How to Build a Cheap and Quiet AMD Dually

Kostik · Post by **Kostik** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:47 pm

"Step-by-Step: How to Build a Cheap and Quiet AMD Dually"

This article is an attempt at explaining, once and for all, how to build a cheap and quiet AMD dually. I am, by nature, a very cheap guy. I'm also very, very picky about computer noise. It has been a serious mission, for me, to build an AMD dually that was both cheap and very quiet.

Zhentar · Post by **Zhentar** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 8:20 pm

I like how he recommends a 500W+ PSU

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 8:58 pm

You don't really need one, based on what he said. He just recommended one.

But I can imagine that it would need to consume quite a bit of Ws and put out a bunch too.

I'm just gonna wait for the Prescott and get myself a 1000w Powersupply.

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 11:56 pm

Many good tips in that article, although I'd add some personal modifications to recommendations myself:

- for CPU stability testing CPU Burn 1.01 is even better than Prime, although Prime is no slouch either

- in HDs it's useful to remeber the Samsung SpinPoint P80 seriet (16x4 models) as well as Barracud IV, if you can still get them. Single platters being usually quieter than those with several

- Akasa Pax mate??! Uh-huh... Melamine, AcoustiPack, Coolputer lining, even Magic fleece is ok-ish, but Pax mate?? I guess people have different experiences with these materials

Very useful article! Although I doubt his "quiet" is the same level of "quiet" many at SPCR are accustomed to. I mean, those 15K SCSI discs and dual AMDs do pump quite a lot of heat and there is no magic that gets rid of that heat silently.

regards,
Halcyon

Keel · Post by **Keel** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 10:00 am

arg...if they only made a dual board with muliplier adjustments i'd be all over this

Zhentar · Post by **Zhentar** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 10:25 am

the point of the mobo they recommend is that it has multiplier adjustments.

Harry Azol · Post by **Harry Azol** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 12:34 pm

Zhentar wrote:I like how he recommends a 500W+ PSU

well, he said prices are as low as $20.. how could anyone resist?

Keel · Post by **Keel** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:08 pm

Zhentar wrote:the point of the mobo they recommend is that it has multiplier adjustments.

sorry...should have cleared that up. multiplier adjusts to only 12.5

that's why he wrote all that stuff on blowing bridges