why is my athlon 3000 green?

[nick1985]

 

[MercenaryForHire]

You didn't let it ripen.

- M4H

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
You didn't let it ripen.

- M4H

hahahaha


aww man i HATE raw underripe silicon...



[btw that was BY FAR the best answer to packaging color so far ]

 

[Jeff7181]

A serious answer... the color of the substrate has nothing to do with anything. It seems it's just whatever could be had the cheapest that could get the job done. They started out green... then a lot of brown ones appeared... then some green ones came back, then most of the higher end Athlon XP's have been brown... now it looks like they're using green again.

 

[pspada]

I just got a 3000+ Retail CPU today from newegg, and it is brown, replacing the green retail 2700+ that was in place.

 

[MatthewF01]

my dad's 1800+ Palomino was brown
my 1800+ Pal was a little older than his, and green

my 1800+ TbredA is green

i just installed a fresh retail 2200+ in a system i built.. brown
just ordered a 2500+ tonight


green looks cooler btw

 

[Chumpman]

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
my dad's 1800+ Palomino was brown
my 1800+ Pal was a little older than his, and green

my 1800+ TbredA is green

i just installed a fresh retail 2200+ in a system i built.. brown
just ordered a 2500+ tonight


green looks cooler btw

Brown looks infinitely cooler than green.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Chumpman

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
my dad's 1800+ Palomino was brown
my 1800+ Pal was a little older than his, and green

my 1800+ TbredA is green

i just installed a fresh retail 2200+ in a system i built.. brown
just ordered a 2500+ tonight


green looks cooler btw

Brown looks infinitely cooler than green.

No, green.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Chumpman

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
my dad's 1800+ Palomino was brown
my 1800+ Pal was a little older than his, and green

my 1800+ TbredA is green

i just installed a fresh retail 2200+ in a system i built.. brown
just ordered a 2500+ tonight


green looks cooler btw

Brown looks infinitely cooler than green.

No, green.

since there is a big old heatsink on it, who the fvck cares what color it is?

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Chumpman

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
my dad's 1800+ Palomino was brown
my 1800+ Pal was a little older than his, and green

my 1800+ TbredA is green

i just installed a fresh retail 2200+ in a system i built.. brown
just ordered a 2500+ tonight


green looks cooler btw

Brown looks infinitely cooler than green.

No, green.

since there is a big old heatsink on it, who the fvck cares what color it is?

You mean you don't have a clear heatsink? n000b!

 

[Granorense]

Red would be cool!

 

[nick1985]

i guess its no big deal then. i have just always seen them as brown and i got one for my buddy and its green. just made me wonder

 

[Jeff7181]

I like the ceramic ones better =)

 

[infinite012]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I like the ceramic ones better =)

ROFL!!!

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I like the ceramic ones better =)

whoa howd u get ur windows xp to look all cool?

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I like the ceramic ones better =)

whoa howd u get ur windows xp to look all cool?

That's not mine... but it's just a skin/theme you can download. Do a search for "Windows XP Themes" or "Windows XP Skins"

 

[Jeff7181]

THIS is my desktop =)

 

[Jeff7181]

My new XP2500 (week 24) is green =)

 

[AnimEva]

haha funny thread, i wonder what my 2500+ will be

 

[infinite012]

I got 2 green 1700+'s and 1 brown one. The brown one is the better one of the three, so I would say BROWN IS COOLEST!

 

[phpdog]

I think the browns much better than the green ( the green reminds me of an orrible medicine i used to take )

 

[DKlein]

I just got a 2500+ Barton today... It was green. Green is cooler. Anyone know what it ought to look like, I just want to know they actually gave me the right one?

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: DKlein
I just got a 2500+ Barton today... It was green. Green is cooler. Anyone know what it ought to look like, I just want to know they actually gave me the right one?

well...
#1 the box will say 2500+ in the upper left corner (supposing its retail)
#2 the core will appear loooonger than a regular thoroughbred core, or shorter and wider than the older palomino XPs
#3 look at the black label on the chip, it should say 2500 on the first row below where it says AMD ATHLON

 

[DKlein]

Well there's no box, but it is definately longer. Also now I'm not sure about the color... But it is definately longer and less wide than the Pal.

 

[MatthewF01]

Yea Palomino was near square, similar to the Thunderbird line before the Athlon XP series...
Then Thoroughbred A came out, it was just a rectangle
Then Thoroughbred B was SLIGHTLY longer than TbredA as they improved on the design
Now Barton is longer because of the additional 2 L2 banks and awesome-looking as hell!