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Subject: Re: You really don't need to upgrade if you have a least a 1200 Ghz PC

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 05:09:07 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 07:48:27, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On June 02, 2002 at 07:43:04, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On June 02, 2002 at 00:16:56, K. Burcham wrote:
>>
>>>On June 01, 2002 at 21:37:29, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 01, 2002 at 21:30:20, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/amdbestbuy.html
>>>>
>>>>You can also select your own motherboard, and entire system peripherals to your
>>>>satisfaction.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/cusandorfora3.html
>>>
>>>
>>>PC for chess program.
>>>order from Cyberpower Inc.
>>>
>>>Item Options Unit
>>>Price Quantity Subtotal
>>>INTEL SPECIAL 2: MONITOR FOR CUSTOMIZE PC
>>>  MONITOR: AQUAVIEW 17 INCHES .27 MM SVGA MONITOR (+139)  139.00   1  139.00
>>>CUSTOMIZE AND ORDER FOR AMD BEST BUY
>>>  CASE: AMD Certified ATX Full Tower Case - 350 Watt (+20)
>>> CD: 16x DVD-ROM
>>> CD-RECORDER: None
>>> COOLING SYS: AMD Certified CPU Fan, Heatsink and 2 Extra Fans [2.2 GHz] (+9)
>>> CPU: AMD Athlon® XP-2100+ Processor CE601 (+725)
>>> FLOPPY: Mitsumi 1.44MB
>>> HARD DRIVE: 40GB 7200 RPM UDMA 133 (+20)
>>> KEYBOARD: Microsoft Internet Keyboard (+15)
>>> MEMORY: 512MB PC2100 266MHz DDR Memory (+80)
>>> MODEM: US Robotics 56K V.90 Winmodem (+10)
>>> MOTHERBOARD: ASUS A7V333 KT333 MB W/ ATA133, USB 2.0, 5.1 AUDIO (+65)
>>> MOUSE: Microsoft PS2 IntelliMouse (+20)
>>> NETWORK CARD: 3Com 905 BTX-NM 10/100 NIC (+50)
>>> OFFICE SUITE: Corel WordPerfect Office 2002
>>> OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Profesional (+60)
>>> RUSH SERVICE: None; Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days
>>> SERVICE: Standard: 3 Year Parts and Labor Warranty
>>> SOFTWARE: None
>>> SOUND: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value 5.1 (+35)
>>> SPEAKERS: Altec Lansing AVS300 Subwoofer Stereo Speakers (+25)
>>> VIDEO: Nvidia GeForce3 Ti 200 128MB DDR W/ TV OUT (+75)
>>> ZIP: None  1209.00   1  1209.00
>>>Subtotal for Cyberpower Inc.  1348.00
>>>
>>>kburcham
>>
>>
>>Still better than a Pentium IV 2.4 Ghz, but for $150.00 cheaper than:
>>http://www.gateway.com/home/prod/hm_500x_ProdDetail.shtml
>
>And for a mere 20 Elo difference that you might get with a Pentium IV 2.53 Ghz,
>but $1000.00 cheaper than this one:
>>http://www.gateway.com/home/prod/hm_500xl_ProdDetail.shtml
>
>PS: I am not sure that a Pentium IV 2.53 Ghz will give you a performance of 20
>Elo more than an AMD XP 2100+.

If you really think about it, for a performance difference of less than 75
points, you really do NOT need to upgrade if you have a least a 1200 Ghz :-.
This apply more to people with older P.C. that are NOT worth upgrading, since
you will have to change almost 90% of the parts. And I mean old, like an AMD or
Pentium II 300 Mhz.

>   Jorge.



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