> I'm thinking (actually I've already ordered) a new motherboard and an intel > pentium IV chip.
Personally speaking you're way better off with an Athlon system. Intel brought out the IV far too quickly IMHO and from reading others' comments, they really botched the design. Athlons of a lower clock frequency can easily outperform higher-clocked IVs, and the Athlon is a far cheaper solution. The downside - you have to get a different mb for the Athlon, but that's probably true of the IV as well. Durons are cheaper still, but the lack of the extra cache that the Athlon provides can stall things. Athlons (particularly with respect to AMD's heat sink, if you get a retail boxed version of the processor) can be hard to install because it's difficult to put on the heat sink if you're not experienced in working that. I saw a tech do it easily and I was amazed -- but then again, he had a proper tool. I got ouch all over my fingers :). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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