Hello, This discussion about AMD 64 made me to really want one for my next upgrade of my Linux home "server" (which plays the roles of Internet gateway, Samba...
I am glad to hear that we have had a positive influence Sebastian. The socket 939 has the 128bit memory path... for maximum performance, they are the best. ...
Hi, ... Yes, but how much overall performance increase are we talking about here roughly? Is it like 5-10% or is it like 100%? Considering that a 939 currently...
... From: Sebastian Paul Avarvarei To: Silent-PC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:11 AM Subject: Re(2): Re(2): [Silent-PC] Re: Share experience...
As an aside... I have also applied for a job as a result of this discussion too. I thought that if I was talking to you guys about AMDs I really should get in...
... Hash: SHA1 ... check this link for an opinion http://www.silentpcreview.com/article169-page4.html basically it says - go with the 754 HTH - -- dh ... ...
Processor designers have always desperately fought for increases in memory bandwidth Sebastian. Doubling the width of the memory bus doubles the transfer rate,...
Thanks. I'm so glad that I just need new power cords....
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... With Matrix RAID you can have two drives with RAID0 on half of them and RAID1 on the other half. I can't wait for this. ...
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Actually my MSI Neo-FSR mobo has a RAID0+1 controller - it supports 2 SATA HDs and 1 EIDE HD, so you can set the 2 SATA as RAID0 for performance, and set them ...
A few months ago I bought a QTechnology 120mm psu from Quiet PC, and I was very impressed with it. That is, until it died yesterday. Just while finding out...
Silicon Acoustics used to sell it. They stopped because of reliability problems....
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... One which one? I also spotted there's a similar Yesico model in addition to the SilentMaxx one.. ... From: silentPCguy [mailto:silentPCguy@...] ...
Here's a good review of a lot of silent and/or fanless PSU's: http://www.dirkvader.de/page/nc-silence.html If your German isn't that good drop the URL at ...
Hello, ... Well, in my case I'm planning the upgrade for my personal server, not a gaming machine. But the bottom line is the same: the performance gains...
A tiny observation about benchmarks Dave... you have to be careful of them. Some of those benchmarks would not have gotten far out of L2 cache - if at all,...
... Speaking of paying premium prices for very little real-world performance gains... there are some fascinating articles at http://www.sudhian.com looking at...
AMD 1800+, TNT2, 512mb ram, Asus A7V (I think), 1 hard drive (seagate 7200.7) and 1 cd-rom drive. It's pretty unlikely it was overloaded, seeing as it's rated...
Has anybody had an experience with Thermaltake Fanless PSU http://www.thermaltake.com/purepower/w0050fanlesspfc/w0050fanlesspfc.htm To my knowledge this is the...
But using four drives... quite a lot of heat and drive related noise! You get nothing without a downside mate. Not that I am saying do not do it, just be...
I'm interested -- I just installed a PC Power & Cooling Silencer 275 and while it made a noticeable difference (I can hear the hard drives seeking now), it's...
Well Sebastian in that case, as a person who has been involved in servers for many years, I would advise a quite different approach. In general, small servers,...
Hello John, ... Yes, I'm aware of that. That's why I've set my eyes also on the 10,000 rpm WD Raptor HDDs (with mirroring, for safety). Heared that they're...
I have to be very careful Aidan. I was talking about performance - not Price/Performance. Price/Performance is a wholly different discussion, and if you mix...
I fully understand Sebastian. There are several good reasons why AMD is focussing on 64-bit, many we have touched upon in this discussion. In the long run,...
With matrix RAID you have 2 drives. You should have looked at the URL. I'm well aware that more hard drives means more noise. I already have 2 fluid...
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In a message dated 8/5/04 8:46:05 AM Central Daylight Time, john@... writes: AMD 1800+, TNT2, 512mb ram, Asus A7V (I think), 1 hard drive (seagate...