Re: OT (which MoBo would you use with AMD 64 FX processor)
From: jeffrey (jeffrey_at_nospam.okinawa.com)
Date: 12/16/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:29:30 +0900
Hi,
No, its not open opend. Here in Japan, you can find all kinds of things for
computers and electronics. I modified the side panel to mount a 18" fan as
exhaust, then have four 9cm fans plus the PSU fan as intakes. The intake
fans have removable dust covers for easy cleaning. I live in Okinawa and
the some summers the temps stay above 32 C with 85 to 90 percent humidity.
The system tends to warm up fast with the Vid card, CPU, 3 HDDs, etc. I
don't overclock the CPU, but when I'm not using the system, SETI is, so the
CPU is always being utilized.
I will check out the sites and recommendations. This is the first AMD
processor I'm buying, so trying to get as much advice for it. On Intel
stuff, I pretty much know what I would get, just never really researched on
AMD and PCI vid cards since the advent of the AGP cards.
Jeff
"DILIP" <dilipr@#*&!%l.com> wrote in message
news:%23i4tad04EHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi Jeff,
> One more thing, the FX-51 and FX-53 & 55 do not have significant
> difference in their absolute speeds - Check out some Dhrystone
> benchmarks - So you might want to save and get the FX-51 instead, and
> spend the money on what will impact performance more, like RAM, graphics
> card or a motherboard. The MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum (nforce 3 based) and
> K8T Master 2 (Via based) are excellent boards with top performance. Do a
> search for one of Tom's Hardware reviews - They are generally the most
> reliable. There's also the brand new ATi chipsets that have performed
> well in benchmarks and overclocking. Check here for the MSI site
> http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_list.asp?class=mb&cpu=3 See this for
> a shootout of FX boards http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20031117/.
> AMD's site has a tool where you can select the processor and you get a
> list of compatible AMD certified boards - Do a search for that. Speeds of
> graphics cards will have increased 3 fold by the time Longhorn is out, so
> you might as well stay away from top cards, as they will become obsolete
> as well by then - the 6600GT is a good choice.
>
> As for temperatures are you saying that you actually have the whole unit
> exposed to the atmosphere? What about dust problems? It really isn't
> required, since generally systems are built for extreme conditions and
> without overclocking you really don't need to take such drastic steps.
> I'm staying in a tropical country with ambient at 30C and the CPU
> generally is at 50C (max) or below. Watercooling is for extreme
> overclockers and is never required under normal usage.
>
> --
> Replace the obvious with "hotmail"
>
> "jeffrey" <jeffrey@nospam.okinawa.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Xbg3yx4EHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> One of the things is, I'm not sure if I really need THAT much video
>> power. Right now though, just trying to decide what maker MoBo to go with
>> and to either consider still using AGP video or try the PCI 64bit video
>> cards. Also trying to decide which chipset to go with, NVidia, VIA, etc.
>> I've been a fan of Intel, but where I live at, I need something that
>> gives off less heat, since there is no A/C in the room with the computer
>> (wife won't let me keep a comp in the bedroom), so have the side panel
>> off and a nice 18" fan to help circlate air. So with the AMD 64 FX chip,
>> it will run cooler, less worries about heat build-up. Been looking at
>> some of those watercool CPU coolers, seems interesting, but rather not
>> have some other things hanging on the outside at the moment.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> "DILIP" <dilipr@#*&!%l.com> wrote in message
>> news:u6KZfao4EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> If you're not sure, then maybe you don't really need it. BTW, Nvidia
>>> 6600 and 6800 series are SLI enabled - And the mobo must have a PCIe
>>> slot for that. Don't forget the PSU - Try to get at least 450W+ one of
>>> a good company especially if your graphics card is a high end one.
>>> Consider this, with 220 million transistors, a GeForce 6800 Ultra draws
>>> 110W itself at full load, and requires 2 power cables. And a PCIe slot
>>> supplies a maximum of 75W. It's bandwidth has not been currently
>>> exploited by the graphics cards, though. The 6600GT AGP (8X) is
>>> actually faster than its PCIe counterpart in benchmarks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Replace the obvious with "hotmail"
>>>
>>> "jeffrey" <jeffrey@nospam.okinawa.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eNatW3m4EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the link, its very interesting, but not sure if I need to go
>>>> to that extreme, but might go that way though.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> "DILIP" <dilipr@#*&!%l.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:uXyqxom4EHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> How about this http://event.asus.com/sli/index.htm for SLI
>>>>>
>>>>> The MSI boards seem top almost all benchmarks if you're not looking
>>>>> for SLI.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Replace the obvious with "hotmail"
>>>>>
>>>>> "jeffrey" <jeffrey@nospam.okinawa.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OFbwSQm4EHA.2428@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thinking of building a new comp using the AMD 64 FX processor, from
>>>>>> ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte, what motherboards would you recommend?
>>>>>> Also, would you stick with AGP or the new 64bit PCI video cards?
>>>>>> This comp would be used mostly for online gaming, photo rendering,
>>>>>> and watching AVI/Mpegs. Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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