A Series Of Questions

[Keikan]

1. If buying a amd barton processer (not 3200+) the speed of ram to buy would be
(price is not a factor)

A. Pc-2700
B. Pc-3200

2. Does onboard ac97 have good sound quality?

A. Yes
B. No

3. Does onboard ac97 sound drain your cpu?

A. Yes
B. No

4. Does the brand name AOC make good monitors?

A. Yes
B. No

5. Does the brand name BenQ make good monitors?

A. Yes
B. No

[clocker]

The only question I have any knowledge about is #1.

Answer...B...definately.
Get the fastest, best RAM you can afford.

[4th gen]

1. B
2. what board?
3. B (shouldn't have too much of an effect on a reasonably powerful processor)

Don't know for 4 and 5

[Keikan]

What motherboard?

AsRock K7S8XE+

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Keikan@1 February 2004 - 04:51
What motherboard?

AsRock K7S8XE+
Do you know there is no overclocking support on that board? :unsure:

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by Keikan@1 February 2004 - 00:20
1. If buying a amd barton processer (not 3200+) the speed of ram to buy would be
(price is not a factor)

A. Pc-2700
B. Pc-3200

2. Does onboard ac97 have good sound quality?

A. Yes
B. No

3. Does onboard ac97 sound drain your cpu?

A. Yes
B. No

4. Does the brand name AOC make good monitors?

A. Yes
B. No

5. Does the brand name BenQ make good monitors?

A. Yes
B. No
BAABA

2 and 3, ac97 is decent, but since its integrated, u cant use hardware 3d sound w/o killing ur cpu

1, b no matter what

4, who the hell is AOC?

5, acer is perfectly fine in terms of monitors (acer is now benq, so dont be confused)
(man i remember when i got my first PC... it was an acer with a p66. ithe only game i liked to play was Jazz Jackrabbit... i still have that game. it was FUN as hell)

[Keikan]

Originally posted by 4th gen+31 January 2004 - 22:54--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (4th gen @ 31 January 2004 - 22:54)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Keikan@1 February 2004 - 04:51
What motherboard?

AsRock K7S8XE+
Do you know there is no overclocking support on that board? :unsure: [/b][/quote]
ok then asus a7n8x-x

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by Keikan+1 February 2004 - 01:05--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Keikan @ 1 February 2004 - 01:05)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by 4th gen@31 January 2004 - 22:54
<!--QuoteBegin-Keikan@1 February 2004 - 04:51
What motherboard?

AsRock K7S8XE+
Do you know there is no overclocking support on that board? :unsure:
ok then asus a7n8x-x [/b][/quote]
NO&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; YOU MEAN EPOX 8RDA3+&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Epox is generally regarded as a better overclocker, and ASUS is generally regarded as more reliable.

also,

1. B if you plan to overclock at all.
2. You know, sound quality among most audio chipsets, is really hard to tell apart.
3. Depends on the setup of the Board itself, I know my Nforce sound, (MCP-T) has its own sound controller, (98% sure) so though its hardware sound, that doesnt mean its not set apart from the CPU itself.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.

[Keikan]

epox..?

it&#39;s called asrock....

now i dunno who to trust.

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by Keikan@1 February 2004 - 01:22
epox..?

it&#39;s called asrock....

now i dunno who to trust.
lol, little joke there. the Epox 8RDA3+ is the board that I use.

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Keikan@1 February 2004 - 05:22
epox..?

it&#39;s called asrock....

now i dunno who to trust.
John is suggesting you get the Epox board as opposed to the ASUS board

[Keikan]

Another question

6. As stated in the videos here http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Produc...%5e6678,00.html (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_3734_4348%5e6678,00.html)
When your using your cpu for along time without taking the heatsink off you should use a thermal pad instead of thermal grease. Is this true?

A. Yes use a thermal pad
B. No you should use thermal grease

[Lite]

Use Artic Silver 5 - the "best" thermal compound you can get :)

[Livy]

i have an aoc monitor, a 17" flat crt, its pretty decenct for the price anyway, only £70 and im pretty happy with it. :D

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by Keikan+1 February 2004 - 06:36--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Keikan &#064; 1 February 2004 - 06:36)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>When your using your cpu for along time without taking the heatsink off you should use a thermal pad instead of thermal grease. Is this true?[/b]
<!--QuoteBegin-Lite@1 February 2004 - 08:24
Use Artic Silver 5 - the "best" thermal compound you can get :)[/quote]

ANSWER HIS QUESTION&#33;&#33;&#33;

no i have not heard that. the asshole who sed that is obviously trying to have AMD customers smpke their chips and buy new 1s sooner

[Lite]

I did kinda answer the question&#33;

Pads are easier to use and last longer (but isnt as good&#33;)

Grease is harder to apply (propaly), but gives better results and doesnt last aslong.

Artic Silver 5 is made of silver :blink: and is the best thermal compund you can get :)

[Keikan]

@livy Thats the one I was looking at, at the same price too

Uhh how long does thermal grease last? If you are only the computer like 12 hrs a day

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by atiVidia@1 February 2004 - 14:31
no i have not heard that. the asshole who sed that is obviously trying to have AMD customers smpke their chips and buy new 1s sooner
You didn&#39;t even look at the url, did you?

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by Keikan+1 February 2004 - 05:20--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Keikan &#064; 1 February 2004 - 05:20)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>1. If buying a amd barton processer (not 3200+) the speed of ram to buy would be (price is not a factor)[/b]Get the fastest you can afford - it&#39;ll run at a slower speed until the rest of your system catches up and you can tweak the system&#39;s memory settings a bit without worrying about the RAM coping.

Originally posted by Keikan@1 February 2004 - 05:20
2. Does onboard ac97 have good sound quality?My on-board realtek seems fine to me but then I haven&#39;t got 5.1 speakers to fuck around with.

Originally posted by Keikan@1 February 2004 - 05:20
3. Does onboard ac97 sound drain your cpu?Hmm, depends on the chipset, but if you&#39;ve got a Barton 3000, how much of that can sound processing actually take?

Originally posted by Keikan@1 February 2004 - 05:20
4. Does the brand name AOC make good monitors?I have an AOC Spectrum 7vlr which has stood me well for 4 or 5 years. Looks pretty good to me, even if the max resolution is 1200x1024 @ 60Hz. At the cheaper end of the market, I&#39;d have liked a Hansol when I was buying but I was £50 short of the £200 required.
<!--QuoteBegin-Keikan@1 February 2004 - 05:20
5. Does the brand name BenQ make good monitors?[/quote]AFAIK they&#39;re an OK brand; their CDRW drives seemed to be respected when they were called Acer.

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by Lite@1 February 2004 - 08:24
Use Artic Silver 5 - the "best" thermal compound you can get :)
Another Fan boy it looks like.

http://forums.amdmb.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=292028

Read that, before you judge all the competition.