[Micro-ATX] Pentium 2x2.6Ghz + GT210

(2012-03-12 19:31)eskro Wrote:  depends on what u mean by better....
i got a SATA-II SSD and its all the fast'ness i need.

Some thing here. It flies... high enough for me Booting takes seconds and menus are snappy. How much more do you need?
I don't think SATA III would make a noticeable difference

jackh Wrote:How much more do you need?

All I can get. I just thought SATA III would be kind of a "standard" for SSDs (and already ordered one some days ago). I have no idea if I will notice it, but I guess if I already have the faster SSD I will also spend the 10 extra bucks to get the faster board.

eskro: yes, very weird the 210 should be able to handle it and seems to work fine for most people.
It was an ASUS Geforce 210 512MB Silent that I had the problems with.

that asus runs HOT!

when a GPU is too hot, stutter occurs

i actually sold mine becuz it would run wayy to hot for my liking

(2012-03-16 19:48)eskro Wrote:  that asus runs HOT!

I have the ASUS 1GB Silent, and recently noticed it was running quite hot (about 70 C).
So I got the vacuum cleaner, opened up the case and gave the little machine a thorough cleanup, especially the GPU and CPU heatsinks. Call it a "regular maintenance" job, like greasing your garage door hinges every few months
It now runs at 56 C. I'd say it's a pretty decent temperature level for a fanless card.

In summary, we have to take care of these babies, at least a little...

Hello quite an interesting read an tempting build here. While seeing what is available here in Germany comparing Prices online two concerns arose: Powersupply and noise level.

What about the Noise Level? It was mentioned in earlier in the thread but then dropped. Is the PSU and the Boxed Cooler really silent? What are your recommendations to alter this to a silent build?

Do you consider the G530 a requirement for smooth operation? What about the G465? It is only single core but has a tdp of only 35 watts.

What about a PICO PSU, do you think it can handle the system to run stable?

would this system be capable of handling, Sab, CP, SB?

sound great but would like to be able to run these programs in the background.

thanks!

(2012-10-25 03:15)mccarneychris Wrote:  would this system be capable of handling, Sab, CP, SB?

sound great but would like to be able to run these programs in the background.

thanks!

YES, it WILL!! I have this exact same machine (only slightly different motherboard) and with only 2GB of RAM I used to run it 24x7 hosting a VM (virtual machine) with an Asterisk PBX on it. At the same time, the base OS is the one running XBMC and I'd be watching 1080p movies, or streaming from the internet, no problems at all. The CPU performed fantastically topping at no more than 30% usage, and RAM usage was very low too despite having just 2GB total. Actually even 2GB seemed like overkill when looking at the stats.

It's worth noting that the base OS is Linux, that's why it's not resource-hungry Yet I'm running a full rich desktop distro (Linux Mint).

I also have Sab, CP, SB (and even more stuff) running on another Linux machine that happens to be my home-made-NAS too. I just have the 2 machines separate so the slightly more delicate "NAS" is out of the reach of children The point here is that this "NAS" PC has a much less-powerful CPU than the G530.

Overall, this is a highly recommended hardware (particularly the G530), cost effective and powerful. Happy XBMCing!