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lobsterboy · 03-01-2005, 10:13 AM

Thanks for the concern from all!

I did a fair bit of shopping around before I went to this shop, and the reason I chose to buy from him was that he seemed to know what he was doing, took the time to talk about options with me, etc. His price was a little more than I could have paid through some huge corporation, but I'd rather pay a little more for personal service and to support local businesses.

Or, at least that's what I used to think...

I should clarify...the PSU does have an exhaust fan out the back, but no intake fan (some PSU's have intake fans inside the case if I'm not mistaken?) The reason I mentioned it is that there is an extra 3-pin connection on the mobo for the PSU fan, so I've got connections for 3 fans total to the mobo.

Yes, I am definitely concerned about what else might be done poorly in this machine. Anyone have suggestions about what else I should look out for? Would it be worthwhile posting more complete stats about the system components?

And mark3567: thanks for the concern about the BIOS setting. I'll check the default tonight...given the above about the setup, it could be that the cpu target temp was set to 66c by the builder who saw that the max temp posted by Intel is 67c. However, even if the default is 66c, does anyone know of any serious risks to setting this lower? I came across this in a review about a different ASUS board:

"The CPU Target Temperature controls the CPU threshold temperature. If the CPU temperature exceeds the CPU Target Temperature setting, the CPU fan is run at full speed until the CPU temperature fall below the specified setting."

Does running the CPU fan faster have any negative effects? Besides being noisier?

03-01-2005, 10:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
lobsterboy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 16 OS: WinXP / Ubuntu Linux	Thanks for the concern from all! I did a fair bit of shopping around before I went to this shop, and the reason I chose to buy from him was that he seemed to know what he was doing, took the time to talk about options with me, etc. His price was a little more than I could have paid through some huge corporation, but I'd rather pay a little more for personal service and to support local businesses. Or, at least that's what I used to think... I should clarify...the PSU does have an exhaust fan out the back, but no intake fan (some PSU's have intake fans inside the case if I'm not mistaken?) The reason I mentioned it is that there is an extra 3-pin connection on the mobo for the PSU fan, so I've got connections for 3 fans total to the mobo. Yes, I am definitely concerned about what else might be done poorly in this machine. Anyone have suggestions about what else I should look out for? Would it be worthwhile posting more complete stats about the system components? And mark3567: thanks for the concern about the BIOS setting. I'll check the default tonight...given the above about the setup, it could be that the cpu target temp was set to 66c by the builder who saw that the max temp posted by Intel is 67c. However, even if the default is 66c, does anyone know of any serious risks to setting this lower? I came across this in a review about a different ASUS board: "The CPU Target Temperature controls the CPU threshold temperature. If the CPU temperature exceeds the CPU Target Temperature setting, the CPU fan is run at full speed until the CPU temperature fall below the specified setting." Does running the CPU fan faster have any negative effects? Besides being noisier?