RE: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo [ c ]

2008-08-27 Thread Marc Coyles
> i have --never-- heard of this one. > maybe, it's because i check every mobo setting at installation time ? > > are you certain that this isn't propaganda from the joke in redmond ? > > please explain. > ASUS Motherboards have their "AI" system which attempts to automatically overclock any cpu t

Re: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo [ c ]

2008-08-27 Thread spellberg_robert
Chris Whitehouse wrote: If you haven't already bought your cpu you could check out how much heat different cpu's produce, they vary quite a lot. Lower power = lower heat production = less stress on heatsink/fan (and = lower electricity costs). Also the overclockers websites and forums usually

Re: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo [ b ]

2008-08-27 Thread spellberg_robert
Chuck Robey wrote: q: would anyone care to wax rhapsodic about any manufacturer with whose heatsink / fan combo product[s] they have had good success ? OK, I will. I got taught, in extremely clear fashion, about the direct linkage between keeping the temperatures low and even

Re: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo [ a ]

2008-08-26 Thread spellberg_robert
Mark Picone wrote: it's that i don't recognize so many of the manufacturers names. some look familiar, but they might just be similar to something i remember from long ago. q: would anyone care to wax rhapsodic about any manufacturer with whose heatsink / fan combo product[s]

Re: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo

2008-08-26 Thread Wojciech Puchar
If you haven't already bought your cpu you could check out how much heat different cpu's produce, they vary quite a lot. Lower power = lower heat production = less stress on heatsink/fan (and = lower electricity costs). Also the overclockers websites and forums usually have opinions about heats

Re: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo

2008-08-26 Thread Chris Whitehouse
spellberg_robert wrote: greetings, all --- q: would anyone care to wax rhapsodic about any manufacturer with whose heatsink / fan combo product[s] they have had good success ? If you haven't already bought your cpu you could check out how much heat different cpu's produce,

RE: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo

2008-08-26 Thread Marc Coyles
> > greetings, all --- > > > > this isn't exactly a free_bsd question, --but--, > > since free_bsd is popular w/ the i386 crowd and > > there are many rugged individualists on these lists > > who like to "roll their own", > > i figure i'll get way less hyperbole and > > more practical exp

Re: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo

2008-08-26 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 spellberg_robert wrote: > greetings, all --- > > this isn't exactly a free_bsd question, --but--, > since free_bsd is popular w/ the i386 crowd and > there are many rugged individualists on these lists > who like to "roll their own", > i figur

RE: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo

2008-08-25 Thread Mark Picone
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