From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 08:28:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58CB21065693 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:28:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcoyles@horbury.wakefield.sch.uk) Received: from smtp1-wak.yhgfl.net (smtp3-wak-ext.yhgfl.net [89.207.208.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2F3A8FC27 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:28:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcoyles@horbury.wakefield.sch.uk) Received: from horbury.wakefield.sch.uk ([10.126.96.34]) by smtp1-wak.yhgfl.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m7R8RsD1027848; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:27:55 +0100 Received: from ITTEAM02 [10.126.96.253] by horbury.wakefield.sch.uk with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.07) id A002F8F004E; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:27:46 +0100 From: "Marc Coyles" To: "'spellberg_robert'" , "'Chris Whitehouse'" , "'Wojciech Puchar'" , "'fbsd_questions'" Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:27:41 +0100 Message-ID: <001b01c9081e$c5dbfea0$fd607e0a@Horbury.Internal> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <48B4FF74.6070707@emailrob.com> X-YHGfL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the YHGfL Foundation for more information X-YHGfL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-YHGfL-MailScanner-MCPCheck: MCP-Clean, MCP-Checker (score=0, required 0.5) X-YHGfL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.399, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: mcoyles@horbury.wakefield.sch.uk Cc: Subject: RE: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo [ c ] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mcoyles@horbury.wakefield.sch.uk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:28:11 -0000 > 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 to improve performance as a for instance. Personally, any motherboard that attempts to automatically overclock a CPU should have such features disabled immediately. If any overclocking is gonna get done, I like to be the one in control. If you want to know which CPU would be best for your uses, head to xtremesystems.org forums (ignore rest of the site) and post in the Intel section with what you'll be using the box for, your requirements (in terms of processing power and noise output) and someone over there'll point you out the best CPU for the job. L8rs! Marci