Author: Pallav Nawani
Date: 23:00:11 12/17/04
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On December 17, 2004 at 19:13:32, Andrei P wrote: >while it is true that P 4 is not a competitor to athlon when it comes to chess, >there are other things that some people may find important. a couple points: >1. for most people there is not much difference whether 1 million positions per >second analyzed or 1.5 millions. >2. athlon processors can be noisy. I have dual xp 1800 at work and when I switch >it off I realize that I have been working next to an airplane turbine. > It is the cooling systems/ fans that make all the noise. Buy a better fan & heatsink (maybe a copper one). A better heatsink will conduct heat better and as a result the fan will not need to rotate at its max speed. In that case, it will create less noise.
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