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by toronado455
Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:43 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?
Replies: 11
Views: 9301

Re: Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?

are you trying to achieve a positive pressure, push pull or negative pressure setup? to me that case would work best running as a negative pressure setup, using only exhaust fans, and no intake fans. course im a big fan (no pun intended) of not having fans on the front of the case, because any nois...
by toronado455
Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:12 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?
Replies: 11
Views: 9301

Re: Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?

Yah, it's a shame that they did that. Nice case otherwise. You can always go with a drive bay up top. This one will fit 4 drives in a 3 drive bay (who needs optical nowadays), and has a 120mm fan that is swappable. I use a pair of these in one of my cases, nice and quiet. http://www.amazon.com/King...
by toronado455
Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:09 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?
Replies: 11
Views: 9301

Re: Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?

are you trying to achieve a positive pressure, push pull or negative pressure setup? to me that case would work best running as a negative pressure setup, using only exhaust fans, and no intake fans. course im a big fan (no pun intended) of not having fans on the front of the case, because any nois...
by toronado455
Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:43 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: This may be the Holy Grail of silence
Replies: 37
Views: 39135

Re: This may be the Holy Grail of silence

"extremely hot" would suck no doubt. I just noticed Intel also makes a 1.1GHz Celeron 847 NUC. Would that one run cooler? It certainly is a lot less expensive (and a lot slower).
by toronado455
Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:21 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: This may be the Holy Grail of silence
Replies: 37
Views: 39135

Re: This may be the Holy Grail of silence

Current i5 are producing to much heat to go within NUC specifications afaik. So atm you're either happy with what an i3 offers or you'd have to look for a different solution. Good to know. I didn't realize there was that much heat difference between i3 and i5. A desktop i3 is actually very powerful...
by toronado455
Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:15 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: This may be the Holy Grail of silence
Replies: 37
Views: 39135

Re: !

Will it run the i5 though? I'm not even sure the CPU is removable. Though I don't see why it couldn't support i5 if they decided to offer that. I'd probably prefer they go the other direction and put an Atom SoC (such as Z2670) on it. Those are already known to run fanless, so probably already a lo...
by toronado455
Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:16 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: This may be the Holy Grail of silence
Replies: 37
Views: 39135

Re: This may be the Holy Grail of silence

That is the one I saw. SilverStone is correct. Looks awesome. Stock case has a fan too. But still had heat issues. At least one of the versions did. I would be more interested in the fanless Tranquil PC case over the SilverStone one with the fan. Even though the Silverstone one acts as an external ...
by toronado455
Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:41 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: This may be the Holy Grail of silence
Replies: 37
Views: 39135

Re: This may be the Holy Grail of silence

Is this the same case? It has a fan. :(
http://hexus.net/tech/news/chassis/5270 ... c-chassis/

Edit: My bad, that's a different case. Duh.
by toronado455
Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:53 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: This may be the Holy Grail of silence
Replies: 37
Views: 39135

Re: This may be the Holy Grail of silence

I like it. Any news on it?
by toronado455
Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:49 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Synology DS212J (NAS)
Replies: 2
Views: 5081

Synology DS212J (NAS)

I'm considering one of these Synology DS212J NAS systems.
Probably cheaper and more compact than building my own NAS box, plus supposedly the Synology software is really good, but not sure how cool/quiet these are.
by toronado455
Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:44 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Streacom FC8 Evo Fanless Mini-ITX Chassis
Replies: 18
Views: 42638

Re: Streacom FC8 Evo Fanless Mini-ITX Chassis

Regarding the clearance issues with the SATA ports, some boards are better than others for this case I suppose. Also important is the location of the main PSU connector since there needs to be room for the PicoPSU sticking up. I found this ASRock Z77E-ITX board and it appears to be of a configuratio...
by toronado455
Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:46 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?
Replies: 11
Views: 9301

Antec Three Hundred Two - front fans obstructed?

I really like the Antec Three Hundred Two, except for the apparent airflow obstruction for the front fans due to the arrangement of the hard drive cage and the fans being mounted directly to it. If I got one of these cases, I'd be tempted to make cuts (as shown in green lines) to remove material. 30...
by toronado455
Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:00 pm
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: List of fanless laptops
Replies: 156
Views: 337959

Re: List of fanless laptops

Two more fanless dual-core atom tablets with ssd: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Latitude-10-Tablet.88933.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-VivoTab-TF810C-Convertible.88430.0.html The Dell has 60Wh/30Wh battery options and dock, and Asus has keyboard dock with additional bat...
by toronado455
Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:23 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Mobile Convergence: W8 Convertibles Samsung 500T, SurfacePro
Replies: 16
Views: 13549

Re: Mobile Convergence: W8 Convertibles Samsung 500T, Surfac

General question... does anyone predict this convertible form factor and fanless Atom SoC getting into anything larger than an 11.6" device?

I ask for those who don't really like the mini keyboards as typing on them can be error-prone.
by toronado455
Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:12 pm
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: List of fanless laptops
Replies: 156
Views: 337959

Re: List of fanless laptops

I have seen non-free webmail apps that claim to support multiple accounts, such as xandmail, but I don't have any experience with them. I've discovered a (somewhat hidden) feature in the lastest version of the Fastmail.fm webmail. It allows you to be simultaneously logged into multiple Fastmail acc...
by toronado455
Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:54 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Mobile Convergence: W8 Convertibles Samsung 500T, SurfacePro
Replies: 16
Views: 13549

Re: Mobile Convergence: W8 Convertibles Samsung 500T, Surfac

These tablets only make sense to me with the Intel Atom SoC based chips which can run fanless. The core i series require fans, so they don't make sense to use in thin tablets. Anyone tried out the ASUS VivoTab? (the regular Windows 8 VivoTab, not the Smart) It appears to be the best of these convert...
by toronado455
Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:26 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: cleaning Silverstone fan filter
Replies: 6
Views: 4128

cleaning Silverstone fan filter

I'm getting ready to clean the fan filter over the top of the PSU (magnetically mounted) on a Silverstone PS07. Nice thing about this filter is that it is easily removable for cleaning. According to Silverstone Tech Talk , they say the best method is cleaning with water. I would never consider using...
by toronado455
Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:11 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: does thermal paste/grease ever "expire"?
Replies: 11
Views: 10641

Re: does thermal paste/grease ever "expire"?

As a slightly off-topic aside.... which paste/grease do you guys find is easiest to work with and spread on (including after a few years of sitting in the tube)? I've found that the white Zalman grease was easier to use (even after several years) than the stuff that came with my new Mugen 3. Or mayb...
by toronado455
Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:08 pm
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: List of fanless laptops
Replies: 156
Views: 337959

Re: List of fanless laptops

I've had my samsung chromebook for a few months now, and I have to say that I pretty much love it. Which model do you have? The ARM model? As far as apps go, its Chrome and the Chrome Web Store, you can largely duplicate the experience on any system that can run Chrome. OK. I have been trying this ...
by toronado455
Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:54 pm
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: List of fanless laptops
Replies: 156
Views: 337959

Re: List of fanless laptops

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-HP- ... 799.0.html

Atom-powered, fanless convertible (tablet & keyboard dock).
by toronado455
Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: does thermal paste/grease ever "expire"?
Replies: 11
Views: 10641

Re: does thermal paste/grease ever "expire"?

Thanks. I used the old Zalman stuff. The cap on the tube was cracked so I squeezed out some of the initial grease that might have dried out, and then used what was further down in the tube. I hope it's OK. It seemed the same as when new except that it seemed like I needed to use a bit more than I us...
by toronado455
Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:54 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: does thermal paste/grease ever "expire"?
Replies: 11
Views: 10641

does thermal paste/grease ever "expire"?

I have some old Zalman thermal paste in the original tube and wondering if it is still good to use. Probably going on 7 years old now. This is not for an expensive new system or anything, just a heat sink swap on an old system.
by toronado455
Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:23 pm
Forum: Notebook Systems
Topic: List of fanless laptops
Replies: 156
Views: 337959

Re: List of fanless laptops

by toronado455
Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:09 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Passive (well it was suppoed to be), silent I3-3470T in M350
Replies: 12
Views: 18600

Re: Passive (well it was suppoed to be), silent I3-3470T in

Nice build and install. I like the two hooks for the power brick. Is the power strip attached via its built-in screw mounts? How about the computer? The square black plastic pieces you are using for cable management... was that a long channel that you cut into smaller pieces, or did those come like ...
by toronado455
Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:09 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: access wireless router
Replies: 5
Views: 5453

Re: access wireless router

OK, I am able to access it wirelessly now. I think it was conflicting with my other wireless router, because after I changed the router IP and rebooted the PC it worked. Also Windows no longer says "unidentified".
by toronado455
Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:14 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: access wireless router
Replies: 5
Views: 5453

Re: access wireless router

Thanks. There doesn't seem to be a setting to enable/disable wireless admin. I'm thinking it might be something more complicated. It is a second router and my goal is to use it as a dedicated wireless print server on my wireless LAN. But first I'm just trying to configure it to play nice with my exi...
by toronado455
Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:09 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: access wireless router
Replies: 5
Views: 5453

access wireless router

Is there a way to login to a wireless router (to access the router's settings) wirelessly? I am able to connect a PC to the router's WiFi network (though Windows states it is an "Unidentified network"), and I'm able to access the router's settings when the router is plugged into a PC with a network ...
by toronado455
Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: format/wipe SSD
Replies: 27
Views: 18406

Re: format/wipe SSD

Another option is to download the Windows 7 trial Where would I get that from? I'm currently downloading from here: http://www.mydigitallife.info/download-windows-7-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/ But I'm not sure if that is what you meant. I installed Windows 8 upgrade but it...
by toronado455
Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: reset button stuck PS07
Replies: 3
Views: 2837

Re: reset button stuck PS07

Thanks mkk & andyb. I managed to pop it back out. Turns out it wasn't necessary to disassemble anything (other than remove the side panel). I was able to pop the switch out from inside by pushing on the back of the switch with the point of angle tweezers. The whole switch and button as a unit popped...
by toronado455
Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:41 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: reset button stuck PS07
Replies: 3
Views: 2837

reset button stuck PS07

The reset button is stuck "in" on my Silverstone PS07. :( I'm going to open the case to try pop it back out from the inside, but if I can't, what should I do? Disconnect the reset switch from the logicboard? :?: