My next motherboard

I've got the same issue with my 3.2Mhz Prescott Pentium which generates something like 250 watts when running full tilt. The fan required to keep it operating at any reasonable temperature is really loud. I've got a variable speed fan that I keep on medium speed, which is not too loud, but then turn up if I'm doing large CPU intensive tasks.

I'm seriously considering a water cooler just so I don't have that $%& fan noise, or have to screw around with a manual fan speed adjustment.

- Curtis

 

that main reason for me to change CPU fans. i also got prescott retail with sink and fan.loud as vacuum cleaner. replace it with fans from my previous post and got significant difference in noise and also operating temperature.

 

In addition to their lines of "quiet" PSUs, they also have quiet CPU and case fans.

www.silenx.com

 

The items i listed are items I already purchased. I have had bad experiences with AMD in the past and have since used primarily intel chipsets. The case that I bought has a temperature gauge and many fans that come along with it. The intel chip I bought comes with a heat sink but the motherboard does not. Do I need another fan even though my case comes with so many fans? Do i need a fan for my motherboard as well as a fan for my CPU? Is the heatsink enough for the CPU or do i need to buy another fan just for the CPU even though my case comes with many fans? Thanks for your help. Also, to trade do you think the system i am getting is good enough? Do i need more ram than just 512 mb? What about a bigger hard drive? Anything else I may have forgot about that I will also need?

Also, i am thinking about installing a TV Tuner card. Which one would be the best? I have digital cable: will i need a box to get the major financial channels like Bloomberg and CNBC?

Thanks a lot.

 

read about CPU,motherboard operating temperatures. usually there is utility comes with mb,which will show you cpu temp,fan rpm's, etc. run few tests under no load, heavy load.if temperature holds steady within normal range and noise level is acceptable for you-then -there is no reason for more\different fans.

 

I'd suggest putting your rig together and checking the temperature. You can always add more cooling, if necessary.

Try with 512 RAM... likely enough.

As for TV tuner card... ATI is the Big Dog in the US. All In Wonder cards are TV tuner plus display. TV Wonder are separate, TV only. I've had several All In Wonder cards and they are quite fine.

You'll just plug your cable feed directly into the card... no external box. CNBS is widly carried, Bloomberg less so. If your cable feed has it, you can view it.

 

I remember I was only able to catch bloomberg after I got a cable box; this will probably be the case with the tv tuner card as well. Also, what do you mean by tv tuner PLUS DISPLAY? Thanks.

 

Sounds like a good idea but i don't want to see normal range in all loads and my motherboard is, unbeknownst to me, burining up and out despite the normal readings. You know what i mean? I just want to be sure that I have the proper cooling from the get go. THanks.

 

Thanks for the tip. This mboard is so new that Windows and Tyans drivers are the same.

nitro

 

You have to remember - these machines don't just have the typical number of fans in them. Not only will there be the four fans on top of the CPUs, there are several 9mm blowers which are the culprits of all the noise, as well as other fans around the case. It is not simply an issue of reducing the fan speed of the CPUs, which I would never do.

nitro