New build for additional computer.

[Howard]

Originally posted by: OSX

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: OSX
AM2 is just stupid, and a waste of money.

Explain.

Because socket 939 is still current and purchasing an entirely new board + processor+ RAM would have the same costs as going to Conroe, especially with it releasing so soon.

It's stupid and a waste of money because you have to buy a new processor and memory? Wouldn't you have to buy a new CPU anyway? Besides, you can use the memory on a Conroe rig, too.

Forget the motherboard, you wouldn't be able to reuse the 939 mobo.

 

[Talcite]

well phase regulation in a few words is basically spreading the power for the cpu across several caps, mofsets etc. If you have fewer phases, then each cap,mofset will have to handle more watts of power, which makes it more likely to burn out sooner. It also allows dirtier power to the cpu I believe. The more phases you have, the less each cap and mofset is responsible for, and the most stable your system will probably be, especially when overclocking or using a power hungry cpu.

That's like an abridged version of the grade 2 guide to phase regulation. It's really much more complicated than that... and I don't quite understand it =p. I would love if an EE gave us a real lesson on phase regulation, because i'm quite interested in it as well.

 

[Sirfelixcat2]

Well, thanks for all the help and feedback. After shipping and all, it was @ $1100. Actually, after rebates, it's closer to $1,000. Funny thing is, I know if I could have waited 2 weeks, it would have been a MUCH better system, with the new chips coming out, but so goes life.

Anyway, here is the final rig:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119074"]COOLER MASTER CAVALIER 3[/URL]

Mobo:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123004"]EPoX EP-MF4ULTRA Socket AM2[/URL]

Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103631]AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans 2000MHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor [/url]

Pwr Supply: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817104934]FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX500-A[/url]

Vid Card: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102008]SAPPHIRE 100154SR Radeon X1800XT 256MB [/url]

Ram:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590"]CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM [/URL]

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144701]Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB [/url]
& 2 other currently owned HDD's here at the house.

Optical Drives: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827101131]SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM [/url] & http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827152058]NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X [/url]

Cooling: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835185125]ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro Cooling Fan with Heatsink [/url] & http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118001"]ZALMAN VF900 ? CU 2 Ball VGA Cooling Fan/Heatsink [/URL]

Speakers: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16836121119]Logitech X-230 32 Watts 2.1 Black Speakers [/url]


Still, this thing is pretty much a serious rig. If anyone has any questions and such, feel free. I ordered this early Monday (noon) and the whole thing, with standard shipping, will be here, per UPS tracking, by Thursday. Impressive, but that's newegg for ya:thumbup:



(sorry for the links...2 different msg. boards use 2 different tags...it's late and I'm tired 😉 )

 

[Bobthelost]

3 Phase regulators have three offset sine waves all out of phase with each other, this means that the average voltage is fairly stable. 4 phase have four waves, which makes the output voltage even more stable. It also increases the efficency of the system by a few %. 5 Phase or higher is even better, but the improvement in efficency and the stability of the output voltage is very small and it gets smaller every time you add a phase. 3 Phase is the optimum in price/performance for the most part.

You can make 2 and 1 phase regulators, but they aren't very efficent, in term of cost or power. All of the above is true for induction machines (power generation), i'm having a brain failure trying to remember/think how the motherboard regulation works.