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Earlier this week, I built a Shuttle XPC model SK21G (Socket 754, VIA K8M800 chipset)
Here's what I put in it:
Athlon 64 3400+ - Venice/E3 stepping (12x200 = 2400mhz @ 1.40 vcore)
2x512mb (1GB) Mushkin 2-3-2 PC3200
built by ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP
Maxtor 120GB SATA/150
Using the stock ICE cooling unit, I applied some AS5 to the top of the cpu heatspreader and firmly seated the heatsink with a couple of side-to-side twists before tightening the screws.
I started the burn-in process by first setting my A/C thermostat to 79 degrees which is a little on the warm side for most homes...I wanted the ambient temp in the room to be higher than usual so the rig would generate some real heat.
I went into the BIOS, and under PC Health set the fans to "Smart Fan". I sat at the desktop in Windows XP Pro for an hour or so and waited for the thermal paste to cure for a bit. During this time I monitored my cpu temp very closely and recorded it as 45C idle. I opened up Prime95's torture test and chose In-place large FFTs for maximum heat and let it rip.
After monitoring for about 5 hours, the max cpu temp I recorded was 54C. I was quite impressed for such a small rig under a full load in a warm room. The max core temp for this particular cpu is 65C and Shuttle's ICE cooling unit manages to keep it 10C below that under a torture test. Smart-Fan kept the cpu fan at 1722rpm during the entire burn-in.
From what I have seen, these 90nm Venice cores run around 10C cooler than their 130nm Newcastle cousins which makes it a pretty good cpu for SFF rigs.
Way to go AMD.
Here's what I put in it:
Athlon 64 3400+ - Venice/E3 stepping (12x200 = 2400mhz @ 1.40 vcore)
2x512mb (1GB) Mushkin 2-3-2 PC3200
built by ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP
Maxtor 120GB SATA/150
Using the stock ICE cooling unit, I applied some AS5 to the top of the cpu heatspreader and firmly seated the heatsink with a couple of side-to-side twists before tightening the screws.
I started the burn-in process by first setting my A/C thermostat to 79 degrees which is a little on the warm side for most homes...I wanted the ambient temp in the room to be higher than usual so the rig would generate some real heat.
I went into the BIOS, and under PC Health set the fans to "Smart Fan". I sat at the desktop in Windows XP Pro for an hour or so and waited for the thermal paste to cure for a bit. During this time I monitored my cpu temp very closely and recorded it as 45C idle. I opened up Prime95's torture test and chose In-place large FFTs for maximum heat and let it rip.
After monitoring for about 5 hours, the max cpu temp I recorded was 54C. I was quite impressed for such a small rig under a full load in a warm room. The max core temp for this particular cpu is 65C and Shuttle's ICE cooling unit manages to keep it 10C below that under a torture test. Smart-Fan kept the cpu fan at 1722rpm during the entire burn-in.
From what I have seen, these 90nm Venice cores run around 10C cooler than their 130nm Newcastle cousins which makes it a pretty good cpu for SFF rigs.
Way to go AMD.