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Hi all,
Just thought I would post up some pics of my new HTPC along with my take/thoughts on it and a few questions at the end
First off, sorry about the pictures didnt have a camera with me so these were taken on my phone...
These were taken after everything had been installed, cable management left a lot to be desired but I wanted to check everything worked before routing the cables:
Ok first criticism, im not overly impressed by the Zalman CNPS8000. It doesnt seem to be controllable via the motherboard, its either full-on or manually set via that funky dial hanging over in pic 4. I can see this might have some benefits but for a HTPC case i would rather had the motherboard control the speed based on the temp.
On the plus side, this heatsink is very low profile, and although being very wide, it fit quite nicely on the lanparty JR mobo.
Some pics after i tidied the cables
I was overall very impressed with the antec fusion case except for the DVD drive area. It was very tight for the corsair PSU cables and the DVD drive holder to fit in this space, you have to pack/push/cram the cables in the bit of space behind the weird swinging DVD drive holder.
Some system readings:
IDLE: (a little too big for the thread me thinks )
http://www.lawgriffin.plus.com/idle.jpg
UNDER LOAD:
http://www.lawgriffin.plus.com/load.jpg
A few quick questions im hoping the wise folk can help me with:
1. Im fairly happy with the temp readings under load (approx: 53c) but idle of around 40c seems a little high for an e7300? I could manually crank the fan speed up but what do you think? are these temp ok for an unclocked e7300?
2. Having a small issue with my RAM, CPUZ seems to think its PC2-6400 when its actually OCZ PC2-8500 I tried setting the mobo to 266/1066 in the bios but then when i run prime95 i get an "fatal error rounding" message straight away:
I googled around and it said something about increasing the voltage? but im not trying to overclock it, i just want it to run at 1066 to match the FSB ??
3. And finally... for optimal HD playback i assume i want 1080p 24p, how do i set the 24p to get smooth playback? when i set it to 24 hertz the display is noticeably slow when on the desktop? - sorry when it comes to HDTVs im new to the game (**...goes to google to do more searching**)
Cheers all
Just thought I would post up some pics of my new HTPC along with my take/thoughts on it and a few questions at the end
First off, sorry about the pictures didnt have a camera with me so these were taken on my phone...
These were taken after everything had been installed, cable management left a lot to be desired but I wanted to check everything worked before routing the cables:
Ok first criticism, im not overly impressed by the Zalman CNPS8000. It doesnt seem to be controllable via the motherboard, its either full-on or manually set via that funky dial hanging over in pic 4. I can see this might have some benefits but for a HTPC case i would rather had the motherboard control the speed based on the temp.
On the plus side, this heatsink is very low profile, and although being very wide, it fit quite nicely on the lanparty JR mobo.
Some pics after i tidied the cables
I was overall very impressed with the antec fusion case except for the DVD drive area. It was very tight for the corsair PSU cables and the DVD drive holder to fit in this space, you have to pack/push/cram the cables in the bit of space behind the weird swinging DVD drive holder.
Some system readings:
IDLE: (a little too big for the thread me thinks )
http://www.lawgriffin.plus.com/idle.jpg
UNDER LOAD:
http://www.lawgriffin.plus.com/load.jpg
A few quick questions im hoping the wise folk can help me with:
1. Im fairly happy with the temp readings under load (approx: 53c) but idle of around 40c seems a little high for an e7300? I could manually crank the fan speed up but what do you think? are these temp ok for an unclocked e7300?
2. Having a small issue with my RAM, CPUZ seems to think its PC2-6400 when its actually OCZ PC2-8500 I tried setting the mobo to 266/1066 in the bios but then when i run prime95 i get an "fatal error rounding" message straight away:
I googled around and it said something about increasing the voltage? but im not trying to overclock it, i just want it to run at 1066 to match the FSB ??
3. And finally... for optimal HD playback i assume i want 1080p 24p, how do i set the 24p to get smooth playback? when i set it to 24 hertz the display is noticeably slow when on the desktop? - sorry when it comes to HDTVs im new to the game (**...goes to google to do more searching**)
Cheers all
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