Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > My current rig is working well (hence the lack of posts to the list from > me), but .... > > The time is coming up for me to buy a new PC, the current one being > around 7 years old. It's served me well for that time, but nothing > lasts forever. Also, it would be nice to be able to build clang and > rust and friends somewhat faster. > > So I'm looking at getting an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X processor, and using its > inbuilt graphics rather than buying a distinct graphics card. > > But in the doc on wiki.gentoo.org, I can't find any mention of inbuilt > graphics; all references are to graphics _cards_. Does Gentoo support > my intended processor's graphics, and if so, how do I go about > identifying the needed microcode (if any) and so on? Am I missing > something obvious in the wiki? > > As a somewhat tangential question, would it be worthwhile getting water > cooling in my new machine? In particular, to reduce the noise it gives > off while building large packages such as clang and rust? Or is water > cooling only sensible for really heavy users such as gamers? > > Thanks for the upcoming answers! >
On the cooling point, I notice that newer CPUs actually consume less power therefore produce less heat. I've never used water. I don't have anything to drink close to my puter either. I suspect that if you got a pretty good size air CPU cooler, with a large quiet fan, you will find it pretty quiet. I have a FX-8350 right now. I can't recall the power it pulls right now but it is more than the newer CPUs. I have a CPU cooler with a 120mm fan and even at full load, I don't hear anything and I'm right next to it. I don't even hear the large case fans. Keep in mind, those case fans are 200mm fans. Some prefer water and for those who do, use water. I just don't see why newer CPUs that produce less heat would need water when air cooling works fine on CPUs that produce more heat. If you would rather avoid water, I can't imagine a good air CPU cooler with a large fan not being more than enough. I might add, I'm always scared the pump will decide to take a nap. At least with a air cooler, it will cool some even without a fan. Could prevent burning out the CPU if you shutdown quick. Maybe when I get me a new rig built I can share personal experience. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
