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- Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:53 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Need smaller cooler than Accelero S2 for HTPC case
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1662
You will initially cringe when hearing this, but the heatpipes in the Accelero S2 can be pretty easily bent - just make a gentle curve so the cooler arcs instead of going straight up. Some general advice: the FX5600 AGP card is completely unsuited to HTPC use - it is too hot, too underpowered and is...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:22 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Scythe Gentle Typhoon - 120mm - pics and impressions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 24625
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:20 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Windows 7 question (activation)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8034
- Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:52 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Zune 30GB freezing?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6622
Why should it even be necessary to have a phone and or internet to use an OS anyway? I paid for why do i have to jump through hoops to use it? How are you supposed to test for this bug ahead of time? I know hind sight is 20/20 but the comments here indicate it was a pretty dumb error. http://www.cr...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:40 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Anandtech: NVIDIA's Ion Platform (Atom+GeForce 9400M)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 33917
Even more interesting would be Atom 330 + 9400M combination with GigE, 2-4 SATA ports, 2 SODIMM slots and a PCIe x1 slot. It could be a WHS system or a media center or an email / web browser system. No room on a Pico-ITX. No point for a reference board. Make production version a Mini-ITX or Micro-A...
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:12 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Anandtech: NVIDIA's Ion Platform (Atom+GeForce 9400M)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 33917
- Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:29 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Future of intel Atom
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9564
There's always the upcoming Nvidia MCP79chipset for the Atom which should be low powered (3W idle, 14W full load w/ IGP). Specs look to be pretty nice (including HDMI 1.2). Now if it has more than 2 SATA ports and GigE, it could be a fabulous platform for WHS.
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- Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:31 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec Fusion Remote Max
- Replies: 39
- Views: 30785
Would have been much more interested in a review of the Micro Fusion 350 since it is visually more appealing than the Max. Also interesting from a silent PC standpoint (can Antec build a chassis that cools well and cools quietly using 80mm fans?). However, I understand why this was reviewed (support...
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:31 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD's Maui HTPC Platform
- Replies: 163
- Views: 172450
derekva -- Here you go, the only vendor who has a page on the product... limited tho it is: http://www.maingear.com/mediacenter/axess/ Cool! Thanks! -D I went to their site and then went "!?!". Too rich for my blood. If only OEMs could sell motherboard + OCUR combos...damn the blackened souls of Ca...
- Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:13 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD's Maui HTPC Platform
- Replies: 163
- Views: 172450
Cool! Thanks!MikeC wrote:derekva -- Here you go, the only vendor who has a page on the product... limited tho it is: http://www.maingear.com/mediacenter/axess/
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- Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:50 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD's Maui HTPC Platform
- Replies: 163
- Views: 172450
This first impression is only after one afternoon of messing with the Maui HTPC sample from AMD, specifically the 5ch Power Amplifier and Intersil D2Audio DAE-3 (on the motherboard): The sound quality through a pair of high quality hifi speakers (self-designed/built 7" Focal + 1" aluminum dome in 6...
- Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:29 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: What do you do with your dead HDD?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 37643
I keep a very large speaker magnet on hand for wiping out hard drives in general. Does that actually work...... I have used the stupidly powerful magnets that are actually used "inside" HDD's and that doesnt work, I thought that the magnetism had to be directed very very specifically to actually wo...
- Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:12 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI Radeon 4550 - 25W - Silent from birth
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25976
Has anyone found passive 4550 in retail? I need hdmi blueray playback solution for my passive modt :) I've purchased passive ASUS 4350 card with native HDMI (code: EAH4350 SILENT) for 40 euros. QUICK REVIEW: + Blueray, x264 1080p mkv's rips play fine (previously stuttered with integrated intel gpu,...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:34 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New file/media server for WHS
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3390
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:04 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI Radeon 4550 - 25W - Silent from birth
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25976
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:25 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI Radeon 4550 - 25W - Silent from birth
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25976
780G ig great, but then ur stuck with AMD cpu, intel gives more room for undervolting and cooler systems. The undervolting thing is debatable. In terms of power consumption, a 4550 + Intel chipset + Intel CPU > 780G motherboard + AMD CPU. And for HTPC tasks, they do the exact same thing, exactly th...
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:02 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel D945GCLF m-ITX: Atom For The Desktop
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17240
Re: ethernet speed error in article?
D945GCLF has a 100Mbps network connection.Zed Lopez wrote:On pages 1 and 2, the review says it has 10/100 Mbps ethernet. Intel says it's 10/100/1000.
D945GCLF2 has a 1Gbps network connection.
The review was for the D945GCLF.
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- Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:36 pm
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: News on Windows Home Server
- Replies: 94
- Views: 156739
If an Atom solution was used, it could be built on the single core or single vs dual core Intel Mini-ITX mobo's that Mike has already reviewed. The results from this would be comparable to any Atom based system. Ironically, Yamawho, your system in your .SIG is pretty close to my WHS system (I have ...
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:44 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 4309
- Views: 2598279
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:44 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI Radeon 4550 - 25W - Silent from birth
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25976
that is the worst video card I have ever seen. 17 frames on low quality, 120 dollar version of an LCD screen level of playing ? i agree that a 4670 is the better choice over this. the 4670 actually can play games. things need a 128 bit bus at least. 64 is really really old school well, i guess it i...
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Lipstick on a Pit Bull
- Replies: 151
- Views: 48977
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Good quality soundcard?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4962
I love my Chaintech AV-710. It's out of production now, but you can still find it on eBay . It has been around long enough that it works in Ubuntu (At least in Feisty Faun). It uses the ENVY24 HT-S chipset + Wolfson WM8728 DAC and supports: » Analog 20-bit/48KHz I/Os » Digital I/Os supporting 24-b...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:10 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Fileserver O/S. What to use?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3246
What about Windows Home Server? Microsoft finally got the data corruption bug fixed and it's pretty darn stable. It doesn't require a lot of power from a CPU standpoint (my WHS server is built on a D201GLY2) and is pretty easy to manage. Granted, it's not free like Ubuntu, but it does everything I n...
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:00 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Kontron´s Mini-ITX Atom board
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6080
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: An HTPC with a twist
- Replies: 26
- Views: 89324
Of course it was dead.. I loved it myself, unfortunately after 11 years of service it wouldn`t read anymore. And it`s not just the platter, every cable inside was carefully grounded and the transformer is 4 times the size of that in my dvd player. They even used copper screws.. You can do better to...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: An HTPC with a twist
- Replies: 26
- Views: 89324
Oh god...
Please tell me that PD-S904 was dead before you hacked it up...
Do you know how excellent the old Pioneer stable platter CD transports were? I'd love to have one in my stereo system.
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Do you know how excellent the old Pioneer stable platter CD transports were? I'd love to have one in my stereo system.
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- Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:00 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: mini-itx 780G board
- Replies: 128
- Views: 96078
.....and a single PCIe 16X graphic port.... A single PCI slot would have been so much better IMO. Looks to be a great HTPC board. Actually, I'll dispute this. Most if not all of the new combo tuners (Digital + Analog) come in PCIe rather than PCI. If you want to be able to tune clear QAM with an HT...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:16 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec Skeleton... and P183 & Sonata Elite
- Replies: 161
- Views: 131294
- Fri May 30, 2008 12:06 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 4309
- Views: 2598279
- Wed May 21, 2008 2:06 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: lowest power setup for NAS like computer
- Replies: 40
- Views: 16382
What about this: Intel D945GCLF (with integrated Atom 1.6Ghz CPU) Cheers. Tasty. I see Mini-Box is listing it for only $80 -- competitive with D201GLY2, as MikeC said. With lower power consumption and better chipset, this is a huge upgrade over the D201GLY2. Of course, people will still bitch about...