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- Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:29 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: atom for file server.. more sata ports?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8895
Yea the money question is tough... I figured if I could really get toward 25 watts, that it is probably worth it for something that's on 24/7. Based on those numbers, it may be worth it just to go with a i3 if I'm going to spend the money. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1013-page5.html This bo...
- Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:21 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: atom for file server.. more sata ports?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8895
atom for file server.. more sata ports?
Hi everyone: I've sent up a little file server using some old parts I had lying around: Intel Bad Axe board, e4700, 4 GB ram, etc w/ three 2 TB drives in it. Since the data doesn't get updated frequently, I am running them as individual drives rather than RAID and doing a 'manual' RAID1 on all the d...
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Silent 300+GB drive for HTPC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3157
Thank you all for the suggestions. It looks like the Samsung is the way to go. I was going to go with an SSD drive but that's a LOT more expensive at this point. I'm going to offload stuff to a remote system as well so I just need enough to handle the system drive and a few days of recordings. Shoul...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:44 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Silent 300+GB drive for HTPC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3157
Silent 300+GB drive for HTPC
Good evening: I'm putting the finishing touches on my HTPC building and I'm looking for a drive to put into my Antec Fusion case. Specifically, I'm going to RAID two drives together for reliability. I don't need huge capacity - anything over 300GB is fine. I just want QUIET w/ low vibrations. I was ...
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:19 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: M12D 850W = awful coil whine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1710
M12D 850W = awful coil whine
Oh my... I just put together a new system - Asrock x58 Extreme, i720, 12gig Mushkin RAM, ATI 4550, Intel SSD 160 G2. Last night I was installing Vista and the coil whine was unbearable. It seemed to get better after I got video drivers loaded, but then it was back and exists is S3 sleep mode. I'm gu...
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:21 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: M12D vs. Nexus Value
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2727
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:40 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: M12D vs. Nexus Value
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2727
Thank you both for the responses. I may be wrong on idle. I have another i7 system that idles over 100watts even with a pretty large undervolt. Maybe it's something with my Asus board or something. Mike- You are correct. I'm just trying to get the quietest PSU possible for my setup. I assume the 750...
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:15 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: M12D vs. Nexus Value
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2727
M12D vs. Nexus Value
I'm putting together a system and I'm on the last item: PSU. Here are the details: Antec Solo Asrock Extreme x58 i7 920 12 GB RAM Intel G2 160GB 2TB WD drive Ati 4550 LG Bluray burner Megatom (sp) heatsink exhaust fan, Nexus and CPU Nexus So fan, I hope this is a pretty quiet system. I'm debating be...
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:02 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec solo and Prolima Megahalems OK?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3782
- Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:56 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec solo and Prolima Megahalems OK?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3782
Antec solo and Prolima Megahalems OK?
I'm working on setuping up my new box. I am planning on getting the Antec solo and use a Prolima Megahalems for my heatsink. Anyone use this combination? I'm assuming the Prolima Megahalems, but we all know what assumption is....
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks,
Chris
- Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:56 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 305591
- Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:25 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Lowest wattage HDMI+DVI PCIe video card?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12973
Not to hijack the thread, but I'm also in the market for a new low power video card as I'm building a second box. I have a 2900XT in my current machine and it seems to work fine I guess. Is there a place to compare the capabilities of say the 2900pro, 3450 and 4350? They are all close to the same pr...
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:14 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Highest Sequential Lower-Capacity Drive
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1886
Nevermind... looks like some results under this thread answer my question
viewtopic.php?t=53171
Cheers,
Chris
viewtopic.php?t=53171
Cheers,
Chris
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:44 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Highest Sequential Lower-Capacity Drive
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1886
Highest Sequential Lower-Capacity Drive
I have an application where I need a lot of sequential performance and random access isn't a big deal. I also don't need huge drives. Essentially, I'd like 4 small (500G?) drives that I can RAID0 together. Any 7200 rpm drives using 500G platters yet? I know the 5900 rpm Samsung is but... Thanks, Chris
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:19 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: HDTach CPU usage
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4022
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:12 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: HDTach CPU usage
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4022
HDTach CPU usage
I have a quick question on HDTach's CPU Usage. Of course, the smaller the number the better. However, it seems to me this is pretty much a number that is correlated with the performance of the drive. For example, see: http://techreport.com/articles.x/16291/10 Why am I interested? I'm running a progr...
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:51 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: HR-01 Plus and Core i7 920
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6140
Thanks for the replies. I'm on an older Antec case that Ralph Hunter started with.. a 3700BQE or something like that. I have 1 120mm fan blowing out and that's it. With or without the case cover, the temps are the same so I don't think it's a case temp issue. After doing some more research, I think ...
- Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:21 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: HR-01 Plus and Core i7 920
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6140
Thanks for note. OK, today it's about 80F here but probably closer to 70F in the room with the machine. The 'motherboard' temp was about 36C when I started prime and after 30 minutes it's at 38C. As before, the temps are up about 34 degree for 125 watts which again seems to be pretty poor performanc...
- Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:54 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: HR-01 Plus and Core i7 920
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6140
HR-01 Plus and Core i7 920
Hello all- I put together a new box last night and I'm having what I think is a little issue with my cooling situation. Here is the complete system: Core i7 920 (default with turbo on that takes it up to 2.80 under load) Asus Deluxe P6T (latest BIOS) 12 GB (2GB x 6) OCZ Gold 12800 DDR3 1.5 TB Seagat...
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:44 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI HD 4770: 40 nm, RV740 -- SPCR reviewed
- Replies: 285
- Views: 244040
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:50 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Radeon HD 4670: A perfect balance?
- Replies: 498
- Views: 416024
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:33 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: ATI 4830... anyone silence the sucker yet?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15325
Argh - this card is perfect for me if I knew which card doesn't have the idle problem. I was debating between the 4670 and the 4850 but I didn't want to eat all of the 4850's power consumption.
Is there any hope for this or is this a lost cause? Any hope on putting on a fanless cooler?
Thanks,
Chris
Is there any hope for this or is this a lost cause? Any hope on putting on a fanless cooler?
Thanks,
Chris
- Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:36 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Storage decision for new setup
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2129
Storage decision for new setup
I'm putting together a new machine that's mostly for Photopshop CS4. Here are the specs so far: Asus P6T Deluxe Core i7 920 (will O/C some) Thermalright HR-01 Plus 12 GB DDR3 ATI 4670 Passive card Blu-ray burner Now I'm left with the decision on storage, which I'm having a lot of trouble with. At th...
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:46 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: m12d where?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3142
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:07 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: m12d where?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3142
m12d where?
I can't seem to find an m12d 850 anywhere... Any ideas?
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks,
Chris
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving RAID1 from ICH7R -> ICH10R
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4033
- Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:09 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving RAID1 from ICH7R -> ICH10R
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4033
Moving RAID1 from ICH7R -> ICH10R
Hello-
I have a RAID1 setup on my Bad Axe motherboard which I think has a ICH7R on it. I am probably going to upgrade to a board with the ICH10R controller on it. Is this just a move it over and I'm good to go? I obviously don't want to lose any data.
Thanks,
Chris
I have a RAID1 setup on my Bad Axe motherboard which I think has a ICH7R on it. I am probably going to upgrade to a board with the ICH10R controller on it. Is this just a move it over and I'm good to go? I obviously don't want to lose any data.
Thanks,
Chris
- Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:41 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: How to REALLY delete a hard drive
- Replies: 34
- Views: 31661
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:14 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New Core 2 Duo Wolfdale revision (E0) looking good.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2250
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: How to REALLY delete a hard drive
- Replies: 34
- Views: 31661
How to REALLY delete a hard drive
Good day- I have some hard drives which I no longer use. I've managed to go through the data, get everything off I'd like and format the drives. However, I know this isn't a 'full proof' method to make sure the data is really deleted and unrecoverable. Since some of the drives may be useful (2 150gi...