Thursday, May 8, 2008
Preparation for UNI begins
Now then, with the last mods in place, new fan, 100% tested cooling setup, reformatted with fresh a fresh OS, I have one "university-ready" computer ready for all that processing that needs to be done when the term starts.Now should I make my other Shuttle XPC "university-ready" as well? It has served me well all these years, but temperatures are running too hot and since it no longer has any more market value, I might as well rip out its guts and install a water cooling system.
Temperatures at 80˚C for the gpu and 70˚C for the CPU is just too hot! Should I water-cool my 5 year old AMD939 Shuttle XPC? It will definitely require another $300 or more in investment and I am not sure if that is worth it.
But I definitely know that even though it’s running smoothly now, it cannot run for long considering all that heat build-up. Now for my main computer, I am somehow keeping my coolant below 40˚C. With the hot weather, the coolant easily hits 39˚C. Its just so damn hot, but at least with the Delta fan, everything is running smoothly and within acceptable ranges.
Looks like I won't be making any changes to my main computer for some time to come. It's finally "university-ready". "gaming-rig?" Bah.
"University-ready" computers must be reliable, smooth, won't fail, won't crash (have redundant storage) so in case of a hdd crash, you don't lose valuable data. Must be able to print/scan/have external usb ports, and of course, sufficient processing power to do crunching when needed.
Of course, if your rig is still under construction, under-testing, or still requires frequent maintenance and frequent down-times, then it's not "university-ready".
Haha, that's just my logic. Are you "university-ready"?
