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Offline Taristin

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on: October 04, 2004, 10:56:50 am
W@@t! :p

I just bought the best upgrades I could ever get for my PC!

Firstly, My system specs:

Mobo: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
CPU: AMD Duron @601Mhz
RAM: 128 Mb (Single Channel mode) DDR266
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256Mb (cat 4.4)

Now, I'm witing for FedEx to deliver my shiny new:

AMD Athlon 2800+ XP (Barton Core) 333FSB
1 Gb DDR400 RAM


I was totally amazed by the reviews left for the memory. And the price was incredible! Plus it seems to come with the cool little red who's-it's. :D  I can't wait! The anticipation is killing me!!

Wish me luck! :D:D:D
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #1 on: October 04, 2004, 11:03:51 am
git
 

Offline Taristin

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Reply #2 on: October 04, 2004, 11:11:41 am
:nervous:

Whassat mean?
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Reply #3 on: October 04, 2004, 11:14:34 am
:p
 

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Reply #4 on: October 04, 2004, 11:52:06 am
:lol: Aldo is on form today.  It's Brit-speak, meaning a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.... :nervous:
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Reply #5 on: October 04, 2004, 12:02:29 pm
Wow, your upgrade brings you to just below the spec I've been running on for a few years now.

;)
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Reply #6 on: October 04, 2004, 01:36:39 pm
Congrats :p
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Reply #7 on: October 04, 2004, 01:44:59 pm
Why the 2800 w/ 333Mhz FSB? 400 would have gotten you a significant overall speed increase.

Oh, and I have the same MB - good one. :)





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Reply #8 on: October 04, 2004, 02:00:56 pm
What kind of power supply do you have right now?
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Reply #9 on: October 04, 2004, 02:06:06 pm
Ohh, a Braton processor (spelling on purpose!) :D

Cool, that - really helps with rendering and working on modelling, doesn't it? (hint hint nudge nudge) :)
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Reply #10 on: October 04, 2004, 02:11:19 pm
Aldo: :p to you too, then...

Sarny: Because price is a big concern to me. I couldn't afford a 400 FSB chip, but it can be OC'd quite a bit. Anyway, coming from a Duron to a 2800 will be a major speed increase. ;7

Kosh: A cheap one. Should probably be upgraded soon, too.

Lighty: Yes :p
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Reply #11 on: October 04, 2004, 04:39:47 pm
Heh good for you Raa upgrade like crazy. *takes out sledge hammer and announces his computers immenent doom* (darn 450 mhz AMD K6 bla bla bla!) :(
 

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Reply #12 on: October 04, 2004, 05:14:54 pm
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Sarny: Because price is a big concern to me. I couldn't afford a 400 FSB chip, but it can be OC'd quite a bit. Anyway, coming from a Duron to a 2800 will be a major speed increase. ;7


if your going to OC and if you are not getting a water cooling system or somthing I suggest this heatsink and this fan and this this Thermal paste

MUAHAHAHAH although after reading you say that money is an issue... you may have to work extra to get these although you can check the reviews of the preformance for yourself. :thepimp:  worth every penny
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Reply #13 on: October 04, 2004, 05:34:43 pm
Woot.
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Reply #14 on: October 04, 2004, 05:51:13 pm
It's always nice to get new stuff, I love my G5 :nod:

My ambition now is to get 8GB of RAM.....:nervous:
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Reply #15 on: October 04, 2004, 06:05:07 pm
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Mein gott!

If it weren't $56.00 I'd get one! Everything else on the list is reasonable.

Maybe it'll be on sale somewhere/time?
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Reply #16 on: October 04, 2004, 06:11:29 pm
Oh, care to post a PSU, too? Must be over 300W, since my PC'll have a 294 Watt at max usage and I only have a 250W ATM...
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Reply #17 on: October 04, 2004, 06:21:27 pm
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Originally posted by Raa



Mein gott!

If it weren't $56.00 I'd get one! Everything else on the list is reasonable.

Maybe it'll be on sale somewhere/time?


lol yeah its pricy but man...  with that high powered fan It cools some of the higher end AMD processors to the low 30's Celcius!
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Offline mitac

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Reply #18 on: October 04, 2004, 06:44:25 pm
Nice stuff, though I'm still happy to have that Duron in my machine. One of the early Applebred-cores (Tbred-B with lower cache memory) which were unlocked by factory default. :D Cheapest FSB400-CPU ever. ;)
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Reply #19 on: October 04, 2004, 06:50:22 pm
heh. Mine is crappy. I can't get it to OC over 700MHz, and I can't go over 650 if I want it to not freeze with a little load.
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