My PC is dead... Long live my PC!

Dr. Z · 08-02-2007, 17:59

So my trusty (but ageing) P4 machine gave up on me

To be fair, I have slaughtered that machine - 2.4c800 clocked to 3.4GHz on watercooling, ram running with silly volts and the graphics card clocked into oblivion. I clocked it back a while ago but the damage has been done - it now randomly reboots, usually when I am in the middle of doing something.

I had to replace it - so on a budget I set out to replace it with something modest...

Intel Dual Core 2.8, 2Gb DDR2, ATI X1550 Pro. Comparatively its not going to set the world on fire but even with the crappy vista drivers I get 60fps in my preferred settings on CS:S and under XP I would expect 100fps.

Best of all though, its sooooo quiet

08-02-2007, 17:59	#1
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	My PC is dead... Long live my PC! So my trusty (but ageing) P4 machine gave up on me To be fair, I have slaughtered that machine - 2.4c800 clocked to 3.4GHz on watercooling, ram running with silly volts and the graphics card clocked into oblivion. I clocked it back a while ago but the damage has been done - it now randomly reboots, usually when I am in the middle of doing something. I had to replace it - so on a budget I set out to replace it with something modest... Intel Dual Core 2.8, 2Gb DDR2, ATI X1550 Pro. Comparatively its not going to set the world on fire but even with the crappy vista drivers I get 60fps in my preferred settings on CS:S and under XP I would expect 100fps. Best of all though, its sooooo quiet __________________

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