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The last time I checked I didOriginally posted by Kameleon
Don't you mean you have an Athlon fan??
Athlons can be overclocked too you know - it just takes industrial cooling to get them not to melt into your board
Cheaper to buy a faster processor...As far as I can see, the main points to overclocking your Athlon are:Originally posted by Yshania
Not by much though - they run to their optimum and would require I move home to accommodate a fan big enough
And for the Pentium? To even compareOriginally posted by Kameleon
As far as I can see, the main points to overclocking your Athlon are:
- having a futuristic-looking case with tubes sticking out all over the place
- being able to take your brand-new XP 2000+ to about 2500MHz, so that it's faster than you can buy a new processor
- being able to write XP1500 oc-1800 on techie forums in your signature and gain loads of respect
- spending way too much money on your computer
This sounds a lot like a bizaare collaboration betwenn Lynch and CronenbergOriginally posted by Yshania
And for the Pentium? To even compare
In a year, (my hubby has been warned) I will be spending the best part of 2 grand (£) on a baby. My only main consideration is whether to go TFT or not...I had included a 19" TFT in that price, but I understand their refresh rates are slow....
Have fun picking out loads of parts! Just make sure that none of them are meant to go with each other and your local computer technician will love you - hardware conflicts are the stuff of wet dreams for them honestOriginally posted by Yshania
In a year, (my hubby has been warned) I will be spending the best part of 2 grand (£) on a baby. My only main consideration is whether to go TFT or not...I had included a 19" TFT in that price, but I understand their refresh rates are slow....
Who?Originally posted by Mr Sleep
This sounds a lot like a bizaare collaboration betwenn Lynch and Cronenberg
Avoid TFT, the only thing it really helps is space, however you can get a pretty decent slimline CRT 19" for a lot cheaper than the LCD... *lurks back to fiddle with some techy device*
<side note> there is no point in buying a top of the range computer in the next 6 months because AMD are coming out with a new architecture soon and the Pentiums are just getting faster and faster...better to wait a while and see how it all evolves
David Cronenberg of Videodrome fame.Originally posted by Yshania
Who?
Then don't bother, it isn't worth the effort, they look cool but they also don't last very long, my boss has gone through 4 in 3 yearsWhich is why I am deliberating...they look cool, but I have a perfectly good Sony Trinitron...
btw, my brother in law works for Sony, their graphic designers stick with 19" CRT...
Of the £2.2k I have spent already (in my dreams), £600 is the screen. I still intend to spend as much in a years time without too much technical compromiseOriginally posted by Kameleon
Have fun picking out loads of parts! Just make sure that none of them are meant to go with each other and your local computer technician will love you - hardware conflicts are the stuff of wet dreams for them honest
The problem with TFTs is that especially for playing games, you get horrible streaking/blurring effects when the view moves quickly, which is at it's worst for fast paced first-person games like Quake 3. Basically, it can be like having Mouse Trails on...for everything. Having said that, the picture quality on a TFT screen is excellent and if you have a graphics card with antialiasing it looks even better
whether I have the screen or not... fitting to the thread!! but this is my baby, and it will work I am not in the business of spending a lot of money entertaining myself purely by keeping the techies happy Ok, so I have £450 to redistributeOriginally posted by Mr Sleep
Then don't bother, it isn't worth the effort, they look cool but they also don't last very long, my boss has gone through 4 in 3 years
Their graphic desingers are on point
and he is the manager, a good source of information All i can say is, branded everything, get your memory from crucial.com/uk, that is an important step IMOOriginally posted by Yshania
Ok, so I have £450 to redistribute
*peers into crystal ball*Originally posted by Yshania
hmmm I wonder what choice of graphics cards I will have in a year
I have learned this, in my five years of upgrading thanksOriginally posted by Mr Sleep
All i can say is, branded everything, get your memory from crucial.com/uk, that is an important step IMO
New everything next time.... give them a year and you won't be far wrong Of course, if you know Weasel, you don't need a magazine for that sort of things...