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Phosphorous · August 30th, 2007

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fstroupe · August 30th, 2007

Hmmm....cool story from my Intel experience....well....I went for years thinking that AMD was merely a generic version of Intel processors, rather than the David that thoroughly kicked Goliath's butt for nearly an entire decade...isn't that a hoot!

My dad's daily rig is a 533 PII he has had since 1997. He finally outgrew his 4 gig HDD, I bought him a 2gig Corsair flash drive for Dad's day...which will probably do him for a long time...though one of these days I hope to surprise him with a new rig. Pretty much all he does with it is type, email, his amateur radio contact record, and a couple of amateur radio websites.

Personally, I nearly have an aneurysm every time I get on it waiting for things to happen.

Obviously, I am an AMD kind of guy...but I figure my next processor will end up being a Core 2 Quad.

Yellowhello · August 30th, 2007

Depends what AMD has out............ Maybe Phenom will kick some serious @$$.............

Anyway, funny story! Looks like your dad's rig is due for an upgrade............

fstroupe · August 31st, 2007

I'm assuming I'll need something before Phenom is ready and trustworthy.

halutzparilla · August 31st, 2007

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Originally Posted by yellowhello

Depends what AMD has out............ Maybe Phenom will kick some serious @$$.............

Anyway, funny story! Looks like your dad's rig is due for an upgrade............

Phenom is good but $$$ not money wise, yet when they probably send it out, the price will dropped drastically again...

about your Dad's rig, it sounds more the LONG OVERDUE... save some Mulaaaaah, you can build a decent P4 Mini Computer for less the $500, if all he do is email type, record contacts and Web browsing...

**Capper** · September 1st, 2007

Welcome Frank, good to see you here.

For everyones benefit, Frank will probably be joining the staff as a reviewer as soon as i have the time to get him set up and up to speed on how we do things.

**Hitman** · September 1st, 2007

Welcome, there are a few Military and former military members here, and almost all of us are geeks, so you should fit right in.

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Originally Posted by fstroupe

Hmmm....cool story from my Intel experience....well....I went for years thinking that AMD was merely a generic version of Intel processors, rather than the David that thoroughly kicked Goliath's butt for nearly an entire decade...isn't that a hoot!

I have to disagree here. Although AMD has done quite well for itself in the past 10 years, I wouldn't say they were kicking Intel's butt the whole time. They did hit a couple of major milestones before Intel, like the 1 GHZ mark, and 64bit for the x86 platform. However Intel was defiantly on top there for a couple of years with the P4, until the A64 came out. The Athlon XP didn't even come close to the P4 in speed and performance. I do agree they have been on top more often in the past 10 years, but it hasn't been a total butt kicking. Intel fought back pretty hard.

Yellowhello · September 1st, 2007

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Originally Posted by Capper

For everyones benefit, Frank will probably be joining the staff as a reviewer as soon as i have the time to get him set up and up to speed on how we do things.

Great! Seems he has the experience..... I look forward to some of your reviews, Frank!

halutzparilla · September 1st, 2007

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Originally Posted by yellowhello

Great! Seems he has the experience..... I look forward to some of your reviews, Frank!

+1 i completely agreed being praised to be staff by Rich like that means you know your stuff...
what product line up you probably review? cant wait either, i wish i have the space on my apartment to write a review... Do you best!

fstroupe · September 2nd, 2007

Thanks guys for the warm welcome. I definitely like what I see...this is much like my favorite forums used to be like...and I miss it.

To be honest, I'm a little behind the times, still in Socket 939 and DDR era stuff, so it will take me a little work to get up to speed.

LOL...I'm having my first real rig problems in many months this weekend, I'll tell the story on another thread later, its pretty funny...now anyway. (I stopped to set Outlook Express up on another computer and saw the reply notice to this thread) It has been a long stressful weekend, and not over yet.

August 30th, 2007	#11
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fstroupe A Lonely Geek Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NE Mississippi Posts: 291 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Hello all! Hmmm....cool story from my Intel experience....well....I went for years thinking that AMD was merely a generic version of Intel processors, rather than the David that thoroughly kicked Goliath's butt for nearly an entire decade...isn't that a hoot! My dad's daily rig is a 533 PII he has had since 1997. He finally outgrew his 4 gig HDD, I bought him a 2gig Corsair flash drive for Dad's day...which will probably do him for a long time...though one of these days I hope to surprise him with a new rig. Pretty much all he does with it is type, email, his amateur radio contact record, and a couple of amateur radio websites. Personally, I nearly have an aneurysm every time I get on it waiting for things to happen. Obviously, I am an AMD kind of guy...but I figure my next processor will end up being a Core 2 Quad. Last edited by fstroupe; August 30th, 2007 at 16:02.

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Yellowhello Stoopid Head Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,256	Re: Hello all! Depends what AMD has out............ Maybe Phenom will kick some serious @$$............. Anyway, funny story! Looks like your dad's rig is due for an upgrade............ Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II

August 31st, 2007	#14
fstroupe A Lonely Geek Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NE Mississippi Posts: 291 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Hello all! I'm assuming I'll need something before Phenom is ready and trustworthy.

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Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,675 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Hello all! Welcome Frank, good to see you here. For everyones benefit, Frank will probably be joining the staff as a reviewer as soon as i have the time to get him set up and up to speed on how we do things. INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

September 2nd, 2007	#20
fstroupe A Lonely Geek Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NE Mississippi Posts: 291 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Hello all! Thanks guys for the warm welcome. I definitely like what I see...this is much like my favorite forums used to be like...and I miss it. To be honest, I'm a little behind the times, still in Socket 939 and DDR era stuff, so it will take me a little work to get up to speed. LOL...I'm having my first real rig problems in many months this weekend, I'll tell the story on another thread later, its pretty funny...now anyway. (I stopped to set Outlook Express up on another computer and saw the reply notice to this thread) It has been a long stressful weekend, and not over yet.