| underclocking
underclocking does have some aplications. i dont recomend it if you are trying to build a computer that you use on a daily basis, and certainly not a gaming computer. but i dount mind saying that i do like underclocking for building a home theator computer. first off i would recomend an AMD socket 939 processor.for the simple reason of i like AMD and that is has a massive FSB (front side bus) up to a 2000 Mhz FSB. you could also go with a socket 754, or an intel (intel= 80 FSB), but the 939 is my prefrance. you can also pick up a fairly low speed processor for pretty cheap, and and SAVE some MONEY. as for a motherboard i like the DFI lanparty series, but a nice ASUS, ABIT, or Gigabit board will do just fine.
now looking at heatsinks, be sure to get 100$ copper as it is the best at heat transfer and disipation, also use a good thermal compound such as Quick Silver (again my persional prefrance). i have also found that heat pipes work verry well. and dont forget to lap the bottom of you heat sink. you can cut 3-4 degrees by just doing this. (laping is sanding the bottom of the heat sink untill it is shiney as a mirror).
the last thing to look for is a good case. stick to an all aluminum or all steel case to reduce temperature. also look for a case with big 120 fans. now i konw that you were looking to go with out fans, but big 120 fans will do you a coople of favors. if you are truly going fanless, then they provide bigger areas for air to freely flow,( aka. heat to escape). second, if you find that you need a fan, or 2, 120's will move more air a lot quieter than a 80mm fan will.
lastly dont stick you newly built computer in an enclosed area. leav it where as much air can circulate through it as possible. what i mean by this is dont stick it inside an your tv stand where ther tv reciever, satalite box, cable box is at, they put off a lot of heat and will not help your newly build computer out. instead buy a pretty case so that you can leave it out in the air. this way people can look at it and dont know it is necessairly a computer, but it get all the cooling it wants. cooler master and silverstone make some nice flat cases.
underclocking is taking a componet and making it run slower than it was designed, this saves heat.
Last edited by McDaddy; 04-07-2006 at 12:07 PM.
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