On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 04:03, Alex Doll wrote:
I run an Athlon 2.2 GHz machine - only difference versus the older Intel machines is the chip needs more cooling. I pulled the case off to give it better circulation, and the fan noise is rather more than I was used to. If you don't mind having a wind turbine under your desk, then Athlon is fine.
Just hope I don't spill any coffee....
-AD
How old is "older" - my Athlon also require more cooling that my "older" intel. But that intel was a PII core celeron 500, which offered pathetic performance (even compared to my current "second machine" P-II 300 and the K6-2 500 I had before). Current P4 need just as much cooling. In fact, from what I read on tomshardware, the high end P4 chips actually give off more heat than the Athlons. The biggest increase in noise I got when moving from the celeron to the Athlon comes from the power supply - it seems to be working a lot harder than before! Hans