It definitely can... I'd just worry that such a nice 450W power supply would simply get up and leave from boredom with such low wattage components. I have to feed my 330W a steady diet of crossword puzzles just to keep it interested.

As loimlo said, skip the 7050. Despite the misleading specs NVidia released early on, it does not support offloading the decoding of x264 video (all .mkv's I have are x264) from the processor. From the tests I've seen, NVidia 8200 and AMD 780G boards offer much the same, or maybe slightly higher pow...

I had to give up running RMClock on either of my Brisbanes. I have a G1 3600+ that was a less than willing undervolter that eventually became highly unstable, so it's no longer in use. I also bought a 2.8 GHz 5400+ G2 Brisbane that I am now running in my Biostar TF7050-M2. For automatic clock speeds...

I'm listening to a local talk radio show: Frosty, Heidi, and Frank on 97.1 KLSX-FM "Free FM". I listen religiously, even via Podcast when necessary. The show's been around nearly 8 years, and I listened to them even before that when they were the Jamie, Frosty, and Frank Show (Heidi was the traffic ...

Crikey! That is a spectacularly tamed maze of wires! Your meticulous execution is truly inspiring! Makes me wish there was more I could do with mine!

The 4480 is definitely a PITA to work with after working in a nicer case like a Solo or P180. It's also very flimsy compared to my Solo, but my system needs the side vents open in order to keep everything cool. From what I've heard, it sounds like the 3480 may be sturdier than the 4480 too. For what...

Time to update the original post. First of all, there have been a few minor updates to these systems, so some of the basics have changed. The Solo system has received a brain transplant in the form of a G2 Brisbane Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8 GHz. Runs at 1.2 GHz @ 0.775V, 2.0 @ 0.950V, and 2.8 @ 1.225V ...

Yes, they're the same. You needn't even venture outside of SPCR to find pictures from the same angle: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article695-page2.html#nexus http://www.silentpcreview.com/article739-page2.html#yateloon On a side note, my careful handling has resulted in one of my 2 Yate Loon D12SL...

I have a new processor to add here. I think my previous Brisbane 3600+ (G1 stepping) results can be voided, as I have just purchased a Brisbane 5400+ (G2 stepping) as a last resort to fix months of instability. The voltages that were previously stable for 12h Orthos no longer worked. In fact, even a...

The subject line on this thread caught my eye. I haven't seen a Packard Bell brand computer in years. I think it was around 2000 or so when they abandoned the US market... Makes me think back to my old Packard Bell, circa '97... 133MHz Pentium, 32MB RAM, 1.5GB HDD... Those were the days. Now that I'...

I'm with Strid... I think this qualifies more as a "pinup" than a "rig." Acoustic dampening or not, you've achieved the sort of "clean room" look that so many of us strive for and miss. Or, in my case, give up on altogether.

Kudos!

I actually built the initial iteration of my Solo system back in July 2007, but now that I just finished my NSK4480 system, I figured it was about time that I get them both posted on here. I'll start with the oldest first, so on with the Solo. Specs 1.9 GHz Athlon 64 X2 3600+ AM2 Brisbane: Overclock...

From the pictures I looked at of the case, it doesn't scream silence, no pun intended. That isn't to say that I think it's bad, since I honestly can't find anything fundamentally wrong with it. It does at least look like it could be made into a silent case. The Solo isn't the be-all, end-all of case...

I've come across a number of posts on here faulting Brisbane processors for their half multipliers and their effect on memory speeds, but that's not the whole story. For example, DDR2 800 memory only runs at full speed with an AM2 processor if the processor is run at 2.0 GHz or any multiple of 400 M...

PS: That's funny because what this tells us is that no one on SPCR or other newsgroup ever tried the Biostar TF7050-M2 with the AMD's heatsink and fan. Everyone who got this MoBo installed a third party fan and heatsink right away at first buildup. I said in your original post that the TF7050-M2 on...

I've had my 1TB WD GreenPower drive for a little over a month, and I'm thrilled with it. I'm now using it as my primary drive, with a 40GB partition for Windows XP, and the rest for storage of video, music, and pictures. The GP drives represent exactly what I was looking for, and the SPCR philosophy...

I finally had time to try it out, and I can confirm that a 3+1 configuration does indeed work in the Solo's hard drive cage. There isn't a lot of airspace around them, but they should still get enough air to keep their temperatures at safe levels.

I have some complaints about mine, namely the lack of undervolting capability, and the lack of an SPDIF connector on the backplane. The fan control isn't an issue for me, but that's because I have a Zalman MFC-1 for that purpose. I'm also disappointed that I can't get the HDMI audio to work on here,...

My TF7050-M2 came with a BIOS that has the option to enable/disable virtualisation support, and one of the first BIOS updates available for the TF7025-M2 added that functionality. Whether or not it actually works on this particular board, however... I would think so since it works on nicov's Abit.

I'll have some time to mess with it in the next couple of days... I'll try it out and take some pictures for you... With aged (slightly sagging) bands, sled mounting one at the top shouldn't be a problem, but I'd say avoid it with hot drives because of the limited air space around it.

PicoPSU isn't necessarily the only way to go... My system outlined in my sig idles at a mere 37W and tops out at 68W when running 2xCPUburn and the hard drive stressing tool integrated into Everest. The noisy and notoriously hot running Seagate 7200.9 is left unplugged except during those times when...

First off, yes, the Tri-Cools are that bad for anyone looking for something close to a silent computer. Second, I have two Yate Loon D12SL-12s, and each is subjectively as quiet at 12V as the Tri-Cool that came in my Solo is on "Low". They have a much more pleasant noise character than the rather gr...

The 4000+ runs DDR2-800 at DDR2-700 speed. All because of that .5 part of the CPU multiplier. It's not limited to the half multipliers; odd multipliers are guilty of this as well. A 2.2 (4200+) will run it at DDR2-733, and a 2.3 (4400+) will run it at DDR2-766. DDR2-800 will only be run at full DDR...

Burette wrote: Are you talking about Winflash from Shuttle? If not, where did you get it?

Thanks

I Googled it and I think it was from DFI's site... You can find it at the bottom of this page:

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Support/Download/ ... =A&SITE=US

Forgot to answer the memory question... for basic use, where you're using CnQ, RMClock, or CrystalCPUID to adjust clock speeds, you won't notice much difference between DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) and DDR2 800 (PC2 6400). But when you're doing anything memory intensive (video/audio encoding, for example), y...

First of all, I have to mention that I've used Winflash to update the BIOS on my Biostar TF7025-M2 and TF7050-M2... no floppy involved. I'd recommend the Biostar to anyone. It's a good board. That said, if I had it to do over again, I'd probably go with the Abit. I may not need FireWire now, but I p...

I totally agree with Neil. The new Scythe Slipstreams represent a superb value in quiet fans, especially given the range of speeds they are available in. However, if you're willing to invest in a fan controller (even one of the simple Zalman Fanmate), the Yate Loon D12SL-12 can be a very flexible ch...

I feel for anyone who is having problems with NewEgg on this issue, and I'd like to help. I somehow managed to have the foresight to have printed out the item description on 11/14/07 at 2:44 PM. I don't have a scanner, but I can fax the printout to anyone who needs it. It clearly shows Item# N82E168...

Yes, I'd recommend this board, with reservations which I'll mention below. I haven't had much experience with retail boards, but this Biostar board has served me well thus far. Reservations: I have not found a working driver for the audio part of the HDMI for the 7050 chipset, so during the time tha...

Yes, the TF7050-M2 and TF7025-M2 are both capable of overclocking, but have zero undervolting options in the BIOS, so for Linux, this board is a no-no.