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    Redneck Dell XPS 8300 intake fan mount cooling

    My office PC is in a total enclosed desk. So while it's great for muffling the sound, it also kills all air movement. PC is in the right cabinet I have a 120mm exhaust fan at the back of the cabinet that can get most of the hot air out. My old PC had a 120mm inlet fan to cool the...
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    which processor for my htpc?

    Whatever costs $50 or less. A $100 CPU will be complete overkill for your needs.
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    Advice for small quiet HTPC please

    Posting from my Dual Core Revo that I received this week. If you're okay with only having ~110gig free, or okay with having an external HD, or upgrading the stock Revo HD w/ a bigger laptop HD, it should be great for your needs. Just load up Media Browser and use MPC-HC for hardware...
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    DIY w/ Pics on applying Arctic Silver to an Acer Revo Nettop

    I read how someone had 5c lower temps after applying AS5. Me? Yeah, not so much :(. I'm still reading the same temps. I'll examine again after the AS5 has had time to 'cure'. As measured with Speed Fan 4.40, all degrees in Celsius, ambient temp: 22 Idling GPU: 63 Temp1: 53 Temp2...
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    HTPC unable to go back to S3 sleep mode after it's been WOL'd

    Well I'll be! It's resolved!!! Last night I was transferring some files to the HTPC. Normally I manually turn it off after I've finished transferring. Well, last night I went to have dinner instead. I came back an hour later and the PC was in S3 mode, fans weren't spinning!!! I was like...
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    Long Length (> 50 ft) HDMI

    Run Ethernet cord + adapters at each ends.
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    Best cheapo passively cooled card?

    $35 after $10 MIR 5450 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131339
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    AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5450 Video Card Review @ [H]

    Any 5450 vs nvidia 9300/9400 comparisons for the lay person..... wattage use and what not for HTPC?
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    HTPC unable to go back to S3 sleep mode after it's been WOL'd

    Well if I override it via "powercfg -requestsoverride DRIVER srvnet System" it'll allow my HTPC to goto sleep.. HOWEVER, it'll also go to sleep when I'm transferring files to the machine or streaming video from the HTPC LoL... why is it so impossible to get this stuff set up!!! This shouldn't...
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    HTPC unable to go back to S3 sleep mode after it's been WOL'd

    Running CMD as administrator and then running: "powercfg -requests" I get: So that's my problem, I need to make my remote client (my office desktop) go 'inactive'
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    HTPC unable to go back to S3 sleep mode after it's been WOL'd

    -edit, Resolved! Check out post 4! PC 1: HTPC PC 2: Office Desktop Mission: To leave HTPC 'on' 24/7, allow it to idle to S3 (suspend to ram) when not in use, but also allow it to WOL (wake on lan) via a magic packet request from the Office Desktop so I can transfer files to it when...
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    Silver or Black HTPC?

    Black if visible from seating area, else, who cares. It could be neon green for all I care. :)
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    Any HT Projector Enthusiasts? Specifically the Optoma EP1691

    Oh and don't forget P.C. has a projector throw/size calculator :) http://www.projectorcentral.com/Optoma-HD65-projection-calculator-pro.htm
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    Any HT Projector Enthusiasts? Specifically the Optoma EP1691

    http://www.projectorcentral.com/home-theater-multimedia-projectors.htm Seems to be the rule of thumb is this: $1k for an entry level HT projector $2.5k for a 'nice' HT projector I've been rocking a http://www.projectorcentral.com/sony_hs20.htm since 2004. Next projector, I'm gonna go smaller...
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    Suggestions for In-Wall Speaker setup? Monoprice experience? My speaker list from MP

    P.S. I was just kidding about the HTIAB comment (home theater in a box) ;)
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