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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