Prescott's ?

[mara]

Anybody got any views about putting a Prescott in a SB75G2?
I've read a few reviews that say it runs a touch hot and the box gets a bit noisey !!!

[r1zeek]

Ohh my god, my heatsink melted
Prescotts run at about 90C, thats seriously hot.
Its like having a coal fire inside your shuttle.
Thats my view anyway

[mara]

I think I'll go for the Northwood, should keep the box cooler and quiet-ish.
Do you have a SB75G2? What is the 250W Silent PSU like ?
Oh and what Video, memory and such like have you got ?
All these questions eh !!!

[r1zeek]

Haven't got the 75G2, I got the RefleXion edition shuttle instead

Depends what your going to be doing with your system really?

[mara]

Mainly digital imaging stuff, got a pretty good didgy camera, video editing, might link it up to a music system some time, mp3's etc, saves getting up for a CD...... oh and lots and lots and lots of championship manager.

[Shogun]

Can i ask what graphics card you are going to put in this rig? Might be able to advise a better proc and shuttle if you are not going to game alot

[Leo]

Prescotts and shuttles dont mix together well mate. You'll have heat problems at stock, so overclocking is out of the questions. Pair it up with a 6800GT/Ultra and u got urself a nice lil barbeque machine

[mara]

I'm not sure what graphics card to put in, I've been looking at a ATI Radeon 128 MB ...... I'm sort of looking around the £80 mark.

[r1zeek]

What is the machine for. If its for gaming you would need a decent card (9800 Pro ) if its just for windows work (like writing or surfing the net) then you only need something like a Gf FX 5200.
So tell us, whats it for?

[mara]

As per post above

[Rexticle]

I saw Shuttles booth at Computex this year. They had half a dozen XPCs all running prescott 3.0s.

Also at the press center, they had 30 machines running prescotts 3.0. Shuttle and Prescott. It is possible