Personal computing discussed
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Star Brood wrote:I have had a $10 Rosewill RC-204 IDE to SATA bridge adapter attached to my ancient slot-load Pioneer 106S for several years. However, for just $18 - $2.7 code "EMCXSWL37", you could get a SATA DVD burner. A BD-ROM/DVD-RW drive is $52 - $8 code "EMCXSWL37" (or $36) and a Blu-ray burner is as little as $65½.I'd have to discard my IDE DVD and CD drive.
Star Brood wrote:I get around 15-30FPS if I drop detail levels to "ultra" instead of "extreme" in StarCraft 2
cwj717 wrote:Xeon 5160 is LGA771 and will not work in a 775 board. 「(°ヘ°)What motherboard do you have? If your board supports it you might be able to upgrade to a core2 based xeon 51xx or 53xx. A Xeon 5160 would be an upgrade and they go for about $10 on ebay.
Star Brood wrote:PowerColor 7850 2GB
Airmantharp wrote:Holy **** that's Netburst; I though it was Core 2 (where's Auxy's emoticons??).
Yeah, don't spent money on this system. At all. At worst, spend as little as you can to get the features you need.
Star Brood wrote:I understand, I was just teasing. Hehe. I know all too well the pain of being woefully behind and too poor to afford upgrades! T_TAs much as I'd like to "throw the old junk out" this is new stuff for me.
Star Brood wrote:Hyper-threading helps a lot more on Nehalem, Sandy and Ivy, where the CPU has more execution resources to share across a couple of threads. Older "Core" processors didn't have hyper-threading, and NetBurst-based processors didn't gain much from HT -- and in games, neither do Sandy/Ivy Bridge, at least the quad-core models. The Core i3 can make some use of it, though.I like the idea of the 5160's. Too bad they do not have hyperthreading - but I suppose considering how old the implementation of hyperthreading was, it probably isn't doing much.
Star Brood wrote:Just make sure those LGA771 chips will work in your current boards. Even though you have the same socket -- I know a lot of early LGA775 boards meant for the NetBurst-based chips don't work with later Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors. I'd check the manufacturer's CPU support list to be sure.edit: looks like the 5160's are going to be my next acquisition. Looks like this guy has the same setup as I have, but with even less RAM and playing at the same settings: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic ... ?page=2#39
Airmantharp wrote:Holy **** that's Netburst; I though it was Core 2 (where's Auxy's emoticons??).
Yeah, don't spent money on this system. At all. At worst, spend as little as you can to get the features you need.
Krogoth wrote:Heck yes, you can complain!Those 5160s yield roughly the same performance as my previous [email protected] rig. For a ~$200-249 drop-in upgrade, you can't really complain though.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Even a "lowly" Core i3 would smash that machine in games, and you could do that at MicroCenter for like $150, lol...Krogoth wrote:Heck yes, you can complain!Those 5160s yield roughly the same performance as my previous [email protected] rig. For a ~$200-249 drop-in upgrade, you can't really complain though.
Spend that $250 on current technology, instead. Core i5-3470 + motherboard costs less than that. Add a 4 GiB DIMM and you can still be under $280.
auxy wrote:Of course, he only paid $13 for the CPUs -- the $200-250 includes the 7850, which is much more significant. Hehe.