have the impression they put the 2 ...
- Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:23 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Too low powered for Seasonic? Plus DC-DC help/suggestions.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5546
That's a Pentium III-S 1.266, with 2x256 MB Ram, Samsung HDD, Hauppauge PVR-350, Wi-Fi PCI card, memory card reader (no graphic card, no optical drive), pic here in an Aria case. The DC-DC board is attached with plastic strips over the CPU (you can see the capacitors). I consumes up to 79W AC when r...
- Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:16 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Too low powered for Seasonic? Plus DC-DC help/suggestions.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5546
I took the 110W PSU Set from LinITX.com (a uk-based shop), which is in fact a 125W AC.Prahella wrote:What kind of brick PSU kit did you got? And where did you buy that?
- Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:04 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Too low powered for Seasonic? Plus DC-DC help/suggestions.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5546
- Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:01 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How to completely drain a power supply...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 132771
- Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:36 am
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: Sumicom S625 (hush-like centrino)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3174
Well, actually, I found that via epiacenter.com and the only european reseller I know, mini-itx.de says King Young S625F, Barebone, Sockel 479 für Pentium M und Celeron M CPU bis 1.5 GHz, passiv gekühlt und damit sehr leise , 155x255x55 mm, 1 Sockel für DDR 333/266 Speciher mit 0.8' (20mm) Bauhöhe, ...
- Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:24 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: silence lappy?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2253
I guess you both heard of i8kfan ? The same guy also made a speed controller. Both works quite well with all Dell laptops. It seems to support graphic cards control as well, but I can't tell as mine is integrated (D400). You can easily shut down completely all the fans during desktop activities (tha...
- Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:19 am
- Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
- Topic: Sumicom S625 (hush-like centrino)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3174
Sumicom S625 (hush-like centrino)
It seems that now everybody's making its i855 product for pentium M and celeron M, this ones in particular seems interesting : SUMICOM S625 . It's a really small barebone, slightly bigger than a CD drive, heatpipe system (no fan needed), external 12V PSU, supports 2.5"HDD and slim optical drive, no ...
- Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What are you doing here ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7405
What are you doing here ?
Ok, so we know that initial connections to this site are usually triggered when the noise made by a PC exceed some threshold. In my case, this was a awful 40mm fan on an ATI card. After begun the quest for silence and its vicious cycle. Then, for me it stopped ... my PC are quiet enough. So I'm just...
- Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:14 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Which AMD CPU system best for lowest electricty usage?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 21285
For the VA/... So does 66VA*PF (powerfactor, right?) mean that using a deacent (for a passive PFC-unit) that wattage draw is below 50? Well, normally the 'optimal' powerfactor is 1. From what I know, Active PFC PSU are around 0.95, and passive PFC between 0.8 and 0.9. It's strange that your kill-a-...
- Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:11 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Seagate Savvio review
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2248
Hey, remember that SPCR is the only (?) site where there are scientific sound-oriented reviews ;) Well, I just checked, they used a Extech 407727 meter, which according to the specs has an accuracy of 2 dB @ 94 dB, with a range from 40 to 130 dB. I think, it's hard to conclude something from this te...
- Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:25 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Seagate Savvio review
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2248
Seagate Savvio review
Slashdot feature a review of the Seagate Savvio, a really atypical hard-disk : 10k rpm, 2.5", quiet (supposedly), SCSI SCA-80 ... This isn't a silence-orirented review, but that's the first one I know about this "different" drive. Direct link to the page about noise . This HDD was already discussed ...
- Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:30 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: I want one of these (Arctic Cooling Freezer 4)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4481
- Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:29 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: New PC-Case: Arctic Cooling Silentium
- Replies: 43
- Views: 22473
Just a comment about "but warm air rises". I have difficulties remembering my lectures at school, but if I'm not that wrong, when you're using forced convection (read a fan), the natural convection effect is negligible. Of course, YMMV, especially with very low airflow setup, but this really sounds ...