THE COMPUTER THREAD

[gbeenie]

I hate to tell you this now, but if you waited till Monday or Tuesday you could have got  this processor. Nice upgrade though.

Micro Center had that one for $30 less through Wednesday. Oh well.

[RVR II]

Well, after further research, that one has half the cache of the one I just bought so I'd say no.
I'll stick with the one I bought for the extra $60 ($90).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115028
Mine will outperform it 9 times out of 10 just because of that.

[AmandaGal]

9 times out of 10, you won't need that much processor.

It's not the size that matters boys, it's how you use it

[SaucyRossy]

9 times out of 10, you won't need that much processor.

It's not the size that matters boys, it's how you use it

rrrreaaalllly

[RVR II]

9 times out of 10, you won't need that much processor.

It's not the size that matters boys, it's how you use it

*Yummy! 

[kodiakthejuggler]

It's not the size that matters boys, it's how you use it

Yeah, but it takes a long time to apply a filter in Photoshop with a 500mhz single-core processor.

(geeks are laughing right now...)

[RVR II]

500mhz??? WHAaa

WOW... nuf said

[jewishcarpenter]

Well, after further research, that one has half the cache of the one I just bought so I'd say no.
I'll stick with the one I bought for the extra $60 ($90).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115028
Mine will outperform it 9 times out of 10 just because of that.

What? yours = 4MB L2 cache, the new one = 6MB L2 cache, how is that half? I'm gonna wait for the quadcore's that come out this spring, my recording setup could use a major upgrade because it keeps crashing on me with an older dualcore processor. I'm looking to buy the Q9450 (2.66 Ghz, 12MB Cache) - $349, then I shall proceed to rock a llamas ass.

[RVR II]

Well, after further research, that one has half the cache of the one I just bought so I'd say no.
I'll stick with the one I bought for the extra $60 ($90).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115028
Mine will outperform it 9 times out of 10 just because of that.

What? yours = 4MB L2 cache, the new one = 6MB L2 cache, how is that half?

Well, ok.. not literally.. The 4MB is shared on mine, and the 6MB  on that one is not

[RVR II]

I'm looking to buy the Q9450 (2.66 Ghz, 12MB Cache) - $349, then I shall proceed to rock a llamas ass.

WOW! I Think you'll Obliterate that Llamas Ass!

[RVR II]

YYEESS!! The Upgrade Is COMPLETE!
Here's some pics of the 'New & Improved Masterpiece':



..And a couple 'Night' shots (It's Much Brighter than it appears - My whole Dining room is lit up right now!):


WOO-HOO!!!

[mike5150]

yeah I just put a new 300 gig harddrive in my compaq and my gf and I are just starting to talk about getting a new mousepad (jealous much?) by the way rvr. I dont want to get to technical but what does that one thing on your computer do? that thing next to the other thing? with wires?

[RVR II]

by the way rvr. I dont want to get to technical but what does that one thing on your computer do? that thing next to the other thing? with wires?

Hmm.. All I know is, is that it makes things work rreeeellllyyy fast!

[jewishcarpenter]

Nice, but I won't be impressed until you have something like this. They did get it wrong though, it's a retro-styled liquid cooling system and doesn't have anything to do with beer or Russia. A polish guy made it, It looks cool as hell though.

[RVR II]

Nice, but I won't be impressed until you have something like this.

Yeah True.. I'm working on a way to rig a bottle of Tequila to it not just to fill shot glasses when needed, but for 'Liquid Cooling' as well
Kinda like shooting Nitrous to a dragster