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can you comment on the XP-120 noise level?
"Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Paul,
>
> I've been using an A8V for four weeks. (It's the Rev. 2 version of the
> board.) I was inspired to upgrade to it to wring a bit more out of my
> newish AGP nVidia Geforce 6800 GT graphics card.
>
> The system seems quite solid with XP SP2. I have two sticks of generic 512
> MB PC3200 DDR memory (Samsung chips) and an A64 3500+. It seems happy with
> a mild overclock (220 MHz), so I guess that it's not overly fussy about
> RAM (run at 1:1, 2.7 V, 2.5-3-3-10, command 1T).
>
> I'm using a Thermalright (www.thermalright.com) XP-120 heatsink with it.
> It fits the A8V with no interferences at all. (I recommend installing it
> with the board out of the case, though.) I don't know whether the XP-120
> is better than other air-only heat sinks, but it's light for its enormous
> size: 370g without the 120 mm fan.
>
> Whether a Socket 939 system is to be much preferred over a Socket 754 one,
> I don't know from personal experience. My last system was a P4 (Asus
> P4P800 mainboard), and I couldn't bear to part with dual channel. However,
> I've done a little testing running large 2D FFTs in a scientific software
> package. Running arrays that don't fit in the L2 cache slows the
> calculation by factor of approx. 2.0. That's really impressive
> performance, although apparently it may not make Doom3 run any faster.
>
> Anandtech (www.anandtech.com) seems to like the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
> (nForce3 250 Ultra chipset). I decided to stay with Asus, though. (I
> didn't make the choice based on the XP-120 cooler, but it won't fit the
> MSI board.)
>
> I can't counsel you as to whether to wait a bit. I have read nothing that
> suggests that current PCI express offers a performance advantage over AGP,
> but a PCI-E graphics card might take a few months longer to go obsolete
> than an AGP one. Perhaps an Asus nForce4 mainboard would be worth waiting
> for, although I don't recall seeing any official announcements as to what
> chipsets Asus will use for PCI-E Socket 939. (The Via K8T890 would be an
> alternative.)
>
> HTH.
>
> Bob Knowlden
>
> Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "Paul" <pcas_1986@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:idNed.37576$5O5.5316@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Ok maybe not the right forum but hopefully someone can help.
>> Its been a while since my last upgrade - currently I run a 1Ghz Athlon on
>> an Asus A7V and its getting a bit slow. I'd like to stick with AMD and
>> upgrade to an Athlon 64bit - probably 3.2Ghz. The choice of
>> motherboards has got me stumped. I known the 939 socket is new but the
>> computer fairs are mostly full of 754 solutions. I'm leaning towards a
>> 939 - mostly because its newer. What's the concensus on the Asus A8V? It
>> seems to fit my needs but doesn't have PCI Express. Most of the reviews
>> I've seen don't seem to think thats a big deal at present.
>>
>> Is anyone out there using the A8V? Any issues with it?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Paul
>> (Remove the underscore to reply direct)
>
>
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