Of course the penny pinchers at my bank charged another €8,- for an international money transfer. Ha, be happy that it was only that - last time I attempted an international money transfer I was charged 20 GBP (~30Eur). And that wasn't a function of the amount transferred. Tibors, or anyone else, c...

Happy Birthday SPCR.

SPCR is the only forum I've actually followed for longer than a few weeks. ..first as a lurker then as a poster.

It's great stuff. Thanks for all the effort everyone!

That was mean.

Thanks Tibors, that's a great idea. I actually thought of it just after I'd posted the above message - having a look down the side of the HS it looks like it could work - the heatpipes will block some of the airflow but I reckon it'll work just fine. For ref you can kinda see pics here , here , here...

To check if it's your Maxtor then in Windows instead of doing a "power off", do a "standby". This should power down the hard disk but leave all fans (and PSU) on.

Guys and Gals, I'm looking into throwing together a quiet server type box (DHCP,DNS,NFS,Samba,squid,VPN,maybe IP QoS). I'm looking into using an SLK3000B and was hoping to use a lower power (cheap and quiet) PSU - specifically the Nexus NX-3000 since it's very cheap , I've used one before and I like...

Has anyone seen any 2400+ 1.35V XP-Ms?
Must be mobile, must be 1.35V.
www.cpucity.co.uk used to stock them but they don;t any more. They do have 2500+ 1.45V jobbies though.

I was going to go for an HT-101 in my HTPC but it wouldn;t fit my case (Coolermaster ATC-620) - a DP-102 works absolutely great though.
Current temps on a fully loaded XP-M 2400+ 1.35V is 34oC CPU - but it is quite cold around the case... but I don't remember the CPU ever going over 40oC.

Now, I've decided to get one of the 5400rpm 3.5" Samsung drives. However, you can't get them in the UK anymore. So I'm going to get one from Germany which seems to have plenty. Haven't got the links to hand but if you Google you'll probably find one for sale. Did you try whispertec? They're mention...

I saw these guys http://www.whispertec.com/index.html mentioned in another post once, but they don't seem to be in this list. Don't know how good their fans are, but they seem to have stuff I haven't seen elsewhere. Apologies if I've missed an earlier posting. Hmm - that site is pretty cool - I was...

The PSU I have is the one I mentioned in another thread that I don't entirely trust, but still I didn't expect numbers like I'm getting, as I'm about to discuss. I'm not sure how familiar most of you are will Linux, but there's a tool to read diodes similiar to MBM called lm_sensors. Like MBM it ca...

Hmm cool quiet HPTC box.... folding points.... quiet MythTV....folding points What config are you running? I put together a MythTV box with a 2400+ XP-M and run F@H on it 24/7 - cpu load temps are four degrees above case temp - right now the cpu is at 39oC.. so I don't have to choose between "quiet...

Pretty much anywhere i guess but things like a monitor extension cable tend to be expensive. I'm guessing you are referring to mail order, but just in case you aren't, and are located in London, then I think the best place is to get them from the Computer Fair around Tottenham Court Road . I don't r...

I'll need integrated video plus an AGP slot so I can support dual monitors. Just had a thought - if you only need two heads on the computer then get a graphics card with two outputs - then you won't need onboard graphics and you will have at least more than one board to choose from. I've never used...

Now I need a mATX motherboard that will allow me to take advantage of the power saving features of the Mobile chip. I'll need integrated video plus an AGP slot so I can support dual monitors. I also prefer decent integrated audio to keep the cost down and to keep the case from getting too crowded. ...

Can I get a "Welcome to SPCR" ?? :D Welcome to SPCR!! btw.. regarding my comments on the Geode - yes, sorry, maybe the more recent ones are more powerful - I investigated them a a few years ago when clock speeds were of the order of 300 MHz - which I figured would be enough (and then some) for MP3 ...

AMD bought the Geode processor designs from SGS-Thomson (I think!!). They're for low power embedded applications. Stick em together with another chip and they're pretty much a complete PC. Whether you should use it all depends on your application. They'd be good in a wireless/wired standalone MP3 pl...

See if you can find anything about the Soltek SL-75MIV2. I saw something about it undervolting so it should have the ability to overclock. I'm loving my SL-75MIV2-L. Only minor gripe is that a 80x25 fan won't easily fit on a DP-102 (with fan next to DIMMs). Check out my post here for the adjustment...

I doubt the things most people do from home is that interesting to justify the work to snoop them. Passwords and credit card numbers. UNIX logins, Windows logins, (root passwords), VPN logins, website logins.. There are all kinds of information, on top of banking details, that are sensitive and som...

Wow, thanks for the tip Macaholic! That's very nice of you to drop such a tip to the competition. Cheers. :P @everyone: As to the general trend I know my points have dropped for a number of reasons - one flaky computer.. another three spend a lot of time being off because they belong to other people...

I'd be very wary of running it with just such a small heatsink - FX5200 do run fanless - I have an Aopen one (click pic for bigger pic) and with an open case it runs very hot - nearly too hot to touch - and that's a big heatsink. Maybe an aftermarket fanless heatsink will work? One of the zalmans ma...

I was waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for the Cavalier 4 to come out.. they (CM) were making loads of promises on their website about when it would come out - there were some pre-release reviews on the web.. talk about it on the CM forums and nothing in the shops... and it is still (AFAI...

Hello, I'd like to pre-order my t-shirt and membership pack of the 100k club... I should be a member by the time the t-shirt gets deilvered ;) Team_Rank Points_24hr_Avg Points_Last_24hr Points_Last_7d Points_Today Points_This_Week Total_Points Total_WUs 26 445 363 3,115 363 2,253 99,778 1,597

IthinkI'vefiguredoutasolutionforthespacebarnoisiness.

Seriously though.. I'm after a quiet keyboard with a good feel.. but what's the current thinking about cordless (radio, not IR) keyboards? Are they safe or snoopable?

I'll try find one in London tomorrow and I'll give feedback.

Using Photoshop, it would be a simple matter to "unplug" it and have it still be "on." Actually - maybe there is a fan and it's been photoshopped out! (I'm just kidding AntecRep! I'm actually monitoring the fanless PSU situation carefully because one day, I'll probably buy one) On a more serious no...

Completely isolating the case would cause a huge reduction in noise and dust. Plus no grille cutting, intake modding or ventillation mods would ever have to be attempted again. Nice idea if you can afford it.. but what do you plan to do about the PSU? Having a single fan PSU would break your "no ho...

I think it's blue because there is a big chunk of glacial ice in there because it runs just SOOO cool.

Oh, and Edward, don't be silly - Flux capacitors don't exist.

Does anyone know of a micro-ATX motherboard that allows sufficient control of the voltage and multiplier to achieve 1.35V and 13.5 multiplier? And that's available in the USA. I recently started using a Soltek SL-75MIV2-L and it is very configurable - I'd check for sure about the multiplier setting...

If you get an answer from Novatech then I'd appreciate if you share it here - I might in interested in this combo for a friend's new computer.

I never used them myself - but I did notice the mismatch in model number soon after my earlier post - see the EDIT. Sorry to hear about your trans-european HDD annoyance - I used Savastore once with mail order and the order was correct - but very late.. friends have reported complications too. You c...