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build advice wanted
I'm considering building the following system for use with Slackware
Linux 12.2 and possibly freebsd 7.x (no over-clocking): Antec 300 case SeaSonic SS-550HT PSU GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler EVGA 512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT PCI Express 2.0 x16 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive My questions: 1) The PSU bracket is in the bottom of the Antec 300 case. I've heard that some PSUs will not fit in this case. In addition, I've heard that some PSU motherboard power connectors are too short when mounted in the bottom of cases. Is anyone successfully using the above case, PSU, and motherboard combination? 2) I would prefer a fan-less video card (the one above has a fan). I'm not a gamer and I currently use matrox g400/g500 agp cards, which cannot be reused in the above motherboard. Any recommends for a fan-less video card that will work with this motherboard and Linux? Any additional advice/warnings on the above combination is appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance, Peter |
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build advice wanted
Peter wrote:
I'm considering building the following system for use with Slackware Linux 12.2 and possibly freebsd 7.x (no over-clocking): Antec 300 case SeaSonic SS-550HT PSU GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler EVGA 512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT PCI Express 2.0 x16 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive My questions: 1) The PSU bracket is in the bottom of the Antec 300 case. I've heard that some PSUs will not fit in this case. In addition, I've heard that some PSU motherboard power connectors are too short when mounted in the bottom of cases. Is anyone successfully using the above case, PSU, and motherboard combination? 2) I would prefer a fan-less video card (the one above has a fan). I'm not a gamer and I currently use matrox g400/g500 agp cards, which cannot be reused in the above motherboard. Any recommends for a fan-less video card that will work with this motherboard and Linux? Any additional advice/warnings on the above combination is appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance, Peter You can use the Newegg advanced search, in the video card section, to see a selection of fanless video cards. You don't have to buy there, just get a make and model number so you can use your favorite retailer. Also, read the review comments, as some fanless cards run too hot for the size of heatsink provided. It helps if there is good airflow going past the video card. (I have one fanless FX5200 card here, that won't remain stable in games, unless I point a fan at it.) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...d&Pagesize=100 And if a computer case is going to give you installation headaches, why buy it ? Buy something with a conventional setup. You can buy power supply extension cables, so it is possible to extend the reach of the main cable. There are also brands of power supplies, known to have excessively long cables. So with a little shopping, you can probably find something that will work. Some products even include length information for the cable assemblies. http://www.pcpower.com/downloads/MEC-S61EPS_3825.pdf As for the Freezer 7 Pro, again, the Newegg site can help. The first review in their review section, gives advice. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...er%207% 20Pro "Plastic push pins are terrible. Don't plan on ever using this again if you unmount it. I took it out to replace the thermal paste with some Arctic Silver and it would never mount properly again because the plastic pins had bent and stretched out of place. It also didn't improve temperatures much over the stock cooling for my QX6850." On my Core2 system, I use a Coolermaster cooler that bolts into place. It doesn't use plastic push pins. I wouldn't recommend that cooler to someone, mainly because it is very inconvenient to uninstall it. (I have to take my computer all apart, to get at the nuts on the bottom of the motherboard.) But if you search around, you may find a better scheme for fastening the cooler, than those push pins. (If you're buying an Intel retail processor, why not try out the Intel cooler first ? Retail products should include a heatsink/fan in the box.) Intel has an LGA775 installation video here. The file still seems to be there, but I cannot find the page I downloaded it from. It shows how to use the push pins. http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/...209_241209.wmv Paul |
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build advice wanted
Paul wrote:
Peter wrote: I'm considering building the following system for use with Slackware Linux 12.2 and possibly freebsd 7.x (no over-clocking): Antec 300 case SeaSonic SS-550HT PSU GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler EVGA 512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT PCI Express 2.0 x16 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive My questions: 1) The PSU bracket is in the bottom of the Antec 300 case. I've heard that some PSUs will not fit in this case. In addition, I've heard that some PSU motherboard power connectors are too short when mounted in the bottom of cases. Is anyone successfully using the above case, PSU, and motherboard combination? 2) I would prefer a fan-less video card (the one above has a fan). I'm not a gamer and I currently use matrox g400/g500 agp cards, which cannot be reused in the above motherboard. Any recommends for a fan-less video card that will work with this motherboard and Linux? Any additional advice/warnings on the above combination is appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance, Peter You can use the Newegg advanced search, in the video card section, to see a selection of fanless video cards. You don't have to buy there, just get a make and model number so you can use your favorite retailer. Also, read the review comments, as some fanless cards run too hot for the size of heatsink provided. It helps if there is good airflow going past the video card. (I have one fanless FX5200 card here, that won't remain stable in games, unless I point a fan at it.) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...d&Pagesize=100 And if a computer case is going to give you installation headaches, why buy it ? Buy something with a conventional setup. You can buy power supply extension cables, so it is possible to extend the reach of the main cable. There are also brands of power supplies, known to have excessively long cables. So with a little shopping, you can probably find something that will work. Some products even include length information for the cable assemblies. http://www.pcpower.com/downloads/MEC-S61EPS_3825.pdf As for the Freezer 7 Pro, again, the Newegg site can help. The first review in their review section, gives advice. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...er%207% 20Pro "Plastic push pins are terrible. Don't plan on ever using this again if you unmount it. I took it out to replace the thermal paste with some Arctic Silver and it would never mount properly again because the plastic pins had bent and stretched out of place. It also didn't improve temperatures much over the stock cooling for my QX6850." On my Core2 system, I use a Coolermaster cooler that bolts into place. It doesn't use plastic push pins. I wouldn't recommend that cooler to someone, mainly because it is very inconvenient to uninstall it. (I have to take my computer all apart, to get at the nuts on the bottom of the motherboard.) But if you search around, you may find a better scheme for fastening the cooler, than those push pins. (If you're buying an Intel retail processor, why not try out the Intel cooler first ? Retail products should include a heatsink/fan in the box.) Intel has an LGA775 installation video here. The file still seems to be there, but I cannot find the page I downloaded it from. It shows how to use the push pins. http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/...209_241209.wmv Paul Paul, Thanks for the advice. I changed my video card and cooler to the following: video card: MSI N8400GS-TD256 8400GS 256M (has a fan, but with less ram and supposedly works well with linux) cooler: ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT (does not use push pins) I finished building the system last night and I did not have any issues with the case or power supply. I haven't installed anything yet, but it does boot linux from a live cdrom. Peter |
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build advice wanted
Peter wrote:
Paul, Thanks for the advice. I changed my video card and cooler to the following: video card: MSI N8400GS-TD256 8400GS 256M (has a fan, but with less ram and supposedly works well with linux) cooler: ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT (does not use push pins) I finished building the system last night and I did not have any issues with the case or power supply. I haven't installed anything yet, but it does boot linux from a live cdrom. Peter You can run Prime95 from mersenne.org on your new build, to see if it is stable under load. You can do the "stress test", without joining GIMPs. Some of the latest versions are multithreaded, so you can test all cores at the same time. (I used to have to run multiple separate copies of the old version, to simulate the same behavior.) If there are no errors in four hours, the machine should be ready for most challenges. http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/ http://mersenneforum.org/gimps/mprime259.tar.gz Graphics testing isn't a lot of fun in Linux, and it is easier to find tests for that, in a Windows environment. There is GLXGears of course, if you can tell it is being hardware accelerated. http://www.phoronix.net/image.php?id...ars_ glxgears Paul |
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