Your other option would be to consider the mCubed 280w psu. It comes with the external brick (fanless) and uses a mounting plate for the hardware which fits where your psu ordinarily goes. That would give you enough headroom if you change your mind about a graphics card or whatever else might happen...

I think the short answer is that the XP90 uses the 478 style retention clips, so it will only fit if you have that style of mount on your mobo. What mobo is it? But it seems from the discussion above that most 479 mobos use the 478 mount. As I understand it, the socket number refers to the number of...

In my last set up I hung the computer under the desk. Keeps it way off the floor and made a big difference noise wise. Also it's harder to see and doesn't get in the way of your feet under the desk. Obviously there are a billion ways to do it, but what I did was hang a tray under the desk for the pu...

Sorry to send us back up the thread a bit, but I just can't help myself. Jessekopelman, you are awesome. Life is going to be so much easier now that I know the best way to be green is simply to consume more! Happy days!!! But seriously, another thing to take into account was in a column in the Guard...

Ahh, right you are. I'm probably on the wrong thread. But I'll keep watching to see how you go.

Hi all, here's anonther interesting thing. I observed my temps from start up this morning - one core starts at 54C. The temp in the room is about 5C at that time of the morning, so it's coming off a cool base! I ran cpu stability test for a while. The core will go above 54C but won't drop below. I s...

You can. My mCubed is a 20 pin and the mobo is a 24. I just bought one of these: ebaylink Seems to work fine. If you search there is some discussion here about it, like this: "You can get a 20-24 pin converter cable, but most of the time it's not necessary, the 20-pin male connector fits into the 24...

182w sounds a bit high to me, especially if you're using the onboard graphics. I'm using an mCubed 200w fanless which has a rated peak of 280w. My system in my sig below has an idle power draw is 49-59w, at load up to 74w. I can't get it up to 100w. If you want to see the mCubed have a look at mine ...

Hi Valnar, I've been following your thread with interest. Just to add to the list, I've got a Q9300 which idles at 50/54C. It has a ninja mini with a noctua fan next to it in a fusion case. Also the quad is a replacement for an E8200 which I tried out with the stock cooler. It's idle temps were also...

But it is true that if you produce exactly the same sound and play it out of phase the two will cancell each other out. In theory you could cancell your fan noise by recording it and playing it back. Maybe you could install a small mp3 player and speaker inside your PC and just get phase cancellatio...

Yep, I don't know why but I've often found Americans won't ship os. Everywhere else in the world people don't care where the item goes as long as the cash is in the bank.

Here's one in Germany: ebay item 300225908815

Or you could ask this seller if they'll post to you: ebay item 150250572038

Also my neighbour builds computers from home for a living (ailean online) and had some in stock a year or so ago. I'll ask him if he's got one left.

Potsy

Hi all,

My local tech just told me that Hitachi have recently released a new range of notebook HDDs, the 7K320. These have up to 320GB, but the 250 and 320GB versions have 2 platters. Link: 7K320 specs pdf.

Has anyone heard one of these?

Cheers
Potsy

Hmmm... generally hard flat surfaces bounce sound back. You want lots of uneven surfaces. But not soft stuff over the top of hard surfaces (like egg cartons) because the sound goes throught it and still bounces around. So you're in a bind - uneven stuff will generally collect dust. But there's alway...

I think that will be a top sounding set up. If you're going to spend the cash on those speakers it's also worth thinking about the room rather than relying on calibration too much. If it sounds nice it's always nicer to listen in and be in. There are many ways of making a room sound good without muc...

Oooops, red face, sorry, sorry, sorry. I had left a compressor plugged in to the same outlet in the back of my rack. So... when the power meter is measuring the computer (on its own) it reads: 54w at idle, nice and stable; 60-67 with protools loaded; and 60-67 with Prime95 running. Now that looks be...

Hi all, I thought I would measure the power consumption of my system using a kill-a-watt thing, but I can't get any difference between idle and load. It generally fluctuates between 81-97w. I tried CPUstabilitytest and ran my protools software at full tilt to make sure both drives were going (and sp...

My method is to cut a piece of tin the right size (although cardboard or anything else would do), put a hole in it and pop rivet through the grill. This will last (unlike tape and such), it's quick and reversible. Potsy http://grapevine.com.au/~clubmack/spcrmisc/coverin.JPG http://grapevine.com.au/~...

You're right, flexibility might be good. You might even be able to keep your drives in a standard 3.5" bay (like in the antec fusion case) but wrapped up. I'm interested to hear what the prices are - my research for vibration damping material showed that the good stuff costs a lot (like $160 for 500...

I like your thinking... but are you reinventing boxes like the scythe quiet drive? link to scythe It may be foam rather than silicone gel, but essentially the scythe encases your drive in heat absorbing/vibration damping material and puts it in a box. Would gel be that much better? Potsy PS thanks f...

Hmmm... that's annoying. I guess you could mark where the holes need to be, take them down to your local machine shop and get them to drill the holes and tap a thread in. But there must be another HDD enclosure that has multiple mounting points?

Have you thought about enclosures for your hard drives? I'm using two hitachi 5400rpm notebook drives in scythe quite drive enclosures and can recommend them. I have no psu fan, no cpu fan, no gpu fan and I turn the case fan off for an hour or so at a time while I record music. I also live in a very...

Hi gernotg, here's my fusion case (which is the NSK with a volume knob) which is super quiet and might give you ideas: potsy's puter I've just updated my mobo/cpu to Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R with an Intel E8200 and the 200w psu is running it fine even with the cpu under 100% load. If you don't want 2.5...

Yep, I have the E8200, but I can change it to the Q9300 if I want. So, as always I'm in two minds but I'll probably keep the 8200. You're right, it will be easily enough for my needs. And on top of that I think it will run cooler so that probably makes it the better choice. There's no sense in havin...

Thanks ame, I don't know why I didn't think to look on the protools forums. The dverb test at the start of that thread has results for the E6600 and Q6600. I have the E8200 in now and ran dverb benchmark with similar results to the the E6600 (140 verbs). That indicates that the results in that threa...

Hi all, thanks for your help. Just thought I'd let you know I ended up with a dual core E8200 instead. I'm mostly doing audio recording/editing and the general consensus is that this type of software runs better on dual cores at the moment. I'll tell you what, it runs nice and cool!

Thank you all for your help, it really makes things easier. Yep, music is the thing so the E8200 is the go. Also, I think the E8200 just had a noisier stock fan which made be worry that it would be louder. In fact it runs cool - I unplugged the fan and with a light load it sat at about 40C for ages....

Hi all, I have recently upgraded my mobo. Parts and install are provided by my neighbour (ailean online) who has been super helpful. He has been happy for me to try out both the Q9300 and E8200 cpu and keep whichever I like. The price for the parts will be the same either way (a neighbourly deal). I...

As a general statement , for a small room I reckon you would be well served by looking for a pair of active monitors that are made for home recording studios. Most of them have digital inputs these days and nearly all have balance inputs. Maybe a nearfield would be good if your room is small, but I'...

Hi Brucesm, thanks for posting, its nice to know the Scythe Quiet Drive fits, I reckon I'll be using that info in the future! I'm guessing you wouldn't get much airflow in the 5.25 bay because its in that separate section with the psu. How are your HDD temps?
Potsy