there is more involved in those choices, than just the psu location.kees wrote:Hi,
I'm doubting between an Antec SOLO and a Antec P183.
What is better, PSU at bottom or top of the case?
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- Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:38 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: PSU on bottom or top?
- Replies: 55
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Re: PSU on bottom or top?
- Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:29 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
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The number of Start/Stop Cycles will be reflected in the Load/Unload Cycle count wd does NOT have a specification for start/stop cycles, as i already proved; it is therefore irrelevant. i also proved that start/stop cycles are NOT relevant to the longevity of the drive, per the smart data gathering...
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:35 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
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- Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:31 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
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3. WD does have a spec for Load/Unload, and I have proved that a cold Start/Stop of a WD drive includes a Load/Unload cycle, so that may be why WD sees no need for a spec on cold Start/Stop. no, contact start/stop means nothing, which is why wd does NOT include a spec for it: "S.M.A.R.T. attribute ...
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
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disk drives are rated for number of turn on cycles. as i explained, wd does NOT have a specification of any kind for power cycling, which proves that your statement is incorrect . you then went on to post irrelevant gibberish, lies about what i said, and totally unsubstantiated claims of fact that ...
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:16 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
Actually you said the following: my exact words were: " if it was a significant failure mode, there would be a limitation on it. " which you have failed to disprove. As I have tried to explain to you: as i pointed out before, you have repeatedly gone off-topic, with posts about about car warranties...
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:59 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Antec P183 case $90 at frys B&M
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4280
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:16 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: 3 Step - Core i3, i5, and i7 OCing Guides (w/ Sandy Bridge)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 24376
a lot of good info in there, although the overclocking guides will probably be too technical for people who are just starting out. "3. Sample #3 – Hardcore/high end OC – Intel Core i7 970, DDR3-2400 CAS9 1.Bclock freq goal = 200MHz 2.CPU freq goal = 4.6GHz 3.Memory speed goal = DDR3-2400 (uncore...
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:00 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
What is shows (and what you denied before) is that if the machine is cold booted (shut down, and then booted), then the Power_Cycle_Count and the Load_Cycle_Count are both incremented by one. none of that is relevant to this thread. So your assertion that one can do a cold boot on a system an infin...
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:58 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Very interesting new heatsink design!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3879
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:45 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: CPU temp reading error?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2064
tjmax is the point where your cpu will start to throttle, to avoid overheating... i think that it's around 100c.
be sure and calibrate real temp, there is a master thread out there on how it's done:
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
be sure and calibrate real temp, there is a master thread out there on how it's done:
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Antec Mini P180
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5043
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:28 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
I don't need any documentation because I ran a test to prove it. First I ran smartctl (under Linux) and got the following output: . totally irrelevant, as usual. you just told us that "even if it can happen (turn-on spikes damaging equipment)"... then went completely off-topic with some idiotic lin...
- Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:28 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Larger Fans?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2817
- Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:25 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: uhh... AMD 1090T kicks asss... 'nuff said
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4010
- Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
There is a load/unload cycle count spec that does exist, and in effect supersedes the start/stop because each start or stop is one load/unload. prove it. show us the documentation from the hard drive manufacturers that make that claim. Since one cannot cold start/stop a computer 100,000 times in 5 ...
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:23 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Questions about Scythe's heatpipe caps
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4496
- Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:05 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
It turns out that WD no longer publishes that spec, because it doesn't exist, as i stated earlier... btw, you are obviously unaware that the drive i posted has a five-year warranty, and it has no power cycle rating. I don't understand what the warranty has to do with this discussion (you will have ...
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:52 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Loud XFX 5770 stock heatsink/Best course of action.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17061
replace the 5770's with gtx460's, and put the antec fans on low, or replace 'em. Why the hell would he do that the HD 5770 runs cooler and quieter then GTX 460. they are both 40nm gpu's. along with what das posted... i'm guessing that gtx 460's in sli will blow away those 5770's?? but if performanc...
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:40 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
As to why WD no longer rates their drives for on-off cycles (even though Seagate does you still don't get it, so lets try another approach. here is the seagate warranty: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=Seagate_Technology_Limited_Consumer_Warranty&vgnextoid=516fd20cacdec010Vg...
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:51 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:56 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
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Ok, more or less every update. Meanwhile I don't have to reboot more than once every four or five months. i apologize in advance for sounding like i'm ragging on you :) but that is a pointless goal... there is absolutely nothing wrong with rebooting a server. Another is that it's unnecessary wear o...
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:40 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: P180 + noctua D14
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6851
I'm not completely stuck to noctua's, i'm just going down SPCR's list of recommened heatsinks. remember that spcr only tests cpu coolers at stock frequencies these days, so you should ignore the temp numbers... what you get out of the reviews is fan noise measurements, which is valuable information...
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:13 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Longest UPTIME on your destop PC?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26789
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:11 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Loud XFX 5770 stock heatsink/Best course of action.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17061
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:06 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Corsair TX650 vs. Antec EarthWatts 750w
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8017
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:51 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: GTX 460 launched today
- Replies: 93
- Views: 70357
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3495/msi_geforce_gtx_460_hawk_1gb_video_card/index.html it looks like the hawk is in the upper half of the pack, at 66db? perhaps there was a problem with the sample they tested, because that's not quiet at all. i have the copper version of that msi twin cooler(gold...
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:27 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec TruePower New TP-750
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15079
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:25 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: P180 + noctua D14
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6851