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Offline Dowding

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« on: February 24, 2001, 08:34:00 AM »
Well I've finally got it up and running.

The only real problem I had was the Prophet II Pro card not working. Hercules UK are sending me a modified one that should work with the KT7A-RAID.

The minor problems I had involved me not thinking or being stupid.  

Haven't played any games yet, but the SBLive! is working fine so far.

Currently I have and CPU temp of 34 deg celcius (with the dial up program and IE running)! Haven't done a stress test yet.

<S> to everyone who offered advice while I was building it/  

PS. after being used to Windows taking 30 secs to load, seeing boot in less than 8 is pretty amazing!  

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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2001, 09:09:00 AM »
Load "Seti@home" Proggie and look how high your cpu-temp can rise  
 http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/windows.html
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TheWobble

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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2001, 10:37:00 AM »
Do the usual where ya set yer file system from "desktop computer" to "network server" it is generally accepted that this way usues a more efficent file system.

run "MSCONFIG" and limit yer startup to only a few ESSENTAL programs.
all i have running is explorer and taskman at startup.

...will think of more later.
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2001, 10:39:00 AM »
Overclock the snot out of it!  Pump it up until you can run AH without going over 50 degrees C and you'll be set.  

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Offline Dowding

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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2001, 12:06:00 PM »
Cheers Wobble.   I've already stripped start-up bare.

Just played an hour of Soldier of Fortune. Temperature of CPU afterwards - 36 degrees!!! That arctic silver stuff is very good. I'd recommend the Antec SX-830 Performance case to anyone - the two built-in 80mm fans can be moved around the case and have snap-on attachments.

lol lephturn!   I daren't touch any of the settings yet.

Now I'll download AH and see how that goes.  
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2001, 12:12:00 PM »
Dont you dare overclock that thing!
its already fast enough to do anything yer gonna need done for a while...overclocking that Athlon would be like sticking a missle up an olimpic runner's ass, faster YES, necessary NO!.

 
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