Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-16, 08:54

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I built my desktop back in April of 2017. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (kept at stock clocks and stock cooler, both of which works fine for me) Mobo: Asus Prime B350-Plus RAM: 16GB DDR4-2400 in dual channel SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2 HDD: WD Black 2TB GPU: GTX 1080 PSU: Corsair RMx 650W Case: Phanteks …

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Re: [Solved] P4 3,4 Prescott problems!

Posted on 2018-10-16, 08:41

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agent_x007 wrote: It's an "A" : LINK Interesting.bit is 80A max. on CPU, according to intel VRM10.1 Spec... Better cooling is good, but remember to have direct airflow over VRM. Not really easy to put a fan directly over those mosfet.. need to study some custom made metal support for the fan.

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Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-15, 21:17

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Man so many powerful pc. Anyone brave to choose older tech as main one? :D Actually am using: Pentium4 3,4/1MB/800 Socket 478 (arrived today :cool: ) Asrock P4i65G 2x1GB Corsair Value CL3 Dual Channel AMD Radeon HD 3450 512MB DDR2 AGP Oxygen HD CM8788 Promise Fastrack 2300 SATA2 PCI Kingston SSD …

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Re: [Solved] P4 3,4 Prescott problems!

Posted on 2018-10-15, 20:33

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Good news : MOSFETs are "OK" for up to 55Amps :) Bad news : Each one has 25W of TDP while at 100C for that rating ( LINK ) Basicly : Uncoolable (that's around laptop Core i3 level of TDP on MOSFET footprint FYI). Throwing heatsinks on them is still your best bet. Also, that two bare wire inductors/ …

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Re: [Solved] P4 3,4 Prescott problems!

Posted on 2018-10-15, 18:33

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About the mosfet it wasn't the date above it's the model. They all are D452 BA1S16 mosfet. I'll look for some heatsinks even if the usual ram heatsink would be too big for them.

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Re: [Solved] P4 3,4 Prescott problems!

Posted on 2018-10-15, 18:09

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That won't live very long, I don't think... especially now with those BIOS self-preservation measures (throttling, SpeedStep) disabled. Do you think ich thermal was enabling itself cause the mobo can't work right with this cpu? :( The mobo was new boxed never used. I was thinking being supported by …

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Re: [Solved] P4 3,4 Prescott problems!

Posted on 2018-10-15, 18:04

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I recommend you better mount some BIG heatsinks on those MOSFETs. 3,4GHz isn't slow for Prescott... and using it on board with TWO phases (and no throttling enabled), will kill your board. Out of curosity : What MOSFETs are used on your board ? I see two Low side and one High side per phase. I read …

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Re: P4 3,4 Prescott problems!

Posted on 2018-10-15, 17:36

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Maybe I solved but still need to make some more test. I disabled the ICH Thermal Throttling on the bios and now it seems to run a bit faster than the 3.0Ghz. Cpu test gives 11.0 points vs 11.9 of the 3.0, and FPU Raytracing give 56 points vs 70 of the 3.0Ghz. It's strange cause the setting was …

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[Solved] P4 3,4 Prescott problems!

Posted on 2018-10-15, 17:18

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Hi, i bought a Prescott 3,4ghz 1mb/800 socket 478 expecting to be faster than the 3,0 prescott model on the asrock p4i65g mobo In linux result slower in benchmarks and quiet a lot less. Bios sees it correctly and so applications. But intel identification utility seems to read real time freq as 2. …

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Re: Mobile technology

Posted on 2018-10-15, 11:57

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Well i am really considering buying a new Nokia 8110 4G and replacing my Galaxy S7. Considering the cpu inside, a dual core above 1Ghz Cortex A7 with 512Mb of ram, it's probably one of the most advanced "feature phones with keyboard" and I was thinking about it too, but maybe I think I still prefer …

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Re: Mobile technology

Posted on 2018-10-15, 06:27

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I've got mixed feelings. I experience a bit of a dejavue currently: :confused: Back in the 90s I had a little calculator/LCD handheld collection, while later -in the early 2000s- I had several PDAs, cell phones, etc. All of which I was very happy with (I installed SDKs, PalmOS emulators, etc., …

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Re: Bad movies and horrible films

Posted on 2018-10-14, 22:23

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I was thinking most movies post-2000.. basically bad movies of the 70s/80s nowadays looks like good movies even when they were intended to be cheap bad ones back then.

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Re: Mobile technology

Posted on 2018-10-14, 22:13

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I have no smartphone, pad or the like. I have a GSM phone and a Sony Walkman. I make calls on the phone and uses the Walkman for music, they do not interest me as much as desktop PCs. As you might guess I do not update to newer mobile devices often. Interesting, is it a choice cause you may not …

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Good PCI sound card for music

Posted on 2018-10-14, 18:48

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Hi, on my linux machine I actually use an Oxygen HD CMI8788 with a nice pcb layout, solid capacitor etc... I also have the lower end versions of the card and the original Audigy. If I'd like to try a better card for casual music listening and voice fidelity which card could I buy possibly not too …

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Mobile technology

Posted on 2018-10-14, 16:58

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Hi, i'd like to know if you have many mobile technology going around in your daily life and how is your feelings/opinions about smartphones/phones both on hardware and software os/apps, social networks.. Do they interest you as much as desktop pc? Did they replace most of your notebook/desktop usage …

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Matrox Parhelia 512 AGP

Posted on 2018-10-14, 16:12

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Hi, how many of you were expecting this card to be a great return in the 3D gaming industry? I do remember expecting so much first reviews and I still like this card and its "complexity". Maybe expectations were as high as with the Savage2000 chip and the Rage Fury Maxx. Bye

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Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-14, 16:01

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Standard Def Steve wrote: i7-4930K @ 4.6GHz GTX 1080 Ti 32GB DDR3-2400 CL10-11-11-30 1TB 860 EVO SSD + 4TB HDD LG 34" monitor - 3440x1440 […] Show full quote i7-4930K @ 4.6GHz GTX 1080 Ti 32GB DDR3-2400 CL10-11-11-30 1TB 860 EVO SSD + 4TB HDD LG 34" monitor - 3440x1440 And still on Win7. Big …

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Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-14, 15:58

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You all have quiet powerful pc... and I was thinking that going for a Q6600 build would be too much modern.. :D I want to push the maximum out of this Pentium 4 3,4 Prescott as soon as I'll get it, maybe I'll use some more faster DDR ram even if I don't think it's worth it but next step will be the …

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Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-14, 12:38

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My daily computer is a laptop. Eurocom Tornado5, i7-6700, 32GB RAM, GTX1070 video, 15" 1080p. Have a 500MB M.2 and a 1TB SATA SSD. Using Win7, not buying into Win10 (it's bad enough that I have to use it at work). Have a desktop too but don't use it that much, much more comfortable on the couch …

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What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-14, 12:24

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Hi, I'd like to know which pc configuration you use/prefer for your home/work/everyday machine and if you actually prefer using an older configuration just for the passion of retro computing when you could actually use something faster or you just simply use the fastest/most modern one you have got? …

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