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Original Message 1/14 27-Jul-02 @ 06:27 PM - couple of quick pc build questions
1. What do I need to look for to know I'm buying good quality ram? registered? I take it that the epox board takes 184 pin pc2100 ddr??
2. Where can I get low noise fans and power supplies that don't cost a fortune? How many fans do I need for this system and what size PSU?
3. At the mo my luna card has a nasty whine on it which fluctuates in pitch as I use the computer - ie. when cpu activity is increased i guess? Wot d'ya rekon that is?!
Anyway that should do for now, if you can help then please do, I'd really appreciate it.....
Cheers,
John
Message 2/14 27-Jul-02 @ 08:31 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
2. quietpc.com or other sites... you can get a Zalman flower cooler from tottm court road shop (one shop sells them I know of) for about 40 quid, and mail order thay are easy to get all over the place.... the majority of the noise will be the cpu fan... then if you feel that a quiet power supply is also needed add one.. They cost about 50 quid - one quiet pc distributor is on the kings road up by the cafe near worlds end.
The power supply MUST be athlon compatible, at least 300 watts and best bet is do NOT run your screen off the pc power supply, use a dedicated cable from it's own mains plug.
3. dunno - I dont use one and never have, does any of the dsp's onboard have a cooling fan? if so it could be that not earthed right... i really dunno that card at all mate sorry, and even if I did, it could be anything, it might even not be the card and could be just something else on your current pc that the Lunar is picking up interference from.
one last thing, the 2000xp I've just built was only fractionaly more than an xp1800 so why not go a bit faster
Message 3/14 28-Jul-02 @ 02:36 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
Where did u source the 2000xp then? When I was looking the other day I thought there was a 40 odd quid price jump - also will the 266Mhz epox board support it?
Anyway, cheers, I think I'll just buy a standard case and stick a flower cooler on the cpu and a couple of quiet fans in the case....
Message 4/14 28-Jul-02 @ 04:01 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
I spent all last night working with this new 2000xp build and it is bulletproof!... when the 'screen off' switches in (didnt disable it yet) the audio just makes a slight 'fatboy slim' timestretching little 'glitch' sound and just carries on regardless.
Just take a look at the processing list of fx and instruments i'm getting in the other thread thread (cheap 2ghz music pc) - and it's still working at the lowest possible latency of 5ms!!!...
With that deliberate maxing-out of the system I can STILL dial up one of the big Logic pad synths or the Kontakt piano, stick the old foot down on the master keyboard sustain pedal and mash the keyboard to oblivion, and all that happens is the notes all sustain like crazy until the polyphony level is breached and then cut off... no glitching, no stalling, no crashing or locking up.... bloody amazing for such a cheap pc. - Mebbe I should stick another 512 stick in there just for samples
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Message 5/14 28-Jul-02 @ 04:08 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
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Message 6/14 28-Jul-02 @ 04:24 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
https://www.chillblast.com/productsdetail.asp?PGID=13&PGSID=22
...which is well rated - Two of the most used silent CPU coolers are the Zalman & the Silverado. Many people rate those two makes but there are others.
Personaly I wouldn't go to the trouble of using drive sleeves and all that, I use SEAGATE ST drives mostly which are as near as damnit silent... so it's just the PSU that needs to also be quiet.. i think if you have a quiet power supply (PSU) and a quiet cpu fan then that's enuff, the rest is overkill imo.
Anyways, it's less that £100 quid for both a silent power supply & cpu cooler which is a nice tasty upgrade to treat yourself too when a spare £100 comes along
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 7/14 28-Jul-02 @ 07:10 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
also...if you do get that board, do NOT get ECC memory. wont work.
just so you know, what you mentioned is precisely what Im running..well, mobo, RAM, and processor, and I havent had a single problem yet. QUITE impressed.
dont they have a thing like pricewatch in the UK?
Message 8/14 28-Jul-02 @ 07:36 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
I think I'll go the route u suggest, standard 300w psu and case fans, with a Zalman cpu cooler for now.
Anyways, I'll report back how I get on, cheers for now...
Message 9/14 28-Jul-02 @ 07:45 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
Cheers,
Message 10/14 28-Jul-02 @ 08:34 PM - RE: couple of quick pc build questions
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