Computer upgrades
After years of using AMD CPUs (actually, I think all of the x86 CPUs I’ve owned have been AMD, with the exception of my Pentium Pro system), I think I might actually go with Intel for my next upgrade. I’ve been doing some reading, and apparently the new P4 2.4C (800 Mhz FSB) can apparently easily overclock to 3.0 GHz when using an i875P motherboard. Now, I haven’t been much for overclocking lately, because there hasn’t been much point. But going from 2.4 to 3.0 GHz is quite the jump, and actually worth it if you can safely do it with stock cooling. I’d like to get a gig or two of ram for it, but for now I’ll probably just go with 256 MB (that’s what I have now, so I’m used to it). Maybe by Christmas I’ll get a gig of it. And I’ll need a better video card as well. I’d like one of those new GeForce FX Ultra 5900 (or whatever, the NV35 chipset) but I’ll settle for the more reasonably priced GeForce4 Ti4200. My system will be pretty good then except for my monitor. A nice 19″ would do nicely. I have a 120 GB Seagate drive on the way, too. Which should solve my storage problems for a while. A short while :)
My Linux box could also use some upgrading, but I recently added 32 MB of RAM to it, bringing it to 96 MB total. Which has definitely helped. Now to add a decent hard drive in there, and it’ll be pretty decent. A new CPU and even more RAM would be nice, but not as necessary.
My other Linux box (the Pentium Pro) is currently compiling the 2.5.74 Linux kernel. It only has 64 MB RAM, but I think it needs a less common type of SDRAM, which sucks because it’s harder to find. It can take up to 512 MB apparently, so I’d like to get that someday. And dual 1 MB cache 200 MHz CPUs :)
I haven’t actually done a lot with my Sun Ultra 5 yet. Partly because the monitor I was using with it is currently being used by my sister. I’ll probably just let her keep it, because the one she was using was pretty dark and generally sucky. Besides, it’s warm enough in my room with 3 computers running, I don’t really need a fourth system going.
I must be a pretty big geek, having so many computers in my room (and a couple of them “different” systems) and getting excited about future upgrades :)