Recommended Internal Peripherals (Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe)

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kuphryn

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Greetings,

Finally the last piece of a high-performance workstation (Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe). Here are the discussions on CPU and graphics card:

// CPU
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1083260&highlight=kuphryn

// Graphics Cards
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1088293&highlight=kuphryn

Essential questions about Internal Peripherals

* Power Supply

Preferred power supply (500W or more) for high-performance CPU? Many brands and products (450W -> 1000W). Which ones are accurate and reliable?

* CPU Fan

Thermaltake
Zalman

* New motherboards include on-board sound card, network card, etc.

Music and network connection are extremely important. What is the performance difference between on-board (internal) and stand-alone (independent) peripherals? Better to select stand-on sound card and network card to improve motherboard efficiency? Are on-board peripherals reliable?

Kuphryn
 
Inside the chassis, they're not exactly "peripherals".

What motherboard are you going to use?
 
A lot of server boards have integrated Ethernet, so I think that's a pretty safe option. For your purposes, onboard audio will be fine.

Supermicro only has one board that supports Core 2 Duo, and that's the PDSBA.

As for the power supply:

Masscool PS-PSU460 - $58 + $8 shipping
Zippy HP2-6460P - $85 + $? shipping
Zippy HP2-6460P /w thermally-controlled fan - $92 + $? shipping
Enhance ENS-0560G - $100 + ~$7 shipping
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 ATX - $171 + $9-$15 shipping
Zippy PSM-6600P - $199 + $? shipping
Zippy PSL-6701P - $284 + $? shipping

Some of these can get quite loud.

I suggest the Thermalright Ultra-120 to cool the CPU, but the stock solution will work.
 
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