Where can you get CyrstalCPUID?

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Chris

Thanks for the all the info.. That RM Clock thing is pretty cool... I can even use it on my current PIV so it's running at 1.1ghz most of the time and that's some serious power savings. Obviously, it would be better with a chip I could change the voltage and multipler on but...

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Chris

Hey there- Two questions: 1) With CnQ, does the process stay down in wattage when you are just web browsing? Is there software that you can use to control the states in XP? 2) When overclocking, if you don't push up the voltage, what happens to the wattage? I thought it was linear. So, for example, ...

Of course, we haven't heard what AMDs numbers will be... amdzone is saying they will have 2.4ghz dual core parts. I'm guessing 110 for these easy. I'm waiting to hear though - I want to do an upgrade and my big programs (photoshop, SAS) are definitely helped by dual cores, so we'll see..

Something like this:

http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info ... cts_id/107

looks pretty interesting. The only probably I really see is I don't know what I could do for CPU cooling. I don't even think the 2" DFI setup would work.

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Well, I was thinking of trying one of these Pentium M PCs. But, if I do it, I want something <small>! The only card I'd need is a video card w/ DVI for my monitor.... otherwise, I can just run with whatever is on the motherboard. Any suggestions on small cases? I'm going to max out the ram and run e...

Thanks for the replies. I was actually just going to put the HD in an external enclosure and move that to the closet, leaving the comptuer out of the closet. It sounds ike it will be very quite and I should watch out for heat.

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I'm interested to know how much noise is trimmed from putting a HD in the closet. I have one about 12 feet from my machine and would be interested in moving a drive there and maybe upgrading to a raptor for more speed, but I'm not sure how much difference the closet would make.

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Chris

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20149 "Why does it matter? The chip firms say that it will boost speeds of chips by up to a quarter using the same power levels as non-SOI chips." It looks like this is an offical announcement of speculation by overclockers.com last week. If this is true and power...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20197 According the the article, new Pentium-Ms are coming out next month including a 2.13ghz model. According to what I read before, these 533mhz bus chips will push the FPU performance up around 25-30% in the SPEC tests and will push power consumption to 27W. Ch...

I'm looking to upgrade my RAM and I was noticing the HUGE difference in PC3200 prices. For Cas2.5 RAM, it's about $64 for 512meg. 2-3-2-5-T1 RAM is $92 for the cheapest and the cheapest 2-2-2-5 RAM is $108. Now, I checked out Tom's and the difference between the $64 RAM and $108 (assuming it works i...

Ralf-

Any chance we'll get a review/setup of that system soon?

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Chris

At this point, I think it's the way SAS is configured. By default the application only uses about 64megs of RAM for sorting, etc. Now, here's the real sh*t kicker. If you tell SAS to use MORE RAM then you have, the thing pukes all over the place, crashes your box and makes you reboot. Using that loa...

It seems as if a few people here use SAS... :) Here's my questions: On this Intel document, I can't change some of the items, like MEMLIB or REALMEMSIZE... Why is that? I did a google on PAE in Windows XP and it seems like it's on by default. I guess generally, I don't know how to change these value...

Thanks for the links guys. I'll check it out. It looks like there several things I can do both in terms of settings and code to help things out. I'll play around and see what I can do but it looks like I don't need a new drive. Maybe some more ram for a ramdisk, but otherwise I should be OK. Thanks!...

If you're referring to X your regression matrix it usually has #columns = number of predictors and #rows = number of observations. For things to work, there must always be far fewer predictors than there are observations. Wow... that's embarassing. Kids, let this be a lesson to you: Don't think of ...

The problem with running regressions is that the data needs to be transformed and summarized etc. so many times that the dataset during sessions multiplies many times. More RAM will possibly only be helpful if it is large enough to contain all data when you are calculating your variables... Hm... I...

I finished up my silent PC in February with a Samsung 160gig drive and I'm loving it's quietness... Can't hear it at idle and just a low rumble on seeks. However, I have a problem.... I'm doing a lot of data work now on my PC and the disk speed is killing me in SAS (Stat program). I just sit here th...

Just wondering the logic here of some of these systems... If you are going to put in a 6800 or like 3 fans or something, why not save a bunch of cake and get a AMD 3500+ 90nm chip?? Certainly the power consumption of the chip is a bit more and all, but it's not that bad. The P-M is nice and may be a...

It seems like when the 533 bus and dual channel memory is launched in Feb, this will be able to take on the PIV 3.6 and FX-53/55 well at 27W.

Nice quote from the gamepc article: "With this in mind, we got to thinking if it would be possible to run the processor at full speed (no clock throttling) with completely passive cooling methods. Turns out that yes, the chip can be run passively, just not with the stock AOpen cooler. The AOpen alum...

What heatsink can you use on that think? A socket 370 one?

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19495

Basically, they note the 533mhz chips are due out soon and will help bridge the FPU gap between the PIV and the PM. These chips will use 27W of power.

Any word from Aopen on a sample Mike? -Chris

What number did people use to RMA their SSs? I finhally got another power supply to hold me over for a couple weeks while this one is being RMA'd.

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Wow.. if that's right, you can subtract off about 30 or so watts under load if you use a ATI9600 or something close:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/ ... rcons.html

Plus 5W for a notebook drive. That would mean a total load around 80-85W for 3500+ performance!

Chris

Stupid question, but what's the max power draw through a PCI slot? I'm just curious as this board has a lot of stuff on it... I doubt disabling it in BIOS would affect power draw and upgrading to a PCI slot solution will cause more power draw.

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mg1394- Does CompUSA have an online link to one? I couldn't find one... I could call my local one I guess, but I don't typically trust those sales people. :) Chris EDIT - nevermind, I just found it. Weird, I did the same search and it showed up! Maybe something was wrong with CompUSA last night.

Yep, that's what I'm looking for... too bad B&M's don't carry them!

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Any idea where I can get a cheap 2.5" -> 2.5" IDE cable converter?

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Chris