Wolfgang Lenerz makes some magical things to make me read
} Me:
} > I have been looking for months to upgrade my PC (P1-MMX, 180 MHz, 4 PCI and 1 ISA
used, 4 IDE HD, 2 SCSI HD, 1 IDE CDROM, 1 DVD and 1 CD-R burner on SCSI,
} > 256 Mega of EDO). And the simple change to a 'viable' configuration
} > (which would not be obsolete in three months) (change of Motherboard, CPU,
} > memory and box (because AT is now extinct)) has always been rated too expensive:
my limit is about 5kF (i.e. 750 Ecus).
} What? Just for a box, a motherboard,CPU & some memory? No,
} for 5Kf you can get that easy - ubless of course, you want a 1GHz
} chip...
Well, the quicker the better... I need it! (it's for ray-tracing).
I'm now avoiding the buy because of the memory format instability forecast:
SDram is obsolet soon and neither DDR nor Rambus is available.
(not speaking of the 100/133/150 dilemn).
The memory price is dropping after Xmas, but the Motherboard
is still high (about 1 to 1.4kF) and the processor is still moving
(the Duron 700 has now been stopped...)
P4 1.4 is just crap, so I would better go for a Thunderbird 1 or more,
once the memory issue is resolved (next year ?).
For info, on my old 180MHz, QPC2v2 finale does not beat the Q40 in speed
(but it has a bigger display, more memory, access to big DOS partitions,
but no sound system...)
