What in the world would one do with all that RAM? I can half understand
having that much processor, but on a machine that you're not using as a
server I can't figure what all that RAM would be good for other than just
sitting there and being ALOT of RAM. Poor little programs would get lost
in all that room! :(
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, patrick wrote:
> 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 :)
>
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> >
> > >===== 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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