Re: [tlug] Bitsa Woes

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 09/15/2011 10:12 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> CL writes:
>
>   >  That was helpful.  I am still looking for an answer on how I should
>   >  calculate average and high load but my Googling doesn't produce any
>   >  majority opinion.
>
> Regarding the torrenting issue, if you have lots of memory (>= 8GB)
> and are not currently using the box to view movies and the like, AIU
> the torrent algorithm, you will probably be asked for certain "torrent
> pieces" repeatedly.  These will be cached in memory on the first
> request, so perhaps spinning down the disk once you've received and
> saved all pieces would work.  You could also be a bitch and turn off
> the outgoing torrent traffic as soon as you've got what you want.
> Normally I wouldn't recommend such a thing (unethical), but power
> supply noise can affect a man's sanity. :-)
I have hit upon a solution of sorts to quiet things down (for aircraft 
carrier flight deck values of silence) and conducted a bijoux testette 
before reporting to the conference.  I yanked the GPU cooling fan's 
large, friendly power plug out of its socket and I can actually almost 
not hear the box at all, even when sitting next to it instead of across 
the room.  The Nvidia controller software was reporting core temps of 
the 550Ti chip at 31~33C with the fan on or, and I hope this isn't too 
technical, three green bars on the ten bar temperature graphic).  With 
the fan unplugged, it is reporting 50~53C (three green bars + one yellow 
bar) when the machine is just cruising and torrenting.  After playing a 
1.5 hour .iso off the HDD using VLC, it was reporting temps of 60~62C 
(three green bars + two yellow bars) when we used the DVI connection and 
63~65C when using HDMI.
So, the question for all of the experts is:  Am I engaging in behavior 
that is injuring, damaging, or shortening the useful life of the chip + 
card if I continue to keep the GPU fan unplugged?  It appears as though 
the two case fans are blowing enough air across the fins of the heat 
sink to keep things pleasant but I am not sure what constitutes too much 
heat (any more than I am aware what the rest of those bars on the 
graphic mean because I have never gotten anything that hot).
--
CL