Tiernan's Comms Closet

Right. so OSNews has a post asking users to post their setup they are currently using… I was going to post a comment with mine, but though it would take up too much space… so, here is mine. Leave a comment if you wish with your setup…
Main workstation: There was a series of posts about [...]

So, it has been a couple of weeks since i last posted the status of the upgrade… In those weeks, i have finilized the parts list, started ordering stuff, and stuff has started arriving! But first, some news about the Mac Pro… you all though it was dead… I though it was dead… then i [...]

So, i am now in the process of finding the bits so i can order the machine… Waiting for money to clear in to my bank account (hopefully by Thursday) and then into the Credit Card (Friday). Then i can start ordering!
Some things i have been looking into since the last update:
The case has changed [...]

In yesterday’s post, i mentioned that i was thinking about Water Cooling the Workstation V.Next… Well, after some “research” i have come to the conclusion that maybe water cooling is not for me… or at least not at the moment.
The reason i am thinking of not water cooling the box at the moment is, [...]

So, a few days back i mentioned that my Mac Pro died… this meant that i could start the process of planning and building the Workstation V.Next, as i like to call it.
So, what do i currently have planned:

The Board: Intel Shady Cove S5520S. It has

12 DIMM sockets, each supporting up to 4Gb, giving a [...]

i have been meaning to write this article up for a while now, but with one thing and another, its gotten delayed…And to tell you the truth, this is more a link to guides on what to look for in speakers. See, i dont know enough about speakers to tell you what to buy, but, [...]

So, in the previous article, I mentioned I talked about the PC part of the Media Center (I see the Media Center as more than just the PC, its the whole package). My Current setup has a Yamaha RX-V357 AV receiver and speakers (standard speakers that came with the amp). Now with the Advent of [...]

So, a couple of months ago, I replaced my Media Center PC with a Sky HD box, an Apple TV and an XBox 360. Well, in reality, the XBox 360 was used to connect to the old Media Center, so it wasn’t a replacement.
Anyway, over the last couple of months I have been missing some [...]