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Re: I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor.

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On 2018-12-17, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> % wrote:
>
>>CPU 18X-Core Intel Core i9 7980XE 2.6GHz || Corsair H110 Liquid Cooling 
>>|| MB ASUS PRIME X299-Deluxe
>>RAM 128GB DDR4 High Performance Memory || HDD 10TB Storage Drive || M.2 
>>SSD 1TB NVMe Samsung 970 EVO
>>GPU nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB || PSU Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W 
>>80 PLUS Gold
>>24X Asus DVD+/-RW || OS Windows 10 Pro 64-bit || 2x Gigabit LAN, 2x 
>>802.11ad Wi-Fi, Bluetooth V4.1
>
> I've decided to put-off a new PC *again* on my basement PC (which is
> the one that I use most often, at home).  The old 3.0GHz Wolfdale C2D
> is going to have to last, until the 10mm Intel CPU's arrive, dammit!

Your hair will become grey until then...

>
> It's really not that I'm so cheap, it's that I don't want the dumb
> chips they are selling now.  14mm has hung-on too long, and I think
> that the security fixes are half-assed.  I don't like AMD and their
> high core-count approach, either.  I've always been an Intel guy.

I bought AMD Ry 2700x and didn't regret. Better performance then i7 4790
and double core count. I speed up my system by 130% on average.


>
> I think the old PC will make it another year.  The power supply was
> replaced once, and the HD has been replaced with an SSD, and those are
> the most likely things to fail.  And, really, the performance of this
> ~10 year-old machine is still plenty good, for general computing and
> farting-around on the Internet.

For that yes. But I like to do computing intensive tasks.

>


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TV rich/stupid. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-12-15 10:07 -0800
  Re: TV rich/stupid. Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-12-15 12:12 -0600
    I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-12-15 10:26 -0800
      Re: I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. % <%> - 2018-12-15 11:40 -0700
        I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-12-15 11:53 -0800
          Re: I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. % <%> - 2018-12-15 13:10 -0700
            Why would someone give you such a powerful PC ? Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-12-15 12:16 -0800
              Re: Why would someone give you such a powerful PC ? % <%> - 2018-12-15 13:23 -0700
                Your 2,000$ graphics card isn't going to be used. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-12-15 13:22 -0800
                Re: Your 2,000$ graphics card isn't going to be used. % <%> - 2018-12-15 14:26 -0700
                Re: Your 2,000$ graphics card isn't going to be used. Checkmate <oshay.shad@yahoo.corn> - 2018-12-15 23:44 -0800
                Re: Your 2,000$ graphics card isn't going to be used. % <%> - 2018-12-16 07:31 -0700
              Re: Why would someone give you such a powerful PC ? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-12-15 15:03 -0600
              Re: Why would someone give you such a powerful PC ? Greysat <hrumme4224@gmail.com> - 2018-12-17 07:31 -0700
          Re: I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-15 19:55 -0500
            Re: I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. % <%> - 2018-12-15 17:59 -0700
        Re: I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-17 07:32 -0600
          Re: I have a 3,000$ PC, if you count my 1,000$ ArmMounted monitor. Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-12-17 20:43 +0000
  Re: TV rich/stupid. SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-17 08:55 -0500

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