I don't understand western digital naming convention so i'm not sure. But is the WD10EADS 2 platter now that 500GB platter 2TB GP is out? Did they reuse the same name but changed from 4 platter to two? If yes then how will consumers differentiate when they buy!

Mats wrote:None of all the reviews that I've seen have said that it's as fast as C2 at the same clock speed, so no surprise there.
It's not about their results, it's about their methods.
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Good critic. Keep us informed.

Well, if they say specifically that they support hybridSLI, then it must mean nvidia will support it for that board as well.

So has anyone succeeded in running winXP with AHCI on the minix? The drivers they provide on the minix driver page contains no instructions. I just integrated it to my nlite install and that didn't work, neither did it work when i install it after i installed windows. I'm getting frustrated here. ED...

dhanson865 wrote:If you say P1 I'm going to think Pentium, P2 would be Pentium II. I've been around too many years to think otherwise.

Yeah, don't be lazy, spell it out in full, phenom isn't that long to write on a keyboard. P1 and P2 is just wrong nomenclature.

So you're running it full passive? Wow mate, some people here even tried a mini-ninja on it and it couldn't do with even semi-passive.

Anyone else had this problem? And how did you resolve it?

Actually, it's usually during idle that you hear whine and chirps, when switching power supplies lower the frequency down to human hearing range. I had a problem like that with Athlon that was idling very low, at that time my core 2 duo was not very efficient at idle so it never whined. One [unaccep...

I didn't swap the heatsink, but i did replace the thermal paste. The stock one was absolute garbage. The NB was running hotter than the CPU, like 58C but the heatsink was perfectly cool to the touch. Upgraded with arctic silver 5, now it's faring much better, but the mounting system is really puny, ...

Since you refered us to that site, perhaps you are already registered there, maybe you can report the problem? It's a pain to have accounts everywhere. It's not that big a deal, i mean it's not a deal breaker, it's just right now my case is open air so i notice it a lot. I don't know if any bios twe...

No i haven't posted there. The VRM unit goes vrrrrr vzz vzz vzzz when there is activity.

Am i the only one getting chirps from the VRM of the minix?

So much for the nvidia-via platform. It would have been nice if it were the nano in there.

What do you mean by "runs fine". The point of hybrid power is that it "doesn't run". So does the 280 NOT run with hybrid power?

If hybrid power becomes an oem feature, is that tied to the mobo? Then GPU makers, will they still make new hybrid power GPUs? For those people who already have an 8200/8300 board, that's the important thing to know. Anyways, i don't know about you but when i think oem, i don't think of dedicated GP...

When GPGPU comes around, will the integrated 780G help? It's a 3300 at the core.

If i remember correctly, Mike, you review of hybrid power a while back said the card didn't actually turn off and was still drawing power. Is it from this conclusion that you say it isn't worth it? Perhaps that's not the way it was supposed to behave in the first place. I read on Legit Reviews they ...

And just to get an idea, how much amperage did you run through yours? It's been running safe since 2006? Someone's plug did melt in the other thread, quite scary a though for the money i put into the J&W 780g mini-itx board.

Okay Aris, i saw in another thread you went with the 220W delta adaptor made for dell with the 8 pin connector. I'm thinking it'd be safer that i don't merge those into only two cables and risk melting it with the current. I'd like to know what the female connector would have to be like? Is it like ...

Do you think the PW-200-V with this rating would work? Power Ratings (Max Power = 205 Watts, peak 250watts) Volts (V) Max Load (A) Peak Load (A) Regulation % 5V 6A 10A +/- 1.5% 5VSB 2A 10A +/- 1.5% 3.3V 6A 10A +/- 1.5% -12V 0.1A 0.2A +/- 5% 12V 12A 13.5A Switched input I'd still have to find an adap...

Well, this build is out of leftovers i had so i can't just go buy a cpu and 2.5 HDDs. Actually i do have 2.5 HDDs laying around but that wont get me there. And no, i'm not pulling the vga out of it, i'd have no use for it cause it's not powerful enough for my main desktop. I could always leave a reg...

Here's what i have in it: windsor athlon x2 3800+ j&w 780G mini-itx a HD2400 pro in hybrid crossfire 2 sodimm one 120mm fan 1 slim optical drive, would like to upgrade to blu-ray reader later on 1 3.5" hdd, would like to add another 2.5" hdd later on I tested with killawatt on a corsair 400 psu and ...

Actually, in desktop configuration, the psu fan of the minuet is vertical. In tower configuration on its left side (its anatomic left), the fan is horizontal. And neither these configurations made it noisy, but when laying on it's right side, the fan would make a noise. So from laying on the left to...

I know some fans will click or make some kind of noise mounted a certain way. I remember my antec minuet sounded anoying if i turned it a certain way.

i found the "mCubed HFX Mini External PSU 165W EF16" which seems to have a connector that would match. Don't know what it's volt and amp output is though. And it's quite costly, and haven't found it anywhere in north america.

If they integrated a 4670, then who would buy the discrete card?

I'm talking about the voltage regulation things that are right above the CPU slots. Those are the ones responsible for providing power to the CPU and they are the ones that are taxed when you overclock. In my case, i found that the rams were not defective because tested on another machine fine, but ...

run a memtest86+ It happened to me and i found errors with memtest86+. In my case, after i changed ram from OCZ to corsair, it worked again. But the thing is it worked with the OCZ in the beginning, so i suppose the hardware just got bad because of overclock. I suspected the VRM to be bad as they al...

Alright, i went ahead with just using the push-pins, now northbridge temps are at 51C. It's a bit dubious though because even right after boot it's at 51C and never goes below.

Okay, i took the heatsinks off. Turns out they were using thermal tape. No wonder the temps were crappy. Just that now, i don't think i can replace it with arctic silver 5 because the pushpins wont hold it strong enough. Perhaps replace it with bolt-through? Would have to go get bolts and screws and...