'sup fishbulb? --- http://www.mp3.com/edgey http://www.thoughtbludgeon.com "...when you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail..." EDGEY | ROG | DSA | DI | DFC | MAIM | MARTYR THOUGHTBLUDGEON RECORDINGS - SOUND EXTREMES :::...piece and sliced beats...::: --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin A. Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 12:10 PM Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Computer Check: Need your advice
> yea, for power supply look for mr. sparkle! > i mean sparkle power. > maybe there are others but this one works... 8) > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Gover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 8:46 AM > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Computer Check: Need your advice > > > > > .5-1GB DDR SDRam > > For the Ram I recommend Crucial (www.crucial.com). They do a _very_ good > price and manufacture some of the best quality Ram around. > > > So what do you think? Anything you would recommend I > > change or add? Is there a specific type of CDRW I > > should get or a specific cooling fan or something? > > It's quite difficult to keep an Athlon 1.4GHZ cool. On mine I have the > heatsink from a GlobalWin WBK68 but the (very quiet but also not too > effective) fan broke off so I replaced it with something a bit bigger. As > well as that I have one fan sucking air in at the front.. and 2 blowing it > out at the back. > > The peak temp (with my Asus A7A266 - you'll most likely get a lower but > innacurate temp reading with other boards) is 64C for the CPU and 40C for > the ambient temp. Yes 64C is a high temp but it's perfectly safe for the > Athlon (it can supposedly handle up to 95C but will actually crash at around > 75C). The ambient temp is a bit high due to my GeForce 2GTS but it still > doesn't cause any problem. > > Something that is *extremely* important for a stable Athlon system (and > something that gets overlooked by a lot of the reviewers who claim that > Athlon systems are not as stable as Intel) is that your Power Supply Unit > (PSU) must give very stable voltages. Athlons become very sensitive to > voltage fluctuations at 1.4GHZ + (with the crap PSU I have currently my > system will run at 1.4GHZ but will crash under heavy load at 1.46GHZ - but > with the correct PSU will run up to 1.6GHZ stable). > > Check www.amd.com for details on 'Athlon approved' power supplies. A 300w > PSU should be enough but in order to stay 'future-proof' I'd recommend at > least 350w if not 420w as you never know how much power hungry hardware you > might add to your system. Also make sure to get a PSU that is approved for a > CPU specification *above* what you are going to use. (i.e make sure it is > approved for the Athlon XP.. ) > > It seems there are a lot of questions about AMD systems on this list lately. > I've replied to the ones I've seen but never received any feedback. If > people are interested I'll do some kind of FAQ for the Athlon but as I've > never received any feedback to my posts I don't know if it's worth it.. > > -dave > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
