Despite the fact that Intel is happily shipping the highest end Yorkfield 45nm based Core 2 Extreme 9650 for some time, you won't see many other 45nm desktop parts in Q1. According to Intel documents seen by Fudzilla only two percent of total shipment of total consumer CPU shipment will be Intel...
Got my E8400 this morning, batch Q740A555T. I just did some preliminary tests and I must say I am amazed! With default bios settings my E6300 did SuperPi 1M in 30.0 sec. I plopped in the E8400 at default and it did the 1m in 15.0 sec. Of course SuperPi is cache-centric, but a nice speed boost...
I bought a "brand new RMA replacement" ATI X1900GT Rev. 2 ($85) on EBay (which I have yet to receive as it first must clear Canada Customs). Subsequently my local NCIX store had the XFX 7900GS XL on sale for $99, plus you get a free Ghost Recon 2 game. I snagged one before they sold out. These...
I am building a budget performance system from parts I have cobbled together. I just bought a new 512mb stick of Buffalo Firestix PC6400 cl5 ram for $30 on EBay. I would like to buy another similar stick, but there is nothing else like it I have been able to find that is comparable in price...
I thought I would share my C2D6300 upgrade I put together today: $250 for the C2D & AsRock 775i65G which I slotted in my existing case with all the peripherals installed.
Core2Duo 6300
AsRock 775i65G
Samsung DDR400 - 512 x 2
Geforce 5900XT
Maxtor 80G Sata HD
Pioneer DVD/RW
Leadtek...
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