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Need some suggestions on building a new computer
Xiong Chiamiov:
--- Quote from: xShadow on December 26, 2009, 12:42:14 PM ---I'm kinda skeptical about putting the PSU on bottom, but I guess it'll work...
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Just make sure that the PSU has long enough cables to stretch to things in the top of the case. My mobo's power barely fit in my Antec P180.
xShadow:
I forgot to update this, but I've actually got the thing up and running now (posting from it, actually). I'm surprised at how smoothly everything went. The only really bad thing that happened is my XP bluescreened trying to start up because I switched out the motherboard. So, I just acquired Windows 7 (64-bit) and then shoved it on here via flash drive.
I'm also surprised at how well stuff runs on 64 bit W7. I thought I'd have way more trouble than this with applications, but quite frankly it's been a breeze. I haven't had trouble starting up anything, and most of the stuff I have now runs just fine.
The only thing I'm a little worried about is how hot the thing runs. When the room is cold, it idles at 27-30 C, and goes to 58 C under full load. When the room is warm, it's up to about 60-something ish under load (depends on how warm my room is).
To me, this seems to be a little too hot for an i5, but I'm not sure...
That aside, I'm going to probably start looking at graphics cards in a few weeks. Gonna get one by the end of this month. My 7800GT is actually in surprisingly decent shape. With my new processor, I could play The Last Remnant quite decently.
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nstgc:
It idles at 58? Damn!
I don't know about Intel CPUs, but run some bench marks and keep on eye on the temperature. If it goes over 65, I'd worry.
If it were me, I'd over clock it by about 10 percent while making sure the voltage is fixed. Then run 3DMark several times, run Prime95 for at least one day (ensuring all cores are at their max), and running several passes with MemTest. Even if the temperature is elevated, if it can run overclocked through all that, then it can run at stock speeds.
kureshii:
--- Quote from: xShadow on January 04, 2010, 11:18:10 PM ---The only thing I'm a little worried about is how hot the thing runs. When the room is cold, it idles at 27-30 C, and goes to 58 C under full load. When the room is warm, it's up to about 60-something ish under load (depends on how warm my room is).
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If you're on the stock cooler, those temperatures don't look surprising. Intel's coolers for their high-end processors are always inadequate for benchmarking and anything else really taxing. Suggest you invest in a good aftermarket cooler instead (though that would mean more $$$, but you should be able to find something affordable.)
xShadow:
--- Quote from: nstgc on January 04, 2010, 11:33:46 PM ---It idles at 58? Damn!
I don't know about Intel CPUs, but run some bench marks and keep on eye on the temperature. If it goes over 65, I'd worry.
If it were me, I'd over clock it by about 10 percent while making sure the voltage is fixed. Then run 3DMark several times, run Prime95 for at least one day (ensuring all cores are at their max), and running several passes with MemTest. Even if the temperature is elevated, if it can run overclocked through all that, then it can run at stock speeds.
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Umm...
--- Quote ---When the room is cold, it idles at 27-30 C, and goes to 58 C under full load. When the room is warm, it's up to about 60-something ish under load (depends on how warm my room is).
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I forgot to mention, but at warmer temps the idle is about 32C-35C. Somewheres around that.
--- Quote ---Suggest you invest in a good aftermarket cooler instead (though that would mean more $$$, but you should be able to find something affordable.)
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This is about the only thing I could find. If you think there's a better choice among these, let me know.
To be honest, I think the temperatures are all right... I just don't want to have to keep my room freezing cold whenever I want to use my computer... >_>
Welp, looks like I'll have to hold off on that sound card (at least...).
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