Re: Re(2): [newbie] Building a PC (2).

2002-02-07 Thread shane
no proof either, but i do know i burned up 3 of their cpus in the early k-6 and before that models. i also know i have overclocked the 750 i have now and run it non-stop with a fair load. problem solved if you ask me, but then nobody did. :-) On Thursday 07 February 2002 04:56, you spoke unt

RE: Re(2): [newbie] Building a PC (2).

2002-02-07 Thread Franki
AMD were getting peeved because Intel kept claiming that faster processors (measured in MHZ) are the be all and end all of everything, and using that as a selling point of the P4.. what they didn't tell you, is that even a PIII of an equiv clock speed is faster then a P4, because Intel didn't wa

RE: Re(2): [newbie] Building a PC (2).

2002-02-07 Thread Neil Davidson
>The "1800+" model number (it is _not_ the MHz speed) means "this is as >fast or faster than a Pentium 4 going at 1800MHz". I think the PR rating is the equivalent speed compared to the Thunderbird based Athlons (the ones that went up to 1.4GHz. I think they may get into hot water if they compare

Re: Re(2): [newbie] Building a PC (2).

2002-02-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:28:41 +0700, Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Again, I strongly recommend an AMD-based system. You can get better > >bang-for-buck that way. Someone else on the list recommended a Soyo Dragon > >motherboard. I second that recommendation. It has built-in sound and et