[linux-audio-user] Processor Recommendation

[John Bleichert]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, R Parker wrote:
> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Processor Recommendation
> 
> I've got dual mpx 2600+ on a 50ft chain so it can't
> chew on my ears. The computer is in an old Digital
> 7000 case that's almost six feet tall, there's about
> 10 fans. I keep it in the bathroom. I'm not surprised
> that people don't spend much time in that bathroom. I
> think its size and noise almost give you the sense
> that someone's watching. :)
> 
> ron
<snip>

Now *that* is an extreme solution.

It should be noted that the newer, consumer-friendly watercooling kits 
(e.g. the Swiftech 8500) are really easy to setup and very, very quiet. 
If/when I build a new AMD this summer, I'm going that route. We've set 2 
up here at work, it's not very difficult at all. Luckily, my guitar amp is 
so loud the 5 case fans don't bleed into the recording stream at the 
moment ...

Also, those who suggested a P4, is a P4 any cooler?

If you really want quiet and cool, run ppc linux on an upcoming 970 Mac 
;-)

JB

> 
> --- Anthony <avan at uwm.edu> wrote:
> > I have the ASUS A7M266-D with two AMD 1.0Ghz
> > processors. I'm quite
> > happy with the performance. The chips certainly are
> > not high end
> > anymore so you can get away with very very quiet CPU
> > fans. The real
> > problem is the powersupply, advertised as quiet and
> > at US$90. That
> > was a real dissapointment. Perhaps it actually is
> > quiet for a 400W.
> > 
> > I paid under $300 for the Mobo, cpus, fans. The deal
> > breaker was
> > the PS. 
> > 
> > --ant
> > 
> > * Robert Jonsson <robert.jonsson at dataductus.se> [Jun
> > 11 03 04:51]:
> > > onsdagen den 11 juni 2003 11.05 skrev Chris
> > Cannam:
> > > > Steve Harris wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:19:32PM +1000,
> > Allan Klinbail wrote:
> > > > >>I personally prefer the current Intel chips
> > because they run at a cooler
> > > > >>temperature so the fans required are less
> > noisy...
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, I think if I was building a machine
> > today, I'd go for PIV for this
> > > > > reason, at the time I bought an Athlon XP cos
> > I needed to get as much FPU
> > > > > performace for my $ as I could.
> > > >
> > > > I have a dual 2K Athlon and although it's a very
> > quick machine,
> > > > I'm increasingly irritated by the noise
> > (especially as the weather
> > > > gets hotter and cooling requirements increase). 
> > I've probably spent
> > > > as much money on various largely failed attempts
> > at quietening it
> > > > through random bits of agricultural-looking
> > technology as I did on
> > > > the processors.
> > > >
> > > > So I (rather unwillingly) have to support the
> > apparent consensus:
> > > > get a single fast Intel.
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Though I'm not on the cutting edge any more wrt to
> > CPU speed, cooling noise 
> > > has always been one of the things I hate most
> > about modern computers. (Oh, 
> > > what joy it once was, back in the Amiga days.)
> > > 
> > > I have long since given up trying silence the fans
> > (I do it a little to keep 
> > > it bearable) and it is most oftenly counter
> > productive to their purpose.
> > > 
> > > My solution for several years now has been to
> > place the computer in an 
> > > adjacent room, in this case a storage room.
> > > I just drilled a hole in the wall, just large
> > enough so all the cables are 
> > > able to fit and then covered the hole as best I
> > could to eliminate noise 
> > > through it.
> > > 
> > > For me this has been the ideal solution, noise is
> > way down, close to non 
> > > audible proportions, and cooling for the computer
> > is also good enough.
> > > 
> > > /Robert
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> 
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