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Minor PC Upgrade
After chugging along with my dual core AMD X2 4600 for a few years, I decided to make the leap to quad core. I picked up a Q9400 Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66ghz for a little less than I got the AMD for. I decided to also pick up 8 gigs of memory which cost around $100 (when did memory get so cheap?) and I moved into the 64 bit world with Windows 7 beta. The only other upgrade was to my power supply, I went from 420W to 650W. Now I have to figure out what to do with this old motherboard, etc.
Everything feels faster, but what was most surprising was alt-tabbing/quitting out of Red Alert 3 and not hearing the hard drive thrash around for a minute. Lots of memory FTW. I will have to try Battlefield 2. Even though it is an old game, it used a ton of memory.
Minor PC Upgrade
After chugging along with my dual core AMD X2 4600 for a few years, I decided to make the leap to quad core. I picked up a Q9400 Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66ghz for a little less than I got the AMD for. I decided to also pick up 8 gigs of memory which cost around $100 (when did memory get so cheap?) and I moved into the 64 bit world with Windows 7 beta. The only other upgrade was to my power supply, I went from 420W to 650W. Now I have to figure out what to do with this old motherboard, etc. Everything feels faster, but what was most surprising was alt-tabbing/quitting out of Red Alert 3 and not hearing the hard drive thrash around for a minute. Lots of memory FTW. I will have to try Battlefield 2. Even though it is an old game, it used a ton of memory.
3/9/2009 1:58:18 PM
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