16 degrees is a lot; I wonder if the thermal compound was applied correctly and the sink was correctly seated in the first test.

Yeah. Consider the weight of the sink and the force pulling it towards the board - it can easily cause a crack.
But that's why you don't do this unless you know what you're doing...

Nice, thanks for sharing!

I wonder: would it be possible - and would it make sense - to attach the heat sink directly (removing the IHS from the equation as a whole)?

amyhughes wrote:How do you clean the old TIM off?

ETA: Never mind. You apparently just wipe it off.

Arctic cleaner?

speedboxx wrote:If 120W is enough for you

Nope, 130-140.
I already ordered it, so it does not really matter.

It's going to be on 24/7 for years, so I guess it will pay back its price sooner or later.
I guess the smaller models are cheaper - but I like to be in the safe zone.

Ok, I got two pricings for the GS220A12-R7B brick; one from Finland, the other from Hungary. Finland: - one brick: 115.7€ - delivery fee for two units: 32.34€ - estimated delivery: 1 week Hungary: - one brick: 101.6€ - delivery fee for two units: 31€ - estimated delivery: 1 week All prices a...

Sure.

Hi all, I've been looking for a brick for my PicoPSU 150 as well. I've been looking for the most efficient 220V/12V AC/DC adapters by sieving through the Excel sheet here . The Mean Well bricks seems to be the most efficient. I am looking at the GS220A12-R7B is particular, because it provides 200W o...

I put the new system together, this the HW: - SilverStone SST-SG06B case (and its 300W PSU), but replaced its front 120mm fan with a Noctua 120mm. - Intel E3200 CPU with stock cooler - Kingston KHX8500D2K2/4G - 1x Kingston SSDNow V 40GB - Logitech DiNovo keyboard Installed Ubuntu and XBMC using this...

Hi Walter, yes, I think so, too. I was planning on getting the PicoPSU, but I plan on extending the system with more HDDs in the near future. According to my estimation, the fully built system would consume something like 140-150W (with all components active, for example, at startup), and the bigge...

Hi Walter, yes, I think so, too. I was planning on getting the PicoPSU, but I plan on extending the system with more HDDs in the near future. According to my estimation, the fully built system would consume something like 140-150W (with all components active, for example, at startup), and the bigges...

mentosan wrote:I don't want the light from various components inside to shine out.Thanks.

I just put it next to my other PC.
You can put it next to the wall as well.

PS. Having owner a CM Stacker for the past 6 or so years, I have to say the side panels of the Antec 1200 suck big time.

Yes, the LEDs are annoying. It feel like I bought a Christmas tree and not a PC case. If you do not need the LEDs, you can just cut the wires. If you want a non-destructive method, I have good news: The glue they used is not hard - it is soft. Therefore, you can pop out the LEDs from the fans and pu...

I got almost all of my components and I put the system together. Here are the components: - CM Stacker case (removed fans from HDD cages and covered upper and side breathing holes with duct tape to force the air through the HDD cages) - 2x80mm fans from Noctua on the upper PSU slot, plugged into pow...

Got my batch today. Eight HD145UIs. Done the read/write benchmarks using HD Tune Pro 3.50 trial. I tested all disks without initializing/formatting/whatever. Here are the read results: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Transfer rate min. 53.0 51.4 49.0 48.2 51.8 51.4 51.4 50.4 Transfer rate max. 107.1 107.2 107.0 107...

SleepyBum wrote:HD features utility

What is this and where does one get it?
Thank you.

bigdoofus wrote:Let me know it goes, especially the undervolt.

Will do, but shipping might take 1-2 weeks (ordered the components Friday night; no confirmation yet).

It is only -0.10 volts max undervolt for CPU, but at least it is something. They also added more RAM voltages. I wonder if a BIOS hack would allow less. But, I guess another way to save power is to under-clock it. I ordered a GF9300-G-E board, and I will put in it an E3200. I do not have a power me...

I am building a NAS - I ordered all components, I can post the list if you want. Why do you need ECC RAM? Why not get a decent RAID card? Like Adaptec 51645 (this is what I ordered), or Areca - you would not need to worry about the rest of the system. Still looking for a good OS run it - need Window...

I am interested in the GF9300-G-E as well, I guess it would be perfect with an E3200.
Anyone knows whether it can boot a RAID card in the x16 slot?
Thank you.

Hi all, I just signed up. The time has come for me to build a NAS because the family pictures and videos are eating up the storage space on my PC; soon the storage space runs out and then I am in trouble. One should never buy an HD camera ;-) I would like to get a recommendation for a RAID6 controll...