On 3/12/07, Zhadd La Plana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So now, I'm into more efficient air cooling, often utilizing heatpipe technology.
Thanks for sharing Zhadd :). Yeah that's what I thought so too eversince I first saw XPC utilizing heatpipe tech. Have you tried modding your own heatpipe? I think I'll shelve my brass cores for watercooling too :). I previously planned to mod a Lian-Li aluminum case but I did not go through
with it, since my current case is cooler than I had thought, the acrylic top and side panel of my case is cool to the touch even after long-term use, and by that I mean about 4 days of non-stop usage from video conversion, gaming, and dvd ripping.
I'm looking at different case designs online that I can learn from that will provide better heat management and ehat discharge efficiency. I envy those Area-51 cases but I'm not sure how efficient they are since I dont have an actual rig :). Surely having lots of fans will help. But you mentioned also that more fans will require additional controller card plus PSU considerations. I was hoping AMD will release the Opteron (or similar spec) for the low-end desktop. When I first saw Sun Microsystem's Sun Ultra 20, it was a hell of a machine. Ultra quite, very cool. I touched the cooling fan assembly (heat sink and all), and I did not feel any heat at all despite it running for almost 10 hours non-stop Recommended Setup? Hmmm, even my current rig is outdated, but that's about
to change two months from now. If you're looking for dual core systems, The cheaper way would be the X2 AM2 while the faster and more expensive option would be the Core 2 Duo, My single core still handles any game available flawlessly, but I've already decided to switch to a Core 2 Duo in preparation for DX10 game titles, currently, only less than 10 games are able to utilize Dual Cores, so most games running on dual core systems would just be using excess power and giving higher electricity bills, for no performance gain whatsoever. All I can say is, unless you're into video editing, heavy multitasking (running games while converting video or burning a disc), or 3d rendering, a Dual Core system would be unnecessary. 1GB of ram is minimum nowadays, I wouldn't recommend anthing less to fellow gamers, a SATA HD with 160GB or more storage should be fine for most users, for a video card, I suggest holding out for about a month or more to take advantage of the coming DX10 variants, which also utilizes smaller core thereby consuming less power. Also a non-generic PSU is a must, why sacrifice all those expensive hardware and let it run on cheap PSU that takes a bunch of other parts with them when they give out.
I also agree on this specially for critical boxes. However, although I'm gaming on Windows, I intend to explore gaming on Linux further (what with Project Darkstart going opensource). If you mention your budget however, I can give you much more specific
hardware specs choices to match that budget, provided that you also mention its intended purpose/usage.
My budget's pretty modest. ranging from 25K to 30K tops. As for tools, I curently have these, I ordered them from manila since I
couldn't find most of them here in CDO. Moller Brand Rotary Tool Hole Cutter Cutting disc for Rotary Tool Power Drill Rivet Tool
Rivet tool is of course standard :). Moller's cool too. I'm still waiting for my power tools to arrive from the US. Perhaps my brother-in-law will be hand carrying them come April. Dunno the brand yet. Maybe Briggs or something. I also use body fillers (Bondo, EasyTite) to smoothen out the case before primering and finishing :). Any particular paints you use if ever? -- "A dog that has no bite, barks loudest." Registered Linux User #400165 http://baudizm.blogsome.com http://phossil.ifastnet.com Subscribed to: LARTC, Open-ITLUG, PRUG, KLUG, sybase.public.ase.linux
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