Has anyone tested yet how big is the power consumption difference with using pci-e v1.X and pci-e v2.0 (configurable from motherboard bios?).

You are probably looking for HTPC / PVR software

How i said, its sci-fi., Nothing to sell, just proof of technology, damn this. One email from Gold Supply manufacturer. ****** is a developer of silicon technology and has developed very advanced power conversion controller chips used in power supplies in all aspects of industry. We do not manufact...

Last year they were talking about releasing a 4 platter 1.5 TB drive in 2008. But since Samsung usually issues a press release several months before actual availability, I don't think we are going to see anything new soon.

Thats because AAM is enabled. I did have it off for a while, but i couldnt see any noticeable difference outside of benchmarks between it off and on, so i keep it on now. Oh I didn't notice that. Looking at some wd6400aaks tests on the internet showed that changing AAM from the 254 setting to 128 a...

Did you use the system in your signature? If not please post some specs.
Was the CPU and/or HDD in use by some other applications?

I got 2 640GB's last month, both are 65A7B's like Doveman. Since both give me the same result (give or take 1%), heres a result from just one (AAM enabled on both): A few MB more than SPCR's sample managed, but it looks to me that all the different model numbers perform very close to each other, ce...

No but the fan that it's fanless and claims 90% efficiency makes it very interesting. Why don't you try one, and report back any findings with an AC power meter? ;) I think that this 90% efficiency goes only for the DC-DC adapter. PicoPSU seems to be more efficient. Dirkvader review (german) Google...

merlin wrote:Now one thing I just noticed is the two dell psus with 80plus silver have ridiculous low end efficiency. 92-94%. I think that may even be better than a picopsu. Besides the size, these would be very awesome to have in all low power systems.

I would say it should be more efficient

Mats wrote:Is it possible to use the PCIe16 slot with PCIe1 cards?

Yes! The devices negotiate the lane widths and the frequency of operation on start-up.

sxpert wrote:I found that the highest temperature chip on the board was the ALC662 sound chip. it gets so hot that you can't put your finger on it more than a split second.
do any of you have the same thing ?

That's interesting and funny .
Does the temperature decrease when you disable sound in the bios?

AZBrandon wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but is there anything that really demands fast memory speed in order to deliver fast performance to the end user?

Maybe integrated graphics chipsets, that rely on system ram for memory.

Samsung global site has released specs for some new spinpoint drives named EcoGreen F DT. They seem to be using platters with the same density as the current F1. Rotational Speed is 5400 rpm. Idle power consumption seems to be reduced by ~35%.

falcon26 wrote:Its been out in asia and europe for months now

Can you provide any links to back this statement?

I think only the AMD Athlon FX and Black Edition had unlocked multipliers (upwards from stock).

if you really need to run the memory at 800 then you can try overclocking the CPU OR HT-Link (don't know which way it works ).
i think you wouldn't notice the performance difference(4%) anyway.

BTW could someone point me towards those HD Tach results? Have been searching but cant find any. http://techreport.com/articles.x/14380/13 http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3269&p=2 http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3236 you can download hdtach yourself and run it to see...

lobuni wrote:So the second sample looks more like the faster 2-platter version.

Did you compare HDTach results between the samples?

Oh sorry i missed the the part where it said:
"The random access time measured 16.4ms on both samples, and the firmware was unchanged"

I don't own any of these drives, so i'm not sure whats going on here. I took that info from page 4 of the review. "The 640GB 2-platter sample that arrived at the same time has a casting similar to the 320GB samples, but a cover that's the same as the second sample, from Anitec" But if the two sample...

So the second sample looks more like the faster 2-platter version.

Did you compare HDTach results between the samples?

andyb wrote:
I have copied the code out, but it is just a hash, do you know of any other utilities, that can work on the hash itself.


Andy

I have no idea how it works but,

Can you paste the hash to your new installation?

falcon26 wrote:Any more new on when the samsung F1 320gb hd is due out in the usa? Seems like its out everywhere but here

Please do show me where this drive is currently in stock.

if your tv has an RGB-scart input, you can experiment with a vga to rgb-scart cable. Would a HDMI to DVI cable/dongle work with that motherboard? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=asus+%22hdmi+to+dvi%22&btnG=Search The answer is: it should.(havent read the whole review though) http://www.silentpc...

Anandtech review http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3269 It seems WD deliberately made the 320GB version slower :lol: "The one area that really disappointed us with the WD 320GB drive was its pitiful random access times at 16.4ms. After a lengthy conversation with Western Digital, we no...

EDIT: And i agree with bonestonne, a case that big isn't really useful in such a system. A smaller case will force the hot air to exit quicker and direct the airflow to the exhaust a little better. Think of it like this. Blow down a straw will have more cooling effect than blowing down a rolled up ...

floepie wrote: Does anyone know of any full size ATX boards on the horizon for this chipset?

2 from Asus:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=37

ikjadoon wrote:I hear a fix for the 320GB is in the works; a newer firmware, most likely, maybe even the 640's.

~Ibrahim~

how official is that info?
Can all the owners update their firmware or they will just ship newer drives with the better firmware?

WD download page

didn't gigabyte boards have higher than average power consumption? I thought i read something about this somewhere here in SPCR, cant find it now though.

The hdd manufcturers really seem to have big trouble getting the smaller models out. WD5000aacs is also to be found nowhere, although they said, it was shipping. Maybe the profit is not big enough yet with smaller models, lets hope they'll improve their production process soon.

Maybe the new asus HD-DVD drive?

http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/31/as ... dvd-drive/

Are 5400rpm 2.5'' HDDs quieter than 3.5'' 5400rpm HDDs?
Can't you disable the Caviar GP-s load/unloads?