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WHS is dah bomb, i can WOL my PC and acess it remotely.
 
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Let me in! I have a mint Soltek Qbic EQ3702a (NF2 IGP chipset) here with 2Gb of OCZ platinum PC3200, an 80GB master and 250GB slave in there! 6800 series cards don't run in it even with a 250W psu with 14A on the 12V rail unfortunately :(
 
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Just to let ya know, there are some socket A users out there.
Rig #1- Athlon XP 3000@2.16GHz
Azza KT400 mobo
1.5G Crucial DDR pc2700
2x Seagate 120G harddrives- raid 1
AIW 9000 Pro AGP
Alienware case from early 2001
Sony DRU-510 DVD burner
This machine runs 24/7

#2 - Athlon XP 1900@ 1.2GHz
mobo- not sure, bought it on e-bay for $10.00
512meg sdram
10gig harddrive from an old IBM with ubuntu 6.06 installed
160gig WD harddrive with ubuntu 7.04 installed
generic cd drive
case- stripped down bare chassis from IBM
evga fx5500 pci vid card
This one also runs 24/7

Have 4 more rigs, but , these are the only 2 Socket A's
 

cdawall

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That is one sweet mod, spud107. Let us know how far you can push that thing. :)
 
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not alot without needin to cool the mem too, my board goes from 1.5-1.85 for agp,
will prob try pushin it if/when i pick up another mb,
its was quite painful lookin at the fps in atitool compared to the x1950
 
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my tv card died! so i dont think ill be able tog et that agp card i wanted :(
 
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Fuck it my stuff only made $60 at auction! torn apart.
 

3991vhtes

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ur socket a stuff? damn dude, that sucks. :(
 
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my sister wants back teh socket a rig, wants to give me back teh celeron .... nnooooOOOOoooOOOOOooooo
 

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Lol that is teh sux0rz
 
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i no wanty celeron
 

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I don't blame you, celeron's are crap compared to a Athlon XP.
 

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Wtf? Don't dis da celeron! Celeron FTW! :p
 
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478 celerons are junk.
 

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Meh, could be worse.

Could be running an "Athlon 64 3400+ 2.4Ghz Stock "Venice" Socket 939"....

LMAO
 

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Meh, could be worse.

Could be running an "Athlon 64 3400+ 2.4Ghz Stock "Venice" Socket 939"....

LMAO

Erm....not compared to a 478 celeron LOL. That's bloody awesome, just overclock the badboy to 2.6-2.8Ghz :p
 
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<- still got a Socket A mb, Athlon XP 2400+ ^^
 
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exactly .. i went from a PIII 800MHz to that and i could not tell the difference.

how much better (or worse) is a AMD Sempron 64 3000+ compared to teh socket A i have now?
 

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@ 3991

You are correct sir!

@ Darknova

I was just kidding, I wouldn't mind overclocking that Venice core at all. As matter of fact, I have been thinking of going phenom, but that's all dependent on retail cost of release of Wolfdales.
 

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3991vhtes

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I wish everyone in my club a merry christmas :toast:
 

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