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[email protected] LoogyPicker@gmail.com is offline
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Default OT - New PC in da house..

On Apr 15, 5:55*pm, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
.com...
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


On Apr 15, 11:47 am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.


I got:


Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound


Brand new, not a refurb.


$379.00 plus tax.


After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.


db
After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.
I haven't owned an Intel chip since my first experiences with AMD....


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They are indeed fast but tend to run hotter than Intel..........cooling is
always an issue especially if you overclock them.


Apparently the latest high-end AMD chipset is a distant second to the
latest high-end Intel chipset with which it competes.

For those to whom it matters.

One wonders how Loogydrip fitted that AMD chip into his Atari 100?- Hide quoted text -

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Um, dumbass, we were talking about the 3800.
And no, cooling is not a problem. My desktop runs 24/7.