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In all seriousness, until memory prices drop 50-70%, I'm not purchasing anything.
I can be a very patient person. I sat out last year, I can sit out another year (or two, if necessary).
The industry is still out of whack.

sircharles32

Well, I can already see that your hardware kicks the snot out of hardware I tested on.
I wonder if it only gives acceptable performance if you through very high hardware at it, do to software overhead/virtualization of the hardware.

I guess the point is that it is possible.

sircharles32

Now, I'm curious.
If there's success, please post the VM and version, as well as your hardware config, so I can see what it took.

Thanks.

sircharles32

It's more of an issue with the software in question. I'm only aware of games from the pre-Pentium days having issues with too fast of a processor. With multi-core, you may have to set the affinity to core-0, other than that, shouldn't be any issues. My retrox XP box is running games/software from ab...

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I'd actually suggest not running in a VM. I personally have done side by side comparisons with an XP VM, running on Linux Mint (VMware Workstation Player vr 12.x) versus bare metal XP. A lot of my older games, particularly, those that required OpenGL (Jedi Knight II/III come to mind), worked fine on...

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If your brother was already using a socket AM3+ motherboard, I'd say it would be a no-brainer - Get the FX, as it would allow you to use the rest of the setup. However, since he's on an unrelated socket, it would require repurchasing most base components anyway. As others have already stated, going ...

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I've got an FX-6300 running stock.
I didn't purchase it to overclock, but because of price (about $100), price of platform, and number of threads (I'm running VM's under Mint).

sircharles32

Both the GTX 750 and 750 Ti have Windows XP drivers, so should be supported, without any major issues. Also, the 750 is available for less than $100, and with the occasional sale, the 750 Ti can be had for about $100. A word on WINE : I can only speak on my own experiences here, but I've tried to i...

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Holy ****!
That made the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
We need full length movies of this caliber.

sircharles32

Again, I'd be very surprised if drivers we're purposefully left out for still supported Microsoft Operating Systems. According to the following page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet Windows 7 is officially supported until January 14, 2020 , Windows 8.1 is...

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The only issue I see for this, is if AMD refuses to release Windows 7/8/8.1 chipset drivers for the motherboards. There should be no reason why Summit Ridge (no GPU) shouldn't work with these OSes. However, it becomes more of an issue with Raven Ridge (with integrated GPU), as AMD probably won't rel...

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However Zen performs, it is guaranteed to do one thing: Lower the prices of their pre-existing CPUs on the market. That's all I care about. The reason, is simple. If Zen is in the ballpark of Intel, then they will price like Intel. It's quite vicious really. No thanks, I prefer my CPUs affordable.

sircharles32

What about the condition of the discs themselves?
Any scratches? Any smudges?
Have you tried using a laser cleaning kit for the drive (used to be able to get them cheap at Walmart)?
Walmart used to sell CD disc cleaners, as well.

sircharles32

4) Athlon 64 X2 BE-2400 is retired I've already verified that the necessary BIOSes are installed, on the respective motherboards, so I know this will work. I don't mean to derail the thread, if there is such a thing in this thread, but what on earth are you using that CPU for these days? Well, his ...

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What Zen will do for me, is to drive down the cost of the FX-8350 chips. When they hit the magic $125 mark, I'll do a final upgrade to my Phenom II 965 workstation. I make it a habit to not spend hundreds of dollars on CPUs. Buy the FX-8350 now as part of a Microcenter bundle (the CPU is $150, but ...

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What Zen will do for me, is to drive down the cost of the FX-8350 chips.
When they hit the magic $125 mark, I'll do a final upgrade to my Phenom II 965 workstation.

I make it a habit to not spend hundreds of dollars on CPUs.

sircharles32

I've read all the books.
I will be disappointed.
There is no way around it.

I will see it when my morbid curiosity gets the better of me.

sircharles32

Just played about an hour of assorted DirectX 9 titles (windowed) with GPU-Z open, so I could monitor temps/GPU load/fan speeds. I've got a Radeon HD 7870 (XFX Double D). The temps never exceeded 62°C, with fans running between 30-48% (1100-1900 RPM). Now, I will say, that the reason I even consider...

sircharles32

Built a cheap FX-6300 system, for learning more about Linux (Mint 17.2 64-bit).
The extra threads are great when running a Windows VM (not willing to cut the cord just yet).

sircharles32

I've been using Palemoon for several years now, without any issue.
It's a 64-bit community driven version of FireFox.

sircharles32

DVD Rewritable drives only cost about $20. Just buy a new one. I wouldn't trust your current drive.

sircharles32

Alright, I'll be honest, when I first saw the title, I immediately thought "flame bait", but after reading your post, I'll give it a shot. Alright, you want 8 threads. Intel's i7's typically start @ about $300 and an additional $100 for the motherboard. ($400) AMD's FX-8320 typically goes ...

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Wonderful. I guess that means if I need to do another build, I'll have to give Linux another spin.
I had already made up my mind for January 14, 2020 (last date of official MS support for WIn 7), but I guess this accelerates things a little bit.

sircharles32

Still occasionally fire up Winamp 2.79, small and unobtrusive.

sircharles32

I use VMWare Player, which is free for personal use, to run an XP machine on Win 7.
I did use Virtualbox for a while, a few years ago, during a Linux experiment. With that said, I find that VMWare has better hardware acceleration over Virtualbox.

sircharles32

AMD has been quite quiet on socket AM3+. With that, unless they've simply put it on ice, all signs point to it's death. However, they're not being quiet on socket FM2+. Kaveri, which is Steamroller based, is to arrive 1st quarter next year. With that said, it should derive another 10-20% higher IPC,...

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It seems as it is based on how the drives are packed. Most of the low reviews come from OEM drives. Retail boxed drives have significantly better reviews. Newegg packaging is horrible. If you want drives to make it to your front door, you need to buy retail (when purchasing from Newegg). If you buy ...

sircharles32

Is there a possibility to just mount the VESA bracket (from the monitor) onto the side of a tower case, and then mount the monitor to the side. If the case had 5.25" bays the whole way down, you could mount the CD/DVD/Blue-Ray burner toward the bottom, and she'd still be able to access the driv...

sircharles32

If you're sure the fan is functioning as intended, the first thing I'd do is remove the whole heatsink. I'd clean the TIM material from both the base of the heatsink and the CPU. Apply new TIM (Arctic Silver 5 or whatever your preference is). Then re-seat the heatsink/fan. If temperatures still don'...

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1) Since it's a virtualized environment, it will have access to however much memory and number of cores you've given it access to. As for other hardware, you may have to play with settings for things like scanners/printers. keep in mind, it won't see your hardware as it actually is, but of some anal...

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