Fans etc.

[Ed]

Contrary to what most people think, the bios does put a considerable load
on the CPU. Check it at idle in the OS. I can reboot and watch the temps
rise from what they were with the OS running. They go up about 6-8C with
the bios running.

My guess is the OS sends the HLT command to the CPU and the BIOS doesn't.

Ed
HLT at the brink? The problems of AMD Athlon and Intel Pentium 4
http://grassomusic.de/english/frameset.htm?http://grassomusic.de/english/amdk7.htm

 

[Bonj]

Check it at idle in the OS


How?

 

[Ed]

How?

Check your mobo CD for health monitoring software , or download one of
the freebies like Motherboard Monitor, SpeedFan, etc...

 

[Bonj]

Unfortunately, the motherboard CD, like a bitch, doesn't work.

 

[Stuart Krivis]

Fans, brand Case- 2000RMP [ish ]:
- brand, 'Panaflow' or, ;
- Sanyo-Denki, or ;
- YS-TECH

The Sunon MagLev fans look pretty good too.

PSU, brand :
- Fortron/Sparkle

I've also heard that Antec is decent.

I tend to stick with PC Power & Cooling for PSUs though. They run
cool and quiet and I've never had a problem with them. I figure it's
cheap insurance.

N.B SilenX.com make a refined version of the Fortron/Sparkle with
better heatsinks capacitors and mofsets - this gives the 12V rail more
stability.

Well, they probably use an upgraded fan, but there's nothing on
their site to indicate that their PSUs are upgraded in any other
way.