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Can anyone remember sinclair spectrum 48k computers? Some games would take two days to load and could still crash at the last second- and what was with that screeching noises???!

Oh by the way Dylan- I have no idea what you are talking about- just saw the word PC a couple of times.
yes Still have a commodore 64 in the loft loved playing Black hawk on it(y)
 

That for me?

If so, it is because my old Athlon 64 died a horrible death and it forced me to resurrect my P4 2.4Ghz machine, which was on it's last legs anyway. I was angling for an E6750 anyway, then the new 45nm chips came out for only a very small price increase, so I went that direction instead. And it rules.

My 4.2 Ghz is running at 1.3 volts on vcore and it is running stable at 100% load in Prime95 stress tests for 16+ hours. Temps get up high on 100% load (~70 degrees C) but well within thermal specs for the chip (*Edit* The current gen of temp reporting software are having problems reporting the E8x00 chips correctly, so it is likely my reading I gave are higher than what they really are). Gaming only sees temps of 48-50 deg C on both cores. It is extra special as now there are LOTS of games with dual-core support (though some now even have quad-core support, like Crysis and Alan Wake). My performance bottleneck is now my videocard, which will probably take a month or two before upgrading. It is still enough to run everything I have in 1280x1024 at 40fps+. Ever FEAR.

Overall, for a weeks worth of E8400 experience, I am loving it!
 
e6750, how odd, im watching one currently.

what brand of mobo and memory did you pick? sata support and to what depth?

8800gt in a month or two, or something bleeding edge?
 
I got a GigaByte GA-P35-DS3L ATX. The nice thing about it it utilizes all solid-state components so it should be a hardy board that will last forever. Memory comes in the form of 2Gb of Corsair XMS2 DDr2 800 (PC6400)ram with 5-5-5-15 latencies and a vcore of 2.03v Full SATA 3Gb/s support. I only have 1 SATA HDD though so I am set even though it has 4 SATA ports onboard.

Yeah, I have to 'save up' for my graphics card as it wasn't a necessity to get running and a current gen 8800GT is fast enough for anything I want to do. I don't need triple SLi support, plus I still don't like the idea of spending all that money on a graphics card, the GT's are a much better bang-for-buck than the GTS's or even the GTX's IMO.
 
i am just currently waiting in for my new mobo, cpu and gpu..

im getting the core 2 duo e6850 1333fsb which is the same as yours 3.0ghz dual.

also getting the ati radeon HD 3850 512mb which seems to be the best all round card at the moment for money and performance.

cant wait to get it setup !!! thats if it turns up like it should lol
 

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