Something For Kate - Toothpaste

I would like to avoid underclocking, as its gonna be running as a heavy-ish server, no gaming or anything, just lots of sending files over the network, and 24/7 running of P2P apps... If all you are doing is file server/downloading then this is probally not really that heavy a load at all for this ...

getting a smaller capacity disk (less platters) can help too.
i used to sleep with my head about 2meters from a 40gig 'cuda IV

It's full of crap. The opening line on that page that suggest that cpu temp rises after you pc has been turned off is a complete lie. The temp of your heatsink will rise as heat from you CPU conducts into it and there is no fan running to take it from the heatsink. But the cpu will be cooling down a...

If you are willing to pull all of the molex plugs off, heatshriing is good. Just get a little sticky tape every 10cm to holld the wires neat. Then slip it over heat it up and it is very slick.

Damn. That was one of those things you just expected to be around for ever.
What is there out there as an alternative if my next computer might not be supported by MBM?

I use little round gromets on each side of the case where the screws go though, which seems quite effective. I also increased the size of the holes in the case a bit so the screws didn't rest of metal. Perhap if you are going to buy one of these gaskets you should grab a set of little grommets for t...

I would recomend a program called cdrom tool (free, GPL) and set your drive to a lower than maximum speed. Works wonders for watching movies and did i mention that it is free?

Thanks for the replies, i wasn't looking for top end video cards but i had hoped something a bit more powerful would be out there.
i might need to have a rethink.

What experiences have any of you guys had with this case, particularly with finding half height cards?

I've been looking at getting an Antec Minuet Case to serve as the basis for upgrading my PC and have had a hard time finding information about half-height cards which this case requires. In particular i am wondering what other people would recomend as the best half-height video card at a reasonable ...

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt1

If it's doing 43c with a fan then it doesn't sound good.
Sadly the duron chip is a bit of a power hog.
Duron 700 = 34w -> 39w
Pentium 3 700 = 18.3

faulty electrostatic headphones is my preferred choice of execution method. Imagine dieing to mozart.

Have you done any stability testing at that voltage? My computer seemed to run fine at 1.6v but wouldn't pass prime95 for more than 15minutes.

Mine just had the panaflo label and no thermaltake label on the underside of the fan. Looks just like the photo in Ralf Hutter's last post here. m0002a's fan appears to be a different revision as the casing even has small differences. Thermaltake site here: http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/volcano...

I use the silentboost and it is a nice cooler but is not silent, merely quiet. Replacing the fan would fix that of course. For a money-no-object purchase i would suggest looking at the spcr recommendend list and grab one of those nice thermalright heatsinks and an appropriate fan if it will fit you ...

thanks pete so do i.

In no particular order (ie on shuffle with a bunch of other songs)
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Rancid - Ruby Soho
System of a Down - Snowblind
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
The Mars Volta - Eriatarka

Software Consultant, i only got the job yesterday, i've been waiting to post to this thread seeing as it didn't have a category for unemployed ex-student.

I have one, no good at all at full voltage, this set up is made for undervolting/fan replacement as the block itself is a good unit. At half the price of a thermalright here in australia when i bought, it i'm happy with it. I run it with a 56R resistor inline and when i get my PSU quiet i'll change ...

The spec sheet for my 'cuda IV 40gig lists operating temperatures from 0-60c ambient ! Makes 50c intenal sound pretty cool really, you wont see me running it near 60c amb anytime soon, but i think i have some leeway :) Grommet mounted was 50c when in use with only the psu for exhaust and its down to...

If hard drive manufacturers aren't giving accurate or indeed conservative SMART temperature readings they are shooting themselves in the foot.

I read somewhere about a wifi chipset for desktop. I fear that maybe thats what they were pointing to with this centrino thing and not pentium M at all i hope i am wrong.

damn right josephclemente i want my goddamn flying car!

The Flaming Lips and The Chemical Brothers - The Golden Path
I saw the flaming lips live a few weeks ago, really great live band, probally the highlight of the big day out festival for me.

Do not snort your own brain.
Relax
Listen to The Flaming Lips

My HDD runs at 50c consistently, i'm not too worried about it. The spec sheet for my drive reads 60c max, good to have an engineer say that sounds ok, it seems most other people think 50c is too high.
Thanks for sharing that flyingsherpa

Ah well, easy come, easy go. It's probally better that there are no new heatsink matierials it would only encourage AMD and intel to put to it to good use.

i have a similar heatsink as rp's hanging off a geforce 4 mx 440 and it will not run games without being underclocked (it locks up otherwise) but whist doing 2d it is barely warm. This is without a fan. It might just be poor installation on my part but the heatsink gets hot when the card is working ...

I suppose we'll know in a week if it is true. I know my fingers are crossed The price will be interesting, intel has a great product here and might just charge accordingly :( As for the prescott, apparently a new stepping is on the way soon that should get thermal envelope down to something respecta...