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Today I will review a recent install of my new cpu, an athlon 64 x2 4200+ s939 processor. It is replacing my aging A64 FX-53.

Test Setup:

Gigabyte GA-K8U-s939
A64 X2 4200+ s939 manchester
Kingston Hyper X 2x 1gb pc3200
Gecube x1950pro 256mb AGP
WD Raptor 10k RPM 74gb + Seagate 7200rpm 120gb IDE
FSP Group 400w psu

Now before reading, keep in mind that the FX-53 is a 2.4ghz single core w/ 1mb L2 cache and the x2 is a ...

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The card in it self is huge, and I was quite surprised it even fit in my full tower case without much hassle. Luckily, the gecube model is a single slot cooler design so I did not lose any pci slots.

The first thing I noticed when I booted ...

You know, I've been working hard lately, and I've got some money to spend. However, it always sits in your mind that even though you may have a good deal of cash, you are afraid to touch. You know, those emergency situation kind of things. Or that whole, every penny I save goes towards my future crap. Well, I've pretty much always been that way, and to tell the truth, since I've been working at my current job I haven't bought myself anything at all..just used the money for bills. Well I've ...

So what's the point of this "blogging" anyways?

I usually just spam up the forum