Thanks. From what I'm reading, the i3-3240T is OEM only. I see that there's an i3-3220T, though. What exactly does Haswell promise in this arena? They're going to be able to lower TDP from 35W to under 10W for comparable performance??? Don't worry about the OEM thing. That just means they come in t...

I finally got a Supermicro X9SCM-F and it has a Matrox G200ew GPU (manufactured by Nuvoton). for a server that's more than enough. I don't recommend this card as it doesn't work properly when two AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 are installed on the system. What a shame for Supermicro. They don't even test that thei...

Could you post the smartmontools reading? Speedfan may be mistaken. My two Atom systems - A D510 and an older 330 - both run very, very hot in the M350 with no fans. Do you have numbers and details (board, orientation, ambient temperature) for the D510? I've posted temperatures with a couple of D51...

Could you post the smartmontools reading? Speedfan may be mistaken. My two Atom systems - A D510 and an older 330 - both run very, very hot in the M350 with no fans. Do you have numbers and details (board, orientation, ambient temperature) for the D510? I've posted temperatures with a couple of D51...

This board shouldn't consume much more power (if any) than a desktop Atom. I guess I'll try blowing the air out, it seems to make more sense. I've been very wrong about airflow before but blowing out may draw air from other places than the heatsink (with so many holes) unless you blow out from abov...

The M350 also has room for a 40mm fan behind the front bezel. I have two systems in these cases and I found that this fan alone - even if it is a low-noise, low airflow fan - can dramatically affect overall case temperature. Assuming your VESA mount has the front Bezel facing "up", I'd put the fans ...

JayBee - sounds like a very nice, slightly retro build. But this is the gallery my friend - without photo's, it doesn't exist...

I've had great luck running WHS on the Biostar A760g-m2+. Its socket AM2/AM2+ so it should handle your BE-2300/2350 just fine. Also - interesting - this board supports ECC DIMMS. All AM2/AM2+/AM3 CPUs support ECC, but most consumer MBs have it disabled in the BIOS. I had absolutely zero driver issue...

Nice work. Love the big Chieftec cases!

Take a look at the WHS app "drive balancer". Look for it on wegotserved.com.

The Thermalright blue duct doesn't even fit your heatsinks correctly. If you really want it ducted you'd do much better with carefully cut card stock and some duct tape. Wouldn't even be too hard to fit since the two CPUs seem to be lined up perfectly with each other.

How is the ducted approach working out? Seems like your forcing heat from CPU1 into the cooler for CPU2, which probably means CPU1 will always be running hot under load. Not sure its the best approach. Not sure it matters, either, since the Noctua heatsinks you are using are serious overkill for the...

moroz you are my hero. This is some excellent mad-scientist level creativity. Ever since reading about Google's battery-on-board-PSU servers I've wanted to attempt something like this. Bravo! Hmm, I saw that CNet article about Google's "secret" server designs a while back and assumed it was a joke....

Looks like you've blocked all the side inputs and added some front intake vents (and maybe fans)? Got any photos of the mods to the front of the case?

Safely replace BTX PSU with an ATX PSU? Of course - they are electrically identical and use identical connectors with identical cable layouts. Can you physically do it? Depend entirely on the layout of your case and your skill/willingness to mod things (like make new screwholes, bend a little metal,...

Best case: your MB is well made and has over-current protection at the VRMs. In this case, the VRMs will just shut down, effectively powering off the CPU. Worst case: the MB is poorly designed and just has all the 12v lines tied together. Since there is nothing protecting it, 12v power will flow fro...

How is the DH57DD for power consumption in comparison to DH55? http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/DH57DD/DH57DD-overview.htm In theory, it shouldn't be much different at all. Maybe 1W more tops for the differences in the chipset. Other than the chipset the DH57DD and two mATX DH55s ...

It is Bios related. From my experience there are manufacturer patterns you can (usually) trust: SuperMicro & Intel always gets this right, you don't even have to ask. The x16 slot(s) will support anything that follows the PCIx specs. Zotac and BioStar seem to consistently get this right too. You mig...

Those twin-140s won't do much good blowing against the metal bottom of the chassis insert Kidding, of course you'll cut holes for them...but seeing the pictures in sequence did force a double-take.

Another H57 option for your specific app might be the Gigabyte ga-h57m-usb3. This board has a separate Jmicron SATA controller that gives it two more SATA ports with raid-1 capability. For your desired config, you could run the 2xraid-1 OS drives from the Jmicron controller ports and the other 6 dri...

Q57 has better virtualization support, vPro workstation management, and support for more advanced management features used in datacenters. Otherwise, not much different from H57. The cheaper Raid cards - the low-end highpoints, low-end LSIs, Silicon Image, etc, are really just simple HBAs that imple...

I'd go with the Intel H57 MB (BOXH57DD). Its rock-solid and doesn't have a lot of bells/whistles that you don't need wasting power. H57 uses the on-die video to keep power use down and also gives you Intel ICH10R-based on-board RAID (h55 does not have raid). Use the on-board raid to build the Raid-1...

A couple of thoughts on the wood case...based on what I've seen from others. - Find a way to afford the PicoPSU...you'll be glad you did. - Find a scrapped PC case. Cut out the mobo tray and I/O panel holder. mount them inside your new wooden case. This will provide a single grounded panel around mo...

The corsair 520HX is absolutely still available...temporarily out of stock at the egg but a quick google shows over a dozen distributors listing it as in stock and prices as low as $94. I purchased one just last week at a local store. You'll love this PSU for this build. Modular, dead quiet and a si...

I work in the telecom industry. What you are suggesting is essentially how you build Telco Central Offices (COs) and Mobile Telephone Switching Offices (MTSOs). Power comes in from the grid and is converted to 48vdc in very large (10,000 amp or more) rectifier plants and then filtered/stored in larg...

Vicotnik wrote:...It's ugly like hell, but since the whole thing is lying on its side in a cupboard on top of my refrigerator that doesn't matter.

8TB @ 38 watts idle is a thing of beauty...no matter what it looks like

Well done.

Have you had any trouble getting that system to sleep properly?

I was very happy to see that my SOLO had similar feet. makes a big difference I think. It is like my case is suspended Almost :) They use the same feet on the P18x series too. I've noticed the glue they use is not really good. They come off too easily. Be careful as you move it around or you'll not...

...What isn't rated for 18A? The 3 12V leads i stole from an ATX connector? The 2.5mm barrel connector that comes stock on the PW-200-M to receive 12V from the power brick. When you said you were going to "mod the connector" on the Y2515 I assumed you meant mod it to match the one on the PSU. Per s...

Because you don't have space for the PC board on the PW-200-M and need the 'zero footprint" approach of the PicoPSU? If you are only going to draw 90w at load, why bother with the extra on the PSU? Be careful with the modded connector. The normal barrel connectors are not rated for 18A and may overh...

Is it possible that you disabled AHCI from the BIOS? win7 requires AHCI in order to interact with EIST.