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- Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:24 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
So I finally got my VB8001. I am a little disappointed so far. The beefs I have with the board: 1. The fan is really loud. 2. The fan can not be controlled from software. 3. It is not possible to compile gcc under x86_64 gentoo linux. 4. The pins for the USB connectors are not standard. Anyway, I fi...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:36 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: [mini-ITX] Case suggestions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3142
Thanks for the suggestions! The SG05 seems to be almost exactly what I am after! The PSU is overkill but the case looks as it could do the job. Half height cards are hard to find. I try to avoid those cases. The SG06 is probably something that I would have to wait for a bit too long. I'll probably g...
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:35 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: [mini-ITX] Case suggestions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3142
[mini-ITX] Case suggestions
I have been searching for a case that suits my needs for several days. Every case I have looked at, has some flaw according to my criteria. I am about to buy a VIA VB8001 mini-ITX board. On the board I am about to fit: 3,5" HDD (maybe another one later on). PCI-E gigabit NIC. A CD drive either inter...
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:34 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Compucase 8K01
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4698
Compucase 8K01
Does anyone here have any experienca with the Compucase 8K01BS case? It looks interesting for my needs, as I need a new mini-itx case. It comes with a 100 W PSU, "High efficient HEC psu HEC120SA-7FX". Is it any good? How efficient is the PSU, and how good is the ventilation in the case? Here is Comp...
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:51 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec ISK 300 Mini-ITX case
- Replies: 115
- Views: 118826
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:35 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec ISK 300 Mini-ITX case
- Replies: 115
- Views: 118826
- Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:55 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec ISK 300 Mini-ITX case
- Replies: 115
- Views: 118826
To me the size of the case is not so important. The bigger the case, the cooler it will be (less noise). At least it is not as big as a normal ATX case. I haven't found any information about the efficency of the PSU. My original plan was to get a PicoPSU, but with this case I would save some money i...
- Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:22 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec ISK 300 Mini-ITX case
- Replies: 115
- Views: 118826
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:38 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4837
The online store that I looked at has a section CPUs>Socket AM2, CPUs>Socket AM2+. Under AM2 there are "AMD Athlon 64 X2" and "AMD Sempron Dual Core 2300+". Under AM2+ there are "AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition 2,7GHz / 3MB / 1,8GHz HT Socket AM2+ (Boxed)" and "AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition 3,...
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:23 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4837
Thanks for the answers! I didn't know that the Athlons had the memory controller in the CPU... I have three sticks of RAM in the computer. I tried them all alone in different slots. I have one stick of RAM that I could test with, which is currently in an other machine. But I doubt that there will be...
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:29 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4837
Where do I go from here?
My main system half broke down. I noticed that it hangs every now and then. So I ran memtest86 on it. Memtest gives loads of errors after running only a few seconds. I have tested different sticks of RAM in different slots to no avail. Seems as if the mainboard is faulty, or maybe the CPU. The CPU i...
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:37 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
That is not so nice.
I googled a bit and other people seem to confirm:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/for ... 931/inc/-1
I googled a bit and other people seem to confirm:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/for ... 931/inc/-1
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:26 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:53 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
Thanks Rapido! I have still not decided which parst to use for my new rig. I got a little distracted by other things. Still the VB8001 seems to be the route to go. I have heard another VIA board, which was quite noisy. So I will probably have to do something about the fan too, since I plan to make a...
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:26 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
- Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:20 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
Yes I agree with you that power management will do a difference. But according to the review the idle power draw is 35W. I assume that this figure is after the power management has taken tha speed down. My P3 1GHz idles at 28W. I want the new system to be less than that just to justify the buy (even...
- Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:54 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:57 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
- Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:21 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Low Power, Fairly Quiet NAS/Router - and reasonably priced
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11873
This thread is awfully a lot like this one:
viewtopic.php?t=51546
Could you post the total amount of power that you rig draws, if you have the possibility? I am very interested in that kind of numbers
viewtopic.php?t=51546
Could you post the total amount of power that you rig draws, if you have the possibility? I am very interested in that kind of numbers
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:13 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
VIA VB8001 Mini-ITX Board (undervoltable?)
I am looking for a low power pc, that is going to be a firewall, torrent downloader among many other things. Found this new VIA board VB8001: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=711 http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51268&highlight=vb8001 A...
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:58 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: low power file server / download machine
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10739
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:31 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: low power file server / download machine
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10739
I am in the same situation. At the moment I have a P3 1GHz/512MB RAM machine running gentoo linux. I use it as a firewall, torrent downloader and mp3-streamer. I have come to the conclusion that I want to upgrade it to be more quiet and have Gb LAN. At the same time it has to be extremely low power ...