to all the computers I've loved before
This is the first time I've tried building a system and I need some advice. First you should know that I'm...
The last machines I upgraded from (1997) from P166mmx a bit OC-ed + added Ram to C400 50% OC-ed + added Ram + changed HD (2000) than added more ram & changed HD for 7,2kRpm one & upgraded in 2001 to W98se & stripped it to Lite ver. (microkernel) - next year I fully optimised OS & programs (no reinstall for 4years!!! (BackUp rulz, since I experimented with programs & OS so much, but learned also much, very much about w9x systems) I take very much care about installing only small (old) type of programs, that do exactly what I wanna do & need & not much more, reffering ones which work also w-o registry entries primerly! A bit of self-discipline avoiding bloated stuff makes its fast as a small sports car & not a powerful but slow truck. (my system parbreastion=2Gb fat16, few others Fat32, TL 20Mb, almost half empty (still!). That was my consceous decision not to go a way of "nice looking desktop OS with a bunch of useless wizzards & animated buttistants", even if I "enhanced" it a bit with some system files from other MS OS-es (looks like WinXP clbuttic style) ... The biggest program suite on my PC is 602Office suite -2001 10Mb install file & thats my install size threshold, usually I toss anything over that ... I rather spent some time on learning how stuff works than throwing money thru the window for latest hardware every 2y or less. And I have a very responsive system; my friends kids are amazed & astonished, that everything is faster than their superDuper powerful gaming machines & this on more than 5y old MoBo (I have some old games installed for time to time relaxation playing them) ... (the oldest thing inside case is 9y old fan for chipset; the newest 3y old is an additional 128Mb Pc133 ram stick ...
On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:43:42 GMT, "Donald McTrevor" Many socket 7 chipsets had a cachable memory limitation due to the tag ram for the l2 cache. You'd have to investigate your chipset and...
Yes, an average user is brainwashed by marketing, so they "uppgrade" their hardware & software, mostly w-o any real need, so than (LOL) they get a slower PC with more money invested like you said! ... & the wheel of fortune rides again (for IT companies) ...
AMD Not sure what u mean by than, it currently has 128MB of EDO memory in it, maximum is 256MB but the 4 X 64MB...
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