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On 11/17/06, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> My other concerns are how well is the mobo supported under linux? Since gaming |
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> systems run hot, cooling and lm_sensors support seems critical in putting |
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> together a gaming system. |
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I haven't run across any new system that actually supported lm_sensors |
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in about 5 years. Most modern chipsets seem to expose processor |
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temperatures and some fan settings through ACPI. Somehow gkrellm is |
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also able to detect the GPU temperature in my system, but I haven't |
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figured out how yet... :-) |
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> I not whether I should used a 'water cooler' or if |
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> force air cooling is sufficient. If I used a water cooler, should it also cool |
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> the gpu on the graphics card? |
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Air cooling is sufficient if you have a good case (/richard smiles at |
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his Antec P150). The main reason to use water coolers is to reduce |
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the noise of the system, so you can use a much larger (and slower thus |
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quieter) fan to cool the GPU(s). AMD procs run fairly cool, and both |
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the case and CPU fans on my AMD X2 4400 system are basically silent |
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even under high load. But the system isn't anywhere near silent, |
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because of that damn GPU fan. |
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-Richard |
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