If you don't need a quad core, go with an i5. Decent on-chip graphics, and cool, but pretty fast CPU. And get a large heat sink. The get a PicoPSU as power supply, thus eliminating all PSU noise, as well as keeping the heat from the AC-DC converter out of the case. As for CPU cooler, go with what ha...

Lol, cool! Could you do a superpi or equal, just for ref?

Thanks! 39 watts is not too bad for a quad core, even if it's headless!

Great low power build! Seems like you can't go wrong with a build like this. Pretty much what I would go for in terms of chassis, motherboard and cpu. My only recommendation is to upgrade to a picoPSU and get a larger, fan less tower-style CPU cooler. You'll lose two fans from your case, and you'll ...

alphabetbackward wrote:Wish your motherboard had an integrated GPU so I could get a rough estimate of how much energy the eco-9800 GT's use.

You could run it headless, maybe? Just pull the graphics adapter and watch the idle watts. Granted that you've got a watt-meter, that is.

I had similar experiences to that of xan_user and others. I tried turning off AdBlock, and wibbly-wobbly flash movies started playing on the front page. I can tolerate a static image, but for now, I'm going to turn AdBlock back on. I think SPCR is too classy and mature for that kind of ads. In reali...

Wow, that is an awesome case!

Have you thought of getting a Ninja Mini and running the CPU fanless? Also, if you drilled a hole, do you think it would fit a 120 mm fan?

Cool build. I think I'm about to get hooked on building a D510MO server myself.

Great idea using an empty PSU shell for the plug! Mind if I steal that one?

What are your impressions of the D510MO? Do you have any fans in there and how are the temperatures?

Cool build! That rack cabinet is almost living room proof!

What did you use for the rackmount posts? Do you have any pictures of building the chassis as well?

Get fans that spin at abou 600-700 RPM and soft-mount them - practically silent. As for the PSU, you would probably need to silence this "manually". I.e. Fan swap for a better fan. Or take the ultimate step and get a fanless unit. I have two 650 RPM Nexus fans in my room, in which I also have my bed...

I wouldn't worry about foam, unless I had a VERY quiet rig already. I foam'ed up my case as the last touch, since it was already about as quiet as I could do within reason. (see signature for specs)

If you just have a "normal" computer it will do jack.

http://www.abload.de/img/p10101647491.jpg Haha, I love that sticker! Might be a little cheesy, but still awesome. By the way, of all the upgrades I've done to my workstation in the past many years, the SSD was the single upgrade with the most effect. Both on noise and office use type of performance...

I guess I just have an ever so slight hesitance about swapping out the fan. If I was to go down that root which fan would be best (Access to Nexus, Noctua and Scythe). You shouldn't worry about fan swaps, other than you're voiding the warranty of your PSU, but I guess you already know that. :D As f...

Hi! I don't have an P18n Myself, so I can't give you any advice on a).. However, I've been soft mounting fans and using dampening materials for some time now. To answer the questions directly: b) If the fan is a quality fan and not off-balanced (two out of five Nexus fans I bought were!), they shoul...

Nice! Actually I remember seeing another VGA cooler which bended over the top of the card, so the heatsink was placed on the other side of the card. I can't find the picture again nor remember the name of it, but I bet something like that would give me more room to work with. You're probably talkin...

Hey, looks great with the cabling. CPU cooling: While Mugen2 may be slightly better than a Ninja, it's certainly no night and day difference. Just get one of the large tower coolers, ThermalRight, Scythe, Xigmatec, etc. They all work great and kick ass ... and with only a E8400, they'll run fine pas...

Looks interesting! But it's kind of hard to see from the pictures, exactly what is going on there. So the entire side is basically a heat sink connected to the CPU/GPU??

I would get a Accelereo S1 and a graphics card that matches. Just because the Accelereo S1 is awesome at cooling. (and also silent)

Why not just go for inaudible? If you have just ONE fan, soft-mounted, at ~600 RPM, you won't be able to hear it - no chance - and you'll have no cooling issues what so ever. My workstation build is in my sig, and I literally can't hear it from under my desk. I wouldn't use a small case like that. A...

quad 9400 is huge for a pc-server! for an efficient psu, look to PW200 or picopsu150, with AC/DC power brick. +1! Swap that quad for a low-power CPU like E5200 or something. Then get a PicoPSU 90W or equal. That will give you by far the best efficiency! What do you do with this PC that takes a quad...

By the way, I'm impressed how much cutting the restrictive rear fan grill actually did for the woosh fan sound! Good suggestion, Neil!! Thanks for the tip, guys! I have the Tt Tsunami similar to the OP's and cut out the front grille a few weeks ago (mostly for airflow reasons), but didn't bother to...

The situation with V64 seems a lot better than it did when I used XP64 though. Right now though if you don't need >3.5GB then stay 32-bit, and if you're going to do that you may as well stay with XP. With Windows 7 looming later in the year an upgdare to Vista now doesn't look attractive unless it'...

kimx wrote:Not all scart socket support component video (in fact I believe that most doesn't).

That is very possible! The TV here was a very cheapo one I bought many years ago, so it's very likely that features were cut to a minimum.

Actually I skipped on getting the chipset cooler since I went for a slower CPU (Core 2 Duo E7200 with M0 stepping). Would you say it's really necessary? Should be perfectly fine without!! Unless you want to massively overclock or something. However ... ... having a small tower cooler on your north ...

I actually managed to purchase a component-to-SCART cable before I got the composite to work via the blue connector. But I can't get it to work over that cable, which I find odd! Windows doesn't recognize the connection and under linux, I specify | option "TvOutFormat" "COMPONENT" | in xorg.conf, bu...

I went from a Raptor150 to a MTRON Mobi 32 Gb harddrive for system drive. I can honestly say that load times are decreased notably. And mine isn't even the fastest of SSDs. Windows XP boots much quicker and under Linux (which I use mainly) things like Open Office loads notably faster. However for my...

Ahh, solved! Apparently you need to connect the yellow composite cable from your TV to the blue wire of the three that comes out of the RGB adapter. Very obvious and not mentioned anywhere in any manuals or wikis. Wonder how they expect people to find out?? By the way, a standard S-video-to-composit...

Hi, I'm a Ubuntu user myself! Glad to see others :) First you have to choose between an AMD platform or an Intel. Basically, Intel costs more, but is faster. AMD has better integrated graphics, though. A very popular build would basically be: AMD 4850e CPU AMD 780G chipset motherboard 2x2 GB DDR2-80...

Hey Lodehacker, I just installed a M-audio Audiophile 2492 as per your recommendation. I'm running the lastest OSS under ubuntu 8.10 and I tell you, the difference over my old card (see sig) is sooo clear!!! It was a bit tricky to get it working under 64-bit Ubuntu, but now it works. And the sound i...

Sorry for your hate, man! :) I haven't done anything special, IMO. But there is basically not much load on it either, so I don't know. My VGA card is don't very power consuming and the CPU is the same. But you're right on the 12 V line, it's more like an 11.5 V line or so (according to BIOS, so not ...