Re: New Intel 64 bit processors

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:13:18 -0500

In news:111v2jh3u1o91d5@corp.supernews.com,
AD <graphi47uk@y.a.h.o.o.co.uk> had this to say:

> We will see what happens in the next few days, you never know, i may
> end up going back to XP, but it is sure nice to see Windows media
> player 7 again., better than 8,9 or 10.

I put Windows ME on an AMD64 and it went like a screaming demon. It was
blazing fast for the short time that it was on there. I couldn't get a
single modem to work with it (even though the AMD has good legacy support, I
blame me for it and not taking the time to research it fully or having the
desire to look into it further, it was mostly for entertainment anyhow.) and
didn't take the time to do the updates to slow the booting down or the like.
I only booted it a couple of times to play with it. I did NOT use the SATA
drives with it, I used ATA 133's (I know, I know, but to make it worse I'm a
Maxtor fan... Give them some space in your case and they'll outlast a
Seagate in my experiences. LOL Please, no flames... I should know better but
I've honestly had no issues. Then again I also like Windows ME, it's my
second favorite OS after XP Pro.) That board too was a GigaByte. I've pretty
much fallen in love with the GigaByte boards and AMD chip combinations. I
don't overclock too often these days, there's no point in it for me.
(Instead I go for case mods and pretty lights and things like Enermax system
monitors which are much cooler than overclocking in my opinion.)

I really worry about heat. My AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (the one in question and
the one I've been on about) is currently kicking at about 114 degrees
Fahrenheit or a bit above 45.5 Celcius. It's a bit higher than I'd like but
it seems like it's stable enough. I've never had a BSOD with it due to
something hardware related. I've had only one BSOD that I recall and that
was after I'd updated it, installing the latest nVidia drivers made it never
go away. I've never had it stop due to heat so I guess it's okay. I've
looked at some of the cooling blocks available and had thought about going
with a radiator type setup but it's seemingly stable as it is. Besides,
there's really not that much more room in the case...

I live in a very cold area of the world. I guess that doesn't have much to
do with it. My home is heated to the comfort zone and that's about it. I
don't even have the "aggressive" option enabled in my CMOS. I use slim
cables instead of ribbons, I keep them out of the way, there are three fans
in this particular case, and there's enough air space. The lights are
cathode so surely not putting out that much heat. I think, perhaps, that a
lot of the heat is coming off of the power supply (Enermax 550 Watt supply)
and radiating through the case, to be honest though I don't really have any
idea. I've heard (but don't own any new Intel chips so I can't compare
personally) that AMD runs much hotter than Intel anyhow. So long as it works
I don't mind really.

I must wonder about any proof of such things. Basically I'm now an AMD man
because right now AMD has my fancy. Should Intel (or another company) take
the lead and provide solid performance numbers at a decent price I'm willing
to convert. I'm not brand specific, as I mentioned, I'm simply performance
oriented. Feel free to flame about liking Maxtor too ;) I don't mind and I
probably deserve it. LOL Everyone I know who is into computers hates Maxtor
and Windows ME. They're two of my favorite things. If it wasn't for XP I'd
still be using ME as my basic OS and Maxtor drives hold up well for me while
I've had more than one Seagate kick the bucket without warning. So much for
S.M.A.R.T. doing any good :/

Galen 

-- 
"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

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