AMD 64-bit single-core processor club

[bilmo]

With computers it's all about the bus speed

here in phoenix, the buses are all really really slow. but they have great AC in the summertime

 

[Mainframeguy]

^^^^^^^^^^ someone take that to the jokes and humour thread.....

bilmo - I just hope and pray you were entirely and and not at all :crosseyed: - because if that was serious then well..... and don;t feel bad about getting a 64 now, you're probably getting a premium price for an OK CPU. It's not as if you NEED 64 bit processing power for anything much yet.

 

[Vanquished]

How much was paid?

 

[RedlegTigger]

NEW GUY REPLY!!!

I'm running an AMD 64 3500 Winchester on an ePox nForce4 Ultra Board with 1 Gig and an NVidia 6600 GT 128. Currently planning to add another gig and am looking at uping the processor or vid card next, but right now it runs everything I need it to. I put this rig together last year and love it. Prior to this I was an Intel guy, but made the switch based on price and reviews (primarily in MaximumPC). Just thought I'd share.

 

[Vanquished]

Does the 3500 get the job done?
Im trying to advise my friend on a cpu hes looking at the 3700 but i was wondering if the 3500 is good enough for 40 bucks less.

 

[kcnychief]

NEW GUY REPLY!!!

I'm running an AMD 64 3500 Winchester on an ePox nForce4 Ultra Board with 1 Gig and an NVidia 6600 GT 128. Currently planning to add another gig and am looking at uping the processor or vid card next, but right now it runs everything I need it to. I put this rig together last year and love it. Prior to this I was an Intel guy, but made the switch based on price and reviews (primarily in MaximumPC). Just thought I'd share.

I was in a very similar boat, and the AMD 3500+ was also my first "conversion chip". I had almost exact specs to you at the time, and was very pleased. Now, I'll never go back to Intel

 

[gonaads]

Does the 3500 get the job done?
Im trying to advise my friend on a cpu hes looking at the 3700 but i was wondering if the 3500 is good enough for 40 bucks less.

If it's only fourty bucks more for the 3700+ I would go that route. Plus a 1 MB L2 cache.

But I have seen some places that the dollar difference is only 25-30 dollars.

 

[GoinLo]

hello

 

[Vanquished]

Hello,
You should post in the official welcome to osnn.net thread but i assume you have a 64 bit processor, welcome!

 

[Weasel]

Had an AMD64 for a while now, only recently remembered I had an osnn forum account. =P Machine specs are in the sig.

 

[ray_gillespie]

Re: Athlon 64-bit processor club

I've just got an Athlon 64 3500+, sign me up! :nervous: I am SO chuffed with this little babe!

Wanna know something funny? I signed up for this club on July 10th 2005 and it's taken me until yesterday to actually install a 64 bit OS! That's over 2 1/2 years

 

[Dark Atheist]

notice you didnt say working in there

 

[ray_gillespie]

Actually you know, having relegated it to 3GB of RAM, it's the smoothest OS I've ever had! It only took 30 mins to install and now runs very quickly. I wouldn't recommend installing 32 bit to anyone now that the drivers are up to scratch for x64, it's well worth it.