My Final Computer Upgrade
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Congrats! :jig: :beer:
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
quad core
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to)
You can now run multiple Linux distros along with Vista virtual machines while testing your network project in VS 2008 that uses SQL Server 2008 meanwhile you can also play a game while a video is playing and 3DSMax is rendering a scene for your new game which is still a solution with tens of projects in VS 2008 and inside the other monitor look at the download manager of Firefox with a few thousands of tabs open... But probably you won't be able to hibernate easily and quickly! :-D
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I hope is my final major computer upgrade
Why?
"In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni
modified on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:57 PM
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Have fun. I'm delaying my next upgrade until this fall when Nehalem (Bloomfield) hits the market. The initial release will include a $300ish retail part. The only snag I foresee is that I'll probably need to wait a few months to be able to watercool it because it's a larger package. 80mm hole spacing (vs 72), and a larger heat spreader as well. Hopefully all that'll need redesigned is mounting brackets and not the actual water block.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001What? No Quad SLI board? Where's the line item for your four NVIDIA SLI cards? Nitrogen Liquid coolant system? Personal Nuclear power core? Don't you WANT to be able to run Windows 7 when it's released?!?! Oh, no, wait ... you said until 2012 ... nevermind. :rolleyes:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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What? No Quad SLI board? Where's the line item for your four NVIDIA SLI cards? Nitrogen Liquid coolant system? Personal Nuclear power core? Don't you WANT to be able to run Windows 7 when it's released?!?! Oh, no, wait ... you said until 2012 ... nevermind. :rolleyes:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
What? No Quad SLI board? Where's the line item for your four NVIDIA SLI cards? Nitrogen Liquid coolant system? Personal Nuclear power core?
is it weird to get all hot and bothered reading this kind of material
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Nice. I'm going to upgrade my RAM this weekend. I don't know when I'll go all out for the full monty. Everytime I try to plan ahead, whatever it is I want is outdated by the time I can afford it. :(
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Planned suicide?
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway -
Nice. I'm going to upgrade my RAM this weekend. I don't know when I'll go all out for the full monty. Everytime I try to plan ahead, whatever it is I want is outdated by the time I can afford it. :(
Member number three million seven hundred seventy two thousand nine hundred sixty three
4GB of quality DDR2 (PC6400) can be had for $85US or less so I don't think this will break the bank...
John
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Planned suicide?
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway -
With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core)
I am still waiting for a 45nm version clocked at > 3GHz max and will idle at less than 25W at 1Ghz. This should be available in January. Maybe I will get myself a birthday present.
John
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Douglas Troy wrote:
What? No Quad SLI board? Where's the line item for your four NVIDIA SLI cards? Nitrogen Liquid coolant system? Personal Nuclear power core?
is it weird to get all hot and bothered reading this kind of material
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
jgasm wrote:
is it weird to get all hot and bothered reading this kind of material
Not this site. No. You're perfectly ... uh ... "normal". [Doug runs like hell from the Quote police]
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTL -
Douglas Troy wrote:
What? No Quad SLI board? Where's the line item for your four NVIDIA SLI cards? Nitrogen Liquid coolant system? Personal Nuclear power core?
is it weird to get all hot and bothered reading this kind of material
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
Yes.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
With 2012 right around the corner
Who'd a thunk you were Mayan?
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Planned suicide?
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest HemingwayIt's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/20012 - curiously, my credit card expires on the same day... Fortuitous, or just a little creepy? You decide...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
With 2012 right around the corner
Who'd a thunk you were Mayan?
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
I'm not, but the end of the world doesn't appear to care about your heritage.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
What? No Quad SLI board? Where's the line item for your four NVIDIA SLI cards? Nitrogen Liquid coolant system? Personal Nuclear power core? Don't you WANT to be able to run Windows 7 when it's released?!?! Oh, no, wait ... you said until 2012 ... nevermind. :rolleyes:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
Don't you WANT to be able to run Windows 7 when it's released?!?!
I don't want to run Vista. Assuming I want to run Windows 7 is what I consider "out there". My current video card is a 8800GTX. I'm not concerned about gaming anymore, and truth be told, I'm seriously considering not using the card at all in the new system (the motherboard has built-in video). My new mantra is to "keep it simple".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I'm not, but the end of the world doesn't appear to care about your heritage.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
the end of the world doesn't appear to care about your heritage
I want an apocalypse that respects me more than that. I refuse to have one otherwise.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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It's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/20012 - curiously, my credit card expires on the same day... Fortuitous, or just a little creepy? You decide...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Perhaps the Mayans are like Americans. Every calender I buy seems to mysteriously end in either December of the Same year or January of the next year and the world never ends. Perhaps, they intended to build another one after 2012 because of calender drift?
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway -
However, there is no agreement whether in 2012 there will be the end of civilization, or humanity will be elevated to a higher level, or a new human species will evolve, or some other major catastrophe will occur.
Since when elevation of humanity to a higher level is considered major catastrophe? :laugh:
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Perhaps the Mayans are like Americans. Every calender I buy seems to mysteriously end in either December of the Same year or January of the next year and the world never ends. Perhaps, they intended to build another one after 2012 because of calender drift?
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest HemingwayWhich begs the question - do you think we're going to see End of the Mayan Calendar calendars in 2012? That would be funny. :) Microsoft is optimistic - the system clock calendar shows the entire month of December, along with the first week of January. The bad news is that the end of the world will be on a Friday - I hope nobody's planning a barbeque for the subsequent weekend. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Which begs the question - do you think we're going to see End of the Mayan Calendar calendars in 2012? That would be funny. :) Microsoft is optimistic - the system clock calendar shows the entire month of December, along with the first week of January. The bad news is that the end of the world will be on a Friday - I hope nobody's planning a barbeque for the subsequent weekend. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I am planning to take Thursday off and make up for it by coming in on the weekend :p
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
