Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Processor Recommendation
From: R Parker (rtp405_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 14:08:54 EEST
I've got dual mpx 2600+ on a 50ft chain so it can't
chew on my ears. The computer is in an old Digital
7000 case that's almost six feet tall, there's about
10 fans. I keep it in the bathroom. I'm not surprised
that people don't spend much time in that bathroom. I
think its size and noise almost give you the sense
that someone's watching. :)
ron
--- Anthony <avan_AT_uwm.edu> wrote:
> I have the ASUS A7M266-D with two AMD 1.0Ghz
> processors. I'm quite
> happy with the performance. The chips certainly are
> not high end
> anymore so you can get away with very very quiet CPU
> fans. The real
> problem is the powersupply, advertised as quiet and
> at US$90. That
> was a real dissapointment. Perhaps it actually is
> quiet for a 400W.
>
> I paid under $300 for the Mobo, cpus, fans. The deal
> breaker was
> the PS.
>
> --ant
>
> * Robert Jonsson <robert.jonsson_AT_dataductus.se> [Jun
> 11 03 04:51]:
> > onsdagen den 11 juni 2003 11.05 skrev Chris
> Cannam:
> > > Steve Harris wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:19:32PM +1000,
> Allan Klinbail wrote:
> > > >>I personally prefer the current Intel chips
> because they run at a cooler
> > > >>temperature so the fans required are less
> noisy...
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I think if I was building a machine
> today, I'd go for PIV for this
> > > > reason, at the time I bought an Athlon XP cos
> I needed to get as much FPU
> > > > performace for my $ as I could.
> > >
> > > I have a dual 2K Athlon and although it's a very
> quick machine,
> > > I'm increasingly irritated by the noise
> (especially as the weather
> > > gets hotter and cooling requirements increase).
> I've probably spent
> > > as much money on various largely failed attempts
> at quietening it
> > > through random bits of agricultural-looking
> technology as I did on
> > > the processors.
> > >
> > > So I (rather unwillingly) have to support the
> apparent consensus:
> > > get a single fast Intel.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Though I'm not on the cutting edge any more wrt to
> CPU speed, cooling noise
> > has always been one of the things I hate most
> about modern computers. (Oh,
> > what joy it once was, back in the Amiga days.)
> >
> > I have long since given up trying silence the fans
> (I do it a little to keep
> > it bearable) and it is most oftenly counter
> productive to their purpose.
> >
> > My solution for several years now has been to
> place the computer in an
> > adjacent room, in this case a storage room.
> > I just drilled a hole in the wall, just large
> enough so all the cables are
> > able to fit and then covered the hole as best I
> could to eliminate noise
> > through it.
> >
> > For me this has been the ideal solution, noise is
> way down, close to non
> > audible proportions, and cooling for the computer
> is also good enough.
> >
> > /Robert
> >
> >
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