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Message ID: 5938
Date: Tue Nov 23 12:27:02 GMT 2004
Author: Wulfric Rennison
Subject: Re: Re: [EverQuest] Wow


It sounds contradictory but it's not really.  Consider it like this.  Heat radiates outward regardless of direction.  Ceramics are better at retaining heat inside the power supply casing so the exhaust fan can focus the heat outward through the back of the case.  With metal power supplies the metal casing can heat up inside the tower causing the overall internal temporature of the PC to be hotter.  By keeping the power supply heat central to the power supply and not the rest of the tower, the internal temperature shouldn't be so high, thus cooling the system overall.
 
 
Does that make sense?
 
Wulfric
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Lyles
To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [EverQuest] Wow

Just a question...."better for heat retention and cooling"?  Cooling is the removal of heat, retaining it is to keep it. 
Sorry, just the service technician in me.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [EverQuest] Wow

I've already taken care of that.  The new system has a 400 watt ceramic power supply (better for heat retention and cooling.).  The system the card is in now has a 250 watt power supply and it still runs fine.  The Radeon cards that need more power generally come with their own cooling fan and power connector.  The 9600XT does not so it works fine.
 
Wulfric
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Su
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [EverQuest] Wow

I'm not sure about the ATI Radeon, but I know the GeForce 5 FX requires a more powerful power supply than the average video card. So keep that in mind when building your system, you might need a larger power supply or else the system shuts itself off and has other problems. My father found this out the hard way when he ordered a new PC from HP. They put in the GeForce 5 but did not increase the power supply so he had to go buy a new power supply in order for his computer to work.
luv,
-Su

======== At 2004-11-19, 11:15:00 you wrote: ========

My system specs are a Pentium 4 1.8Ghz and a 400mhz FSB  with 1024MB of RAM and a 128MB ATI Radeon 9200 video card.  It seemed to run the beta version of EQ2 quite well with minimal lag in most cases, so if you're system is commensurate to that, you shouldn't have a problem. 

I am, however, building a new system that will be a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz and a 533mhz FSB with 1024MB of RAM and a 256MB ATI Radeon 9600XT video card.  I expect good things from it when I'm done.   I think EQ2 should run quite nicely on it.

Wulfric





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