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Kevin Cosgrove

14 Jan 2009 14 Jan '09

12:54 a.m.

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Patrick Shirkey

14 Jan 14 Jan

1:19 a.m.

Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

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... system for audio work? http://www.cooltechpc.com/c/ctpc/std/sku=extreme_quiet_core2.html The motherboard is this: http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&mo… Thanks....

I have never had any problems with Asus boards on Linux and always use them for my company projects due to their stability. Driver support is usually out of the box. Also they have a very good bios which allows configuring pci interrupts and enabling/disabling all onboard devices. Cheers.

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david

2:46 a.m.

Patrick Shirkey wrote:

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Seconded! Asus boards have worked very well here for many, many years. -- David gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano

9:03 p.m.

On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 20:54 -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

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... system for audio work? http://www.cooltechpc.com/c/ctpc/std/sku=extreme_quiet_core2.html The motherboard is this: http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&mo…

The mobo works, we are using it in some of our current home grown silent pc's at CCRMA. Gotcha: the kernel in a default fedora 9 install dvd is too old to recognize the network interface. Installing a newer kernel through, say, a usb key, solves the problem. -- Fernando

Kevin Cosgrove

10:02 p.m.

On 14 January 2009 at 17:03, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando(a)ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

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On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 20:54 -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

... system for audio work? http://www.cooltechpc.com/c/ctpc/std/sku=extreme_quiet_core2.html The motherboard is this: http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&mo…

Would you do me the huge favor of publishing the "too old" kernel version and the version number of the kernel that works? Thanks.... -- Kevin

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano

10:27 p.m.

On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 18:01 -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

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On 14 January 2009 at 17:03, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando(a)ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 20:54 -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

... system for audio work? http://www.cooltechpc.com/c/ctpc/std/sku=extreme_quiet_core2.html The motherboard is this: http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&mo…

Would you do me the huge favor of publishing the "too old" kernel version and the version number of the kernel that works?

This one (20080718 fc9 respin) does not work: kernel-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686.rpm I don't remember the threshold for it working but the minimum version I remember works is the one the Planet CCRMA rt kernels are based on 2.6.26.8, 2.6.27.x works fine for sure. -- Fernando

Janina Sajka

16 Jan 16 Jan

1:53 a.m.

I wouldn't. I don't know about whatever extra noise damping they do. I can tell you that my Asus P3-PH5X is pretty darn quiet, and it was all stock parts bought from Newegg. The memory they're offering is on the slow side. The cpu and hd are low on cache memory. I think you can do better. Because I've been shopping, some examples from Newegg this week: A Core 2 Duo at 3.0 Ghz with 12 Mb L2 cache: $169 DDR3 1600 RAM around $130 for 2Gb, about half that for DDR2. A 1Tb Hitachi sata drive with 32Mb cache for $79 after all the rebates. Asus P3-PH5 for $179. I would maximze ram and cache to optimize performance. The more you run from ram instead of drive based swap, the better. hth Janina Kevin Cosgrove writes:

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... system for audio work? http://www.cooltechpc.com/c/ctpc/std/sku=extreme_quiet_core2.html The motherboard is this: http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&mo… Thanks.... -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user

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Kevin Cosgrove

19 Jan 19 Jan

1:04 p.m.

On 16 January 2009 at 0:52, Janina Sajka <janina(a)rednote.net> wrote:

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I wouldn't. I don't know about whatever extra noise damping they do.

I put an Acousti-Pak (same stuff they use) in a couple home built computers. It's really great stuff. It's going in all my future computers.

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I can tell you that my Asus P3-PH5X is pretty darn quiet, and it was all stock parts bought from Newegg.

My last computer (until the CPU fan decided to get noisy when I had to swap out a dead motherboard) was so quiet I could only tell it was on by the light on the front. That's my target for "quiet".

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The memory they're offering is on the slow side. The cpu and hd are low on cache memory. I think you can do better. Because I've been shopping, some examples from Newegg this week: A Core 2 Duo at 3.0 Ghz with 12 Mb L2 cache: $169 DDR3 1600 RAM around $130 for 2Gb, about half that for DDR2. A 1Tb Hitachi sata drive with 32Mb cache for $79 after all the rebates. Asus P3-PH5 for $179.

Yes, it seems I could do better. I'm trying to stay close to $1000US. But, it also looks like I'm building a different version of about the same power machine as my Athlon 64-X2. I thought maybe upgrading to quad-core would be a nice upgrade. But really, my dual-core box only benefits me when I compile software. I haven't found all that much threading in apps yet. It might not be the right time for me to upgrade. I was trying to take advantage of the drop in computer prices.

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I would maximze ram and cache to optimize performance. The more you run from ram instead of drive based swap, the better.

Agreed. Thanks... -- Kevin

Esben Stien

20 Jan 20 Jan

7:09 p.m.

Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc(a)cosgroves.us> writes:

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... system for audio work?

http://irc.esben-stien.name/mediawiki/index.php/Computer_Silence -- Esben Stien is b0ef@e s a http://www. s t n m irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact sip:b0ef@ e e jid:b0ef@ n n

pete shorthose

9:34 p.m.

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:10:44 +0100 Esben Stien <b0ef(a)esben-stien.name> wrote:

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Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc(a)cosgroves.us> writes:

... system for audio work?

http://irc.esben-stien.name/mediawiki/index.php/Computer_Silence

Quote: "The price tag for this rig is estimated to be 1 Billion Dollars" Perhaps you could interest me in a loan? I've been considering a setup with an SSD drive and a scythe ninja II passive heat sink. If the ninja can cool the processor without recourse to a fan then the only noise would come from the PSU fan. I've looked around and found quite a few PSUs with "silent" in the name yet they seem to refer to values of silent that veer considerably away from.. well.. silent. Does anyone know of a truly silent PSU or of any hardware mods (say to the heat sink) to convert one into a truly fanless (and also non explody) PSU? pete

Patrick Shirkey

11:27 p.m.

pete shorthose wrote:

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:10:44 +0100 Esben Stien <b0ef(a)esben-stien.name> wrote:

Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc(a)cosgroves.us> writes:

... system for audio work?

http://irc.esben-stien.name/mediawiki/index.php/Computer_Silence

Well you can refrigerate the unit... There is also water cooling. I know several people round here have silent systems. Cheers. -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd.

Esben Stien

21 Jan 21 Jan

7:57 a.m.

pete shorthose <zenadsl6252(a)zen.co.uk> writes:

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Does anyone know of a truly silent PSU

Well, there is a link on my page to one fanless PSU in addition to the fanless water cooled one. There is also in existence another fanless PSU similar to mine, but both are not able to provide more than about 350W. -- Esben Stien is b0ef@e s a http://www. s t n m irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact sip:b0ef@ e e jid:b0ef@ n n