Need advice choosing a new, 939 motherboard

[wolfram]

And we shall continue talking about the Abit's chipset fan noise....

About this, but only KingCody knows hehe

 

[nickslick74]

Which one are you getting?

 

[wolfram]

Abit's Nforce 4 Ultra motherboard

BTW, that chipset's fan should be quieter than this ****ing little one:

It's loud, but keeps my toasty Geforce 6100 cool.

 

[KingCody]

Regarding the Abit chipset's fan, is it incredibly loud?
If so, I might get another chipset heatsink. I like those Zalman ones

no, it's not "incredibly loud". like any fan that small it's "whiny"

it only bothers me because the rest of my system is almost silent, so I hear it louder than everything else. but chances are that you won't even hear it over your CPU fan, video card fan, and case fans.

:wave:

 

[F1N3ST]

Its prolly just a simple 40mm fan that is replaceable.

 

[wolfram]

Thanks for the feedback people.

Now I don't care at all about the chipset's fan. I'm used to the fan's noise, so that tiny fan (rotating at more than 3000-4000 RPM's sure ), won't bother me at all.
And if it does, I'll just turn on my speakers

Thanks everyone for your valuable replies :wave:

BTW;

Who knows, he can create another account, just like his johnmayo256...

He's now John2008 hehe

 

[wolfram]

I have another question for you guys ( I didn't want to open a new thread )

Newegg has two different Athlon 64 3700+ Cpu's (or revisions, IDK)

ADA3700BNBOX and the ADA3700CFBOX

What's the best one? What should I get?

Thanks

 

[tifc8lraz]

Abit's Nforce 4 Ultra motherboard

BTW, that chipset's fan should be quieter than this ****ing little one:

It's loud, but keeps my toasty Geforce 6100 cool.

What's that grey box (as I ponder, I feel like a noob :blackeye: )?

 

[wolfram]

Grey little box? Probably you're talking about the Silencer 5.

 

[tifc8lraz]

Grey little box? Probably you're talking about the Silencer 5.

That's probably it, right? I'm not used to seeing them propped up the way they are (in general, I only look at my mobo and my friends, neither which have that as well). It looks like it' s covering the video card, no?

 

[wolfram]

Yes it is. It replaces the normal L-shaped RAM "heatsink".

 

[tifc8lraz]

Got it now, usually I recognize the silencers as on top of the video card only (that replace the heatsink completely but don't expell air out of the computer itself).

 

[wolfram]

You're used to see the Silencer like this, ain't you?

https://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/1354/cat/500/ppuser/61310

 

[tifc8lraz]

You're used to see the Silencer like this, ain't you?

https://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/1354/cat/500/ppuser/61310

Yes, I've seen those everywhere (I do know what they are to clarify things, I just didn't recognize the large grey version of it)!

 

[wolfram]

Don't worry, it looks weird from that angle.

 

[Mirob]

I have another question for you guys ( I didn't want to open a new thread )

Newegg has two different Athlon 64 3700+ Cpu's (or revisions, IDK)

ADA3700BNBOX and the ADA3700CFBOX

What's the best one? What should I get?

Thanks

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=69167

 

[wolfram]

Ok, thanks a lot Mirob. So the CF is a Toledo core, with one entire core disabled.

Maybe I should pick the normal BN stepping, or is there a difference that would make the "toledo" better?