Test is here. The 40G is compared to a Seagate Momentous and two Hitachis, both larger 80G, a 4200 and a 5400rpm. Comments on noise are near the end, by ear. The performance tests appear thorough. But note: despite the author's hope for a 3 year warranty, the Samsung's is one year. Clip from articl...

I think I'm just gonna get the Fujitsu 4200rpm model, everybody loves it and I need as silent as possible. Maybe even... beyond silent :o How about the new(ish) Samsung 2.5" Spinpoints? They spin a bit faster than the Futjitsu, and have a much larger cache. Did anyone ever review these for spcr, by...

MikeC wrote:Exactly what it says...the article includes coverage of the new sound recording gear.

How about some pics of the SPCR staff?

Got a sample earlier and found it to be based on the Hush chassis, very quiet except for the HDD. like the Hush. Works well with Win XP Media, it's very slick. They say they're working on a truly silent version, however, and I should have a sample of it within the next few weeks. So many reviews to...

This fanless almost silent 2.4 Ghz Pentium media centre is currently advertised on the SPCR web-site: http://store.niveusmedia.com/s.nl/c.304836/sc.2/category.3/it.A/id.190/.f (It looks a bit like the Hush pentium/ celeron model.) It has no fans, cooling is passive via heat pipes. Aesthetically it i...

The CPU is only one side of the equation. If you put a Pentium-M into a P4 board, the power regulators are operating at a very low power level with lower efficiency. If you use a 300W ATX PSU you also loose some Watt. If you use a high-end GPU your power draw will still be very high. Do you think i...

Edwood wrote:Yes, that is if they actually offered it.

Lippert offers only passive cooling on their 1.1GHz model. :rolleyes:

-Ed

Have you been tempted to try running your Lippert board without the fan turned on? Given the results presented in the review, you might be able to get away with it, don't you think?

That DFI board really seems to provide a "cake and eat it too" type solution. I was shocked that they ran the processor without a heatsink. A bold manuever. http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/cm/g5m100-n/itxpm-9.htm 1700mhz passive cooled. Wow. Wouldn't that level of cooling performance be availabl...

That DFI board really seems to provide a "cake and eat it too" type solution. I was shocked that they ran the processor without a heatsink. A bold manuever. http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/cm/g5m100-n/itxpm-9.htm 1700mhz passive cooled. Wow. The lack of availability of heat-sinks to fit the boar...

what (type of) motherboard would run a 1.3ghz mobile celeron chip? its socket 370 AFAIK but what 'type'.. and how do these OC/ how cool do they run? also, what would be the fastest chip which could be put into a motherboard which supported this? andddd how much are laptop motherboards, where can u ...

Here's a review of the Commell Pentium M "LV-671" mini-itx motherboard (Beware, it's from a Japanese webpage -- the English is shocking): http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fpcweb.mycom.co.jp%2Farticles%2F2004%2F04%2F24%2Fcommell%2F&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2 There is a comme...

One drawback is that you are either going to have a ghetto setup, get a drill and jigsaw after your case cover, or find a heatsink/case combo like the Mappit (VIA) or Zalman (big bucks). The results cannot be argued with, though. Aren't those cute little Zen beasts angry with you, though, for cruel...

Those are some interesting system photos at the end.. what case is this? The case is a Mercury Midi-Tower Aero One . It is aluminium with lots and lots of holes. The idea of the case is too use it with a passive CPU heatsink and a fanless PSU. Natural convection is the only "driver" for airflow in ...

It seems a little premature to be jumping to conclusions on this matter Where's the fun in all this, if we're not jumping to conclusions? :) But seriously, thanks for posting those links on the new socket design, it was interesting to see the reasons why the changes in socket design were necessary....

Ralf Hutter wrote:And it's only US$429 + postage and handling.

Yes - what a bargain...

And then there's that slight problem of not understanding enough Japanese to be able to place an order...

But it’s good to see Northwood on S775 The pin retraction mechanism for socket T is supposedly quite delicate (it breaks easily). If you break a pin or two, the motherboard is useless. Apparently motherboards will be guaranteed for a limited number of insertions (20 insertions is what I've read)....

CactusInvasion wrote:As I use an Opteron workstation...

Do you like your Opteron workstation?

Does anyone know if the Opteron offers better performance than an Athlon 64 (at the same clock frequency)? The Opterons are certainly more expensive.

This summary of an X-bit Labs news piece was just posted in the front page news. I'm confused. Are you confused? Intel seems to be confused, too. I guess it's a good thing that a few Northwoods will be available on Socket T. If you wanna try out that platform's new technology (hi-def audio, PCI-E, ...

So it would appear that my earlier post about the Fujitsu P-M mATX board was wrong. It's not the first mATX P-M board. This one from IPOX , a division of EPOX, appears to be: IP-4MTI2H Socket 478 Micro ATX Board for Pentium® M Processor . Press releases about this product date back to April (2004)...

Thermaltake didn't really come up with anything.. it looks just like the Shuttle ICE cooler with a few more HPs and fins. Whatever. It's performance is on a par with the NCU-2000, it's a bit cheaper than the NCU-2000, and it works with both P4 and Athlon 64. I've read three reiews of this product s...

bchung wrote:Well, I could be miffed that I didn't wait. But hey, I got my NCU-1000 for $16 shipped.

Where from?

An NCU2000 sample is in hand; review should be up w/in a couple weeks. It looks impressive. The Thermaltake Fanless 103 performed almost as well as the NCU-2000 in that review. Which means it must be a bit better than the NCU-1000. So maybe Thermaltake has come up with a decent product here, aftera...

Scythe has updated its NCU-1000 fanless CPU cooler supposedly increasing performance by 25%. The updated model is called the NCU-2000: http://www.scythe.co.jp/en/cooler/ncu2000.htm Also, here's a review (in terrible English) of the Thermaltake Fanless 103: http://www.teschke.de/heatpipes/News/compon...

"In the more short term, we may see some motherboard manufacturers make Pentium M based motherboards for desktop usage. Shuttle, in particular, is currently working on a small form factor box based on the Pentium M. That should be out by the end of this year." I just noticed Seb pointed this out in...

Anandtech claims (in a July 21st article on the Pentium M chip) that Shuttle is working on a SFF Pentium M product--which should be available before the end of the year: "In the more short term, we may see some motherboard manufacturers make Pentium M based motherboards for desktop usage. Shuttle, i...

jojo4u wrote:Athlon 64
Much leakage current here. Look at the 800Mhz figures.
But still the best choice today if you look for a general purpose PC.

The Athlon 64 numbers look a bit fishy. How can it be using that much power, at 800 Mhz? Would you mind explaining what you mean by "current leakage", BTW?

It's an unfair comparison, isn't it? You're comparing an undervolted P4 with a Pentium M on stock voltage. What happens if you undervolt the Pentium M? I know the Pentium M uses speed step, but I wonder if it can undervolt at full speed and still be stable. For the record, the Commell Pentium M boa...

The problem for us living on the other side of the planet from the rest of civilisation is that many products are simply not available here. The only way to get one is by ordering it from overseas, and because of the weight involved, postal charges become ridiculous. It would be nice to just wander...

His system with the highly regarded Pentium M pulls 41 watts idle and 60 watts loaded. My 3.06 @ 2.56 pulls about 46 with a 100% hyperthreaded cpu load. And I bet mine would whoop its ass in just about any catagory. It's an unfair comparison, isn't it? You're comparing an undervolted P4 with a Pent...

wjdashwood wrote:Very interesting, do you have a link to the article?

There is a brief discussion of heatsink issues here:

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthrea ... hlight=p4m
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthrea ... hlight=p4m