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- Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:38 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: ..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3167
Re: Need a ~500GB HDD
Note that the F4, even that 320GB version, is an Advanced Format Drive, meaning it is a hassle to use in Windows XP. I tried to find this out before buying one but no source I looked at online had the information. The drive I received had a warning printed on the label about it and a link to a progr...
- Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:16 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Electronic Noise and Tinnitus
- Replies: 60
- Views: 149908
Re: Electronic Noise and Tinnitus
First off, an apology for what I know is going to be a somewhat rambling post as I want to bring up several points but don't know how to organize my ideas. All points are about hearing but I'm not sure what is or isn't related to each other. I have tinnitus; I don't remember how long I've had it (I'...
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:22 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Silent Home Server Build Guide
- Replies: 137
- Views: 99784
Re: Silent Home Server Build Guide
[quote]If you can assemble a PC from scratch, I don't see why it's any harder to go with a unix distro than Windows home server, as long as the hardware is compatible.[/quote] And I don't see how there's any connection between the two at all. Just because I want to assemble my own PC, does not mean ...
- Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:27 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: ECC Support (offshoot of Silent Server Build)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 55873
Re: Silent Home Server Build Guide
I find it hard to take anything that's said seriously from the anti-MS anti-Windows Linux zealots. ECC memory may not add much expense in the cost of the memory, but it adds significant cost in other components. I don't know about AMD systems, but with Intel you have to use Xeon CPUs and the server ...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:21 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Using a hardware switch to disable a hard drive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9217
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:40 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 192712
Here's another article about sites we'd generally trust serving up malware via javascript in ads from 3rd parties:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20000353-245.html
I may be paranoid about it, but this issue is very real.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20000353-245.html
I may be paranoid about it, but this issue is very real.
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:34 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 192712
dhanson865: Thanks. :) Similarly, I didn't intend for my reply to sound confrontational but rereading it perhaps it does so pleast don't take it that way. Re animated ads: Internet Explorer has an option to disable animations as well; at least on this old IE6 it's under Tools --> Internet Options, A...
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:30 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 192712
SPCR Shopping Engine, Google search on the right, and Amazon search at the bottom You consider those Ads? Silly me, I thought they were functional elements. If you look back a page or two you'll see me describing the ads I did or didn't see render properly. I didn't think about search modules as ad...
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:56 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 192712
- Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 192712
I don't and never have used ad-blocking software. However, I don't run most scripts or ActiveX. At the moment I'm still using Windows 2000 which also means I'm running IE6 (have tried Firefox and other alternatives, don't like them). I've had all of IE's scripting set to "prompt" mode for, as far as...
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:18 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Noise and build quality of Intel PSU
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3432
Intel page on the SC5650: http://www.intel.com/products/server/chassis/sc5650/sc5650-overview.htm Under the Support tab you can download the Technical Product Specification, which shows the power supply and describes the connectors it has. In fact, you can learn more about it than you'll want to kno...
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: SilverStone SG07
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5328
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:32 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i5-661: A 32nm CPU with Integrated Graphics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57682
I wasn’t clear in that I meant that the GPU die not the GPU core can’t be fully disabled due to it having the memory controller onboard and also the PCIe controller. This is true, and looking at it from a consumer viewpoint it's unfortunate the memory controller isn't on the CPU die as then it'...
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:49 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i5-661: A 32nm CPU with Integrated Graphics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 57682
The issue is that the GPU can’t be fully disabled as the memory controller for the CPU is on the GPU which seems a bad design feature affecting both performance and power consumption. I do not believe this is correct; do you have any actual reference to back this claim up? One of the design point...
- Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:51 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec NSK1480: The Fusion gets Smaller
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15978
A potential replacement 80x15mm fan for the PSU is this Sanyo Denki. though some may consider it too expensive: http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/sandenpetace.html It would likely need a resistor to reduce the speed as well if the power supply doesn't speed control the fan. I have no experience wit...
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:52 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: TRUE Rev C
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2353
I think they put the fan on the wrong side of the heatsink, at least as shown in this picture: http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTI0OTU3NjAwN0VjblRIYnpYZGhfMl84X2wuanBn Thermalright shows it like this: http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_images/cpu_cooler/u120_1366_rt/ravc-2.jpg Th...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:21 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New build - weird inconsistent BIOS behavior... help!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3413
Something I noticed earlier on, that may or may not have something to do with this, is that unless the power supply was connected to a hard drive (SATA power cable), the motherboard would power the fans only for a second, then turn them off. That seemed pretty strange - why would booting the BIOS h...
- Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:34 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New build - weird inconsistent BIOS behavior... help!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3413
You've got the Intel DQ45CB right? And given what's on Newegg's page for that I assume you got this Corsair memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 That should be fine; most the Intel boards require 1.8V memory and 5-5-5 timings which this has. On Intel boards, I've b...
- Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:13 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Nexus Value 430 PSU: Affordable Silence
- Replies: 149
- Views: 134133
Have you also reported the problem to Intel? Reading over the Release Notes for the latest BIOS 0572 I see that they have fixed various issues relating to S3 in this and previous BIOS releases, so it's certainly possible there are more issues not yet addressed. I have an Intel DP43TF, and resume fro...
- Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:28 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermalright TRUE & HR-01 & others on LGA1156
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5319
I found a picture of the 1156 mounting kit box on some site and on the box it does also state it's for the "High Riser" series so it will indeed work with the HR-01 and HR-01+. The main issue with the multiple Ultra-120s is that Thermalright doesn't take discontinued items off their main site in a t...
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:47 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermalright TRUE & HR-01 & others on LGA1156
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5319
They show a mounting kit now that says it's for the "Ultra Series" so it may not work with the HR-01+: http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/accessories_page/product_accessories_btk.html#1156 There's also the MUX-120 heatsink that was shown in the test here, which now has the bolt-thro...
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:07 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Mini-ITX/Micro-ATX server cases?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4788
Supermicro has a micro-ATX tower server chassis:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/chas ... 1i-300.cfm
Last I checked it was available at Provantage, Newegg, and others.
Of course it's still large compared to a mini-ITX case.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/chas ... 1i-300.cfm
Last I checked it was available at Provantage, Newegg, and others.
Of course it's still large compared to a mini-ITX case.
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:28 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Nexus D12SL-12PWM: Experiences?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10519
Xbit tested this with other 120mm fans: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/120-140-fans-roundup_13.html and came to a similar conclusion as wojtek saying that it's noisy when much above 900RPM. I've experimented with one as a CPU fan on a Thermalright HR-01; as I recall it's running un...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:38 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Help choosing hard drive upgrade, seagate 7200.4 500gb or we
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3539
- Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:03 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: A star is born... and another yet to be unveiled
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22667
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:56 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 304738
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:11 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: X25-m and Win XP issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6566
Intel has a FAQ page here: http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-029623.htm The wording is vague to me, but about halfway down it says: Is the Intel SSD a drop-in replacement for SATA Hard Disk drives? Yes. The Intel SSD a drop-in replacement provides rugged, reliable performance at lower po...
- Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:55 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: standby power consumption
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3331
If standby power has been measured in a SPCR PSU review the figures can be found in the lower part of the table "OTHER DATA". Thanks, oops I'm a bit embarassed that I've overlooked that. In the SPCR Antec Signature 650 review that's stated as 0.7W. So either the 850 draws more in standby (unlikely ...
- Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:05 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: standby power consumption
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3331
Can standby power be added to the reviews that involve power supplies? I'd like to see this too. While I presume it may vary with different motherboards, it certainly is different with different power supplies. Using a Kill-A-Watt, I measured ~2W in standby with an Antec Signature 850. In contrast,...
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:27 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: How are the current batches of the Velociraptors?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2816
*I was thinking of going with the 150GB single-platter, but the 300GB is only $20 more. Don't know what prices you've seen, but I just wanted to mention that at ZipZoomFly the 150GB is $170 and the 300GB is $229 so there's a bit more difference. They also list the Icepack-less 300GB one for $169(!)...