Francisco H Tapia
my.lists at verizon.net
Thu Mar 13 12:01:29 CST 2003
Myke, IF you are going to build your own masterpice, I recommend you do a little research... right now your TOP OF THE LINE chipset mb's for AMD are the NForce2 chipset based systems, any will do from any manufacturere. For Intel the top contender right now is their native intel chipset or SIS. As for noise, I have an AMD XP +2000 (1.667ghz) w/ a Volcano 7 cooling fan, and THAT is the noisy part of it, Recently I've been checking out cooling solutions such as the "Alpha PAL8045" it is very nice, multi-pin forrest and if you combine it w/ a whisper quiet fan you should be good. On average my CPU runs about 104F. When I'm running processes intensive software such as converting a Video or Playing a 3D Game I've seen it go as Hot as 113F but no more than that. I've included some links that I hope you find useful in your search for the perfect development system. On the whole I don't have a problem with Dell, except to say that you'll NEVER know how much faster an AMD pc would be unless you go over to your friends house to find out he Runs 100 more things at once with less lag on his AMD based system :D. All things PC related : http://www.tomshardware.com/ http://anandtech.com/ CPU Cooler review, Very nice :D http://www.dansdata.com/coolercomp.htm Motherboard Links http://www.motherboards.org http://amdzone.com/ http://intelzone.com/ -Francisco http://rcm.netfirms.com On Thursday, March 13, 2003 5:24 AM [GMT-8], Bryan Carbonnell <Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca> wrote: : Myke, : : I'll agree with the folks that have said build your own system. You : get exactly what you want, nothing more, nothing less. : : Now on to the CPU, the things religious wars are made of :-)) : : I will highly recommend AMDs. You get a better bang for your buck. I : built a 1.4 GHz Athlon system about 18 months ago and it cost me : about ½ the price of a comparable Intel. The MoBo was cheaper as : well. : : I have a comparable Intel system at work (1.5 GHz Intel vs 1.4 GHz : AMD) and I find that even thought he AMD has a lower speed, the : overall system is faster. Yes, I have actually done benchmarks on : both systems and the AMD always came back faster. : : The only thing that you will need to watch is the temp. I've been : working on getting my CPU temp down for about 4 months now. I get it : down to a comfortable level and then it slowly creeps up over a week : or so. So I tweak and clean again and it drops again, but rises after : a while. : : Dells are good machines, that's my Intel system at work and I haven't : had a problem with it since I've had it. : : Just my $0.02 CAD worth from an AMD fan. : : Bryan Carbonnell : bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca : :::: mmmtbig at hotmail.com 12-Mar-03 7:17:39 PM >>> : Note: I am using a hotmail email account to post to AccessD because : attempted posts from my BellSouth.Net email account bounce back. : : Soon I will buy a new PC and drop the oldest one from the lineup in my : office. I'd like some opinions on PCs. : : I'm an independent developer working from a home office with a DSL : connection. I live about 20 miles north of Atlanta. I use a keyboard : video mouse sharing device for all the PCs. I don't like fixing : hardware : so I'd like a good onsite service contract. I don't need an OS or : software installed because I'm a MSDN subscriber. I'd like to have : less : white noise from power supply/fans. I'd like to use temperature : monitoring software because most of the failures I've had were due to : a : fan malfunctioning and the heat killing a hard disk. : : Opinions on the following would be welcome: : Intel vs. AMD; : DVD RW for backup; : Same day onsite service; : Best value monitor configuration. : : The easy decision is to buy a Dell. Anyone have suggestions? : : TIA, : Myke