garethace Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115065597 gareth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Any Antec True Power. 3 yr warranty, US company, Cheap, very stable voltages, good airflow, and quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingeldar Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 agree got antec true power 550w cheap stable not too noisy (pow supp to my msi k7d master 6501 with dual mp2200+ quadro fx500 adaptec sataRaid controller dual Raptor 10000rpm + dual ide maxtor 7200 + 3 box fan) had a true power 380 or 400w first but it was not enough at full charge i had voltage instability (maybe the ps was not real good with build in default but as i needed one 4 my other cpu i kept it without usin warranty it's already too much power for my tbird....lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 What do you think of these EPS spec mobos, for a single P4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I think its almost time to abandon intel and go back to ignoring them till they solve their problems. To quote many a forum user... PrescHOT sucks. Give me an Athlon FX-53 and I'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Look at this too: http://www.aceshardware.com/read_news.jsp?id=65000393 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 And this: http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115067153 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Any mass in these 7000 series coolers Greg? http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000a-alcu.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Ya I know gare...its getting rediculous. I'm working on building a tiny form factor pc right now for my car, with an athlon mobile 2500+...very cool running and tiny . Another year or two, and we won't even be able to work in the same room as our computers without the AC on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Had a discussion over here, putting some of my major questions, issues together in my head a bit, before I go and buy: http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115067194 I am sort of at a loss at the moment, to understand if AMD Opteron 100 series chips can actually work with board like this one: MSI MASTER-FT € 512.56 over here. (They sell a rackmount version too, with less slots etc, for exactly the same price) AMD® 8131™ Chipset AMD® 8111™ Chipset EPS Power Supply Requirement, SSI EEB 3.0 Form Factor: 12" (w) x 13" (h) This is the Tower Version with no AGP, PCI-X etc, for good SCSI adapter etc, etc. but six DIMM slots and ideal as a future proof 2D CAD workstation I think) So you can see my concern over buying memory, psu etc. I think the 100 series 940 pin Opterons are the best value at the moment, and I might be able to upgrade them later on. Judging by posts like this one: http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115066985 I may not be using this system myself, so I want it to be really rock stable. I.e. I want to know if someone is having a problem with it, it is not the system.... I don't want people tying me up, worried that something may be wrong with the system.... same way as people buy servers, so they will not waste time being 'called out' to sort it out. Just install it and job done. It is mostly for very nasty large 2D AutoCAD 2004 survey files, which are crashing everything they have in hardware at the present. Even with drives properly cleaned, service packs installed, virus free etc, etc. They need something with a bit more 'umph'. I am looking to use this workstation for at the moment Greg. I am not too worried about graphics etc, but what something which will take on big 2D CAD files longer term. If it was for myself, I would probably run with something like this: K8T Master2-FAR Is only around €250, would accomodate similar cpu upgrades, has AGP, ATX form factor and power supply, but I am really looking for something very safe and stable.... i.e. the less hassle I can reasonably pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Any Antec True Power I got one recently that spits blue light out its butt. You can't beat that, especially when working late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Have you read this review Greg? Remember than DDR 266 argument that we used to have about Intel Workstation dual channel chipsets? http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=smp4sct&page=1 Just to confuse things even more, ASUS went and made the 875P into a pretty decent dual Xeon chipset!!!! The Intel 875P is the newer, and cheaper of the two Xeon chipsets. While the 875P was only supposed to be designed for Pentium 4 processors, Asus modified their board designs to allow it to support Xeon processors, which allowed Asus to bring out the PC-DL Deluxe Xeon platform on to the market at very attractive prices. Just because the chipset is less expensive does not mean it is crippled. In fact, it has some features that the E7505 cannot match, such as a faster dual channel DDR interface (333 MHz over 266 MHz) and native Serial ATA/150 RAID abilities. http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=xeonchipsets&page=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 Tejas/Prescott cooler: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14851 :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 Something I thought you might find interesting Greg, dunno if you have all these links/suggestions or not. . . http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115068670 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 I've seen alot of them gare . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted April 8, 2004 Author Share Posted April 8, 2004 This is getting out'ha hand what? what? http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115071597 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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