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So you are running the MSI K8T Neo FSR with a CG DTR chip as well? My CPU temp is reading as 36C, with your corrections that would place it @ 2C above ambient with a 5v Panaflo...wow.

Yup SBC execs now swear that SBC doesn't mean anything. Points to i

:wink: Just put on another quad-Xeon 2.8 full-time...

Interesting... Funny how this technique is used by major companies in the US as well. SBC used to mean "Southwestern Bell Corporation". It no longer does. Anyone care to place a guess?

Groan: "Design for Innovation" How boring...

Quite the opposite really; I really like having a quiet and cool system. The best way to do that I've seen is to start with a cool CPU. This system will only have a single undervolted 120mm fan (ducted from a XP-120 (see below) heat sink to a modified power supply). Getting the lowest heat with...

Nice job, that sure is a whole "sh!t-tonne" of posts...

I listed them in my post as they were referenced in another thread that I linked to in my OP. I have personally never seen nor even read a review of one of their boards or other products. Before reading their name on the list I hadn't seen it before anywhere.

Now that I'm thinking of it, I have had more recent expreience with ASUS. I have about a dozen servers running A7N8X (-E, -X, Deluxe) and XP 2500+, and my home system was similar for a while. I don't know why I spaced on that earlier...this is my third day straight, time to make a purchasing...

It's a thermal management issue. Those 20 machines are in a cement building with no air conditioning. The only way to keep the room cool is to mount giant fans in the windows and leave the door open to the street. We can't do that while no one is there. Any time the systems are on, they are...

Alright....here's what I've got right now: (1/2 time) 20 A64 3000+ (Full Time) 2 A64 3000+ 4 AXP 2500+ 4 P3 1Ghz Let's see how that does :wink:

DFI? I've never even heard of them... I do have a bad taste about Gigabyte....might still do ASUS, though Tannin's warning does carry quite a bit of weight,

Uh, OK. I haven't used an ASUS board since my P5A, but that was fantastic. For the most part, I thought they'd managed to maintain their reputation; so I didn't know their QC had slipped. I'm still tempted, as I have no experience with the other mfgrs on the list: Chaintech VNF3-250 Zenith...

Looking at the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe

Well, the K8T800 chipset seems to be getting a little long in the tooth. Time to evaluate a new board. The only features I'm really interested in are: 1. A64 Mobile support (this means socket 754, more requirements here) 2. S-ATA (at least 2 ports, RAID irrelevant) 3. Gig-E integrated into NB...

I might start that today, depends on how my management software likes the new console client.

I'm giving the new console client a test run....we'll see how it does.

I've had good luck in the past with verisign. You have the shopping cart on your page (so you can tie it in with inventory management), and redirect with parameters to their page when it comes time to process the transaction. After the transaction is complete, they redirect back to you with...

LOL 8)

I use TweakUI as well for this purpose.

I'll agree with that; I think it spoils part of the point in only offering invites.

Well, my 9800Pro doesn't have a fan either...but it definatly doesn't help case temps much, it has a massive zalman heatsink that is constantly radiating heat at 45C. I know my case temps would do much better to get a G450 in there, and it's DVI quality @ 1280x1024 shouldn't be that bad... I'll...

How much heat does a G450 put out? I've come to the conclusion that a cooler, quieter system is more important than the possibility of playing games that I haven't touched at home for nearly 3 months. My only apps are web, office, winamp, DVD, photoshop; I take it this card will handle these...

Well I now have another 6 invitations....anyone left?

I was very lucky in being able to avoid all those. But I have to wonder what the long term effects of excessive amounts of Lithium, Valium, Acid, Cocaine, Ecstacy, and quite a few others would have on bloodwork; brobably some interesting results. Quite a few of my friends have suffered heart...

This is really cool. I love the concept and the execution is great. Click on the link below then wait for the web page to load. Pass your mouse repeatedly over the nose of the man in the image, then leave the cursor over the nose. This web site won first prize in the Phillips Digital Arts...

Considering the number of fairly hard-core drugs I've taken significant amounts of in the past; I don't think they want anything from me.

I like that one. I once built a computer there all the components were just bolted to the underside of the desk. Using an integrated-everything motherboard and a small PSU, nothing was visible from the top at all. Fan noise was also reduced significantly as it was directed down towards the carpet.

Jan Kivar was one of the contributors this great thread over at SPCR about drive temperatures. The part that I've gotten to so far:

The funny thing about the one I saw was that it had no trailer hitch or other towing capacity at all. And the occupant? Yup. A lone white female on a cell phone :eekers:

I actually saw one of these just south of San Jose on Highway 101 2 weeks ago. I almost started a thread about it; but figured without a web link no one would believe me.

Sorry I haven't been around much guys; my parent's flew my girlfriend to see me as a suprise birthday present. Besides scrambling to clear my shecdule, I've ben showing her most of central california. Everything from San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Monterey, Carmel, King City, and a drive...

I haven't trusted onboard graphics for anything but servers in a long time; if you could let me know how it looks for basic office apps @ 1280x1024 that would be awesome.

This is from an external temp probe stuck on the underside of the drive near where the internal thermocouple is located.

I'm sure the drive is fine; I'm just putting it into a system with no case fans. I just finished doing a series of mods to the case, now there is only the 120mm exaust fan in the PS and a 92mm panaflo on the CPU. Temps are as follows: CPU: 113F/45C GPU: 113F/45C HDD: 110F/43C Ambient: 75F/24C...

Is this too hot? I don't want to install a case fan.

level :P

Just for the record, I just set up and tested 2x Mitsubishi 2040U monitors @ 2048x1536x32@75 running off a Radeon 9800Pro and a 9600Pro Ultimate Edition. They both looked the same to me. I don't have any other things to compare, though.

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Yeah being a crack-fiend is pretty challenging at times....

I have several of that exact card in the field. I've been very happy with them. They run cooler than any "3d" graphics card i've seen in a long time.

Yup, credit goes to Merc. As soon as he gave the sugestion, I had a feeling he was right. Just hadn't had time to work on it until earlier. Now I have a home-brewed "server" in one of those ghetto 20$ beige towers....with 7 hard drives in it! :o The thing is sitting next to me cooling off...

Thanks Clocker, you rule.

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...just like the movie...

See, before I wanted to be a crack-fiend. In High School I was president of the communist/socialist/anarchist parties...but this sounds like even more fun!

Yup. I can only guess that the foil shield is unintentionally grounded to either the board or one of the wires somewhere...I'll look into it more when I have more time. Right now I have 3 servers down in 3 different cities....great :roll:

Got it...I almost feel stupid saying what it was... I used an Antec Cobra rounded IDE cable for my DRU-700A. This is a really neat shielded cable that is thinner and more flexible than most. It also comes with a grounding strap on the end. Connecting this strap is the culprit.