Recent content by sansoo22

So its time to build a new PC. I usually do budget builds and of course I have one for this build but I'm splurging a bit. I could use some guidance to ensure I don't do anything stupid. Current build is an FX-8350 (ya its old...i know) and I have out grown it. Primary Goal: Small quiet and...

I have the Delta DPS-400AB 400W (80 PLUS Gold) with the stock fan sitting in an A30 Mini ITX case. This is a tiny machine with just an i5-2500k and 16GB DDR3 I threw together for work. Its sole purpose is to be abused by all sorts of random development tasks. I can't comment how this thing...

My issues with the HDPlex 160 was a bad unit. Long story short, shipped the board to Larry and it all worked fine but he didn't test my HDPlex unit as we had a miscommunication. So on a different unit he had no issues and we thought maybe it was one of the HP adapters I was using. I ordered 2...

Well after a few days use temps are not promising. Had all 4 cores pegged at 100% today for about ten minutes and hit 80C. Not terrible but this tiny box doesn't cool down well. The steel case itself tends to absorb a lot of heat that doesn't dissipate very quickly. After returning to idle...

The saga continues. Ordered a Dell 240w charger, this time one listed on the HDPlex site, I still had power cycling issues. Larry was kind enough to ship me a replacement after this test. Hooked up the new HDPlex 160 and BOOM we are in business. Preliminary testing has my idle temps at ~54C...

Board tested fine for Larry. He didn't test my HDPlex unit because we had a miscommunication and he wasn't aware I sent it. So at least I know everything works together. Got my board and hdplex back this week and gave it one more go and still just power cycling. Hooked the HDPlex to an AMD...

Kind of feel like this board would complete orange and black theme.

Talked to Larry at HDPlex about my issues. I'm loaning the new Intel board and CPU combo to him for testing. I was really looking forward to using that setup too. The dual DVI ports on it meant no fussing with adapters for my twin 27s at work which for me increased its portability between...

My build with the HDPlex 160 is dead in the water right now as well. I'm on an Intel platform and tried 2 different boards. The Gigabyte would power on but never post. And the Intel board power cycled every 5 seconds. Both hooked to a crappy Athena power PSU fired right up. I did...

Got my new motherboard in today. A new old stock Intel DQ67EP still factory sealed. Bought new Kingston Fury HyperX memory i found for a steal as well. Setup everything on a cardboard box for testing. Hooked up the HDPlex 160W DC-ATX unit and was totally let down again. Board keeps power...

Can confirm the motherboard is just being a dick. Hooked the HDPlex to an Asus A88XM-A with an AMD A6 7400k and the 16GB of ebay special memory and it fired right up. So project is on hold until i either find a compatible socket 1155 motherboard or go with all new CPU, RAM, and Mobo combo...

Welp...hit a dead end. It seems the HDPlex is either defective or I have some sort of other strange issue i can't track down. Board, fans, and everything power up just fine but it won't post. Pulled the i5-2500k and put the G620 back in. Pulled RAM and used a known working 4GB module. Still...

Got bored so I sleeved the chassis power panel cable.

I was thinking of sleeving my HDPlex and then decided not to because its a giant PITA to do but yours looks fantastic and now I'm leaning towards doing it. So thanks for that (he said sarcastically). And I love the color you chose for the acrylic. Normally Noctura components just look...

Your patience is to be admired. I have the know how to complete a build like this but it would be sitting in a small pile in my shop because I lack the patience to see something like this thru. I assume anywhere the epoxy filled in one of the mesh holes it had to be drilled or filed.