From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236D0139BC6 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:21:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF1EC21C032; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:21:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D17C021C014 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB0B313DA6 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:21:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id k9IpyWaJRVyJ for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:21:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-45-58-241-73.dyn.295.ca [45.58.241.73]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 2ADDB313DF4 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:21:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:21:34 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:21:34 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : case + power Message-ID: <20150918022134.GG1080@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20150917030432.GE1080@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 11770119-28d8-4838-8700-c66742cdec7d X-Archives-Hash: 6010402e0dc1b9bdae992c1d6dc1a25f 150917 james wrote: > Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: >> 150914 CPU : AMD X8 FX8370E 8-core 4,3 GHz 16 MB 32 nm 95 W > I have 3) FX8350. Outstanding performance for the cost. Love them all. >> 150914 Mobo : Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P 970+SB950 DDR3 2000 : 119.99 >> 2x PCI-Express x16 GLAN 6xSATA 6.0 Gb/s 4xUSB 3.0 14xUSB 2.0 > I have (3) of the Gigabyte 990A-UD3P mobos : I love mine > There has been a quiet revolution in power supply. The efficiency > of the switching circuits will save you more money in the long run > & those electronics will deliver the cleanest power to other electronics. > Make sure your case has a big and quite fan to draw air across the HD : > most new cases do. Check the dB, esp if you want a quiet rig near you. Thanks for the very useful advice. I esp note the above. My present machine has a 4,2 GHz CPU, which hasn't caused problems, even when it's been running at full tilt for 2 h 20 m compiling LO. As I've said before, my impression is that electronics need stability & my box sits in the same corner at the same temperature + humidity. Everything is protected -- is it ? -- by a good power bar. Occasionally, there is a flash/dim of my lights in the early morning, which I assume is a changeover of equipment at a substation out there. Otherwise, our publicly-owned electricity service is very reliable, as it has to be in a big city with pretensions (smile) to World status. I have bought 150917 Case : Deepcool Terraract BF : 39.99 150917 PSU : Thermaltake TR2 500 W : 59.99 Both items are in good supply at the store, ie people are buying them. The PSU has a 5 yr warranty. The fan is intelligent, like the CPU's, so it sb quiet most of the time, but do its job when working hard. The case has a lot of mesh around the sides, which should help airflow. I'm not an electrical expert, but my Estonian grandfather was an engineer who helped the Germans with the electrics in their submarines before WWI. Too bad re the Lusitania ... (wry smile) -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca