Re: advice on choosing an AMD chipset

2014-11-16 Thread Michael Fothergill
For me, fiddling with ventilation/cooling fans is a job for Archibald Harry Tuttle Nice one! I'm assuming you're referring to the movie Brasil. That's right. The business of cooling seems to be important in computing (see

Re: advice on choosing an AMD chipset

2014-11-13 Thread Michael Fothergill
For business desktop use, I prefer onboard graphics for reliability. Also, most add-in cards require fans for cooling which gives you another point of failure while adding to the noise. Power requirements are higher when you want the graphics performance of the faster graphics cards. I agree

advice on choosing an AMD chipset

2014-11-11 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Folks, I am planning to order the components for a new PC that I will put together myself with a bit of help from the local PC store I use for repairs etc. At first I had thought to buy an FX 8350 motherboard plus fan and some RAM and a power supply e.g. Corsair Builder Series CXM 750W

Re: advice on choosing an AMD chipset

2014-11-11 Thread Gary Dale
On 11/11/14 01:09 PM, Michael Fothergill wrote: Dear Folks, I am planning to order the components for a new PC that I will put together myself with a bit of help from the local PC store I use for repairs etc. At first I had thought to buy an FX 8350 motherboard plus fan and some RAM and a

Re: advice on choosing an AMD chipset

2014-11-11 Thread Michael Fothergill
For business desktop use, I prefer onboard graphics for reliability. Also, most add-in cards require fans for cooling which gives you another point of failure while adding to the noise. Power requirements are higher when you want the graphics performance of the faster graphics cards. For