Recent content by harshw

Has anyone ever done this with a 3007/3008WFP ?

You can see the current E350 based build here... and my HTPC is here. With 2 Samsung F4EGs and the E350, it doesn't go beyond 55W at boot up and idles at 17W. This is with 8GB of DDR3 and 2 big fans - by the way. So 210W might be overkill but it would need around 120W ~ 150W anyways. Add in +...

There's the Habey series of mini-ITX cases, especially the EMC-600B Really taking advantage would mean using Intel's thin profile cooling and I have not been able to buy one for some time now. Hence I ended up mounting the DH61AG in a 600B Also, the DQ77KB has 5 SATA ports, not 4. One of the...

It's *not* an embedded board - believe me, those have even tigher integration of components. But Intel also has their server version of the Mini-ITX - the S1200KP - with dual GigE and a 16x PCI-E socket. Having 16x PCIe or Thunderbolt helps greatly when you link up nodes with Infiniband or you...

Things might change. A mini-ITX motherboard like the DQ77KB is of serious interest to folks wanting to build clusters. It would be easiser to power many such motherboards, the Q77 has a built-in VNC server, embedded into the BIOS ( and lets you control BIOS + other stuff remotely ) and offers...

Correct, but I'm in the other 1% unfortunately, having to run a few virtual machines with SQL Server on them :) I was actually going to either: get a Shuttle and mod the drive bay to take 4 or 5 2.5" SSDs - or then just use a quality mATX motherboard in a good case. But the Fractal Design Node...

I'm trying to decide between the Shuttle SZ77R5 and a Mini-ITX build based on the Fractal Design Node. One of the most appealing features of the SZ77R5 are the 4 DIMM slots - I can put 32GB of memory in a tiny case ! ( Yes what I am doing does require oodles of RAM :D ) Are there any Mini-ITX...

Try EMC-800b / 600b cases from Habey. The OEM is e-Mini from China/Taiwan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811321014 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811321012 http://www.missingremote.com/review/habey-emc-600b-sff-chassis...

Remember to get your paging file down to say 16MB - provided you have enough RAM, you wouldn't really need a paging file. And also to disable hybrid sleep -so the system doesn't write GBs of data to hiberfil.sys every time it sleeps. With these two measures, I have 42GB free from a 60GB SSD...

I built a small HTPC with a Habey EMC case with Intel's DH61AG motherboard and a Pentium G620. The previous HTPC was based on a DG45FC and an E5200 The DH61AG has a mSATA port that I populated with an OCZ Strata ( based on the old Indilinx controller ) - it's one of the slower SSD drives out...

I had the same goals as you: streaming and silence My HTPC build: Motherboard: DH61AG Case: EMC-800B Habey CPU: Pentium G620 CPU Cooler: Gelid Slim Silence iPlus RAM: Crucial 4GB x 2 SSD: OCZ Strata 60GB mSATA Power Supply: £15 Dell PA-3E power brick 90W/19.5v The G620 supports DXVA and...

Two MBPs, a Dell 2405, a Dell 3007 and a Dell 3008WFP - I use i2 to calibrate everything. But I agree with comments above - i2's software is basic and leaves much to be desired ( If you're serious about color calibration, a post calibrated i2/spyder unit and some professional software like...

The XRite i1 Display2 is supposed to be the better device - depends on your usage really. In any case the XRite software that comes with the device is pretty basic ( although s/w such as Color Eyes is available and more advanced - it sets you back considerably in terms of $$$ ) If you're into...

Anandtech did a review, but waiting for someone like say behardware or prad.de to do a comprehensive review, including testing it with a quadro class video card and checking if it really delivers 30-bit color

I don't think the 3008 supports 1.3 HDMI which means you're limited to 1920x1080. If you wish to watch protected content @ 2560x1600, then DisplayPort is your best option