Currently I am running: Athlon 3200+ 64 2x512 ram The mother board in my current rig tops out at a 3400+ and one gig of ram, I am leaning toward getting a new Asus A8N-SLI modo, is the deluxe worth the extra cash. (I mostly play 3d games on my PC) What I would like to avoid is my new setup...

Waws cleaning inside the case tonight and the AMD cooler which only latches on one nub on each end almost fell off in my hand. The middle nub of the HS retainer broke. Now the HS retainer has 3 nubs but AMD cooler only used one to hold the HS in place. Just ****es me off. Luckily I had a spare $6...

Have been taking a look at the AM2 processors. What's the big deal? Is there a major performance jump for AM2 chips? Clock speeds are roughly the same. Architecture isn't that much different. DDR2 is no advantage, is it?

Hi all, I'm just about to replace my aging XP1600 system with a nice shiny new shuttle...but...I've not been paying much attention to the processor market and now it's all gone confusing!! I've been using AMDs even since my first K5/400 back in the early 90s so I plan to stick with them. now...

Well, the reviews have started to arrive, it looks like even the 'slower' E6600 (2.4 ghz 4mb cache) is similar in performance to the FX-62. What will AMD do now, give the huge price performace disparity ? Even if they dropped the price on the FX-62 to match the E6600 I wouldn't buy one. Great...

....say 6 brands from best to worse, what would the list look like? Not individual boards, but overall brand ratings themselves. I've only ever used Asus and Soyo boards but I'd be interested in people's opinions.

I think this question relates to Australia only but it would be good to see if it might be a worldwide thing with AMD and the speed of their warranty. This bit of info comes by way of the warranty returns fellow at my favourite computer spare parts store who is handling my warranty claim. This...

Hi all, Another temperature related question. Reading back through this group I can see there has been much discussion regarding this. Anyway I have an AMD 64 3200 with a Gigabyte K8NS Pro motherboard and the CPU runs at 60-65 degrees when nothing (apart from windows) is running. Give the CPU...

http://tinyurl.com/y3w4uz "R600 is the 积电 80nm craft manufacture, the core area is 428mm2, has 720 million transistors" we already know R600 will have a 512-bit bus.

I am intel celeron 333mhz user.., I recently decided to buy a new computer. The system is most propably going to be used to run a linux version and do some serious programming. May be a little bit of games, movies.. and multimedia can also be thoght of in the Things-to-do list. I was thinking...

Does anyone know of a 64bit version of Linux that works with the AMD64 CPU? Thanks, Don

Anyone got a nice article that compares the two? I know opteron is for servers, and fx for multimedia/gaming, but I'd like to see a comparison of the two, including value for money. Thanks Martin

I currently run an Athlon XP 3000+ system. I'm in the process of building an Athlon64 Socket 939 system. Would I see any performance increase going to an Athlon64 3200+, or do I need to get something like a Athlon64 4000+, or dual core? I however can't afford more than an Athlon64 3200+ right now,...

What good is a 64 bit computer? Can't play games, can't print anything, not even throw a network. I bought one and what a waste. Can anyone tell me what this thing is good for, except to wait 2 years when all the drivers come out? Richard

Microsoft has now released RC2 (build 1433) of its XP 64bit demo. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/evaluation/upgrade.mspx Michael

I would bet, by now, that the majority of the users of this newsgroup are running a system with a 64 bit cpu. Microsoft will ship "Windows Vista in November 06". First for business than in "January 07" for Home users. Quick survey - How long will you wait until you full upgrade or switch to...

If an application does NOT support multiple CPU cores, will it run slower on a Phenom 2.4 GHz CPU than it would on an X2 2.4 GHz CPU? I currently have a 2.2 GHz X2 and I want to upgrade it. My motherboard supports the Phemon X4 but from what I'm reading, software that doesn't support multiple...

I currently have a 20 Gb Seagate (system drive) and a 30 Gb Maxtor as a backup external enclosure drive. Seagate tech just bought Maxtor. That sound great. I never had a problem with Seagate or Maxtor hard drives. But I can say I've had problems with Western Digital drives. I've had two 1.6 Gb...

Everyone take a gamble! :) I say in 2007 January.

I need to purchase a workstation. Can anyone suggest a company that makes a workstation with two AM2 sockets that can take 32 gigs and 2 Barcelonas later (I will buy the cheapest CPU configuration for now)? This is for work and I usually buy Dell or IBM because we MUST have worry-free, full,...