When I built my new workstation in August I experimented with my P182 using the default 4 fan positions in the case. For me I wanted a balance of quiet, cool and low dust. I ended up with 2 Scythe Slipstream 1200 rpm intakes and 2 Slipstream 800 rpm exhaust. My final solution is probably a bit noisi...

I have four 500GB Seagate 7200.10 ES drives in RAID in a P182. There is a faint seek noise with it on the desk top a foot or so away but under the desk they are inaudible. The ES seem much quieter than the desktop AS drives.

Sorry to have dragged the thread off topic, I should have asked in private.

Yes, case badges would be neat. T-shirts? Coffee cups?

The 3D one on the above case is very nice!

What case is that?

Might also check out gtweb.net. They used to have a pretty good selection. They have a 3U 16" deep they advertise as quiet.

http://www.gtweb.net/j3630.html

A bit too general to answer easily. What types of things will it be doing? eg. media (audio, video or both) streaming, simple file serving/storage, web server, database server, e-mail server, etc. And how many workstation processes will be accessing it simultaneously? How many hard drives? RAID? Wil...

@andyb: no mine runs at whatever speed I set it for when idle. I'm using a Palit HD4870

Samsung 932B+ 19", TN, non-widescreen. Silent but does produce a faint psu hum audible within 30-50cm if placed on a lightweight surface. Silent across its brightness range with no perceptible whine. 8 months old. Samsung 275T+ 27", S-PVA, widescreen. Silent across its brightness range, no hum or w...

I have two Samsung panels at home, a 932B+ and a 275T+. Neither make a sound at any setting and I have the brightness on one set at 5 and the other at 10. Maybe I'm just lucky

Too bad they are too old to run most of today's software Maybe if you're running climatology simulations but they'll run well over 90% of most desktop stuff just fine. The vast majority of today's desktops aren't used to even half their capabilities. Even XP will run fine on machines as slow as 500...

I still have the stock cooler on my 4870. I discovered the only way to be sure the fan speed changes took effect was to hit "Test Your Settings" and then after they finish "Apply" and Ok.

Alternatively you can edit the Profile.xml file and set the speed manually.

I'm not sure of their power consumption but D-Link advertise a series of "green" network products including a couple of switches.

The ground wire in the power connector is the return half of the power circuit. While it ptovides some protection a secondary ground wire for static and unforeseen contingencies (such as PSU partial failure) is not amiss. Drives that are hard mounted to the chassis are grounded directly, but when yo...

I remember seeing (I forget where now) someone took two 27" screens out of the factory cases, mounted them edge to edge in a custom cabinet so the intersection was just a thin line and used a Matrox TH2GO to get a 54" (3840x1200).

I'll post the link if I can find it again. It was quite impressive.

I think Coolermaster still make one that will fit, or at elast available. I picked up one on eBay a year or so ago for a couple of bucks barand new for a K6-III+. As they use the same basic socket and mouning it should work on the Pentium as well. It has fair fin area so you might get away with it p...

Hi people, I'm planning for getting a laser printer and trying to find out if its cheaper to use laser toner or inkjet cartriages. The inkjet cartriages are expensive and I have to keep buying them. Would a monocrome toner cartriage get me more pages for less money than a handfull of inkjet cartria...

Yes part of the problem with the ATI's heat reports is the default factory fan speed profile. My 4870 running with stock cooler and factory settings was idling at about 75-80C which I thought was rather ridiculous. The factory default idle fan speed was only 20% of full speed. Changing it to 30% did...

3. Finally, what risk of electrocution is there for me to open the PSU up? I would assume the risk is only present when the unit is plugged in and on? I haven't looked into repalcing the fan in my PPC&C PSU as I don't find it particualrly annoying (Silencer 750) As for #3, if it's disconnected from...

RAID is not really about boosting performance. It's about providing redundancy in the storage subsystem to help protect data against hardware failure. RAID 5, while an excellent medium is usually overkill for msot desktops unless they are dealing with large amounts of data or particualrly large file...

I have 3 HD's there and no fan, they're all under 45C (idle).

From most HD specs I've seen they should be kept under 45C even at load if you expect any longevity from the drives.

Probably won't make a lot of difference, but I'd remove the empty drive tray from the upper chamber if you don't plan on using it. It just impedes airflow as it is.

As xan_user said, you could always turn the supply upside down. If you really want a PSU with just exhaust then I can recommend PC Power & Cooling, though they are a bit louder than is the norm for SPCR.

Looking at this pic

http://img66.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1789ko3.jpg

I count three slots, including the card itself.

One for the actual card, one for the heatsink (occupying the slot the OEM cooler occupied) and one for the fans.

Yes anyone selling unlimited space or bandwidth is selling snake oil. Most that sell large amounts of bandwidth for peanuts particularly are oveselling so much that they are selling amphibian oil. It's not sustainable and in the end the client suffers. I have heard good things about http://www.unite...

I guess someone neglected to tell Soekris their products were EOL, as they are still making designing and selling product.

Software RAID in Linux and BSD is quite robust and makes moves to other machines fairly painless but it can't match the speed of true hardware RAID, though in a home setting you might not notice the difference much. I prefer 3Ware to Promise and would also recommend Linux or FreeBSD for the server. ...

Yes it can show that high. Real Temp is a bit more accurate than Core Temp. The sensors in the CPU are most accurate the closer you get to Tj Max so they are really at best just an estimate to go by in their lower ranges. I can't boot with the FSB over 450, and it won't complete more than one sectio...

Ugh . . . what I really meant to say was . . . "apache and postfix". Another thing I forgot. I need at least three LAN ports (or 2 LAN and one wireless) so I can put the server in a DMZ. The Soekris has more than 2 ports and has wireless capability via PCI expansion. I'm not sure if you need a full...

NEC made 27" and 32" display monitors for presentation type use in displays and boardrooms but they were quite pricey, and not as high a resolution as their smaller siblings.

Yep. the big screen CRT's are quite deep with an appropriate rise in weight as well.

70C is where the internal limiter starts to cut back if you have speedstep enabled in bios so if those are your full load temps I'd say you were pretty safe. I have seen full load overclocked temps of 80C on dual cores (though not sustained for long periods). The max Tj for the 9550 is 95C so you ha...