From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jan 23 11:59:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C3A37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:59:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA09528; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 05:59:25 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from dougy.apana.org.au(203.3.126.131), claiming to be "dougy" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdPE9526; Wed Jan 24 05:59:20 2001 Message-ID: <005d01c08576$f985e230$837e03cb@dougy> From: "Doug Young" To: , References: <20010123120803.RFOR26799.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@co3027913-a> <3A6DBEE8.2A89B966@pantherdragon.org> Subject: Re: AMD Duron Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 05:59:17 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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" ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 3:27 AM Subject: Re: AMD Duron > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message