On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> I generally canabalize from my old computer what I can when I build a new one.
> When I get enough left overs to make a complete system I do.
>
> Right now I've got my new system (duron 600 based) my most recent system
> (K6-III 400 based) and my first computer (NexGen P-110 based) all running.
> The NexGen is being groomed for work as a firewall/router while the other two
> are for daily use and online gaming.
>
> I usually either give the parts I don't need to friends/family that need them
> or I just hold on to them until I need them again.
>
> I'm looking forward to playing around with over clocking my duron system when
> I've replaced it with a sledghammer based system. I plan on using the change
> over to 64bit processors as my opportunity to go all linux. I won't have any
> legacy apps to keep my tied into windows at that point.
>
> Abe
>
cool. dreaming of amd hammers with about a gig of memory.
ooooh does sounds kinda good huh :)
>
> >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
> >patrick wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> >> > This is true about overclocking destroying hardware. Some chips can't
> even
> >> > run stably at their intended clockspeed. Intel's PIII 1.3GHz had so many
> >> > bloody problems they finally concluded the only way to get it to run cool
> >> > enough as well as stably was to UNDER-clock it....I think they eventually
> >> > got it running nice at about 800Mhz.
> >> >
> >> > Lonny Selinger
> >>
> >> the worst overclocking can do is possibly limit the life of your
> >> overclocked parts. lets see i have a athlon 700 clocked to
> >> 805. my memory is set to 153. that means that my memory
> >> and processor wont last the 10 years its suppposed to
> >> maybe only 5. can u imagine where amd and linux will
> >> be in 5 years. i think i will using a hammer at 4.5
> >> gig. with some kind of new memory that has no latency at all.
> >>
> >> :)
> >>
> >> maybe we'll be accessory our operating systems with our
> >> minds after all
> >
> >Not to get off topic here, but what do you guys do/plan to do with old
> >parts/components/systems when you're done with them? Charity, auction,
> trash,
> >or assimilate?
> >
> >Paul R
> >
> >
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