<div dir="ltr"><div>But yeah, getting something loud and potentially a little smelly that she can stick in a closet for the big jobs may be an option. I'll have to talk that one over with her...<br><br></div>Darcy.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Jason Locklin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yeah, that's certainly not the use-case for a low-power machine.<br>
Actually, If I was doing that, I would go the complete opposite. Build<br>
the biggest machine possible for the coin, ugly and loud, stick it in a<br>
closet somewhere with very long USB and HDMI cables to my office for A/V<br>
and peripherals.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-Jason<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On 14-04-07 11:09 AM, Darcy Casselman wrote:<br>
> I'd agree, but she wants to do video and audio rendering. She needs<br>
> multiple spinning platter harddrives and some specialist video capture and<br>
> sound hardware.<br>
><br>
> I was able to talk her down from needing a 750W+ power supply (she doesn't<br>
> need 3D graphics at all), but yeah, something in the 500W neighbourhood is<br>
> more reasonable.<br>
><br>
> Darcy.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:56 AM, L.D. Paniak<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I agree. I have been using pico-PSU/AC brick solutions on systems up to<br>
>> 100W with great success. For 95%+ of computing that more than enough to<br>
>> get the job done.<br>
>><br>
>> There are many "mini-systems" of this type available:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.canadacomputers.com/search_result.php?checkVal0=0&subcat04=5&checkVal1=1&checkVal2=1&checkVal3=1&checkVal4=1&checkVal5=1&checkVal6=1&checkVal7=1&checkVal8=1&checkVal9=1&pagePos=0&keywords=&manu=0&search=1&ccid=1203&cPath=7_1203" target="_blank">http://www.canadacomputers.com/search_result.php?checkVal0=0&subcat04=5&checkVal1=1&checkVal2=1&checkVal3=1&checkVal4=1&checkVal5=1&checkVal6=1&checkVal7=1&checkVal8=1&checkVal9=1&pagePos=0&keywords=&manu=0&search=1&ccid=1203&cPath=7_1203</a><br>
>><br>
>> Especially good are the Intel NUC series (if a little more expensive).<br>
>><br>
>> I recently bought a 430W Corsair ATX PSU and the smell of the fancy<br>
>> paint finish nearly knocked me off my feet. It took several days to<br>
>> dissipate. I am not sure what the motivation is here.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 04/07/2014 10:44 AM, Jason Locklin wrote:<br>
>>> Just for fun, this would be approximately the best you can do while<br>
>>> staying safely under 150Watts and staying reasonably priced:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> PCPartPicker part list: <a href="http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO" target="_blank">http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO</a><br>
>>>> Price breakdown by merchant:<br>
>> <a href="http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/by_merchant/" target="_blank">http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/by_merchant/</a><br>
>>>> Benchmarks: <a href="http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/benchmarks/" target="_blank">http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/benchmarks/</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> CPU: Intel Core i3-2120T 2.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($160.80 @ Amazon<br>
>> Canada)<br>
>>>> Motherboard: MSI H67MA-E35 (B3) Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($88.02<br>
>> @ Amazon Canada)<br>
>>>> Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($79.99 @ Canada<br>
>> Computers)<br>
>>>> Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk<br>
>> ($129.99 @ NCIX)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Total: $458.80<br>
>>>> Estimated Wattage: 109W<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)<br>
>>>> (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 10:33 EDT-0400)<br>
>>> That would scream running Linux, but would be lacking for gaming. No<br>
>>> idea what Windows needs nowadays though. That website is too much fun.<br>
>>> Now, back to work... right...<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Jason<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon 07 Apr 2014 10:02:49 AM EDT, Darcy Casselman wrote:<br>
>>>> She has rather formidable power requirements, but we were talking about<br>
>>>> whether something like this was available. I'll pass it along. Thanks.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Darcy.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Jason Locklin <<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> Have you thought of building a low-power system with something like one<br>
>>>>> of these:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104186" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104186</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Transformer is sealed in plastic, so no dust/smell from it. Thinking<br>
>>>>> about building a system like this with one of the low-power Haswell<br>
>>>>> chips and an SSD, myself (not for the smell, I just like<br>
>>>>> power-efficient, quiet machines).<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> -Jason<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On 14-04-05 03:56 PM, Darcy Casselman wrote:<br>
>>>>>> PC hardware question, not specific to Linux, but some of you folks may<br>
>>>>> have<br>
>>>>>> ideas.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> My partner has some rather significant allergies and sensitivities.<br>
>> She<br>
>>>>>> also needs to replace her 12-year-old desktop computer.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> In general electronics tend to be okay for her, but the power supply<br>
>>>>> seems<br>
>>>>>> to be a stumbling block. New power supplies smell really bad,<br>
>> triggering<br>
>>>>>> her sensitivities. And they're blowing that bad air into her living<br>
>>>>> space.<br>
>>>>>> Does anyone know of a retailer that sells power supplies that she'd be<br>
>>>>> able<br>
>>>>>> to crack open a bunch and give them a sniff-test?<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Is there somewhere we can look at used power supplies, preferably from<br>
>>>>>> hopefully neutral office environments (rather than, say, the homes of<br>
>>>>>> smokers or pet owners)?<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> We're not entirely sure what it is in the power supplies that is<br>
>>>>> triggering<br>
>>>>>> her. We know that the PVC wiring is bad (I'm not holding out much<br>
>> hope,<br>
>>>>>> but if someone knows of a manufacturer that coats their wires in<br>
>>>>> something<br>
>>>>>> other than PVC, that would be very useful to know). But we've tried a<br>
>>>>>> bunch and haven't come up with much luck.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Any suggestions would be helpful.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Thanks!<br>
>>>>>> Darcy.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
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