Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:08 pm
All right, here we go now!
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9dAxC6zKCkg/ThXrLtln3NI/AAAAAAAAFwM/g1vqs7wn-LU/s400/IMG_20110707_125215.jpg)
Two boxes, case and shtuff. The shtuff box arrived a bit beat up - which I took
pictures of, in case - but everything except the corner of one Nexus fan box was fine.
![Image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Bjc-vZAmCDk/ThXqoqClqBI/AAAAAAAAFu0/B3CwquzAMTY/s400/IMG_20110707_125354.jpg)
Eine video card! It'll be more exciting on the inside, I promise.
![Image](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ecAd1eREAjM/ThXp_EcoTzI/AAAAAAAAF3Y/hH6H-zJinl8/s400/IMG_20110707_125427.jpg)
The lowest-voltage DDR3 ever made. Probably save, like, 5 bucks a year or something.
At least as importantly as the cost savings - more than 5 bucks - will be the lower heat,
meaning lower fan RPMs necessary to keep the same temps, meaning lower noise. That'll
be important, particularly considering some of the components involved, which /aren't/
known for being quiet.
And...is that? Could it be another...?
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A3_K00esWbY/ThXpyGBZI0I/AAAAAAAAFs4/RKzOooh3ZLc/s400/IMG_20110707_125942.jpg)
Yes, it is a cat, highly interested in the Nexus fans. These are so quiet, they're the
standard benchmark fan at silentpcreview.com, the jerks who made me into this. He's no
ordinary cat, though, as you'll see.
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pv3zUCGhjfI/ThXpqX_AfRI/AAAAAAAAFsY/RjvdMf9d3NU/s400/IMG_20110707_125953.jpg)
Such a boring, tiny thing to be the brain of such a machine. This one will be undervolted,
giving it very nearly the performance of a standard i5-2400, while giving it the power and
heat characteristics of the i5-2400S. Best of both worlds.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NNIaM0n9qX0/ThXpe2iD8wI/AAAAAAAAFrg/mjgTag6rAWk/s400/IMG_20110707_130016.jpg)
So, wait, you can buy Windows?
![Image](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0jhR5iQV0CE/ThXpPXSLJFI/AAAAAAAAFqM/sMUNeaoevZg/s400/IMG_20110707_130156.jpg)
The Monoliths, a pair of 1TB WD Blacks. There are better, faster, cheaper ways to do
this and get more storage, but this way, one dead drive can never take out the machine.
Client choice. Check out the vinyl in the background, and the cutting board Ana uses to
clean bones.
![Image](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0jhR5iQV0CE/ThXpPXSLJFI/AAAAAAAAFqM/sMUNeaoevZg/s400/IMG_20110707_130156.jpg)
Ah! No ordinary cat! He's a shadowcat, living permanently between his realm and ours,
a demon from the deepest reaches of time! Or so he seems at 0400 when he's chewing
on my throat.
![Image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qYVC2j5bRnM/ThXo4G9fjnI/AAAAAAAAFpI/wxsnHZBqIFw/s400/IMG_20110707_130356.jpg)
A pair of optical drives. I remember when choosing these was actually interesting.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LR6HZCVVbcg/ThXotNHaZBI/AAAAAAAAFoY/EJU3CaGUWc4/s400/IMG_20110707_130429.jpg)
A chill runs down my spine. The Z68 motherboard this all runs through.
![Image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mZdkDlHmLMs/ThXolAi73QI/AAAAAAAAFn4/06THYOVjiKY/s400/IMG_20110707_130448.jpg)
Probably the most esoteric piece of equipment in the whole affair: a power supply
without a fan. With the bottom-mount in the Antec 300, it should allow the heat from
the power supply to raise and be evacuated by the top fans. The outer grille will then
act as an intake, bringing cool air into the PSU. Completely isolating it would be even
better, but that's for a different case altogether!
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SkFVNm5JPjc/ThXoeTEJLKI/AAAAAAAAF1c/wZVtKJrjAO0/s400/IMG_20110707_130456.jpg)
The gods weep before it, and reality crumbles in the face of its mighty will. Oh, no, it's just the wifi card.
So, my work here is...wait, it looks like some of this stuff plugs into some other stuff.
Weird. I think I'm going to maybe fiddle around for a while, see what I can't turn up.
Later!
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9dAxC6zKCkg/ThXrLtln3NI/AAAAAAAAFwM/g1vqs7wn-LU/s400/IMG_20110707_125215.jpg)
Two boxes, case and shtuff. The shtuff box arrived a bit beat up - which I took
pictures of, in case - but everything except the corner of one Nexus fan box was fine.
![Image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Bjc-vZAmCDk/ThXqoqClqBI/AAAAAAAAFu0/B3CwquzAMTY/s400/IMG_20110707_125354.jpg)
Eine video card! It'll be more exciting on the inside, I promise.
![Image](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ecAd1eREAjM/ThXp_EcoTzI/AAAAAAAAF3Y/hH6H-zJinl8/s400/IMG_20110707_125427.jpg)
The lowest-voltage DDR3 ever made. Probably save, like, 5 bucks a year or something.
At least as importantly as the cost savings - more than 5 bucks - will be the lower heat,
meaning lower fan RPMs necessary to keep the same temps, meaning lower noise. That'll
be important, particularly considering some of the components involved, which /aren't/
known for being quiet.
And...is that? Could it be another...?
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A3_K00esWbY/ThXpyGBZI0I/AAAAAAAAFs4/RKzOooh3ZLc/s400/IMG_20110707_125942.jpg)
Yes, it is a cat, highly interested in the Nexus fans. These are so quiet, they're the
standard benchmark fan at silentpcreview.com, the jerks who made me into this. He's no
ordinary cat, though, as you'll see.
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pv3zUCGhjfI/ThXpqX_AfRI/AAAAAAAAFsY/RjvdMf9d3NU/s400/IMG_20110707_125953.jpg)
Such a boring, tiny thing to be the brain of such a machine. This one will be undervolted,
giving it very nearly the performance of a standard i5-2400, while giving it the power and
heat characteristics of the i5-2400S. Best of both worlds.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NNIaM0n9qX0/ThXpe2iD8wI/AAAAAAAAFrg/mjgTag6rAWk/s400/IMG_20110707_130016.jpg)
So, wait, you can buy Windows?
![Image](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0jhR5iQV0CE/ThXpPXSLJFI/AAAAAAAAFqM/sMUNeaoevZg/s400/IMG_20110707_130156.jpg)
The Monoliths, a pair of 1TB WD Blacks. There are better, faster, cheaper ways to do
this and get more storage, but this way, one dead drive can never take out the machine.
Client choice. Check out the vinyl in the background, and the cutting board Ana uses to
clean bones.
![Image](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0jhR5iQV0CE/ThXpPXSLJFI/AAAAAAAAFqM/sMUNeaoevZg/s400/IMG_20110707_130156.jpg)
Ah! No ordinary cat! He's a shadowcat, living permanently between his realm and ours,
a demon from the deepest reaches of time! Or so he seems at 0400 when he's chewing
on my throat.
![Image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qYVC2j5bRnM/ThXo4G9fjnI/AAAAAAAAFpI/wxsnHZBqIFw/s400/IMG_20110707_130356.jpg)
A pair of optical drives. I remember when choosing these was actually interesting.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LR6HZCVVbcg/ThXotNHaZBI/AAAAAAAAFoY/EJU3CaGUWc4/s400/IMG_20110707_130429.jpg)
A chill runs down my spine. The Z68 motherboard this all runs through.
![Image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mZdkDlHmLMs/ThXolAi73QI/AAAAAAAAFn4/06THYOVjiKY/s400/IMG_20110707_130448.jpg)
Probably the most esoteric piece of equipment in the whole affair: a power supply
without a fan. With the bottom-mount in the Antec 300, it should allow the heat from
the power supply to raise and be evacuated by the top fans. The outer grille will then
act as an intake, bringing cool air into the PSU. Completely isolating it would be even
better, but that's for a different case altogether!
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SkFVNm5JPjc/ThXoeTEJLKI/AAAAAAAAF1c/wZVtKJrjAO0/s400/IMG_20110707_130456.jpg)
The gods weep before it, and reality crumbles in the face of its mighty will. Oh, no, it's just the wifi card.
So, my work here is...wait, it looks like some of this stuff plugs into some other stuff.
Weird. I think I'm going to maybe fiddle around for a while, see what I can't turn up.
Later!