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by geordie
Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:48 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Media Center PC: Heat Issues
Replies: 4
Views: 2438

For that sort of setup I'd guess just a hole in the back so there isn't a buildup of hot air over time would do just fine.

Just one point though - I doubt the bios of any mobo supporting a 500MHz AMD processor will be capable of seeing any more than a 120GB drive at it's full capacity.
by geordie
Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:59 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Your thoughts please, gentlemen ...
Replies: 7
Views: 4040

Basically, there are 2 ways to send a digital audio signal - optical or coaxial. The quality is pretty much identical, so which you prefer to use probably comes down to what connectors you have available on the amplifier you're sending the signal to. My AV receiver has 5 optical inputs and only 1 co...
by geordie
Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:09 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Your thoughts please, gentlemen ...
Replies: 7
Views: 4040

The Abit AN8 Ultra mobo has heatpipe NB cooler and optical in/out, and is a lot cheaper (assuming you can live with optical instead of coaxial of course). The P180 is just about available in the UK now. Overclockers.co.uk have it listed for pre-order now, as do Overclock.co.uk with stock due next we...
by geordie
Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:13 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Athlon64 with P180 case
Replies: 6
Views: 3224

I know KoolnQuiet do the S12's. Again, I've not seen them at any of the big online shops yet so no cheap deals yet :( I don't have one (yet), but in all the reviews I've seen (and all the posts here) it seems to be the best you can buy at the minute. Point taken about the P180 looks, but then simple...
by geordie
Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:10 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Athlon64 with P180 case
Replies: 6
Views: 3224

Hey Graeme I've never found overclockers to be the cheapest for anything! That said, the P180 hasn't been out that long and I've not found anyone else stocking it yet. Another decent alternative is the Antec SLK3000B, which Ebuyer have for £25 (code 83044). For the difference in price you could also...
by geordie
Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:33 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Software scaling beyond CnQ settings on Linux? think rmclock
Replies: 1
Views: 2809

Have you tried cpudyn?
I think that could be what you need.

There's a thread on the Gentoo Linux forums about it.
by geordie
Wed May 25, 2005 2:18 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Will I be disappointed with the Seasonic S12 430?
Replies: 26
Views: 9768

For measuring power draw, I got something from Maplins for about £15 a year or so ago. Works a treat. It's been quite amusing seeing how much power things like the fridge and tv use too! :) I don't have the product code handy, but I remember posting it a while back. A quick search of my posts for so...
by geordie
Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:35 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Windows98 in Ram Disk- Sucess! silent!
Replies: 54
Views: 27738

so.. i've been trying to get together all the files which were used on the CF card.. i have everything other than; DBLSPACE.BIN, ATTRIB.EXE, BACKUP.LFN and EGA.CPI DBLSPACE.BIN, ATTRIB.EXE and EGA.CPI are all part of DOS, so that's where you get them! From memory, look in \Windows\Command or \Windo...
by geordie
Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:12 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Windows setup and SATA drives
Replies: 20
Views: 7992

HomerSapien wrote:Anyway to do this without a floppy drive?
http://unattended.msfn.org/
by geordie
Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:59 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Turning the volume down!!
Replies: 26
Views: 11330

I was thinking more about the value for money :) A drive with more platters will be slightly hotter and louder than a drive with fewer platters within the same drive family . You cannot make this assumption between different manufacturers or even different drive families from the same manufacturer. ...
by geordie
Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:01 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Turning the volume down!!
Replies: 26
Views: 11330

The biggest Samsung drive is only 160GB whereas 300GB Seagate drives are available. Having said that, you could probably get 2 x 200GB Seagate drives (ST3200822AS) for about the same price as 1 300GB (ST3300831AS), so that would be what I'd go for. Some people are saying that Seagate ship SATA drive...
by geordie
Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:38 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Turning the volume down!!
Replies: 26
Views: 11330

Sadly it is the idle whine that is annoying you so drive suspension won't really give you the noise reduction you're looking for. Your options are: 1) Acoustipack (or similar) dampening for the sonata case. 2) Hard drive enclosures - silentmaxx, novibes etc 3) Replace the drives with Samsung or Seag...
by geordie
Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:46 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Recent Nidec Samsung hard drives from NewEgg?
Replies: 16
Views: 6777

Any UK buyers might be interested to know that I was just speaking to Mark at Whispertec (having ordered a Samsung SV1604N for my Sky+ box :wink: ) and he said he will hand pick Nidec motors for the Samsung drives.
by geordie
Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:09 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Noiseblocker 420 Watt Gold 'Whispertec Edition' PSU
Replies: 3
Views: 2209

Digging up an old post here aren't you :lol: I ended up buying a Nexus NX-3000 for the BQE, which I was very pleased with for quite some time. I'm not so sure about it now though. It seems louder now than when I first got it, but my pc is also in a different position which doesn't help the compariso...
by geordie
Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:12 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Quiet 3.5" 5400rpm Harddrives
Replies: 4
Views: 3308

I've been looking around at possible upgrades for my Sky+ box too but can't find any UK suppliers of Samsung V series 5400rpm drives.

I'll probably end up getting the 200GB Seagate 7200.7+ (ST3200822A) instead.

Need to do something with that annoying fan too ...
by geordie
Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:53 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Interesting Races and Folders-on-the-Move
Replies: 975
Views: 608304

PS - used to live in Wokingham some time ago & worked for TRRL Whoa. Never thought I'd hear that name on here! :shock: I've worked at TRL (as it's called now) for the last few years. We dropped the extra "R" a long time ago. I'll have to search the the archives and see if anything turns up with you...
by geordie
Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:42 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Quietest 300-400W PSU for sale in UK?
Replies: 4
Views: 2879

That looks pretty impressive.
Shame it appears to be passive PFC not active.
by geordie
Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:47 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: quiet solution for dual xeon pc (part II)
Replies: 7
Views: 3749

My current cpus' temp is around 49 deg. cels. I assume this is load temp not idle. My dual 2.0GHz Xeons run around 50C at full load with MCX603V's and 80mm Panaflo L1A fans @ ~9v. I don't think you'd see more than a 5C increase in cpu temp if you dropped the fans to 7v, which is perfectly fine. Tho...
by geordie
Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:10 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Interesting Races and Folders-on-the-Move
Replies: 975
Views: 608304

Damn. I'm heading down the charts now :cry:

Not long before I'm dropped out the top 50.

:!: Time for an upgrade I think.
Yes. I definitely need an Athlon 64 ... :roll:
by geordie
Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:02 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Linux vs WinXP
Replies: 17
Views: 8282

Well the next couple of wu have completed successfully so things are looking up. :) I've not had any other signs of instability on this machine, including a marathon 24hr+ compile of xfree, kde & openoffice. :roll: I ran memtest a few months back when I first setup the machine so I'm pretty sure tha...
by geordie
Sun Jun 06, 2004 10:28 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Linux vs WinXP
Replies: 17
Views: 8282

OH CRAP !! I noticed my linux box crashed at some point yesterday. Needed hardware resetting :evil: Now take a look at this extract from the fah log file [22:09:15] Completed 990000 out of 1000000 steps (99%) [22:29:24] Writing local files [22:29:24] Completed 1000000 out of 1000000 steps (100%) [22...
by geordie
Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:22 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: is this PSU ok for me?
Replies: 14
Views: 7062

If the Nexus is too noisy then I'm afraid you won't be happy with any fan cooled psu - well not as they come anyway. You'll either have to get you hands dirty with some modding or drop £100+ on a fanless psu.
by geordie
Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:51 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Promising Tagan 480W PSU review
Replies: 8
Views: 5311

I saw this for sale at scan.co.uk just last week and was certainly tempted to give it a try. Fan clicking sounds a bit worrying though.
Shame I didn't see it last month when I needed a psu with EPS 12v connector for a dual Xeon at work. At least I could have tested it on their budget not mine :wink:
by geordie
Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:53 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Linux vs WinXP
Replies: 17
Views: 8282

Well I'd resigned myself to the fact my Linux box was just underperforming, though it has bugged me for the last month or so. I even thought about putting XP back on it, but not for long :) Then today I compile a new kernel 2.6.5 (I had been using 2.4.25) and instantly the performance has jumped up ...
by geordie
Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:31 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Coolink bat hsf !! (pics)
Replies: 4
Views: 3015

Coolink bat hsf !! (pics)

Now this thing looks amusing. Some definite ducting potential too.
by geordie
Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:46 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Ahanix Black Knight in the UK
Replies: 5
Views: 3656

Colour doesn't really matter. The silver looks good too. Not sure if that site will ship to the UK. The range of options on this page isn't inspiring. I'll send them an email though and see what they say. At least I'll get it in English! I'm afraid reading Dutch isn't a skill I've acquired yet. That...
by geordie
Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:13 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Ahanix Black Knight in the UK
Replies: 5
Views: 3656

Ahanix Black Knight in the UK

Anyone got any ideas where I can buy a Black Knight case in the UK or somewhere that will ship it here at a reasonable price. The best I've got so far is ewiz.com and they're asking $150 for Fedex economy shipping. :shock: Fedex priority shipping is over $200. There's no chance I'll be paying 4 time...
by geordie
Sun May 30, 2004 6:11 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: is this PSU ok for me?
Replies: 14
Views: 7062

I personally don't rate 120mm fanned psu's that highly. The 2 I have had (a 350w fortron and a 420w noiseblocker) have both been disappointing. I think having the big intake over a hot cpu must be the problem, so I won't buy another psu with a bottom intake fan. I know that makes no difference to yo...
by geordie
Sun May 30, 2004 3:05 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: panaflo 92mm high at lower voltages
Replies: 6
Views: 2751

intx wrote:I happen to have one on hand
Then you should be telling us how it sounds!!

Get that pc case opened and start playing :lol:
by geordie
Sun May 30, 2004 2:58 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Test power draw of system?
Replies: 6
Views: 2691

I got this for half the price at Maplins :) Great fun seeing the power draw of random household items :lol: Oh, and your pc of course!