Mindless bragging...

GilesGuthrie

GilesGuthrie

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Not posting for advice or anything...

When the wife complained that the computer was slow yesterday, I saw it as a good excuse to implement the hardware changes to it. So, I have ordered:

AMD Athlon 4800+ X2 (dual core, 2.4GHz, 2x 1MB cache)
2x 1GB Kingston PC3200 ValueRAM (formerly their HyperX range)

This will give me 3GB RAM, which will be enough for running my Virtual Machines properly, and for doing Photoshop work.

Total of £320 spent.

I also finally got my Dell PC working again. PIII/1000, 512MB RAM, 2x 300GB disk. It's now running Ubuntu 6.06 as a Samba server. Yes, it's my online backup device, and since I currently have 75GB photos on it, it's important.

So, am I great, or what? Form an orderly queue to praise me...
 
GilesGuthrie
Not posting for advice or anything...

When the wife complained that the computer was slow yesterday, I saw it as a good excuse to implement the hardware changes to it. So, I have ordered:

AMD Athlon 4800+ X2 (dual core, 2.4GHz, 2x 1MB cache)
2x 1GB Kingston PC3200 ValueRAM (formerly their HyperX range)

This will give me 3GB RAM, which will be enough for running my Virtual Machines properly, and for doing Photoshop work.

Total of £320 spent.

I also finally got my Dell PC working again. PIII/1000, 512MB RAM, 2x 300GB disk. It's now running Ubuntu 6.06 as a Samba server. Yes, it's my online backup device, and since I currently have 75GB photos on it, it's important.

So, am I great, or what? Form an orderly queue to praise me...
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Of course you're great, what else would you be? :sly:
Seriously though, 3gb of RAM is very nice indeed.
 
It's AMD talk.

A 4800 isn't 4.8GHZ. It's 2.4GHZ Dual Core.
I have a 3500, that's 2.2GHZ
 
Casio
It's AMD talk.

A 4800 isn't 4.8GHZ. It's 2.4GHZ Dual Core.
I have a 3500, that's 2.2GHZ
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Indeed, 2.4GHz Dual Core, with the 1MB cache for each core. The 4600 has a 2.4GHz clock speed, but only 512KB cache on each core. It should be a useful improvement over my current 3800+, which is a 2.4GHz single-core. I have read test reports that show the dual-core processor to be cooler and to use less power than the 2.4GHz single-core.
 

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