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Scott Mitchell
Hi all,
I'm thinking about replacing the flaky Epox board in my wife's PC with
something shiny and new - currently leaning towards an Intel D915GAG
(http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/ag/). Going with Intel for the sake
of reliability - we've had next to no trouble with the many we run at work,
and I'm certainly happy to pay a little bit more for something that doesn't
randomly crash every couple of weeks...
However, the board will be going in an Antec Sonata case - the quiet one
with the single-fan 380W TruePower PSU. An excellent case, but not a
Thermally Advantaged one, so supposedly not recommended for the LGA775 P4
I would be using on the D915 board. The Sonata is designed for quiet more
than cool (although it seem to do a pretty good job of that too) so I'm
worried this configuration might run too hot.
Anyone running a similar setup and run into any cooling issues? I'm looking
at a 2.8 or 3.0Ghz CPU and very little else in the box - 1GB RAM, Seagate
disk, DVD burner and that's it. The machine is unlikely to be used for
anything very intensive, so it _should_ be fine - just hoping for
confirmation from somebody who's actually tried it.
Oh yeah - ideally I'll be running this with a Zalman cooler
(http://www.quietpc.com/uk/p4cooling.php#7700). Any positive or negative
reports about that in a similar setup would be cool too!
Cheers,
Scott
I'm thinking about replacing the flaky Epox board in my wife's PC with
something shiny and new - currently leaning towards an Intel D915GAG
(http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/ag/). Going with Intel for the sake
of reliability - we've had next to no trouble with the many we run at work,
and I'm certainly happy to pay a little bit more for something that doesn't
randomly crash every couple of weeks...
However, the board will be going in an Antec Sonata case - the quiet one
with the single-fan 380W TruePower PSU. An excellent case, but not a
Thermally Advantaged one, so supposedly not recommended for the LGA775 P4
I would be using on the D915 board. The Sonata is designed for quiet more
than cool (although it seem to do a pretty good job of that too) so I'm
worried this configuration might run too hot.
Anyone running a similar setup and run into any cooling issues? I'm looking
at a 2.8 or 3.0Ghz CPU and very little else in the box - 1GB RAM, Seagate
disk, DVD burner and that's it. The machine is unlikely to be used for
anything very intensive, so it _should_ be fine - just hoping for
confirmation from somebody who's actually tried it.
Oh yeah - ideally I'll be running this with a Zalman cooler
(http://www.quietpc.com/uk/p4cooling.php#7700). Any positive or negative
reports about that in a similar setup would be cool too!
Cheers,
Scott