What I really don't like about 22" monitors is that a 20" monitor with the same 1680x1050 resolution has the tighter dot pitch. I have a good eye for detail and I just couldn't work with pixels as massive as you get on a 22" 1680x1050 display. There are 19" 1680x1050 displays . And 21.5" 1920x1080 ...

I am mounting my new HR-01 Plus on a socket 775 motherboard. I am not clear on which side of the motherboard the rubber O-rings should be. The reason is that the official instructions here http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/cpu/hr01plus/installation_cpu_cooler_hr01plus.htm suggest t...

bolek, have you tried to run the software with WINE? No, never used wine (actually tried once for Quicken but didn't get very far). What fans are you using with the bigNG? Scythe S-Flex and Yate Loon. I use voltage regulation. Is it true that 4-pin fan PWM is better than 3-pin fan PWM? The RPM repo...

The Windows software looks great but I'm on Linux and for what I read support for us penguins is not very good. What I do is run Windows in the the free VMware server hosted on Linux. The bigNG USB device can be passed through to the VM (it's actually a USB-to-serial adapter) and the T-Balancer sof...

That calculator doesn't figure in power losses, near as I can tell, so a more efficient PS will need less overhead. this means take that number it gives you and add IN the losses for the power supply on top of that. No, power supplies are rated on their output power, not how much they take from the...

Just found this thread. Hi

BTW, is your FAH name different than your SPCR name? I don't see you... Are you Viking by any chance? He/she is always sitting right on my tail (and may pass me eventually, my output varies a lot).

Enermax PSUs with "FCA" in the model name have fans controllable by the motherboard. They have a 3-wire lead with 3-pin fan connector that you can plug in to any fan header on the motherboard.

Also, the 5xxx series Xeons are meant for dual socket 771 motherboards. The 3xxx series Xeons are essentially the same as C2D and use the same motherboards (single socket 775). EDIT: there may be BIOS issues if you try to put 3xxx Xeon in a motherboard that does not officially support it (so, don't ...

How do you find that hot-swap cage for general usablilty? I've been looking at a hard drive cage for a while now, but haven't really found one that I liked yet. How does the hard drive activity work? Is that built into the cage, or does it require headers from the drive controller? I like it a lot....

It's not strictly home use (although it's not exactly making money either, yet). Originally I intended one 5355 but got the second one as a gift. Also, I waited for the huge price drop in July.

And I wouldn't hold your breath waiting until I am done

What are the specs? Asus DSBF-DE/SAS 2 x Xeon 5355 (stock cooling) 8GB RAM 3 x DATOptic MR435 hot swap drive cage ( http://www.caloptic.com/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?product=MR435&detail=yes ) 8 x 500GB for the RAID, random other drives for other purposes Antec Truepower Quattro 850W Coolermaster Stack...

Hmm, something is not right... According to http://ssiforum.org/Electronic%20Bays/SSI%20EEB%20v3-61.pdf the distance between the two CPU sockets for dual Xeon configuration is 82.55mm (center to center), which is obviously also the maximum width of the CPU cooler. But the width of the Thermalright c...

Seriously though, can you hear the cpu fans over the noise of the drive? Yes, the CPU fans are the loudest components. Actually, only 8 HDDs are spinning all the time. The rest are used for backups etc. and only spin up on demand. I have to check about Xeon coolers, thanks for the links. But the co...

Here is a dual Xeon server that I recently built in the Stacker 810 case.


More and bigger pictures at http://combolek.smugmug.com/gallery/3606399

Cabling is a mess but it's really hard with 14 drives

Interesting item, but I think the picture is a fake. The 771 sockets are 82.55mm apart (center to center) so, given the stated dimensions, the heatsink would have to be rotated 90 degrees with respect to the mounting holes in order to fit two of them side by side. Or maybe it can be rotated (just li...

I think 620W should be enough. I have a roughly similar server config here (2 x 5355, 4 x FB-DIMM, 10 x HDD) and at the absolute peak it takes ~460W from the wall . At idle it's about 250W from the wall. I use Antec TPQ-850 but not because I need all the power but because I need longer cables and bo...

ps--aristide, I think that bolek is gonna pass both our butts here soon, anyway. bolek is going to pass most of our butts soon... and the rest not long after. :lol: Don't worry guys, you are safe. My folding output will drop significantly very soon as I repurpose some hardware. Sorry... Bolek

bonestonne wrote:all Core 2 Quad Q6600's are G0 stepping

This is not true. SL9UM is a Q6600 with the B3 stepping.

Jameco has a 220V fan that will run pretty slowly on 110V. It is smaller than what you specified but maybe it will do? See

https://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/store ... Id=1809872

gb115b wrote:what OS are you going to use?

Me or the OP? I am using Linux (and XP in VMWare).

zerok66 wrote:Would the 865 support ECC?

No, it doesn't (875 does).

Schlotkins wrote:I thought I saw some DD2-800's 1gig modules at newegg, but maybe not. 2gig modules only come at a max of 667.

Yes, they have some 1GB DDR2-800 unbuffered ECC modules, but not 2GB.

Thanks, but I already did and newegg doesn't sell any.

Heck, I can't even find a manufacturer (other than ACP-EP AA800D2E5/2G, which is not in stock anywhere).

Does anyone have a source for 2GB DDR2-800 ECC unbuffered modules? I can't seem to find them anywhere

Thanks

There are more if you do a Newegg search. Those both have a composite out, yes, but many video cards have a dongle that attaches to the video out port that does component and composite. Gigabyte 7600GS I would say that is your best bet. But this one only has component and S-video but no composite.

According this picture: http://www.ocztechnology.com/images/products/accessories/b/Vindicator_3.jpg the mounting (at least for 775) is similar to Ninja Rev. B but it looks like the brackets are much narrower and may be more compatible. Also, it ships with a slower fan (1000 rpm), so it may be quiete...

www.jameco.com sells a lot of different AC fans, including some 240V fans that would run undervolted (thus much quieter) on the regular 120V current.

I use S-Flex 'E' with Ninja on P5W DH (which is in many ways similar to P5B) and the motherboard fan control works fine. The BIOS even has option for PWM or DC control, though I haven't noticed much difference.

Actually, P5W DH will only run the memory at max DDR2-533 by default because that's what the Intel spec for 975X is. You will have to manually overclock the chipset to get DDR2-800. i don't quite understand. Asus says it will support "max. 8GB DDR2 800" Yes, it will work. You just have to go into t...

Actually, P5W DH will only run the memory at max DDR2-533 by default because that's what the Intel spec for 975X is. You will have to manually overclock the chipset to get DDR2-800.

Also, you may want to consider ECC memory if, as you say, stability is your primary goal.