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Looking for heatsinks suggestions for the following setup: Norco RPC-450B 4U case Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 95W processor I have the stock heatsink and fan, but I'd like something a little more effective and quiet. My usual go-to solution is a 212/212+, but that...

Edit: got one, thanks!

So I'm trying to ditch DIRECTV and not lose the type of experience I have now. I mean it's great, but $200 a month seems wasteful. I've got 6 HD-DVRs including the big media server one, all of which I own (former employee; we can keep and sell the gear when we quit). All of these devices...

Off the market; change of plans!

I have a small rack setup at home, and I've realized that I am wasting way too much electricity to start adding more servers, but I'd like to expand. Going virtualized seems like a good idea. I started grabbing some cheap parts, though I may be headed down the wrong path. Here's what I have...

Grabbed a cheap socket 771 setup but it didn't come with a heatsink! I have tons of space so it doesn't need to be any particular height (going in a 4U case). Need at least one, but I'd also be interested in a pair for future use. Let me know what you have; need to buy ASAP!

Looking for: * IDE SSD. I know, performance on these tends to suck, but I have my reasons. Buying under the guise of an upgrade for my wife's old laptop, but I'll end up just using it in a project box. Size doesn't matter terribly; 16gb is probably plenty. 4-8gb might work but could be a...

Putting together a super low budget box for watching Hulu and Netflix content. Need a PCI (not PCI-E!) video card - my onboard video isn't quite strong enough and I don't have an AGP slot in this dinosaur. Would prefer it to have DVI but can live without if necessary. Price is king, lemme know...

Looking for these items: 1. PSU - want something with 2 or more 12v rails, 500 watt or higher; I don't need anything crazy right now, but I generally buy more than I need to make sure I'm good for the next upgrade. 2. Video card - must outperform a 6800, which is what I had in my last system...

I'm looking for a small SD card. I knows these things are all but trash these days with 1 and 2gb models selling for $15-20, but I want to mod my WRT54G with a SD card (permanently solder the bitch in) so I can run a couple of on-router apps like xbox kaid. The problem is I feel it's a huge...

BIG UPDATE - PARTING NOW! I've decided that I want to keep the hard drives and dvd burner for other uses, so i'm now willing to part the system out! ALL SOLD! SOLD ITEMS **SOLD**$40 Seasonic S3 330 watt PSU This is an excellent power supply - modestly rated for what it can handle. I...

It's tempting... i'll be receiving a complimentary full everything package from DirecTV, and a R15 DVR is an option. I'd loose the ability to watch recorded shows in another room (unless I got a RF adapter for the remote and DVR and ran a seperate coax output line to my other room, which is...

edit #2: Read the whole thing twice if you are confused! Of course I did connect the molex. There are pictures a few posts down! edit: Just to note ahead of time - the vast majority of 6800's DO HAVE a speaker onboard. This is fairly common for newer cards. And for those curious, the card was...

First and foremost - Current HTPC setup: A64 2800+ Newcastle (s754) w/xp-90 Aopen MK-89L (mATX nforce3-150) 2x256mb pc3200 @ 2700 (complicated - haven't hunted down why it only likes 166mhz) 128mb BBA 9600NP, all output through DVI->TV Hauppauge PVR-500 connected directly to analog cable...

RCA D27F750T Walmart B&M has these for $296, not available at all locations since they are going on clearance at some stores.. 27" 4:3 flat CRT HDTV, DVI, composite, component, 2x svideo, and I beleive also coax input. Side outputs for svideo, composite, and headphones. Resolutions are...

Anyone doing this? I've got a HTPC and I don't use the TV's onboard tuner, so I could cut out any need for tv functions and controls (although i've got that covered anyway with the USB-UIRT) and have a much better screen resolution. Also things like TV on and off would be auto as sage keeps the...

There has been some confustion as to whether or not this ram uses Samsung chips, and it tends to sell out rather often at newegg. I purchased it because I was looking for a cheap 1gb stick (cas2 latency@200mhz and stability were my goals), and no one so far has had the guts to rip off the...

System: Newcastle 2800+ (754) w/XP-90 Chaintech VNF3-250 (s754/nf3) 3x256mb Infineon 6ns (runs 210 7-3-3-2.5 just fine) PNY 6800 128mb AGP Drives: 36gb raptor, 120gb wd, 8x lite-on dvd+/-rw PSU: Antec Truecontrol 550w (all the extras aren't really relevant) This machine is in S3...

Sold - Locking Thread! ===XFX 6600GT AGP with Zalman VF-700cu Copper Cooler=== Upgraded to a 6800 (although not much of an upgrade) and this thing has to go! It has the huge and awesome Zalman VF-700cu cooler on it and the temps are sound levels are much better than stock, and you could...

So i'm running nothing but SageTV now (although I plan on running some background servers to make use of the box) on my system, and I don't want anyone to be able to see the windows side of it. I want new log on and log off screens to replace the blue ones, but I can't seem to find any info on...

This package includes: 1 ATI E-Home Wonder w/Capture and FM 1 Purple Breakout Box (for the Capture) 1 ATI E-Home Wonder Cards were used for around 8 months but i've upgraded to a PVR-500. They have custom heatsinks attached with arctic alumina epoxy and are meant to be paired side by...

What power supply are you running? I'm 99% sure that my SL350 is just not capable, i've changed pretty much all the hardware a couple times now except the PSU and it's just not working. I'm trying to cut down my electric costs and this thing dosen't need to be awake 75%+ of the time :eek:

http://forums.freytechnologies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11060&page=1&pp=20 For those running cayars17 (most of us are): 1. Download both STV's (cayars_install and the ff/rew stv) 2. Stop SageTV if it is running. The easiest way is to hit alt+f4 while in sage and wait a couple seconds...

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10305&cs_id=1030504&p_id=2093 It's an external hard drive enclosure (2.5" / notebook) that has a usb port to transfer data and has component/composite/svideo output and a remote. Very interesting although I don't think it would...

I've got tons of spare parts lying around and I was thinking that it wouldn't take very much to get a seperate box up and running for my bedroom. I have a crappy TV in there (25") and I wouldn't mind something smaller (like a 17" LCD monitor, as they are getting under $200 these days), but I...

Been seeing a lot of HTPC build threads lately, and often no one really takes into account the PSU. In the HTPC world, rarley do I see much discussion about purchasing a proper power supply. Most buyers seem to go with whatever unit is in their case or closet at the time. While the majority of...

Remove M7NCG and 1700+ Put MK89-L and 2800+ Newcastle in Place M7NCG and 1700+ in different case and ship out System as it was Here you can see the ghetto glue holding the front panel covers in place, I gutted the area for a watercooling kit that I didn't use. Eventually i'm going to...

I've got a HTPC setup that simply will not wake from S3 sleep. S1 works fine and S3 will fully power down to a sleeping state, but it hangs when it wakes up - everything powers up but nothing happens. Here are the current specs: Coolermaster ATC-620 Case with Antec SL350 PSU 2800+ Newcastle...

I've got my PVR-500 now, but I still find myself unable to watch live TV at least once every day or two due to scheduling conflicts. Probaly going to plug in another single tuner. How many tuners do you guys have in your setup(s)?

1. Two ATI E-Home Wonder tuners - these are good hardware encoders that are compatible with SageTV, BeyondTV, etc, etc. I've been using them as a pair for a few months now, but i've upgraded to a single slot solution (PVR-500). One has capture via an included breakout box and an FM tuner built...

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MK89-L-J It's $29 when you add to cart. I couldn't pass it up, my HTPC is going A64! (or at least s754 sempron :p) Didn't post this in the top thread because there are only 19 left, likely only a few hours until they are gone.

So these are my HTPC specs: Coolermaster ATC-620S 1700+ @ 2.0 (1.65v) Biostar M7NCG 400 (POS that needs to die, dosen't support S3 sleep! :mad: ) 2x256mb PC3200 BBA 9600np fanless 2x ATI E-Home Wonder w/ramsinks on all chips Chaintech AV-710 Toshiba SD-R5112 4x dvd-r/w drive 160gb...

SageTV is just too unstable. I can run for weeks at a time with no problems, then it will crash Twice in a day. Or it will stop recording sound. Or it will refuse to load. Fuck that. I want something as stable as a real TiVO is. Tell me about MCE 2K5, has it been improved at all since its...

I've decided to take the old project and scrap it. It was a fun learning experience, but I don't think the end result was acceptable for the following reasons: 1. Size - the power supplies being mounted internally made it long, mis-measurement and guessing made it too tall, and it was a touch...

So the fan on my XFX 6600GT AGP was loud as hell, super small, very hot, annoyingly loud (did I mention the noise?). So I ordered one of these beasts. They are lightweight and provide awesome cooling (supposedly) with little or no noise. You can set the fan to 5v or 12v, 5v being the obvious...

System (i'll spare the details, just the basics): A64 2800+/1.8 Newcastle CG @ 2250 (250HTT, x4 HT) - stock voltage, not going higher until I toss the stock heatsink Chaintech VNF3-250 nForce3 - old 7/29 bios (reports of low performance with newer versions) 768mb (3x256mb) PC3200 @ 204...

THREAD FINISHED! Closing it up now ======What i've got====== *** SOLD *** Abit NF7-S v2.0, SLK-900U w/92mm fan, Athlon XP 2600+ Mobile - Awesome combo, CPU is running 1.648v (1.7 in bios) @ 2400mhz right now, it will load windows @ 1.6v / 2500mhz but it takes a lot more...

I'd love to see an Arctic style cooler for them, but I don't seem to be finding any cooling options out there... I plan on running stock at first but I hear these cards run hot, and i'd like something a little more efficient if possible. (card is in the mail, went with a xfx)

Update: Everything is gone or pending except the N64 Trade offers will be considered, especially a socket 754 or 939 processor of any kind, or maybe even an opteron. Just looking for an upgrade from my [email protected]! Paypal funds are preferred and I do require references if CC is to be used...