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Upgrading CPU
vuzedome:
Intel's planning for a new socket for 2011.
And I too agree that a full pack upgrade is a smarter choice.
kyanwan:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on April 16, 2010, 06:10:44 AM ---Intel's planning for a new socket for 2011.
And I too agree that a full pack upgrade is a smarter choice.
--- End quote ---
+ also mention the poor lack of selection for AMD and the lack of anything really good.
AMD, today, is shit.
( Unless you're working on a budget of a couple hundred bucks - and want something decent. )
Stsin:
If you are still using an old computer, either AMD or Intel, it is shit, today.
What matters is what you are using right now. If still saving for an upgrade, you are still using a shit system ;)
Will repeatedly go through this situation for the rest of your life.
nstgc:
--- Quote from: kyanwan on April 20, 2010, 04:53:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: vuzedome on April 16, 2010, 06:10:44 AM ---Intel's planning for a new socket for 2011.
And I too agree that a full pack upgrade is a smarter choice.
--- End quote ---
+ also mention the poor lack of selection for AMD and the lack of anything really good.
AMD, today, is shit.
( Unless you're working on a budget of a couple hundred bucks - and want something decent. )
--- End quote ---
AMD's best CPUs are about the speed of Intel's mid-range CPUs, but they cost less, and the motherboards are cheaper. ATi (which was purchased by AMD) is better than nVidia in both cost and performance.
Also Nazo works for AMD, and we like Nazo.
ant900:
Well I finally got a chance to upgrade my computer last week. And I must say this new machine is pretty sexy! However sadly I (probably) screwed up transferring over XP to the new hardware so I blue screened every time I tried to authenticate it. So I went and bought Windows 7 ("OMG he bought software?!? *Gasp*!"), and while it does have a few quirks here and there that I don't like, overall it is a nice OS. Also I didn't know that when installing it takes everything from your old windows install and puts it in a folder, which was nice, and prevents me from having to mess around with my backup drive. Though as always reinstalling everything is a bitch (especially getting a hold of another copy of VS2008 >.>)
few pics for the curious:
Part of my work area before I removed my old hardware
My old mobo. My cpu fan looks so tiny compared to my new one.
My small army of harddrives. 1.5TB, 1.0TB, 160GB, & 250GB. Sadly I overlooked IDE support on my new MOBO so my 250 gig had to be taken out (along with an old, rarely used CD-ROM drive), but thankfully this gives me a chance to put in a new 1.0TB harddrive, though I am not too happy about the hole on the front of the computer my CD drive left, I might put the drive back in just to get rid of it -_-
new mobo all set up (except for wires)
It's alive!! (and glowing)
Konata and Aria watching over my computer making sure nothing happens to it :)
Thanks to everyone that replied to this thread! If it wasn't for you my sexy cpu would probably still be sitting in its box ^.^
P.S.: Did you guys know that Best Buy doesn't carry full copies of Windows 7? What kind of BS is that? Had to go next door to Office Depot to get it -_-
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