i think it is a good time to upgrade my comp so at work i decided to buy some new stuff.... lian li case, pc power cooling 450watt ps, asus P4S8X, 512MB DDR PC2700, new speakers. just gotta order the 3.06 P4 retail box chip. my machine isn't slow just think its time to upgrade https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

me too https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



mike

can i have the "old" stuff? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

So how much was all that good stuff? I am thinking of builidin a pc Soon..

umm that stuff was about $800 but i plan on selling the old machine to offset most of the cost https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

How much is the pentium gonna cost?

the chip is $400 3.06 with hyperthreading

Not bad.. So I can put together a badass system for like $1500.. Noice..

when I read that you were going to upgrade your "comp" I instantly thought "compressor wheel". You should do that too as long as you are splurging https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

come on! You want 500rwhp right?? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



yeah.... then you can let me have your "old shitty" compressor to put on my TD07 https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

well everything i bought is in the case. when the proc shows i'll transfer everything else https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

so now you will cruise this board as fast as my 4 year old computer https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif

Im beginning my overclocking journy. Up to 2.3 from 1.6 so far, and temps are good so far. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

yup but games will be faster https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

ah!



I dont play games

actually it might run a little faster in normal applications then my athlon....

INTEL = BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683358.gif

My first PC, which I still have BTW, was an AMD K6 233MHZ. Oh the memories. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/ohmy.png

pshhh.. im an amd man myself. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



hyperthreading is a joke, just a way for marketers to 'convince' the public the pentium is better. I have yet to see any results that would make me choose it over an amd. Its like the old apple commercials .. with the G4 chip. lol.. the clock speed was faster, sure, but it was still slower than amd's and pentiums in performance. All marketing.

my 1800+ works pretty damn good but the last intel machine i had a was a P3-550 that was a long time ago... i am sure i will not be dissappointed https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

intel sux0rs mang... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...R#>/violin.gif

i'll benchmark now and after https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

Its not that i think they suck, its that they are pretty expensive and all youre paying for is the name.



of course thought, AMD has upped there prices quite a bit :(

well its alive and working. the asus board i got didn't support the 3.06 a newer version of the board does. oh well i bought an intel board works great https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR

YEah, AMD and Intel are almost evenly priced right now. At least going by newegg prices.

Im not picky but i like my intel.



Im at 2.56ghz from 1.6ghz stock and the temps were the same as with stock cooler at stock speeds.



Kinda like the ford vs chevy thing, a matter of preferance at most.

Somehow that seems impossible to generate more power without more heat using the same cooling method.



Sounds like a mean system anyways though! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

I said stock cooler, im on a volcano 7+ now. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif

Ok ok not the same but pretty damn close, like 2-4 degrees C difference.

I'll probably go for higher soon.