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by edan
Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:18 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Silent Home Server Build Guide
Replies: 137
Views: 92372

Re: Silent Home Server Build Guide

Looks like new WHS is set to drop Drive Extender . Might screw up future plans for home servers. Yup, I saw it on Engadget and came on here to see if anyone was talking about. I had just learned about DE from this SPCR article, and thought it was one of the cooler ideas I had heard of in a long tim...
by edan
Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:05 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Puget Serenity Home Edition review
Replies: 9
Views: 5665

Re: Puget Serenity Home Edition review

Glad to hear you are making progress! Sounds like their tech support is helpful, which is always nice to hear :) That also sounds like quite a plug for the EVGA GTX 460... My Scythe S-Flex fans are practically inaudible next to my 260 at stock fan control, and it's quiet enough for me now :) Or I gu...
by edan
Thu Nov 18, 2010 6:06 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Puget Serenity Home Edition review
Replies: 9
Views: 5665

Re: Puget Serenity Home Edition review

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I don't think can't run without my video card as my motherboard doesn't have onboard video. I opened up the case and tried to listen closely to the video card but it's a little hard to tell with all the other fans right beside it if it's the loudest thing i...
by edan
Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Puget Serenity Home Edition review
Replies: 9
Views: 5665

Re: Puget Serenity Home Edition review

You might want to try booting up without your video card. My first EVGA GTX 260 had a very noisy fan and was by far the loudest source of noise. After replacement, it is only mildly the loudest :) I was shocked how quiet my system was after pulling the card--so that's why I'm suggesting it to you :)...
by edan
Wed May 26, 2010 7:05 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1466649

doh!

So, I thought I'd try out folding for SPCR since I love the site and my core i7 box is generally bored ;) Now I'm trying to keep from getting too addicted... it maybe too late :) Anyway, I'm so annoyed!!! My UPS died this morning and my Linux folding VM came back without an IP address, and apparentl...
by edan
Tue May 25, 2010 7:41 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1466649

How do i check to see if i added the -advmethods flag? I said yes to it during the setup? oh, and I see you are running Windows and a GTX 295... have you tried the GPU client? Seems like the way to go on Windows is VMWare Player with Linux and 7 cores for Linux SMP and 1 core for your GPU client :)...
by edan
Tue May 25, 2010 7:34 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1466649

How do i check to see if i added the -advmethods flag? I said yes to it during the setup? I'm not exactly sure the answer to your question, but in your log you got "FahCore_a3.exe" required so I think you are on the right track :) That's all I've been getting with my Linux/Mac SMP runs and even tho...
by edan
Sat May 15, 2010 7:42 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Intel X25-M 80GB G2, to buy or not to buy?
Replies: 7
Views: 4375

It seems like Intel has had less drama than other manufacturers. The only thing I remember "bad" was they "screwed" G1 owners out of TRIM. I bought my Intel X-25M 80GB's back in March, and I'm certainly happy I didn't wait. Everything is fast now (except the Internet), and it's totally silent when i...
by edan
Mon May 10, 2010 6:54 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 2TB "Green" HDD: Samsung or Western Digital?
Replies: 19
Views: 12502

Firmware issues have plagued the 1.5TB and larger drives. For technical reasons I would avoid 1.5TB and 2TB drives and get something with 2 x 500GB platters (1TB total). Do you have any links to share? I tried googling earlier and didn't find anything definitive, other than some trouble with some R...
by edan
Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:50 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Please help with my silent i7 build
Replies: 17
Views: 8072

On the high northbridge temp front, I would just like to chime in that it seems "normal" for the Rampage II Gene motherboard to run in the 70C range for the NB. That's where mine runs in a Silverstone TJ-08. It drops to about 50C if I point a spare 120mm fan at it from the side vent on the case, but...
by edan
Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:27 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: HIS HD Radeon 5870 iCooler V Turbo
Replies: 16
Views: 13971

Nice review; it's nice to see the high quality reviews applied to products that MIGHT not be the best for sliencer purists :) However, I agree with others that seeing the S1 mounted but not reviewed was quite a tease! But I personally would probably still get a 5850 to save on power. I need Snow Leo...
by edan
Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:04 pm
Forum: User Reviews
Topic: Akasa Freedom Force Cooler and fitting it to GTX260
Replies: 1
Views: 15645

Thanks for putting so much time in your review. My EVGA 260 sp216's fan makes a slight whining noise at the default of 40% (it's by far the noisest thing in my system) so I'm interested in a third party solution ... This looks like a lot of work, though :)

Anyway, I appreciate all the pictures :)
by edan
Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:51 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Should I buy an SSD now or hold out for 6GPS
Replies: 74
Views: 29810

Oh, and as far as my two cents on waiting for SATA 3 / 6 Gb/sec: The Crucial C300 128GB is $479 at newegg . Two Intel 80GB G2's cost me about $440 for 160GB. Hypothetically, in a 2 drive RAID stripe the two G2's will kick its butt. [ snip ] And that's using data from the Anandtech article I linked ...
by edan
Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:32 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Quiet Blu Ray Drive
Replies: 6
Views: 6536

I have the same LG GGC-H20L and I agree with Edwood. I even find it's "full speed noise" ripping a CD fairly pleasant for a DVD drive, and I've done nothing special to silence it.

Playing a DVD/BR I find it quite quiet. Too bad it has been discontinued :(
by edan
Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:28 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Should I buy an SSD now or hold out for 6GPS
Replies: 74
Views: 29810

Oh, and as far as my two cents on waiting for SATA 3 / 6 Gb/sec: The Crucial C300 128GB is $479 at newegg . Two Intel 80GB G2's cost me about $440 for 160GB. Hypothetically, in a 2 drive RAID stripe the two G2's will kick its butt. 500MB/sec seq reads vs 337MB/sec for Crucial 160MB/sec seq write vs ...
by edan
Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:14 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Should I buy an SSD now or hold out for 6GPS
Replies: 74
Views: 29810

Bit the bullet and ordered the intel - please don't tell me I made a bad decision! :shock: There is no technical reason to avoid that drive. You won't regret buying it on any reason other than price (which is a possible cause of buyers remorse on any tech product). My only remorse is that I didn't ...
by edan
Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:58 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Should I buy an SSD now or hold out for 6GPS
Replies: 74
Views: 29810

You absolutely DON'T want the Jmicron or Samsung controller unless the price of the SSD is half the price of the Indilinx based drives and you are extremely short on funds. See http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3773&p=6 and pay close attention to the random write speed chart at the to...
by edan
Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:45 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Merits of 2x slower passive cards vs one powerful (noisier?)
Replies: 10
Views: 4182

Overrated is such a strong word... But particularly for a quiet setup, I guess I agree :) One thing to consider is how much oomph you need. It takes a lot less power to drive 1280x1024 than 2560x1600 :) Check out this xBit labs page for comparisons of some "lower end" cards with the GTX 260 and 585...
by edan
Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:32 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Megahalems Mega-poor tolerances.
Replies: 5
Views: 3094

I ended up just reaming the holes out a bit with a power drill. And they fit perfectly now. Pretty easy fix, but I shouldn't have to do that with such an expensive heatsink. If it was something worse, I would've RMA'd it, but it would also hold up my entire computer build, as it's pretty difficult ...
by edan
Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:37 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Megahalems Mega-poor tolerances.
Replies: 5
Views: 3094

Re: Megahalems Mega-poor tolerances.

Anyone else have problems with the Spring-loaded screws not fitting through the holes in the Cross bar aluminum plate that clamps onto the heatsink? -Ed I'm too tired to go search for my old build thread, I might have had better notes there. What I do remember is that getting both screws to thread ...
by edan
Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:09 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Most silent GeForce 200 Series card with stock cooler?
Replies: 15
Views: 8013

I don't know about that. I assume if it's a "stock cooler" the controls and performance are going to be similar, if not identical. Perhaps, or perhaps not. I could use more information about the fan control chip. The first thing I want to know is if I can turn down the fan a lot. Because then I can...
by edan
Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:04 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Most silent GeForce 200 Series card with stock cooler?
Replies: 15
Views: 8013

That's my concern. I don't understand why that Asus card was less noisy, and what guarantee I have if I buy one now, one year later, that I get the same quiet sample. I did a LOT of research before I bought the 260 a few months ago. It was pretty obvious after a while (and this opinion is shared by...
by edan
Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:46 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Most silent GeForce 200 Series card with stock cooler?
Replies: 15
Views: 8013

It looks interesting. Fantastic with a 25.9 dbA while under load. The only thing that throws me off is the same dbA while idle. I would want an inaudible idle noise of perhaps 22 dbA or lower. Isn't there a way to lower the fan speeds so that they are inaudible? Is there any indication that the fan...
by edan
Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:35 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: best quiet video card?
Replies: 16
Views: 14639

Hard to say if my 275 is quieter than your 260. I haven't messed with fan speeds or anything since it is very quiet already. My Antec P180 case has 3 120mm fans set to low (they each have a low-med-hi switch) and the CPU has an additional 120mm, mobo controlled. The computer purrs quietly, I defini...
by edan
Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:50 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: x58 Motherboard fan control
Replies: 8
Views: 6351

Are you using standard 3-pin fans on the Chassis and Opt headers? And the board can automatically control fan speed with these fans? Phil As I hinted above, I'm using three Scythe S-FLEX E (1200rpm), which are 3 pin. I haven't tried any PWM fans on the CPU fan header. Q-Fan in the BIOS can automati...
by edan
Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: x58 Motherboard fan control
Replies: 8
Views: 6351

You might be able to avoid the error message by setting 'CPU fan speed' to 'Ignore' in the BIOS. Thanks., but I'm pretty sure I tried that--I don't want to reboot right now to check, but I'm almost 100% positive I did. It also seemed the only way to ignore "CPU Fan Error" was to disable pausing for...
by edan
Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:52 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: x58 Motherboard fan control
Replies: 8
Views: 6351

Re: x58 Motherboard fan control

I am looking for a x58 motherboard and one of the major requirements is fan connectors which can be used and varied by speedfan etc. I presently have a asus maximus formula x38 with core duo and it can speed control all my 4 case fans and cpu. I have seen various motherboards i like but they only s...
by edan
Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:27 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: best quiet video card?
Replies: 16
Views: 14639

swinster, nope, it has two DVI ports and svideo, no HDMI. My EVGA GTX 260 has two DVI ports, but it included a DVI->HDMI adaptor and supports HDMI audio output via an included SPDIF connector. The 275 didn't come with it? How quiet is the rest of your machine? At 40%, my EVGA 260's fan makes a fain...
by edan
Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:28 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Quietest 260 GTX?
Replies: 13
Views: 9257

I know this is late for JamieT, but this GTX 260 216 sp looks fairly quiet - certainly much quieter than any of the stock or aftermarket coolers on GTX 200 series that I've seen measurements for: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Inno3D/iChill_GTX_260/28.html That does seem like a very promising c...
by edan
Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:59 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Quietest 260 GTX?
Replies: 13
Views: 9257

Received/fit it today, I found the fan noise surprisingly good - by default it spins at 40% which I couldn't hear over a Noctua NF-S12 120mm @ 1200RPM, it remained on 40% after a 2 hour gaming session, so pretty good - by no means silent, but I wouldn't call it noisy either :P. I bought a EVGA GTX ...