It is time to replace my PC at home. Is this a good setup or should I
consider something else?
Shuttle SN25P
AMD 3700+ San Diego
Corsair 2x1G
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145126)
Seagate Barracuda 400G x 2
On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 11:32 -0500, Gary Udstrand wrote:
It is time to replace my PC at home. Is this a good setup or should I
consider something else?
Shuttle SN25P
AMD 3700+ San Diego
It's just me, but I would go with a throw away chip, and wait for the X2
to be a good price. The system
At 01:59 PM 01/06/2005, Harry McGregor wrote:
It's only $150 (OEM 3000+) vs $340 (Retail 3700+)
In 4-6 months pop out the 3000+ and put in a 4200+ or higher X2.
My understanding is that unless you have software that takes advantage of
dual cores (and I'm guessing that in 4-6 months, most
At 02:12 PM 6/1/2005, Thane Sherrington typed:
But I think the idea is sound. I'd just wait longer before going to an X2.
I know I was told to wait 3 or 4 mo for PCI-E last year it was more like
8 mo before it even came out never mind having anything that would take
advantage of it.
On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 15:12 -0300, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 01:59 PM 01/06/2005, Harry McGregor wrote:
It's only $150 (OEM 3000+) vs $340 (Retail 3700+)
In 4-6 months pop out the 3000+ and put in a 4200+ or higher X2.
My understanding is that unless you have software that takes
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On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 15:12 -0300, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 01:59 PM 01/06/2005, Harry McGregor wrote:
It's only $150 (OEM
On 6/1/05, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 03:19 PM 01/06/2005, Harry McGregor wrote:
X2 4200+ is not two 2500+ but two 3500+, and just running the OS, and
other system stuff on another chip should give you enough edge over a
single 4000+
Ohhh...very cool. I'm glad you
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On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 11:32 -0500, Gary Udstrand wrote:
It is time
On 6/1/05, Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's just me, but I would go with a throw away chip, and wait for the X2
to be a good price.
Ditto.
Hyperthreading is the P4's last bastion of desktop superiority is
hyperthreading. While AMD will probably never license HT anytime soon, a
