Another newbie requires suggestions
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:38 am
Hi --
I have been lurking for some time now - ever since I discovered SPCR & realised that building a silent PC took more than waving a credit card in the air <bg>
My proposed system is as follows (my apologies in advance for being long-winded)
1. Antec SLK3700-BQE Case
I would like to start by buying a case that doesn’t immediately require cutting!
2. Asus A8V Deluxe rev2.0 Motherboard
I realise that I will be paying a premium for an AMD socket 939 processor. However, the design of the motherboard (which is getting good reviews on the over-clocker websites) appears to be more ‘sorted’ than the equivalent socket AMD 754 motherboards, e.g. the Cool’n’Quiet works, the AGP/PCI lock works, under-clocking is good, etc.
3. Corsair Extra Low Latency Memory
It is very unlikely that I will ever be into heavy over-clocking. However, under-clocking is definitely on the cards. My understanding (hopefully not too misguided) is that this memory provides very low latency as standard (i.e. without the need to over-clock) thereby generating less heat.
4. Graphics Card
Unimportant at present - with the recent release of the new Nvidia & ATI processors I would like to delay purchasing a new graphics card for a while, until the market prices settle.
5. Disk Drives
I am by nature a SCSI man. However, since SCSI drives are relatively expensive – and noisy - I would like to install two [minimum 150GB / 7200 rpm / S.M.A.R.T] SATA drives, configured as Raid 1. It would be nice to include the new toys (e.g. NCQ), but these are not critical. I note the forum recommendation for Samsung SpinPoints – however, any / all suggestions would be appreciated.
6. Other Stuff
I will probably limit this to a Zalman 7000 AlCu as a starting point.
That's it for now. Any / all suggestions are welcome.
Many thanks
-- rowan
I have been lurking for some time now - ever since I discovered SPCR & realised that building a silent PC took more than waving a credit card in the air <bg>
My proposed system is as follows (my apologies in advance for being long-winded)
1. Antec SLK3700-BQE Case
I would like to start by buying a case that doesn’t immediately require cutting!
2. Asus A8V Deluxe rev2.0 Motherboard
I realise that I will be paying a premium for an AMD socket 939 processor. However, the design of the motherboard (which is getting good reviews on the over-clocker websites) appears to be more ‘sorted’ than the equivalent socket AMD 754 motherboards, e.g. the Cool’n’Quiet works, the AGP/PCI lock works, under-clocking is good, etc.
3. Corsair Extra Low Latency Memory
It is very unlikely that I will ever be into heavy over-clocking. However, under-clocking is definitely on the cards. My understanding (hopefully not too misguided) is that this memory provides very low latency as standard (i.e. without the need to over-clock) thereby generating less heat.
4. Graphics Card
Unimportant at present - with the recent release of the new Nvidia & ATI processors I would like to delay purchasing a new graphics card for a while, until the market prices settle.
5. Disk Drives
I am by nature a SCSI man. However, since SCSI drives are relatively expensive – and noisy - I would like to install two [minimum 150GB / 7200 rpm / S.M.A.R.T] SATA drives, configured as Raid 1. It would be nice to include the new toys (e.g. NCQ), but these are not critical. I note the forum recommendation for Samsung SpinPoints – however, any / all suggestions would be appreciated.
6. Other Stuff
I will probably limit this to a Zalman 7000 AlCu as a starting point.
That's it for now. Any / all suggestions are welcome.
Many thanks
-- rowan