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And I thought my fan was loud

That's pretty funny. Last year, I got the upgrade itch and, considering some reports of a good price/performance and other perceived niceness, went over to the Inhel dark side for my first dual-core: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz and installed my first x86_64 os with Mandriva 2010.0
I've noticed my more recent case acquisitions have this provision for a fan and directional horn on the case side over the cpu location, where I put a manually speed-controlled case fan.

Not exactly a gaming PS you've got there rolf. So we can deduct from that that you are a serious computer guy
Do I see right; do you have a "pipe" from the fan down to the cpu?
While we are at it: Let me introduce myself. I don't have that big a fan but I have lot of them:)

id: core description: Motherboard product: P6T DELUXE V2 vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. physical id: 0 version: Rev 1.xx serial: 101184290000109 slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

id: cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M. slot: LGA1366 size: 2668MHz capacity: 2668MHz width: 64 bits clock: 133MHz

Nvidia Geforce GTX 275 and 8 CPU's

Very very nice, both of you! I can see the advantages of each one, but they're different for each one. For instance, rolf's computer is probably more hardware-customizable, while Viking's would be geared more towards gaming.

And yes, I myself know for a fact that rolf is a serious computer guy. Go look at his posts at "that other forum". I've learned a lot from him CLI-wise, and in other areas as well.

Yes - actually I have 3 other boxes here but I picked the nicest one. And you are correct about the gaming specs. I want the fastest and the best - always (It should be fairly modern in 5 years). Turns out i can tune the older boxes to be (almost) as fast if I put my mind to it. Still I am running Mandriva cooker on that one (and ahem Win7 ultimate ). Let me reserve some space here where you can imagine every excuse in the book:





There that should be enough space for that. Any way you guys have me thoroughly beat on the fan.

Don't do games
Yes, it's a sort of aiming tube for the case fan and gets remarkably close to the cpu heatsink. I just use the pc for browsing, email, business records, a lot of things a pc is good for, even passing the time or as a hobby. I, also, like to buy quality with not-too frequent upgrades. After a couple of years, I feel ok about investing in slightly newer technology but it is not vital that I do so.

That's how I am, too, rolf. Kinda "meh" on the newer computers, but that's me. I do have plans though for next month, get a newer computer (specs I'm not sure of yet; probably custom built again), a new home stereo system, and turn this one into a music server. I can do my HTPC finally.

Any recommendations?

Oh, I have no idea. When I'm in the market, I do a lot of reading about what's currently popular and what the hardware fanatic consensus is. It's been quite a while since I was in research mode; computer tech goes obsolete quickly. There are a couple of sites I've been to, anandtech and Tom's Hardware:
http://anandtech.com/
http://www.tomshardware.com/us/

Both great sites. Had forgotten about them. That's how long it's been since the last computer. Thanks so much!

1366 chipset you must have at least..
get an nvidia graphic card, and you should be fine

I always do nvidia anyway.

With this thing just being a server at that time, I may take out my 7300 GT and use it for the new computer, who knows. This thing's done really well for me.