From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jan 23 18:26:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from spork.pantherdragon.org (spork.pantherdragon.org [216.99.218.165]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1F037B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:26:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from pantherdragon.org (speck.pantherdragon.org [216.99.218.166]) by spork.pantherdragon.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D177744002; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:26:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3A6E3D3C.23C00A88@pantherdragon.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:26:04 -0800 From: dmp@pantherdragon.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Young Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD Duron References: <20010123120803.RFOR26799.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@co3027913-a> <3A6DBEE8.2A89B966@pantherdragon.org> <005d01c08576$f985e230$837e03cb@dougy> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Doug Young wrote: > > I don't overclock CPU's, don't use computers for games, and don't have > either the time or > the inclination to mess around with components that are excessively "fussy" How does the desire to overclock or play games factor into this discussion? AMDs aren't excessively fussy. In fact, I find them to be less trouble than Intel chips. > > Andrew Luke Nesbit wrote: > > > Secondly, you need a good quality power supply unit for maximum > > > reliability (because AMD chips are very particular about running on > > > hardware which performs to spec.) > > > > Specifically, you need a PS that can output 25A on +5v. Pay no > > attention to the PS being 250-watt or 300-watt, that number is > > relatively worthless, always check the per-voltage output ratings on > > the sticker on the side of the PS. > > > > > Thirdly, it's a good idea to have good quality RAM modules (this > > > means that the printed circuit board design must be good, the chips > > > themselves must be good, and the construction of the module must be > > > good.) This is much more important if you're overclocking, but even > > > you're not, you'd be surprised at how many flakey PC's have > > > substandard RAM as their cause. > > > > Buy any generic PC133 stick and use it as PC100 and you're pretty > > safe. If you need/want to run 133MHz, buy from Crucial Tech or a > > vendor specializing in overclocker/gaming hardware. > > > > > Oh, and do not use a SoundBlaster Live! card. > > > > Why not? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message