From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 8 15:30:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f174.law14.hotmail.com [64.4.21.174]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F41837B41B for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:30:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:30:18 -0800 Received: from 24.196.231.113 by lw14fd.law14.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 08 Feb 2002 23:30:17 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.196.231.113] From: "John Wilson" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: AMD / Heat / Cooling... Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 18:30:17 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2002 23:30:18.0204 (UTC) FILETIME=[917841C0:01C1B0F8] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello all. I've been given the chance to build a new server here and have played with the idea of getting away from Intel and moving towards AMD. However, as I've never dealt with AMD CPU's or compatible mainboards, I was hoping to get a comment or two from those who have. First off, concerning the CPU and mainboard, I've pretty much heard only good things about Asus mainboards. The one I was considering is the Asus A7V266-E in conjunction with the AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 1.47GHz Socket-A processor. I've heard, however, that these CPU's, and AMD in general, have heat 'issues'; I.E. drawing a fair amount more power than an Intel counterpart. Taking that into consideration, I've attempted to choose a good case and heatsink/fan combo. I am also concerned with heat in such that this machine will be running 24/7 with no downtime. Is this a valid concern? I've read good reviews about the Antec cases and power supplies. I set my sights on the Antec SX635, which comes with a 350 Watt PS. This case, coupled with an extra front mounted 80-mm fan would, in my opinion, fit the bill. However, I wanted to get this newsgroups opinion of these components. Does this sound like a good setup? On the heatsink/fan issue, I've also looked at the new "Reference CPU Cooling System." The URL of the above is http://www.antec-inc.com/product/fans/f_reference.html. Based on their specs of this heatsink/fan, it looks like it would fit the bill as well. However, once again, I was looking for opinions on this. The above is what I've pretty much spec'd the system at, and in general, does this seem like a decent setup for a NetBSD server? Thank you for your time with this matter, John Wilson _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message