There is a terrific comparison in photographs on this Chiphell forum thread . The photographs speak for themselves and you can see that the Macho has one less fin layer. and another Chiphell thread compares performance of new vs old. Google translate does a poor job, but you can look at the numbers ...

CA_Steve wrote:The Core 2 Duo mini is pretty efficient. Just has a lack of useful ports (eSATA or USB3). Who knows what the next one will have....

I'm guessing Thunderbolt is extremely likely, gotta sell more of those $50 cables!

Abula wrote:Thanks for the link, but those seem like normal Sandy bridge Core i mobile series, not the low voltage, either way its interesting.

maybe the next Mac Mini?

Would be intresting if a manufacturer decides to release a laptop chipset for htpc, see ASRock CoreHT and Fujitsu ESPRIMO Q900 . How long will we have to wait for someone to sell ARM boards? Trim-Slice by Compulab (Fit-PC) is already on sale, although it's a complete Arm 9 Cortex + Tegra 2 system, ...

No, it doesn't seem to. Thanks, how did you find out? do you have one or were you able to find a manual listing the BIOS options? Not a total deal breaker with this board, just have to be sure and choose a lower TDP if I opt for a lower power PSU. ...But the Intel mobo should idle extremely low at ...

Intel boards seem pretty good for power efficiency, and DH67CF is one of the few mini-ITX with DisplayPort. However, does it have a BIOS option to undervolt CPUs?

Those FSP plug in adapters appear to be available in 12V & 19V input, and 65W & 90W power rating. Useful if you want to use other power bricks. I like the fact that it's all SATA. FSP065-5DC12(20) FSP090-5DC12(20) FSP065-5DC19(20) FSP090-5DC19(20) found the product codes here: http://jeffreysview.wo...

There are several ITX cases which include a Pico style PSU: an external power brick an an internal DC/DC board. Akasa Crypto Lian Li Q09 Silverstone LC-19 SilverStone Milo ML02 Also the ISK300-65 is another option. Thanks, I looked at all of these and there are certainly some convenient options the...

I'm considering building a system with mini-ITX LGA 1155: i3 (maybe 65W i5 if I can find a good deal) Intel DH67CF 2.5" HDD SSD optical (maybe slim, but probably 5.25") It looks like a 120W PicoPSU + power brick would be adequate, but I'm not sure if it would be the most power efficient solution. Ho...

what is the reason of subpar thermal performance? How come it be cooler in a horizontal position, if the laws of physics - convection - would suggest the opposite? I don't like to be too critical of the SPCR reviews as the testing is good, and we cannot expect every configuration to be tested. Howe...

it's directing some airflow down onto the motherboard that may benefit the RAM and the VRMs? and it's better positioned than the fan on the HSF would be to draw in cool air from outside. I said it earlier - many of the builds I see using this case have a bare tower cooler i.e. no fan clipped to the ...

I know 80mm fans aren't "sexy" these days. But a pair of those in place of the bottom 120mm fan would mean airflow directed at the GPU instead of more towards the CPU. read the full product description - you can remove the angled 120mm fan mount and use two 80mm fans instead :) It's designed to acc...

Silverstone have demoed the FT03 housing a fanless sytem. Looks quite effective: Fortress FT03 fanless system demonstration . Of course the Orochi is massively oversized for µATX and only one expansion slot looks to be free in this particular setup. I still really like this case (has to be in black ...

May I suggest the Lian Li PT-FN03, it's got four fan headers (Lian Li product page is wrong) and a variable controller. If you don't like it being on a PCI slot you could unscrew the PCB from the mount and fit it somewhere more to your liking. Got mine from Caseking in Germany: http://www.caseking.d...

Yes, the pot is a real boon and I wish I got one ages ago!

same as the OP, 1850rpm model. As a test, using a Noctua ULNA from my S12s into the motherboard headers the fan speed is reported as being 990-1050rpm. In practice I'm using a Lian Li PT-FN03 which is a simple potentiometer that down volts up to 4 fans in one go. Unfortunately I haven't figured out ...

Gentle Typhoon 1850s running at (990rpm) They aren't more noisy, just have an odd noise to them. Anyone else experience this? Mine are similarly configured, and behaving much the same. They are indeed odd compared with other fans I've used. At certain speeds they sound wrong, increase the voltage a...

H50 radiator: is mounted in the front of of the PC-A05N, in place of the 3.5" cage which has been removed entirely. It's approximately 15cm (or 6") long and so one of the fans is only a few cm from the DIMM slots. Protruding from the case wall: 1st 120mm Gentle Typhoon TFC Xtender shroud H50 radiat...

use the top without a fan and just set both fans to push air into the case? It's not pretty, motherboard/system temperatures rise rapidly beyond tolerance (my system actually reset) and the counter flow of air causes my CPU temperature to rise a few °C as well. Bear in mind I have an H50 with shro...

I ordered the T-LM14B-2 optional top panel and 140mm fan, plus a couple of other bits including some basic potentiometer fan controllers. Coincidently it all just arrived as I was replying here, so I will be having a play with it over the next few days.

I don't think I would be so quick to get a faster one and downvolt it, but that's just me. Depends on the system I guess. I'm using a Lian Li PC-A05N case, which does a passable impression of an oven. Also I'm running a slightly overclocked system with lots of RAM - it heats up pretty fast and so I...

I don't think I would be so quick to get a faster one and downvolt it, but that's just me. Depends on the system I guess. I'm using a Lian Li PC-A05N case, which does a passable impression of an oven. Also I'm running a slightly overclocked system with lots of RAM - it heats up pretty fast and so I...

I decided to play a little safe and get the Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro PK2 @ 1200rpm. Expect I'll end up running somewhere between 700-1000rpm. I did read a comment that that the standard 140mm BlackSilent may have some bearing noise horizontally, but not much and only when facing in one direction...

I'm considering adding a horizontally mounted fan at the top of my case, and found these two possibilities: Noiseblocker BlackSilentPro Be Quiet SilentWings USC I imagine the real differences in performance will be quite small, but I wonder if anyone has compared these or seen any glowing recommenda...

Fan noise is the main thing. I've got a Corsair H50, Sapphire Atomic 5850, 1x 120mm case fan, and may need to get a 140mm case fan as well (to cool the graphics card) The H50 and the graphics card will be the main things to quiet as much as possible - I've got a shroud for the H50 radiator and will ...

Has anyone got one of the King Mod kits? I'm considering getting one for my PC-A05N, but they are quite expensive for a few pieces of pre cut foam damping material, but I don't mind the cost if it does what it's supposed to. Is the quality good i.e. perfect shapes and edges? Is it effective i.e. not...

Read the Anandtech H55 article for more details. Thanks, Tom Cove looks like the best mATX for a cheap, basic system. more power available is never bad and will allow you a much wider upgrade path in the future. As it happens I have just ordered an X-750 for a new games PC, and already have an olde...

Thanks MtnHermit, great reply. The Antec Earthwatts PSUs are available combined with some nice(ish) mATX cases for a modest price (I'm in the UK) so that looks like a possibility. Was looking at the Intel DH55TC for the power efficient system, is the Gigabyte better? as in more efficient? Fortunatel...

What is available that will be really efficient with the new Intel i3/i5+H55/H57 systems? I was going to use an old 600W Seasonic in a new basic system, but it would be really far outside the optimal efficiency range. A 100W PSU looks like it would be appropriate based on the loads measured here: ht...

No doubt we'll see some teardowns and modders adapting these soon. It doesn't matter if it's not 100% silent, extremely quiet is probably good enough most of the time