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- Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:15 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: What are the currently quietest HD's
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6644
I love my Western Digital Green Power Drive. They only spin @ 5400RPM, but they have dense 250GB platters. They've also come out with the enterprise quality RE2 series: Western Digital Caviar RE2 GP WD1000FYPS 1TB 16MB Cache SATA-300 Hard Drive EDIT: Sorry, didn't see your 7200RPM caveat. Hard to re...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:14 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Pure Gaming Rig
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1786
It's just Intel marketing to push a CPU for the low end server market. They're the same exact CPUs. Same CPU ID. Xeon E3110 http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sspec=slapm Core 2 Duo E8400 http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sspec=slapl So why Xeon? Because I bought it for $200 s...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:49 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Xeon E3110 = rebranded E8400
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5475
Xeon E3110 = rebranded E8400
I'm surprised I don't see anyone talking about this in the forum. I ordered a Xeon E3110 for < $200 off buy.com shipped after I verified someone said it worked in a Gigabit P35 motherboard that was known to already support 45nm E8400s. The consensus is that it is a rebranded E8400 for the low end se...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:45 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Pure Gaming Rig
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1786
Pure Gaming Rig
I have completed my dead-silent HTPC, and now I am ready for a gaming rig. It doesn't have to be completely silent, but my last gaming rig was an athlon 64 single core and 6600gt and it was distracting, I've been 360ing it since, and am missing some good strategy games. My Proposed System: Case: Ant...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:21 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Comments/Suggestions/Help On New Passive AM2 System
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4482
CPU and Heatsink
You can't go wrong with a BE series Athlon, they're the Dual Core 45W ones. I have a PICO PSU 90W, and my BIOSTAR 7050 motherboard has no BIOS voltage control, so it was a good choice in processors in my situation. I have a BE-2350 2.1GHZ with a Ninja Mini Heatsink running passive. I have my case op...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:33 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD GP with Scythe Quiet Drive?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3400
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:11 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD GP with Scythe Quiet Drive?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3400
I give the WD GP drives 2 thumbs up. I have a 750gb, which I can't hear from across the room. My old samsung 500gb drive drove me nuts with his rotation and clacking. I can play a 1080p x264 MKV file (all I have is Island Fever 4 :oops: ) just fine with my single drive setup. Edit: Mine is just in a...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:23 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: SFF HTPC Build
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8469
Video card: Go with a Radeon HD 3450 or 3650. They have built in x264 and vc-1 decoders. Hard Drive, I just replaced the noisy samsung 500GB with a Western Digital GP 750GB. It can stream a 1080p x264 MKV just fine, and it is SO quiet. Heat Sink: I have a scythe ninja mini in my HTPC, works greatly....
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:38 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: HTPC, power and vibration reduction from current build
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3933
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:23 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: HTPC, power and vibration reduction from current build
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3933
Idling @ 26W @ .99V
I have finished rebuilding my system adding the new PicoPSU 90W, WD GP 750GB, AMD Athlon BE-2350 45W Processor and Scythe Ninja Mini Heatsink. It idles @26W and 25 degrees celcius on passive cooling. It is absolutely silent. I haven't changed any of the stock settings, so the BE-2350 idles with CnQ ...
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:15 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Using your PC's PSU to power your Cable Modem or switch
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15099
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:34 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Using your PC's PSU to power your Cable Modem or switch
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15099
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:15 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Does disabling a core in a multi-core conserve power/heat?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2170
Does disabling a core in a multi-core conserve power/heat?
I was reading you can disable a CPU core doing this: You need to right click on "My Computer" -> Properties -> Advanced -> Startup & Recovery; There, you will find a button named "edit" - by pressing it you can edit the Windows Boot.ini file manually. at the end of the line add the following code: /...
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:37 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Using your PC's PSU to power your Cable Modem or switch
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15099
Using your PC's PSU to power your Cable Modem or switch
Is it possible to rig your PSU to power other non-peripheral equipment like network equipment or 5.1 audio speakers? Considering some PSUs really only reach peak efficiency when under load, I thought this would be a greener alternative. Plus there's also the thought of when you turn off your PC, ite...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:52 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Windows spinning up HDDs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2520
Turning off indexing in Win XP.
Did you stop the indexing service too?
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Here's how to turn off indexing in Win XP:
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- Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:09 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Building a HTPC system , need some opinions.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3720
So are you gaming too? My idea for a HTPC is something I can leave on all the time, so will be power efficient and SILENT. Your proposal seems like overkill for a HTPC. Those 45nm processors are nice, but they're hard to find and expensive. So why not save some money: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Brisbane ...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:05 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: HTPC, power and vibration reduction from current build
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3933
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:18 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: HTPC, power and vibration reduction from current build
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3933
I would buy a Scythe ninja mini, but I already own the ZEROtherm BTF95 CPU Cooler. I had planned on installing it originally, but realized it was too tall for the case despite my preplanning measurements. Now with the top removed, I'm not worried about it being too tall. This is the case if you are ...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:31 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: HTPC, power and vibration reduction from current build
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3933
HTPC, power and vibration reduction from current build
I built a HTPC based on the integrated NVIDIA 7050PV. I wanted my build to be made out of standard parts (no laptop hard drives, mobile processors, etc.) It's important to note that the top of this case is removed. It resides in my TV stand enclosure and the top is protected. It's snappy and fairly ...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:51 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Building an HTPC
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9629
Wow, sounds like you want to go all out and make a gaming rig, not a HTPC. That system is going to generate a lot of heat, which means it won't be quiet. The new Radeon 3450/3650 series offers a dedicated unified video decoder (UVD) for H.264/AVC and VC-1 video formats for <$100 passively cooled and...