Security in the office has gotten to the point where I can't take anything
home anymore which is a shame.
I do have an XW8600 at home that got replaced with a Mac Pro. I haven't turned
it on for months, I probably should get it moved out and get a smaller desk,
it'd make space in our living
> Curt wrote:
> One of my instructor systems at work is at least 9 years old,
> HP XW8600, it still works good but we're looking at ending
> support for Windows 7 and I've got a system thats 2 generations
> newer so I'll probably switch to that.
I could give that XW8600 a good home here
Get a new PS asap and get it in there. Heat kills computers! Apple MacBook
Pro's of a certain age are well know for both running too hot and having the
video chip crack loose, causing crashes. I have one -- I use third party
software to run the fans at full speed all the time to keep it from
Agree. And buy a USB disk drive and use it to back up to regularly.
Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote on 6/11/19 3:24 PM:
I have suspected my power supply has been on the way out for a while. It
normally runs all the time and if it does get shut off sometimes it takes a
while to get it
One of my instructor systems at work is at least 9 years old, HP XW8600, it
still works good but we're looking at ending support for Windows 7 and I've got
a system thats 2 generations newer so I'll probably switch to that.
Angie's business still runs on an XW8200 that I bought for work in
iIRC my current processor is a 6 core
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> On Jun 11, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Actually, not so much.
>
> More custom chips to condense the hardware, but the processors haven't
> changed much in the last decade or so. 3 GHz is the
I ordered a new power supply, 1tb SSD, 2.5-3.5 drive bay adaptor, new SATA
cable in case they are different for some reason. Looking at my motherboard I
do have SATA 2 so at least that is better than SATA 1. Later on in the Mb blows
up I will replace it.
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> On Jun 11,
Actually, not so much.
More custom chips to condense the hardware, but the processors haven't changed
much in the last decade or so. 3 GHz is the operational limit for silicon
without serious cooling (read liquid nitrogen) and eight cores seems to be the
point at which task managing
More importantly, is there any reason to upgrade? If your current hardware
serves your needs, why bother spending the money for a new motherboard or
processor?
While there have been improvements over that time frame, the tasks you’re
currently doing with your computer probably haven’t changed
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:24:47 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
wrote:
> I think what I will do is order a new power supply and HDD. If
> something later on fails such as the motherboard I can upgrade it then.
> That is unless you people thing I should just do it now. Have there
> been that many
I have been fairly happy with the 120G SSD's I used in our big systems,
the user files are still on big rotating media. (Easy to do with Mac.)
Unless you're doing A/V production with lots of big files you probably
won't be able to detect any speed difference versus all-SSD, and it's
vastly
I think I’m going to clone the current HDD to a SSD and use it for the main
drive. I will then leave the current HDD installed as an internal 2nd drive
with its content as is. I am not sure what size the current drive is but it
has over 1tb free. I may end up getting a 3rd HDD and install in
You can get an external case too for a HDD and if you need to back up
the one you have now, you can get another HDD and put it in there for
backup, or put your existing HDD in there and use another machine to
back it up to something else (SSD in another external case?). Those
cases are cheap
I’m thinking I want to get a 1tb SSD to use as the primary drive but I am not
sure about the interface these days. My current HDD is SATA, but I see SSD and
HDD listed with SATA II and III. Is thing something new my motherboard might
not support? I have not done anything with computer building
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