Maybe the Zotac BIOS has a bad/duplicated entry for the
voltage for the 1.60 GHz setting??

yuu wrote:The board is running at default whenever it dislikes the setting. You should try 266*6 instead of 200*8. or >203*8

I have not altered the default FSB (266); the speed changes are the
standard Linux (fresh install of 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10) using Intel SpeedStep.

2.93GHz results are with or without stress test? It has the same numbers as 1.60GHz. Yes, all except the idle are with the stress test. Odd, isn't it? I ran the test more than once, and saw the numbers first at 1.60 GHz, then saw them dip at 2.13, and then rise again at 2.93. I noticed it first yes...

I just put together a new system, based on the Zotac 9300-I-E miniITX motherboard, with an e7500 Intel processor installed. I was doing some stress testing (Mersenne primes stress test) and watching the power draw with a Kill-A-Watt meter, both with default voltage and the maximum hardware undervolt...

Hello ... I've discovered this thread, and might be choosing this case. I was wondering how you cut the hole in the case sheeting so cleanly. I'd end up with a horrid sharp mess.

Thanks!

hdparm in Linux. Works on my Hitachi 2.5" 7200 rpm drives, at any rate.

This "I" model must be quite new ... haven't heard of it before today. NewEgg sells the "G" but not the "I" yet. I'd love to hear more about the improved and possibly die-shrunk GPU. More info will be on the Web soon I suppose.

I'd be very interested to know how the undervolting works. That is, does
it disable SpeedStep, or is the voltage change applied to each step equally or proportionately?

Many Thanks!

I love what you've done here. I'm thinking of a Zotac 9300 build in the next few months, and had been thinking of an SG05/06 case, but this is awfully tempting. One drawback ... I've never worked with acrylic before. How do the different acrylic pieces join??

As usual, a few silent diehards may consider replacing the provided PSU with a silent picoPSU and an external AC/DC power brick. This not only eliminates the noise of the power supply fan, it also frees up the space above the CPU so that one of the huge tower heatsinks could be used (as long as it ...

RoGuE wrote:FYI This is the memory you want

Hmm. The zotac board "supports" DDR2 667 or 800 memory, whatever that means. I'm curious why you recommend DDR2 1066 memory -- an insurance policy for good memory performance? Overclocking? Thanks!

I noted with great interest the low power consumption of
the monitor. Were you able to lower the brightness without
creating noise? My Viewsonic VG2030wm squeals hideously
if I take the brightness below 96%. I could save ~10 watts at
75% brightness but that's just impossible.

Alternatively, have a look at the Silverstone Sugo-05. Replace the included power supply with a picoPSU and you should have some options from the Recommended CPU Heatsink section of the main site that could fit in that case. A Ninja Mini should be a good option. Hmmm. An SG05 with a good 120mm fan ...

I agree ... great article on this mini-ITX compared to the others I've found. I'm thinking that in a larger mini-ITX case (Sugo SG05?) with a picoPSU (no power supply inside the case) you could possibly put one of several substantial heat sinks in there. In another thread, a poster put this board in...

Thanks so much for the detailed review. I'm especially happy to
see the power figures for idle/load with the E8400 CPU and the
integrated graphics. Very compelling combination!

Hi, I have raid 1 on Ubuntu 8.10, but I haven't tested failure modes much. I did find on launchpad that grub-install now puts grub on all disks on the array and I tried it on my machine with the following results: blb@tbroma:~$ cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [r...

Yonah (first-generation 65nm Core processor Socket M),
T1300 Solo (single CPU, not Duo), 1.66 GHz. Used briefly
to flash a BIOS that didn't recognize Core 2 CPUs, then on
the parts shelf for two years. Parts shelf being cleaned up!

Asking $15 for processor and shipping in continental US.

Just a quick note -- the new version of the 24" iMac is $1500
with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and 2.93 GHz CPU.

The one my wife got 5 months ago was $1800 with 2GB of DDR2.

I'm a member of the smaller-is-better crowd. No need for a built-in optical drive (don't use it that often, so use an eSATA or USB external drive). 3 x 2.5" drive spots (1 SSD for boot/applications and 2 HDD in RAID 1 for my stuff), and you can use the power supply area for some of that 'cause I'll ...

BTW the TJ08 isn't worth $60 more just because of the rear grate. They also cut a 120mm hole at the front of the case, plus all the panels are made of aluminum, and, well it's a Silverstone... When did the TJ08 change? My front panel is aluminum, but the sides and top are steel. Got magnets all ove...

I haven't had any problem copying & burning CDs with the system in my sig (110w brick for picoPSU-120). Once I tried to load both CPU cores, run graphics hard, and load a CD at the same time and I think it peaked at 109 watts (according to kill-a-watt) but usually stayed at 90. (Hard drives are 2 72...

Hi,

It's treated as common knowledge that the slimline/laptop
DVD/CD drives (read/write) use less power than the regular
desktop versions, but I haven't come across any hard numbers.
Any pointers?

Thanks!

jones_r wrote:b3nbranch,

When you connect the 110W brick to the Kill-A-Watt device, without connecting the brick even to the picoPSU, how much wattage does it take ?

It flickers between 1 watt and 2 watts. I don't know if the kill-a-watt
does rounding or truncation

b3nbranch, When you connect the 110W brick to the Kill-A-Watt device, without connecting the brick even to the picoPSU, how much wattage does it take ? Btw, what is the voltage in your outlet, 120V or 230V ?, I'm starting to think that maybe this brick is less efficient with 230V outlets... I'll te...

I replaced a Seasonic S12-380 with a picoPSU in the rig in my sig. I'm using the mini-box 110watt brick. AC draw as measured by a kill-a-watt: computer off: S12-380 1 watt, picoPSU 3 watts computer idle: S12-380 52 watts, picopsu 43 watts cpu burn: S12-380 85 watts, picopsu 77 watts Although the abs...

[edit] Okay, will definitely look at this one. BTW, do you know if this board maybe automatically disables the on-board video stuff once you plug in a VGA card? Don't know. I just use the on-board with the DVI output. Not sure which MB you're speaking of here, but the i945GTm-VHL has a couple of ju...

I'm not an ideal responder -- my system usually tops out at 60-65 watts, unless I'm stress-testing it (77 watts with CPUs busy, 90 watts with CPUs plus graphics busy). Once I activated the CD drive while at the 90 watt level and it momentarily spiked at 103 watts. I have never heard the fan turn on....

My experience with both a 7600GS and 7300GS has been that they don't really underclock or overclock. The utilities such as nvclock try to effect a change, but the card won't accept them. Sometimes it *looks* as if my 7300GS has accepted a change, but the power draw doesn't drop. Sometimes the change...

Well, I got around to putting the hard drives into a gutted ATX PSU, as suggested. I didn't have the energy to re-work the elastic mount, so I just plopped the existing wood+elastic frame inside the PSU cage, and added an 80mm fan connected to a Zalman fanmate. The HDDs now run 1°C to 2°C cooler. ...

Hi! Still need one more? I have an S12-380 (sleeved) that was used
for about 5 months until I converted the system to use a picoPSU.
Purchased last December.