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by trxman
Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:02 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: low cost quiet PSU
Replies: 8
Views: 6256

Re: low cost quiet PSU

well, I said low-cost in a way that I don't need top-performance top-quality PSU that cost more then 100 euro, but price range of 40 to 60 euro is OK for me. current locale is Vienna, so SS-350ET-F3 could be found: http://geizhals.at/539915 BQT E7-400W is not so widely available, and a little bit mo...
by trxman
Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:18 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: low cost quiet PSU
Replies: 8
Views: 6256

low cost quiet PSU

hello. I'm planning to make a low-budget HTPC. as I already sad in other topic, it should be quiet, but it doesn't have to be completely silent. so, I guess any PSU with 300W or more would be enough. culrently, options are something like: Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green 380W ~ 42 euro PC Power & Cool...
by trxman
Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:35 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: low-budget HTPC
Replies: 17
Views: 11104

Re: low-budget HTPC

thx, matt! a lot of info! considering software-based decode and looking on Intel's current low-end line-up, we can see: Celeron 530 : 2.4GHz, 2 cores, no-HT, no-Turbo, 2MB L2 cache, ESS http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron_Dual-Core/Intel-Celeron%20Dual-Core%20G530.html Pentium 620 would bring 2.6G...
by trxman
Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:06 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: low-budget HTPC
Replies: 17
Views: 11104

Re: low-budget HTPC

so, if I don't need anything more then just plain HTPC with some low-performance storage in it, I'm good with G530 and even H61 board.

should I take care of sound card type/connectors if I'll use low (or maaaaaaybe mid) range sound system, or that is good on all these boards?
by trxman
Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:17 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: low-budget HTPC
Replies: 17
Views: 11104

Re: low-budget HTPC

I don't need something too powerfull, but if the expense is small, why not?

what would be more powerfull with small price difference?
by trxman
Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:53 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: low-budget HTPC
Replies: 17
Views: 11104

low-budget HTPC

hello. I'm considering some low-budget HTPC. it will be used as HD/SD media player and storage. it should be quiet, but it doesn't have to be silent. if I choose to power it by: (1) Celeron G530 & some H67 / Z68 board or maybe (2) A4-3300 & some A55 / A75 board would it be enough CPU power for CPU-b...
by trxman
Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:28 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung F2 reliability :(
Replies: 5
Views: 3150

Re: Samsung F2 reliability :(

very interesting reading.

thx a lot!
by trxman
Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:34 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung 3.5: number of platters and heads?
Replies: 2
Views: 2209

Re: Samsung 3.5: number of platters and heads?

just keep away from Samsung :(
by trxman
Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:25 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung F2 reliability :(
Replies: 5
Views: 3150

Samsung F2 reliability :(

Just wanted to infrom everybody to keep away from Samsung F2 . This advice is based on my personal experiance. All other experiances with Samsung F2 are welcome. I have 32 of them in 3 different boxes on (different hardware, different locations etc.) and reliability statistics are very very bad: - 5...
by trxman
Sun May 23, 2010 8:47 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Is there a problem with head parks on WD Green HDDs?
Replies: 296
Views: 457414

4. The desktop WD drives should not be used in any other RAID configs other than 0 and 1 (read: not 0 + 1, only to be used in RAID 0 or RAID 1) as they have the crucial TLER feature disabled. TLER is apparently required for RAID configs to function properly. Given the potentially massive amounts of...
by trxman
Thu May 20, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: GIGABYTE 9800GT Silent Cell - anybody using this card?
Replies: 26
Views: 16944

I have the same problem:

since I'm linux user, there's no ATI/AMD cards for me.
it's been like that forever.
ATI/AMD just doesn't care about linux, so my next upgrade will probably be 7900GS to some "green" GTS 250.
by trxman
Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:08 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Is there a problem with head parks on WD Green HDDs?
Replies: 296
Views: 457414

you can try disabling head parking - maybe your drives will work that way.

at least, now we know the answer to the question raised by the title of this topic...
by trxman
Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:03 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Was 3.7TB - then 2.7TB, now 19.1TB "quiet" server
Replies: 121
Views: 110251

Seems like it :) http://bilder.wibla.net/albums/pcstuff/DSC_8216pp.sized.jpg Tagan PSU that was in this box for 2 years, damn nasty... my Corasir HX620W worked for 2 and a half years and had almost no dust at all. to achive that, I just used some custom (home) made air filters in front of fans and ...
by trxman
Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:06 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: my not-so-loud file server
Replies: 11
Views: 11449

I'm using couple of arrays made by linux software raid1 and raid5. raid arrays are non-uniform and they cover about 60% of disk space. everything else is not protected by redundancy. cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md4 : active raid5 sdf1[0] sdo2[9] sdn2[8] ...
by trxman
Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:10 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: my not-so-loud file server
Replies: 11
Views: 11449

I've done a small upgrade: - mobo is Asus P5Q Premium - 2 x Digitus PCI-E x4 SATA controllers - Chieftec BA - 16 x Samsung F2 1.5TB http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8173/photo048.jpg http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/48/photo050s.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6052/photo054q.jpg http://im...
by trxman
Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:43 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Are 3 pin Fan Y Splitters ever a problem?
Replies: 14
Views: 14531

I have Asus P5Q Premium with 5 fan headers, but I can control only 3 of them. I want to connect more (2 or 3) fans to every of these 3 controlable headers. fans are Noctuas ranging from 1.1 to 1.44W (factory specification). xbit labs state it's more probable about 1.0 to 1.1W each. so, is there some...
by trxman
Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:36 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Fairly quiet workstation (P182 ++) - Updated 21.09.08
Replies: 76
Views: 88874

nice temps.

I've put one slowed down Noctua (~500rpm) on the unused hdd cage and it blows directly between the Accelero and the gfx card, cooling both Accelero and RAM chips on the card.
by trxman
Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:13 pm
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Fairly quiet workstation (P182 ++) - Updated 21.09.08
Replies: 76
Views: 88874

I have Accelero S1 rev2, too.

I removed plastic parts from edges of the cooler. that way last aluminium fin is a lot more open to airflow.

don't know if that made a difference, but it can't hurt neither. :)
by trxman
Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:05 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 1.5 TB Samsung EcoGreen F2 HD154UI Slow Access Times
Replies: 15
Views: 16427

seems like they turned around those AAM settings. btw, does anyone have experiance with catastrophically low multithreaded read performance described here: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/15-2tb-hdd-roundup_12.html#sect0 xbitlabs guys guessed that it's something about firmware. any ...
by trxman
Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:45 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Quiet UPS ?
Replies: 21
Views: 17224

thx.

I'll check about Corsair HX520WEU.
by trxman
Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:45 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Quiet UPS ?
Replies: 21
Views: 17224

price is realy good.

I just don't know how reliable Cyber Power is comparing to APC - I've never heard of that brand... :(
by trxman
Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:57 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Quiet UPS ?
Replies: 21
Views: 17224

anyone? :roll:
by trxman
Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:18 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Scythe SFF12G 120mm noise?
Replies: 7
Views: 5425

will SFF21D, SFF21E, SFF21F and SFF21G make same amount of noice at the same rpm (let' say 600rpm) ?
by trxman
Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:30 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Quiet UPS ?
Replies: 21
Views: 17224

Quiet UPS ?

I've tested 2 of APC BackUPS 500VA and they were quiet.

I've tested 4 of APC BackUPS 650VA and everyone of them was "squiling/buzzing" while it was 20 - 60% loaded.

I need more then 500VA (300W), so I cannot use fist type.
Is there any suggestion for quiet UPS 650VA - 1000VA ?
by trxman
Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:04 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Thermalright TRUE & HR-01 & others on LGA1156
Replies: 6
Views: 5206

Thermalright TRUE & HR-01 & others on LGA1156

will there be some mounting kits available ? :roll:
by trxman
Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:38 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5 TB - Have anyone tried it?
Replies: 47
Views: 42875

just to justify that thos F2 are reliable and I'll buy 12 of them :)
by trxman
Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:37 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB / platter is out!
Replies: 110
Views: 93078

yes, non-destructive test - same as short but it tests every single sector and lasts longer :)
by trxman
Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:59 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB / platter is out!
Replies: 110
Views: 93078

5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 those two are important. it wold be even better to check them after smartctl -t long /dev/sdx (be sure to let the disk finish its' testing) you don't have to reboot in win...
by trxman
Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:25 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB / platter is out!
Replies: 110
Views: 93078

did they arrive with come reallocated sectors?
by trxman
Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:35 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5 TB - Have anyone tried it?
Replies: 47
Views: 42875

does it have some reallocated sectors?