You know I think this thread will SCARE some folks. I just got a VelociRaptor to replace a WD SE-16. Replaced it in the same fabric suspension bay in Antec Solo case. I did not remove the IcePak. Noise to me is overall LESS in use than the SE-16 it replaces. Maybe a tiny bit of the high-pitched whin...

My old modem had a flaky power switch so I called Sonic.net and they sent me the Motorola as a replacement. It's really TINY, and at only 2 Watts seems very thrifty. The problem with most "all-in-one" solutions for me is they are usually pretty junky. I am enough of an IT networking geek to want bet...

Just thought I would start a thread about DSL modem power consumption. I obsess a bit with seeing where I can squeeze out a few Watts less here and there around the house and ALWAYS-ON electronics are one of my favorite targets. I have a Watts Up? meter and measured these: Zoom 0226 ADSL modem = 9 W...

Unfortunately the device is already employed as a small server now. Running Apache, RADIUS, Nagios and a few other things. It performs very well at these tasks and I love the zero noise and low power aspects. Sorry but I am no longer free to try XP or muck around with desktop testing. Perhaps someon...

I have the D-Link DGS2208 switch and the wart seems very efficient as is the switch itself. With ports unloaded the device takes less than 1 Watt. I would assume their "Green Ethernet" routers are the same although I haven't specifically tested one. http://www.dlink.com/corporate/environment/dlink-g...

Apologies but running Fit-PC Slim as a desktop is not my interest. So I don't plan to load XP or any Linux desktop flavors. I don't think this would make a spectacular HTPC something like Asus EEE Box would be better. I use a Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC I picked up off EBay for $450 for watching video on ...

Fit-PC Slim, uses 5-6 Watts. I have it as torrent box, some filesharing, pluse a few other things. Running Ubuntu 8.10 at present.

One oddity I didn't see anything in BIOS for timed power control. Many PC allow you to set up a timer so if it's off it gets turned on at 4AM or something like that. Okay this part is COOL, in the BIOS you can underclock the CPU/RAM to lower levels. Went all the way down to 200 MHz. I didn't do powe...

Followup, it was sent USPS Priority Mail and arrived today. I am quite impressed with the build. Tiny! I will report more after having loaded OS onto it. I have installed a Samsung 160-gig drive. I have attached a LiteOn USB DVD drive to rear USB port, and keyboard and mouse to the front. Currently ...

Item left Tampa yesterday, not sure where it is now. The USPS tracking system is not as good as others. Since it's gotta come across the country I'd guess late next week.

In my little town there are usually multiple high-wind days. Last one knocked down trees which knocked out power for 28 hours in my 'hood.

But I really like the green aspect of this switch and will recommend it to friends.

Wow! Got new switch in ran a quick compare: Existing switch was 5-port SMC gigabit switch. Consuming 8 Watts no matter 5 ports active or zero ports. DGS2208 used about 4 Watts (bouncing up & down) during boot. But once it was done booting, showed ZERO watts with no ports active. Okay this just means...

I reposted this in "Green Computing" after realizing it wasn't the best spot. The reply over there pointed me to D-Link "GreenEthernet" products. I ordered a DGS2208 which specifies a max of 6 Watts with all ports in full use at longest length. If cables are shorter and not all ports are in use it s...

Ah thanks! This D-Link "GreenEthernet" looks quite interesting. I found the DGS2208 at NewEgg for $35 after a rebate, and free shipping. Very good deal and they claim a max of 6 Watts at full utilization on all 8 ports. When cable lengths are shorter or not all in use it powers down those ports to s...

Does anyone know of a good low-power network switch? Ideally need 8 ports 100 megabit. It seems silly that I'll have a Fit-PC Slim on my network soon which uses about 6 Watts. And a switch which uses as much or more power. Example the Netgear FS108 uses about 7.5 Watts. I mistakenly posted this in a...

Does anyone know of a good low-power network switch?

Ideally need 8 ports 100 megabit.

It seems silly that I'll have a Fit-PC Slim on my network soon which uses about 6 Watts. And a switch which uses as much or more power. Example the Netgear FS108 uses about 7.5 Watts.

I just got an email today saying they were surprised by the number of orders for the diskless Fit-PC Slim and are backlogged on filling them. However my order should ship this week.

I have placed an order for a Fit-PC Slim on October 16th and still not received any indication from the company of the status of the order. Strange.

I ordered the diskless Fit-PC Slim with 512 megs RAM will report in later. My interest is primarily a little Linux server for the closet, to offer a Samba share for the house and maybe some other things. So if I want to download Linux distros I can just run BitTorrent on that, and not have to leave ...

This looks quite good!

Will a standard Linux distro "just work"?

As in can I install the i386 variant of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora without a lot of hassles? Want to do a small torrent box and this looks ideal.

Anyone sighted the Linux variant in major distribution channels.

I see the one with Windows, but don't want to pay MS tax.

Aha, now see B202 at NewEgg.

Have to search for "Asus EEE Box" or "EBXB202" but it's there.

However, only WinXP version. No bare or Linux version.

I need a little server to run Linux, no interest in paying for Windows.

There is a Gigabyte mini-ITX board with 6 SATA. GA-EG45M-DS2H If you want redundancy, mirror a couple of large disks. This is not 1990 so it's just insane IMO to do RAID5 any more. http://www.baarf.com If I have terabyte or so of data, it's probably something that matters to me enough not to expose ...

Still not at NewEgg. Any sightings yet in large distribution?

Don't run Windows Home Server!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/wind ... pts-files/

What about putting a Scythe Ninja on the CPU?

Still room for HR-05 on the NB you think?

Or perhaps put HR-05 SLI on the NB?

I posted some pics of my new build here ... http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f8/new-intel-little-valley-build-111482.html I really need to get a photobucket account :roll: Yes you do. It's free you know. By the way the link you posted, goes to a forum where I'd have to register. I already have too man...

Murtoz, I was actually thinking of the "straight-up" version of the ThermalRight HR-05. This one:

What about using the ThermalRight HR-05 on the chipset instead of CPU?

I was thinking to replace the CPU heatsink with something even larger still.

I am thinking of trying 2-gig stick of G.Skill DDR2 5300 (667) RAM with it, do you think that will work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231119