Welcome back. Are you sure that is 100 and not 1000 GB? ;) To give you a heads up, the current platter density is 250GB for notebook drives and 500GB for desktop drives. Western Digital has not yet introduced 7200rpm 3.5" drives with 500GB platters but its last-generation 333GB-per-platter drives st...

It's normal for single platter drives to be thick. Only Seagate's single platter models are half-height nowadays.

How many revs did the original S12 go through? I think there were 3. There was the first revision, then the second with a ball bearing fan and a better cap. On the third revision they added sleeving but took away some perks like the RPM wire and the 5V fan adapter. Was that when they changed the box...

IIRC it's a GeForce 9400 version of the P5N7A-VM with onboard Firewire. Any reason you'd get this instead of the Gigabyte board?

psiu wrote:Up to you if you want to then tinker with the BIOS--make sure you read up on recovery procedures *ahead* of time.

Yep. It's a good idea to practice booting to DOS from a USB drive and have atiflash.exe ready on it.

It's a single platter drive, possibly the lowest power 3.5" drive out there.

Yes... I noticed this change some time ago. Seems to be a worthy upgrade. Note how they upped the temperature rating of the (primary?) capacitor from 85C to 105C, matching the VX450W. I don't think this means much in practice, but it does show they're putting a heavy emphasis on component quality, o...

so it would be 3 slots total.

That's right as can be seen in this picture.

This is temporary connected to 12V line of my main server via multimeter. After it boots debian linux and cpu scaling kicks in, so cpu runs at 1.2Ghz, it idles at just 1.7A or 20.4w! If powered by 12v brick with 90% efficiency, it should be 23w system. Thanks for reporting this. Have you had a chan...

I believe many would agree this would be an ideal performance drive for desktops right now. It should be cheap and quiet, run cooler than the 640GB Blue (drawing 2-3W less power) and unless the firmware deliberately wants otherwise it can be a strong performer too. Does anyone know if this model has...

I had one and can verify that the SATA version(216D) isn't compatible with a lot of hardware and has "issues" with media. What media issues did you have? I burn on Verbatim media (Taiyo Yuden CDs and MCC DVD+R) and no problems so far. The 117 model seems to be an upgrade to the 116/216 and also has...

valnar wrote:I've been told that an E7200 or E7300 45nm Wolfdale would be the least power hungry and 'coolest' CPU's for a regular motherboard.

Are you aware of the E5xxx series? It's also 45nm and runs cooler than E7xxx. You have the E5200, E5300 and E5400 at 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 Ghz.

jaganath wrote:you can get a Corsair CX400W for $40 shipped after rebate at newegg.

I can also see a promo code "Mar20" for instant $10 savings at checkout.

I can't tell exactly because I used a Fanmate but yes the starting voltage is high for this model. SPCR found it to be 8.9V here.

justyn wrote:Has anyone seen anything else like this?

The Dell H255E-00 originally had a similar curve (see e.g. here) but that turned out to be a testing error as the PDF was later revised. If the report for the RM112 is correct then I agree the curve is unusual.

Thanks. That may be another face of the QC issues that others had with this model (I recall reading about clicking). I might give the S-Flex another go with the F model because it starts reliably at 5V. I originally chose the S-Flex over the Slipstream for longevity because I am still not sure what ...

I bought an S-Flex D 120mm 800rpm fan to replace the stock Antec Tricool fan in an Antec case. It is quieter than the Tricool @ low but not by as much as I thought it would be. It has a noticeable low-frequency bearing noise that is much louder than the noise of the airflow alone. In a quiet room, I...

The logo is too similar, though. I wouldn't feel right using it.

Artic cooling Fusion looks good. Yeah, something tells me I'd like it too. I haven't yet come across a power supply that is truly inaudible, not even under no load, and this might just be it. Having said that I'm all against Arctic Cooling's use of the self-invented "Eco 80" logo which misleads use...

It is worth noting that the readings were taken at the same core voltage of 1.25v, but in reality C0 parts often have a lower stock voltage than E0 parts (I've only looked at E8400), so the difference would be even smaller.

@batka how about the new E5300 and E5400 models?

I agree, now that 250GB-per-platter drives are out it is a good time for a roundup, but I wouldn't bother with older series.

From this thread it appears the WD10EACS went from 4 to 3 platters sometime after Sept. 2008. From the pictures there I can confirm I have the older WD10EACS. The first batch came out as early as May 08 (here's the first news item on it) but the transition was slow as 4-platter drives continued to ...

Yes. If you can click Add to Cart, it's in stock.

Does anyone who has a very minimalistic setup with a E8x00 have a power meter, perchance? :) I'd like to get an approximate estimate of the total system load... it obviously doesn't have to be too close to what I'm planning, besides the CPU. Yeah I do and can confirm the E8400 E0 is a 40W part. I'm...

No it's not that bad. :) (I'd actually bought an ATI 4670 and was planning to install it but then the issues surfaced and I thought I might deal with them first.) I mean red spikes in the DPC Checker utility ( link ). I keep getting them no matter what I try. Sorry if I was unclear in the previous p...

Can someone please comment on the DPC issue? I can put up with or work around the others, but not this one...

QuietOC, I don't suppose you see red spikes on either your G31 boards?

I have installed Vista 32 in the meantime and can confirm the same behavior.

We may not be able to, at least not for a while. Just as we're currently unable to tell a 3-platter WD10EACS from a 4-platter one unless the submodel is disclosed, we may not be able to specify a 2-platter revision of either the WD10EACS or the WD10EADS (which started off as a 3-platter drive) unles...

Yes, nearly all new motherboards don't have voltage modulation for 3-pin fans. Is that generally limited to the CPU fan header? My SYS_FAN header is also 4-pin but can run 3-pin fans at low rpm. In fact, I think it is locked in 'controlled' state because I can't get it to run any fan at 100%. Yes, ...

Hi, I've run into a bunch of problems with my Gigabyte GA-EG31MF-S2 board. I can see there are others in the forum who have G31-based boards from Gigabyte, so I thought I'd post my issues and seek input from others. Do you experience any of the following? My setup: Pro82 425W, E8400 E0, 2 x A-Data 2...

I'm curious to see how the Hitachi 5K500.B compares too.