Recent content by lemmo

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    Just Built My First HTPC needs a few tweaks.

    I may get this board and am interested in your impressions in terms of performance, the BIOS/software and power consumption. There is a detailed review on a Polish website (Google translate) which compares the MSI, Gigabyte and ASRock B75 boards. Power efficiency and heat are important to me...
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    Small small small.....want to build the smallest PC possible...

    I think the Thin Mini-ITX boards are the way forward, and there are more around than you might think. Intel are taking the lead, but some of the OEM boards for All-In-One systems may make it to the retail stream or via eBay. I listed a few of the options at this Silent PC Review thread on the...
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    I'm building a tiny case out of laser-cut bamboo

    Hello Barnaby, don't give up, it's good work! I'm not familiar with bamboo, but I'm looking to work with high-grade ply, thinner than your bamboo (1-1.5mm) but very stable... they use it to build planes! It flexes so you can also build curved panels. I'll let you know how I get on...
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    I'm building a tiny case out of laser-cut bamboo

    Glad I came across this, what a great project! How's it all worked out? any issues/problems, e.g. with heat, grounding? So I wonder how they get round this in laptops? Barnaby, if you still need front panel connectors I have some samples from Jinmaoelec, am going to stick them on eBay soon...
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    Does Sandy Bridge idle power consumption correlate with TDP?

    That's what I thought, I just haven't seen a review that compares them. I agree, and it's clear that some motherboards are more efficient than others, even with very similar specs/components. I suppose laptops achieve efficiency through careful choice of components, and locking things down in...
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    Does Sandy Bridge idle power consumption correlate with TDP?

    Is idle power in Sandy Bridge significantly lower than Clarkdale? I haven not yet seen a review which, say, compares a mini-ITX Sandy Bridge board with a similar mini-ITX Clarkdale board. There is also often a significant difference between boards using the same CPU, e.g the Intel and ECS...