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Subject: Re: Athlon XP series hardware question, plus related question

Author: Michael Williams

Date: 23:34:00 04/22/02

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On April 22, 2002 at 14:27:18, Torstein Hall wrote:

>On April 22, 2002 at 13:47:56, Sean Mintz wrote:
>
>>>For those that know much more than I do, should I wait for the 2400?  I don’t
>>>mind paying an extra $300-$500 for the 2400, nor waiting a month or two.  I know
>>>there is a real heat problem with this series of AMD processors, and the 2400
>>>will be even more susceptible to fire than the 2100.  I wonder if the
>>>performance increase, 190 MHz, is worth it?
>>
>>Well... if you have the money and patience I would strongly suggest waiting. the
>>2400+ should be much cooler (the 2100+ is really pushing the palomino core...).
>
>I would never buy the latest, you have to pay a large premium for that. Or in
>other words, to buy the latest is a rip off. I would rather spend the extra to
>get a Dual system, or/and more RAM or/and bigger Hard disk or/and faster CD
>burner and etc. etc.......
>Anyway there is nothing wrong with a litle heat if you got the right cooling for
>it! I think it is fun to overclock my Athlon TB 1.4 to about 1.5 Ghz and it has
>been working quite fine for some weeks now. Athlon TB 1.4GHZ is known as the
>Athlon with the biggest "heat potensial". :-) The price I have to pay is some
>fan noice. (And maybee i'm cutting my processors life a bit short. But who cares
>about an Athlon TB in 2-4 years?)
>
>Torstein

Well, I'm not so sure about buying a dual...BTW, how well does shredder do on a
dual system?  I haven't seen anything recent using the search engine, and what
with Deep Fritz 7 not being too impressive, that leaves just what,...junior??

What about others??  My retailer says my single board just came in  :(



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