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by m^2
Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:41 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 20K RPM VelociRaptor
Replies: 37
Views: 17894

I wanted SSDs obviously, 8GB hdds are very slow... And are there any fast 8GB SSDs? Mtron starts at 16, Memoright at 32, OCZ at 64. 1. RAID 5 penalizes writes more than RAID 1 which penalizes writes more than a single drive. You're right, I didn't think about it. TMS uses it (RAID3 IIRC, but it's n...
by m^2
Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:19 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: New fan blade design - owl like
Replies: 36
Views: 28611

bexx wrote:Some of the 40mm fans in 1U racks have two counter rotating blades... whats really neat tho is the '2nd' one has a different blade shape.
So does this one, one fan has 3 and the other 5 blades. Additionally, they rotate with different speeds.
by m^2
Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:48 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Antec Skeleton... and P183 & Sonata Elite
Replies: 161
Views: 127414

All that the P18 4 needs is a window and a pre-installed neon, and we're good to go. The new Sonata would be nice if it had the Solo's HDD mounting. This is just horribly bad. Disappointing. It's hard finding decent computer cases, and Antec certainly isn't helping - as time goes by, they screw thi...
by m^2
Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:24 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: LG W2252TE - "World's most energy efficient monitor&quo
Replies: 10
Views: 11108

This 20.1" panel draws 18w. If power consumption is proportional to it's area, it would draw ~21.5w as 22". Full monitor some more, but 40w doesn't sound impressive. The article claims a 40W reduction compared to other monitors...I didn't see any actual insight into the real power draw. Yeah, mista...
by m^2
Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:03 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: LG W2252TE - "World's most energy efficient monitor&quo
Replies: 10
Views: 11108

This 20.1" panel draws 18w. If power consumption is proportional to it's area, it would draw ~21.5w as 22". Full monitor some more, but 40w doesn't sound impressive.
by m^2
Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:15 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: WD guy on hard drive suspension: "It's horrible!"
Replies: 25
Views: 19330

Maybe somebody should really do some benchmarks?
by m^2
Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:56 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 20K RPM VelociRaptor
Replies: 37
Views: 17894

I wanted SSDs obviously, 8GB hdds are very slow... And are there any fast 8GB SSDs? Mtron starts at 16, Memoright at 32, OCZ at 64. I use 20GB for my system with a lot of programs and several games. RAID5 of 4 fast 8GB drives with a good controller would be perfect for me. I don't like the fact that...
by m^2
Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:06 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: ECS does DTX Atom board
Replies: 16
Views: 6775

I see no reason NOT to use DTX MB in uATX case unless you need (or expect too need one day) more expansion. If you can have it for right price then it's perfectly ok. Sure it's ok, but it's no reason to be excited that there are finally DTX boards. At the moment there is no DTX board that has featu...
by m^2
Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:35 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: 20K RPM VelociRaptor
Replies: 37
Views: 17894

I use 20GB for my system with a lot of programs and several games.
RAID5 of 4 fast 8GB drives with a good controller would be perfect for me. I don't like the fact that the latest drives are not that small anymore..
by m^2
Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:33 pm
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: ECS does DTX Atom board
Replies: 16
Views: 6775

Some cases accept DTX. Yes, but I have no interest in a DTX board with a µATX case -- if I can live with a µATX case, why wouldn't I use a µATX board? IIRC InWin has some cases designed for DTX. Good find ! A nice looking case too. I wonder why they made it low profile PCI only when it appears t...
by m^2
Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:27 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: New fan blade design - owl like
Replies: 36
Views: 28611

charonme wrote:a year passed. do we have some actual fans?
Yes:
thejamppa wrote:I wonder what next? Case fan with two counter-rotating blades?
It's here.
;)
by m^2
Fri May 30, 2008 11:42 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Cooler Master Introduces First Retail PSU to Receive 80 Plus
Replies: 1
Views: 1405

Cooler Master Introduces First Retail PSU to Receive 80 Plus

[quote]The 80 Plus Silver certification has only been awarded to three manufacturers Efficiency has been a big issue in computers and power supplies for a while now with data centers and businesses trying to go green in an effort to help the environment. Businesses have realized that saving power in...
by m^2
Wed May 28, 2008 5:23 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Atom scores vs Celeron vs C2D posted
Replies: 12
Views: 10221

xafier wrote:Hardly seems worthwhile for the performance hit!

Although look at the Atoms heatsink, it looks like the tiny thing thats on my South Bridge! Amazing that the chipset has a better cooler than the CPU!
NB takes 20W IIRC. :roll:
by m^2
Sun May 25, 2008 1:23 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: The Monster! (last updated: 25.02.10 - power usage numbers)
Replies: 75
Views: 66960

Where did you put the 2.5 drive? Can't find it on the pics..
by m^2
Sun May 25, 2008 1:18 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: New fileserver - 12x1TB, Stacker, Q6600, 3ware...
Replies: 21
Views: 11302

Re: New fileserver - 12x1TB, Stacker, Q6600, 3ware...

I wouldn't like to guess how the resilience of 2 x 6TB RAID5 compares to 1 x 12TB RAID6 on a formal statistical basis though :) RAID 6 is more secure. Both arrays survive 1 drive loss. Both die with 3+ failures, so the interesting case is when 2 drives fail. RAID 6 survives, RAID 5 survives if dead...
by m^2
Mon May 12, 2008 7:32 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS Previews
Replies: 89
Views: 47205

There are some excellent 3.5"->5.25" silent enclosures (like the SilentMaxx i'm using with my current 150Gb Raptor - totally muffles the motor and almost kills the seek noise). What about some nice 2.5"->5.25" enclosures that keep the drive quiet and cool ? I'd consider the Velociraptor only if i c...
by m^2
Wed May 07, 2008 3:58 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: When can we expect 2 TB drives?
Replies: 18
Views: 5844

Virtually, it's a single disk. And they are said to be the best in this business, so they probably know what they do. Virtually it is a single array and it may or may not be a single volume depending on how you decide to format/partition it. What you see in windows using the terms "disk" or "drive"...
by m^2
Wed May 07, 2008 3:52 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Wanted: Discussion of Watercooling versus Oil Submersion
Replies: 24
Views: 23205

Additionally:
Water:
-Costly
Oil:
-No way to resell oiled parts.
+No dust problem.
by m^2
Tue May 06, 2008 7:29 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: When can we expect 2 TB drives?
Replies: 18
Views: 5844

Virtually, it's a single disk.
And they are said to be the best in this business, so they probably know what they do.
by m^2
Mon May 05, 2008 9:41 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: When can we expect 2 TB drives?
Replies: 18
Views: 5844

Re: When can we expect 2 TB drives?

ziphnor wrote:I am considering buying two 1 TB drives for the HTPC, but i would really prefer a single 2 TB drive, so i was wondering if anyone knew how far into the future they can be expected to become available?
They are available already!
Well, it's not 3.5'', but 4U ain't that big. ;P
by m^2
Mon May 05, 2008 8:08 am
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Extreme Gamer 22[dBA] PC by EndPCNoise
Replies: 35
Views: 32297

Here are some benchmarks of the E6850 vs Q6600 with regards to gaming: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q6600_8.html#sect0 And here is the E8500 vs E6850 vs Q9300 vs Q6600: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9300_9.html#sect0 These benches show that clock ...
by m^2
Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:37 am
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Extreme Gamer 22[dBA] PC by EndPCNoise
Replies: 35
Views: 32297

Here are some benchmarks of the E6850 vs Q6600 with regards to gaming: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q6600_8.html#sect0 And here is the E8500 vs E6850 vs Q9300 vs Q6600: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9300_9.html#sect0 These benches show that clock ...
by m^2
Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:06 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Extremely sluggish SSD - broken or settings?
Replies: 10
Views: 3959

Vicotnik wrote:
Spare Tire wrote:It would have saved write cycles too.
Isn't that problem overemphasized? Since SSDs have wear levelling that basically makes a SSD last longer than a HDD if I understand correctly.
They do. At least SLC.
by m^2
Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:36 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Extremely sluggish SSD - broken or settings?
Replies: 10
Views: 3959

How much memory do you have?
Switching between windows shouldn't use your ssd...
by m^2
Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:15 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: Extreme Gamer 22[dBA] PC by EndPCNoise
Replies: 35
Views: 32297

sorenbro wrote:With regards to CPU they should offer the E8400 as gaming performance is better with the Core2Duos than the Quad cores.
Can you show some benches to backup these words?
by m^2
Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:41 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS Previews
Replies: 89
Views: 47205

The HD is the major bottleneck in almost every computer, especially those playing games etc, for video playback its not a major issue I haven't heard of any games being limited by hard-disc performance yet. The Witcher. The game is great, but I spent almost as much time watching loadscreens as actu...
by m^2
Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:43 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS Previews
Replies: 89
Views: 47205

and here I was hoping to buy a terabyte network drive...and they had to release this. Storage review shows a 6.9W seek power consumption. That's around 11W less than the 150gb Raptor. The 2.5'' form factor should make a lot of the suspension users happy, granted it voids the warranty... There will ...
by m^2
Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:28 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: New HDDs: RAID 0 vs Single HDD
Replies: 27
Views: 16750

If X is a chance that 1 drive will fail and you have n drives, 100%-[(100%-X)^n]. When X and n are low (and here they are), it's very close to nX he claimed. This is also assuming that the chance of drive A failing is independent of drive B failing. When 2 or more hard drives are in the same system...
by m^2
Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:24 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: New HDDs: RAID 0 vs Single HDD
Replies: 27
Views: 16750

What percentage would you attribute to the higher risk in RAID 0? If X is a chance that 1 drive will fail and you have n drives, 100%-[(100%-X)^n]. When X and n are low (and here they are), it's very close to nX he claimed. IMO "approximately doubles" would be the best statement, if he said just "d...
by m^2
Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:41 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: New HDDs: RAID 0 vs Single HDD
Replies: 27
Views: 16750

In most use RAID 0 and a single drive are not noticeably different in terms of speed. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000335.html goes into it from many angles Just couldn't get past RAID 0 literally doubles your chance of drive failure Here in Poland he wouldn't finish secondary school s...