Well this little guy is looking pretty good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128341
( GIGABYTE GA-MA78GPM-DS2H )
Other discussion going on here: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1320461
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- Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:26 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which passive GPU offers HDMI video/sound and dual DVI?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3762
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:29 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: passive but not very HOT graphics
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8779
For a few days/weeks/months. They die quickly at those temps. Plus all that hot air is just radiating itself throughout your case, heating up the air the rest of your components are trying to use to cool themselves, thus resulting in hotter temps for everything in your case. They age faster at a hi...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:57 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: What do you do with your dead HDD?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 37621
I only use my HDs for a year or two as a primary drive. Then I use them just for general data back-up for up to another year. Then I wipe them with a few runs in Eraser, defrag, and reformat a couple times. Then I take them apart. The magnets are fun to play with and other parts like the platters ca...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:54 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: passive but not very HOT graphics
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8779
to Vicotnik: I don´t understand, because the AC AF9PWM cooler DOES exhaust hot air from the case. What are you worried about? Most graphics card can handle 90C+ without problem. For a few days/weeks/months. They die quickly at those temps. Plus all that hot air is just radiating itself throughout ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:00 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ASUS 9600GT with power mgmt features
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4017
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:01 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which passive GPU offers HDMI video/sound and dual DVI?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3762
My lack of knowledge about 780G?
I had no idea there was such a capable onboard GPU, and passively-cooled at that.
This one looks even better: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot ... uctID=2859
I had no idea there was such a capable onboard GPU, and passively-cooled at that.
This one looks even better: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot ... uctID=2859
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:21 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which passive GPU offers HDMI video/sound and dual DVI?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3762
Which passive GPU offers HDMI video/sound and dual DVI?
Say one is building a PC with a 45watt CPU w/ a passive cooler, an SSD for the hard drive, and wants a silent GPU as well to go with it. It needs to be capable enough to run DVDs upscaled to 1680x or 1920x, and HD content as well. It needs to have HDMI as well. Is there any GPU like this that's avai...
- Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:16 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Reallocated Sector Count on WD6400AAKS - What's yours show?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3117
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:00 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Reallocated Sector Count on WD6400AAKS - What's yours show?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3117
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:25 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: WD VelociRaptor: A Triple Crown
- Replies: 125
- Views: 101890
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Reallocated Sector Count on WD6400AAKS - What's yours show?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3117
Reallocated Sector Count on WD6400AAKS - What's yours show?
In SMART I see a value of 200 for it. In SpeedFan this shows a green OK symbol next to it but if I do In-dept Online Analysis, it rates it kinda low on the slider and only says Good, not Very Good. Everything else in SMART looks fine. SpeedFan shows three columns: Value Worst and Warn. For this driv...
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: What drive to replace my Hitachi T7K500 320GB?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4781
Well just to close the loop, the 6400AAKS is on sale for $88 so I jumped on that.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1319016
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1319016
- Tue May 27, 2008 3:21 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: A daily use low-wattage PC for surfing, music, 5.1 movies
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5172
Then there's also the potential priority of stability/compatibility , which when reading user reviews of many of the microATX boards over the last couple years on NewEgg or even on technical forums like Anandtech or SPCR, really steers the buyer away from many of them. I think the first step is to f...
- Mon May 26, 2008 3:16 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: A daily use low-wattage PC for surfing, music, 5.1 movies
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5172
A daily use low-wattage PC for surfing, music, 5.1 movies
As I no longer game much anymore, I've been thinking about building a small footprint PC with energy-efficient, quiet parts to be my primary rig for daily use, which generally consists of surfing websites, watching movies, and listening to music . This would replace the gaming-oriented rig I current...
- Sat May 17, 2008 4:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS Previews
- Replies: 89
- Views: 48187
Awesome! That's perfect for a boot/OS drive, then. No need for 300GB for that, after all.ryboto wrote:Don't know if anyone posted this, but a 150gb version of the drive will also be available
WD HDD PDF
- Sat May 17, 2008 4:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS Previews
- Replies: 89
- Views: 48187
The major "bottleneck" in a computer is the user input by long. Except that user input is irrelevant because when the user is doing something, the user is not waiting. It is everything ELSE that occurs between the time the user completes their input and the time when the results are presented to th...
- Sat May 03, 2008 5:33 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD Caviar SE16 single-platter 320GB hard drive poll
- Replies: 54
- Views: 85920
- Fri May 02, 2008 7:54 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS Previews
- Replies: 89
- Views: 48187
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:51 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: What drive to replace my Hitachi T7K500 320GB?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4781
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:48 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: What drive to replace my Hitachi T7K500 320GB?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4781
Thanks I'll try to find some performance data for that model. I have an SP2004C Samsung and found it a bit slow and with an odd harmonic to it so I don't run it anymore, just use it for occasional data backup. I'll have to see how the model you noted compared to that one in performance and sound lev...
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:48 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Measuring GPU temps: who is more accurate?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3391
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:31 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2x Western Digital 640GBs vs. my current setup
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2979
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:57 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Seagate 7200.11 320GB single platter (ST3320613AS)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30464
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:50 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: What drive to replace my Hitachi T7K500 320GB?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4781
What drive to replace my Hitachi T7K500 320GB?
The Hitachi drive has been great; I want that same level of satisfaction again (better is fine!) but that model is now OOS at most vendors since it's a year or two old. I'm looking for a 3.5" SATA 3Gb/s drive with stats as good or better than the Hitachi I have now (Silence, Reliability, Speed, Pric...
- Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:10 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 8800 GTS Noise Level?
- Replies: 131
- Views: 132616
- Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:37 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Which is quieter: Solo or P182?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24327
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:40 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermalright Ultra 120 +
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26279
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:38 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Using SpeedFan to dynamically control 120mm fan?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2598
My primary concern is that there's enough voltage to those little 3-pin fan leads on motherboards to power a 120mm fan up at start. If you're saying there is then awesome, that's my primary concern. :D I just wasn't sure if they were designed to handle starting such a big fan (since general retail f...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:30 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Using SpeedFan to dynamically control 120mm fan?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2598
Using SpeedFan to dynamically control 120mm fan?
Currently my retail hsf on my CPU is controlled by SpeedFan, so it can dynamically adjust the fan's speed based on the CPU's measured temperature. So I'm preparing to upgrade to a core2duo system and I plan to get a nice aftermarket hsf to cool it more quietly and effectively. My question is whether...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:15 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Just ordered my Ultra-120 Extreme!!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7079