Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Upgrade Ponderings -- 9:56 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Ever since my scare with my box a month or so ago, I've been doing some preliminary research on a new box. It looks like I'd want to go with an nForce 570 SLI motherboard and an Athlon 64 X2 processor. That dual core stuff seems too slick for words. I read an interesting article over at Anandtech, discussing the value of dual core CPUs and Linux. It would be really slick to be able to compile something (for example) or burn a DVD and not have to treat my computer as if it were a precious vase. I figured an upgrade (including an SATA hard drive, PCI-E video card, memory, and a case) would set me back about $650 for one of the lower-end X2 processors. That'd be a pretty reasonable deal and would give me quite a speed-up over my Athlon XP 1800+. Maybe then I could replay Half-Life 2 without inducing vomiting.

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