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Indeed. It looks like we'll have to install the flooring at the same time. This means we may only do part of the house now and the rest later. I also plan on insulating under the subfloor, using my favorite FoamItGreen.

Yeah...that is one of the questions I have. Now that I have a better understanding, we'll see what I can find out.

We get about 200 sunny days a year. Of course, the ones that aren't sunny are the cold ones ;)

I just read that including a solar pre-heater makes the entire system 30% tax deductible.

InFloorBoard is the thinnest solution I've found (5/8" - 15.8mm). That would allow me to put 1/2" of foam insulation underneath it to make sure the heat goes up instead of down.

That is one of my thoughts. With the exception of morning showers, all other uses of hot water (dishwasher, laundry) run during the day when it is warm. My hot water heater could use a replacement anyway.

I have a garage, and it would be installed there. I do have access to natural gas, but I would like to "zone" my house, being able to control whether 3 different zones get heat independently. From my research doing zoning with forced air while keeping the system "balanced" is tricky and...

Asrock, like being rocked in the ass, is cool, if you're into that kinda thing. Me? I'm with Coug, but I wasn't going to buy an Asrock board anyway.

Wow. I can't imagine what the workflow of your first pass though them must look like. How often do you spend reviewing each picture the first time through before culling the stack?

New project. Thoughts: 1. Using a heatpump waterheater should make this more efficient than using a boiler? 2. The thinnest systems I can find are about an inch thick. I'll be installing onto my subfloor (2x6 T&G) and would like to sacrifice as little headroom as possible. Anyone know anything...

Looks like this is getting scrapped. I was putting the budget together for it, and was informed that that money is to be redirected to a proper hydronic underfloor system. A more sane option, no doubt, but less exciting. If anyone here knows anything about underfloor heating, I'd love to hear...

That is what I'm currently looking at, or rooting the tablet and making it the hotspot...

Yup, whether it happens or not, it is a fun thought experiment with plenty of humor ;)

I was tempted to not even include the water cooling in the first post, and start with my objective: "My computers produce some heat that I would like to use to heat my bedroom, and I can't move my computers". Water just seemed like the best way to do it, though sechs' bricks might get a second...

Yes, but it is hard to sleep while moving bricks. I suppose with training.... That is what I'm currently doing, though at night there is no need to heat the main room (5000+cu.ft.). And while the computers aren't enough heat to do the whole house, I'm sure it would be enough for what we need...

That wouldn't be much fun, and would be outside my budget. I would absolutely use a heatpump if I weren't already using the electricity on the computers.

If the reservoir were at the highest point, the mass of the water on the downward leg would be pressing upon the water on the upward leg. No?

Nice tip! I'll look into those.

One watt/hour of electricity put into a computer, resistive heater, or lightbulb produces one watt of heat. One watt put into a heatpump produces (technically moves) several watts of heat. If I wasn't already using the electricity to do something else, I'd be using a heat pump. Thinking on...

Thinking about this further, the reservoir could be above the devices to be cooled without increasing the energy required to move the water, correct?

As am I. There are a few ways to mitigate this, and I think the easiest one is a thermal sensor on a waterblock that kills power to the machine if it exceeds a threshold. No need for software or anything fancy, just a sensor and a relay. I should start looking for those, but these machines have...

Indeed. Last night my wife turned on a 600W electric heater in the bedroom and it cycled on and off all night; I suspect it was on about 30% of the time. According to the power calculators I've been looking at, my overvolted, overclocked CPUs are putting out about 200W each, with the GPUs the...

I remember from long ago the overclockers using just one stick of ram, and here I am using 6. Not going to pull any of it, but I suppose 4.46 isn't bad with 24GB of RAM.

Me too, 49% complete on the 990X.

Now that winter is approaching (it'll hit 38F tonight), it is time to re-evaluate utilizing the waste heat from my computers to heat the bedroom. The following are the reasons I know why this is a bad idea (to discourage anyone else reading this from trying it). 1. Electric resistive heating...

Today should be a good day. 990X@4.4Ghz 970@3.8Ghz 4x GTX580 If it gets colder, I'll get some more stuff going.

...and when the driver decides to put their foot down. If I could, I'd get one with no badges at all.

First audible laugh of the day awarded to SD!

This is an issue for me as well. One that I have nearly solved by shaving in the shower as a final step. By that time I've been "steamed/heated" to the point where it is nearly painless unless I wait 3+ days between shaves. No shaving cream needed, but shaving properly without a mirror requires...

Indeed. Same shifter as my (DSG) car.

I was always under the impression that the performance Audi vehicles were supposed to be sleepers. If you want bling, go BMW (a million badges, exposed carbon fiber roof, etc)

The Camry/Accord is actually a good car for a certain demographic. It is conceivable that someone who knows a lot about cars would choose them based on their circumstance. H3 does fit into the "never" range because it is flanked on all sides by better options: Cheaper: Tahoe More...

That could explain my difficulties as well; all my boards are full of 4GB DIMMs.

This guy had simply made the wrong choice, and it was going to cost him about 5 minutes. As soon as it became apparent to him that I (who had been behind him on the freeway) had made the right choice (and would be on my way much sooner), he broke at least three traffic laws, cut across an...

Ditto.

I let him get into an accident with another car, and then waved as I drove by. That is my style.

It isn't against you, it just wants you to get a NH-C14. It is a great cooler.

Some serious road rage out there today.

I would love to track a car, but I don't have the time for it (even though I live 15 minutes from Laguna Seca). I just want a car that is fun to drive all the time. The GT-R may not be comfortable enough to be that car. Driving a car that performs well puts a smile on my face. That is what I...

A gallon each way per day would hurt, but I would arrive at work every day with a smile on my face ;)

This giant piece of plastic right here. It needs to be a computer touch screen. At the least an iPad docking port.

Nice, but I think the three I have are enough for most weekends.

Yup, the auction was nearing the "Buy it now" price...I bet a deal was struck. Low mileage white GT-R. That dash totally sucks, though. Would have to replace it with something better.

So tempting....of course there isn't a chance, but it is tempting.

Still tweaking the CPU OC a bit, and haven't started on the GPU yet, but I'm happily surprised at the results so far: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2076408

Online :monky:

I only have 10TB at home, and another 4TB at work. I know that we are outliers, I just wanted to see how many of the more normal users are pushing beyond the capabilities of a single hard drive. I currently have a couple companies and three home users who require more than one drive to keep a...

That is pretty awesome. That isn't "colliding" with a deer, that is getting full-on attacked by something with giant fricking horns.

How much data are you the caretaker of? Before the backups and drive redundancy, including home and work, not including empty capacity.

I don't know about her, but I love having the space on my SSD to work on my pictures before filing them (makes Adobe Bridge or preview much faster). Even if all you do is max the memory on the board and drop in a $200 SSD it will make a heck of a difference.