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DataXUnknown · 11-14-2004, 11:41 AM

I don't really like Athlons, but that seems like a good computer there. My mom and sister both just got new Dell's. I still have a pentium 3 p.o.s. I am saving up for a 240 gig hard drive, 17 inch LCD flat screen, or 19 inch if I find the money fast enough. My computer is cheap ass.

Aedak · 11-14-2004, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DataXUnknown

I don't really like Athlons, but that seems like a good computer there. My mom and sister both just got new Dell's. I still have a pentium 3 p.o.s. I am saving up for a 240 gig hard drive, 17 inch LCD flat screen, or 19 inch if I find the money fast enough. My computer is cheap ass.

240 GB hard drive... I just don't see the point unless you want 100 movies and 50 different animes with every single episode saved on them.. or porn I guess. 80 GB has been fine for me, I have like 10 anime series, 1 with over 100 eps, others up to 50, plus a few movies, a bunch of games etc. I still have 25 GB left, and I don't see myself using it up anytime soon. Even if I did need it for some reason, I could easily see myself deleting an old anime that I never watch anymore, what's the point? :O

Kenzya · 11-14-2004, 11:49 AM

I'm still running on 256mb of ram... and considering games are requiring 512 now, they're working really well. :/

tnyhwk900 · 11-14-2004, 12:02 PM

I think it's so cool that Win XP loads in less than 20 seconds. =D

Anticrombie0909 · 11-14-2004, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DataXUnknown

I don't really like Athlons, but that seems like a good computer there. My mom and sister both just got new Dell's. I still have a pentium 3 p.o.s. I am saving up for a 240 gig hard drive, 17 inch LCD flat screen, or 19 inch if I find the money fast enough. My computer is cheap ass.

Athlon > P4. IMO.

**jimerax** · 11-14-2004, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Anticrombie0909

Athlon > P4. IMO.

Agreed.

**lightdarkness** · 11-14-2004, 12:11 PM

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...&tid=164&tid=1

tnyhwk900 · 11-14-2004, 03:26 PM

LD loses.

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Originally Posted by Anticrombie0909

Athlon > P4. IMO.

QFE. I used to be an Intel fanboy, but I noticed how the Barton line, which is in the $90-130 range, rivals or bests medium to high end P4's which cost near $200. Plus, the horribly overpriced P4EE is considerably worse than the FX line from AMD (which is also less expensive). Also, AMD's tend to overclock better.

Anticrombie0909 · 11-14-2004, 03:28 PM

Uh, Tny, that site linked to an Anandtech review of the Intel 570J, which got massively owned.

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Originally Posted by Anandtech

Right now we couldn't be happier with AMD, they are more on top of their game today than they ever were with the Athlon XP and the Athlon 64 platform is by far the most attractive platform AMD has ever had. We've seen AMD offer leading performance in the past, but never have they commanded such a strong lead for such an incredible length of time.

Couldn't be more right.

tnyhwk900 · 11-14-2004, 04:29 PM

Oh, I thought LD was for Intel and was advertising the new proc to ruin my thread. Gotcha.

supermystic123 · 11-14-2004, 04:30 PM

overclocked 64 = ownage

tnyhwk900 · 11-14-2004, 04:34 PM

64's don't OC as well as Bartons. Bartons=crankin da FSBBBBBBB.

Anticrombie0909 · 11-14-2004, 05:06 PM

Newcastle can OC almost as well as Barton, and only Newcastle (to the best of my knowledge) offers the 2Ghz FSB.

tnyhwk900 · 11-14-2004, 05:37 PM

Seriously? Wow. I heard they OC like +0.5 Ghz MAX.

Anticrombie0909 · 11-14-2004, 08:26 PM

Well...ok, maybe they're not as godly at overclocking as Barton Cores, but you can have some fun with a Newcastle- they're real easy to OC. Sempron is actually better at overclocking then Newcastle, but tend to get hotter and more unstable if you go too fast.

11-14-2004, 11:41 AM	#21
DataXUnknown FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 161	I don't really like Athlons, but that seems like a good computer there. My mom and sister both just got new Dell's. I still have a pentium 3 p.o.s. I am saving up for a 240 gig hard drive, 17 inch LCD flat screen, or 19 inch if I find the money fast enough. My computer is cheap ass. __________________

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tnyhwk900 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your pocket Age: 33 Posts: 4,106	I think it's so cool that Win XP loads in less than 20 seconds. =D __________________

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lightdarkness Summer!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York Age: 35 Posts: 11,308	http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...&tid=164&tid=1 __________________

11-14-2004, 04:29 PM	#30
tnyhwk900 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your pocket Age: 33 Posts: 4,106	Oh, I thought LD was for Intel and was advertising the new proc to ruin my thread. Gotcha. __________________

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supermystic123 FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 76	overclocked 64 = ownage __________________

11-14-2004, 04:34 PM	#32
tnyhwk900 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your pocket Age: 33 Posts: 4,106	64's don't OC as well as Bartons. Bartons=crankin da FSBBBBBBB. __________________

11-14-2004, 05:06 PM	#33
Anticrombie0909 FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,683	Newcastle can OC almost as well as Barton, and only Newcastle (to the best of my knowledge) offers the 2Ghz FSB.

11-14-2004, 05:37 PM	#34
tnyhwk900 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your pocket Age: 33 Posts: 4,106	Seriously? Wow. I heard they OC like +0.5 Ghz MAX. __________________

11-14-2004, 08:26 PM	#35
Anticrombie0909 FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,683	Well...ok, maybe they're not as godly at overclocking as Barton Cores, but you can have some fun with a Newcastle- they're real easy to OC. Sempron is actually better at overclocking then Newcastle, but tend to get hotter and more unstable if you go too fast.

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