[ale] OT: AMD Athlon 64

[jesse at jessemholmes.net (Jesse M. Holmes)]

Here's a quick question: When it comes to owning a computer that won't
annoy you (as in, taking forever to open/close/switch applications),
isn't it true that a full bank of RAM is more useful than a hefty
processor?

Jesse M. Holmes

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Brian Pitts
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 4:00 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: AMD Athlon 64

John Wells <jb at ...> writes:
> 
> Anyone out there know of a good, easy-to-digest treatise on the
subject?
> What would you recommend?
> 

The Athlon 64 3000 (Socket 939, Venice core) is $114 at Newegg; that
seems like
a real steal. There also have nForce4-based motherboards from Asus and
MSI for
around $80. It's better hardware at not much more cost than the
processor/motherboard combo Fry's advertised this week for $160.

-Brian

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