- Jun 30, 2004
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I'm 74+ years old. Every day, I see my dear sweet old Moms slowly sliding away. She's such a sweet little old lady when she's had her daily Xanax.
My own memory -- in my cerebellum -- is starting to get flakey. I used to build a new PC once every couple years -- annually when all my extended family lived nearby. People may be moving away from desktop PCs, but I don't like doing my online banking with my thumbs and a magnifying glass to read the cellphone.
And I long ago jumped on the over-clocking bandwagon. But we know today that there's no reason to overclock anything anymore, but for high-end RAM spec'd to be "overclocked".
I've got spare mobos, RAM and a processor to build another system with 5-year-old Skylake technology. This was a project I envisioned a year ago. Cleaning house, I finally gathered all the parts for that project and put them away carefully in a Rubbermaid box from Home Depot. It's in the garage, safely tucked away.
But now, seeing how MS is treating us so cruelly in refusing to provide support for Skylake and Kaby in Win 11, I'm starting to think I could drop a Grand (maybe less?) into a processor, motherboard and RAM. Assuming an ATX spec, it would all fit into the other hardware set aside for the the Skylake project.
Usually, I take six months to investigate my choice of parts, and the current Kaby Lake box I'm running is a testament to my diligence.
But I've got diaper-duty, medical appointment scheduling, short-order cook work and a zillion other things. My eyesight is getting worse. I have to wear special glasses to read my Windows monitor with any of my former speed and comfort.
So I'll ask for recommendations. I want a "K" processor (Intel) which uses indium solder between the IHS-heatspreader and the processor die. It can be "hexa" or "Octo" -- even "deca" but I can't see how I'd need ten or twelve cores.
I want an ASUS motherboard. Not necessarily top-end, but with top-end phase-power design. Thus, I want the CPU and the motherboard to be fully over-clocking capable, even though I'm not likely to pursue it as seriously as I once had.
I incline toward G.SKILL RAM. It doesn't have to be extreme-high-end OC RAM, but it should be OC RAM above the Intel chipset spec.
What chipset? Depends on the processor, but it should be a "Z" model. I haven't kept up with any of this. Did I hear about Copper Lake, Rocket Lake, and What-cha-ma-call-it? Sure. I don't need THIS year's processor; last year's may do just fine.
There's a pattern among classic movies and TV shows: "The Last Ship". "The Last Picture Show". This movie may be "The Last desktop PC". By the time the next OS won't run on this proposed system, I could be dead, or beset by any number of disabling problems. So I think I'll call this "The Last PC".
My own memory -- in my cerebellum -- is starting to get flakey. I used to build a new PC once every couple years -- annually when all my extended family lived nearby. People may be moving away from desktop PCs, but I don't like doing my online banking with my thumbs and a magnifying glass to read the cellphone.
And I long ago jumped on the over-clocking bandwagon. But we know today that there's no reason to overclock anything anymore, but for high-end RAM spec'd to be "overclocked".
I've got spare mobos, RAM and a processor to build another system with 5-year-old Skylake technology. This was a project I envisioned a year ago. Cleaning house, I finally gathered all the parts for that project and put them away carefully in a Rubbermaid box from Home Depot. It's in the garage, safely tucked away.
But now, seeing how MS is treating us so cruelly in refusing to provide support for Skylake and Kaby in Win 11, I'm starting to think I could drop a Grand (maybe less?) into a processor, motherboard and RAM. Assuming an ATX spec, it would all fit into the other hardware set aside for the the Skylake project.
Usually, I take six months to investigate my choice of parts, and the current Kaby Lake box I'm running is a testament to my diligence.
But I've got diaper-duty, medical appointment scheduling, short-order cook work and a zillion other things. My eyesight is getting worse. I have to wear special glasses to read my Windows monitor with any of my former speed and comfort.
So I'll ask for recommendations. I want a "K" processor (Intel) which uses indium solder between the IHS-heatspreader and the processor die. It can be "hexa" or "Octo" -- even "deca" but I can't see how I'd need ten or twelve cores.
I want an ASUS motherboard. Not necessarily top-end, but with top-end phase-power design. Thus, I want the CPU and the motherboard to be fully over-clocking capable, even though I'm not likely to pursue it as seriously as I once had.
I incline toward G.SKILL RAM. It doesn't have to be extreme-high-end OC RAM, but it should be OC RAM above the Intel chipset spec.
What chipset? Depends on the processor, but it should be a "Z" model. I haven't kept up with any of this. Did I hear about Copper Lake, Rocket Lake, and What-cha-ma-call-it? Sure. I don't need THIS year's processor; last year's may do just fine.
There's a pattern among classic movies and TV shows: "The Last Ship". "The Last Picture Show". This movie may be "The Last desktop PC". By the time the next OS won't run on this proposed system, I could be dead, or beset by any number of disabling problems. So I think I'll call this "The Last PC".