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question about my processor
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7. September 2006 @ 03:16 |
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You shouldn't give the Pentium Ds such a bad rap. They are very adequate and were better priced before the AMD dual cores were. I like 'em I just also like my 3800+.
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
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7. September 2006 @ 03:19 |
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I can't say I agree with that, yes there were and still area Pentium Ds that are cheaper than X2s, but they were of no comparison performance-wise. A D805 has to be significantly overclocked to match a 4200+ stock.
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7. September 2006 @ 04:05 |
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K i wil sepl wht mi bst ayblity
Nah jokes I will seriously.
The best thing for her i say is get a pentium 4 with descent size of ram and hardrive and a pretty good graphics card like an ati radeon x800 series and she will be fine for movie editing.
What started as trying to upgrade an old celeron turned into a whole new pc upgrade lol!
The first acer pc the one for 949 is pretty good but the 950gma is pretty crap, if she has kids i reckon they might want to play a few games now and then
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7. September 2006 @ 04:16 |
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A recent benchmark I looked at compared the GMA950 to one of the cheaper graphics cards you can buy, an nVidia GeForce 6200 with TurboCache, which are generally regarded as pretty slow. In most of the games test the 6200 was 200 to 1200 percent faster, and the GMA950 was completely unable to run three of the games at all.
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stylist99
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7. September 2006 @ 04:39 |
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okay, I have 4 kids, three boys and one girl. The boys are all grown up, moved out, married, and one them has given me a beautiful grandson! My daughter is almost 14, and the only one left at home. We don't really play any video games because I am on the computer doing things all the time. Occasionally, I let her get on here to IM her friends. LOL So what I'm saying is that we don't play games on here, but maybe sometime in the future, who knows. With my computer now, I put in a 80gb harddrive as my bootable drive, and then just recently add a 200gb hard drive as storage, I only have 64gb of free space left! It is funny that I thought I'd get on here and ask some experts about upgrading this slow computer, and now I find out that I have to basically buy a whole new one. My husband wasn't too happy about that but he knows I live on this computer and it is important to me, so the hunt is on for the one that is right for me.
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7. September 2006 @ 04:49 |
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Nobody's forcing you to, but an old saying is "don't expect to come to afterdawn and not spend some money". You could upgrade that old system, but not really far enough to make a noticeable difference. The systems suggested here would outclass that one between 7 and 12 times over. Duly noted about the games. The D940 is the more powerful system technically, but ONLY if you multitask a lot or use big programs. If the only processor-hungry program you use is single-threaded you could save some money by getting the AMD system.
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7. September 2006 @ 04:56 |
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LOL
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stylist99
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7. September 2006 @ 05:00 |
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Well, I am here looking for help. I need to find a new system, so could you explain exactly what the AMD system is? I'm sorry, I am just learning about this from you guys, so I also want to say thank you.
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7. September 2006 @ 05:02 |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16883103011
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The latter machine is a nice and powerful single-core machine, Fast CPU, enough RAM, large hard disk, and a competent video accelerator, believe it or not.
The former machine is an adequate Dual core system, reasonable CPU, bundles of RAM, but can't do on-the-fly CD/DVD copies with only one drive, and can't run any games of any weight at all, whether or not that's relevant I don't know. Unless there is a definite advantage to having a dual core with lots of memory, the AS series PC is a better buy.
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stylist99
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7. September 2006 @ 05:10 |
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I have tried 6 or 7 times to click on the links that you put up here, but it won't load. It just says,"page cannot be displayed" how else can I get to this?
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7. September 2006 @ 05:12 |
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stylist99
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7. September 2006 @ 05:34 |
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It won't let me get to newegg.com. I went in and changed by browser settings, and it still won't let me. The page says that the site might be down right now and to try again later. So I guess I'll have to just try later. I am very anxious to see this system that you put together for me.
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7. September 2006 @ 05:38 |
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Lol well it's very odd that it doesn't load the page where you are. The site is up because I can see it.
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Acer ASE360-U-A3701 Athlon 64 3700+ 1GB DDR 250GB NVIDIA GeForce Integrated Graphics Windows XP Media Center - Retail
$589.99
General Spec
Brand Acer
Model ASE360-U-A3701
Recommended Usage Media Center
Colors Black/Silver
Processor Athlon 64 3700+(2.2 GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Processor
Cache Per Processor 1MB L2 Cache
Memory 1GB DDR
Hard Drive 250GB SATA
Optical Drive 1 DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW)
Optical Drive 2 DVD-ROM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Integrated Graphics
Ethernet Gigabit LAN
Operating System Windows XP Media Center
Warranty
Manufacturer Warranty 1-Year
Motherboard
Chipset NVIDIA nForce4
CPU
CPU Type Athlon 64
Installed Qty 1
Max Supported Qty 1
CPU Speed 3700+
L2 Cache Per CPU 1MB
CPU Socket Type Socket 939
CPU Main Features 64 bit Processor
Graphics
GPU/VPU Type NVIDIA GeForce Integrated Graphics
Graphics Interface Integrated video
Memory
Memory Capacity 1GB DDR
Memory Speed DDR400
Form Factor DIMM 184-pin
Memory Spec 512MB x 2
Hard Drive
HD Capacity 250GB
HD Interface SATA
HD RPM 7200rpm
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW)
Optical Drive 2
Optical Drive 2 Type DVD-ROM
Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Communications
Modem 56K. V92
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Front Panel Ports
Card Reader 9-in-1 card reader for optional MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital card, SmartMedia card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, CompactFlash I/II card, Microdrive or xD-Picture Card
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stylist99
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7. September 2006 @ 06:44 |
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I just tried again to get on that site and no luck. Thank you for the info. I'm going to show it to my husband.
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7. September 2006 @ 07:32 |
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stylist99
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7. September 2006 @ 10:17 |
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thank you ireland. I clicked on the bottom link you posted and it did take me to the page, but when I tried to click on anything on that page, the page wouldn't load. I guess, I'll try again tomorrow, but thank you for help.
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7. September 2006 @ 10:22 |
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I'd try shoving that code before any of the other pages and see what happens. Very bizarre, what that link seems to be doing is bringing up the homepage via a different server since the default one for some reasons is down.
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stylist99
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7. September 2006 @ 10:38 |
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I tried that but it didn't work either. I wonder how long they will be down?
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7. September 2006 @ 10:39 |
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Considering newegg's size, probably not too much longer, but given that their backup server is working, I'm not sure.
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7. September 2006 @ 14:25 |
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7. September 2006 @ 14:49 |
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To be honest i think the others are better!
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7. September 2006 @ 15:30 |
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well not really my second one has everything oyu need for vides editing a fast cpu dual core , 500gb room , and 2gb of ram and a descent video card these are all things you need for video work it also has a big 4mb L2 cache
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7. September 2006 @ 15:41 |
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A 7300LE is a decent video card, right......Better than integrated, but only just! That clearly isn't the point of that PC though. I'd be surprised if anyone other than a power user used 500GB of storage. The dual core's OK but not fantastic.
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7. September 2006 @ 15:53 |
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what do u mean not fantastic theyre mad better then the amd in the acer for sure,500gb is alot but i have an external hardrive which is 300gb and an internal 300gb one and the external one is about 280gb full mainly movies and games internal one is about 190gb full and most of the stuff you need if shes planning to upgrade then its better to be a biit ahead now rather then buying anoter pc in a year as programs sizes will grow masively in the next 4 years if optical media is about to be able to store 50gb of data imagine what a normal harddrive will be 2 terabytes
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7. September 2006 @ 16:02 |
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Yes but whilst stylist99 seems to do some video work, I don't get the impression she'll be filling hundreds of gigs with video and games like we do. My guess is that 200-250GB will be sufficient. The Pentium D is indeed better than the Athlon, but is it really necessary? In single threaded applications, the Athlon is actually faster.
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