[mythtv-users] 3.06 GHz on a Pundit?

[Greg Cope]

My Pundit seems quite happy with a 2.8P4 - some noise but the temps
when idle are only a few c higher than with a 2.4 celery (think that
it what I had).

Greg

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:01:31 -0800, Emory Chan <emory.commerce at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is something you should seriously think about when putting a P4
> in a Pundit.  I have a 2.66 GHz Celeron D in a Pundit-R, and it
> generates quite a bit of heat. The variable-speed CPU fan makes some
> noise, but the PSU fan is incredibly noisy.  The Prescott cores
> obviously take a lot more power than previous generations, but I can
> imagine that a >2.8 GHz P4 Northwood would get pretty hot as well.
> 
> I don't think ASUS really designed the Pundit for such hot CPU's.
> There really is not that much room for air to flow.  If you want the
> power, go with a bigger case. If  you don't need the power, I've heard
> that people with low end Celerons and P4's say that their Pundits are
> virtually silent. They run Myth just fine, and the processors are way
> cheaper.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:57:54 -0800, Alex Smith <stangage70 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > The P4-3.06 should work (have no Pundit to test on), but the heat from
> > such a unit may exceed the design parameters of such a small case...
> >
> 
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