New PC

[Butoden]

I now have my own PC at my own room with 4x faster processor than the previous one. I still need to 'learn' how to type with this new keyboard but I'll soon figure it out... :p <br>I'll post pics soon. Flatscreen rules. #) #) #) #) #)

[Prince Noah]

Nice. Care to be more specific as to what you have?

[Tekno-Crystal]

4x the speed, cool, thats like me when I jumped form a 600 MHz to a 2400 MHz .

[Benoit]

Just to toss out a not-so-well known fact here, 2.4 Ghz does not equal 2400 Mhz.<br>1 Ghz is the equivalent of 1024 Mhz. It follows the same principle as other computer number formats.

[Tekno-Crystal]

Yeah but it's close enough. The 24MHz really makes no difference compared to the 1000MHz. And it isn't a not-so-well known fact, most people know computer have a base 2 system (2^1, 2^2, 2^3 ect.).

[Benoit]

It adds up, though. With a 4 Ghz processor you would have close to 4100 Mhz instead of 4000 Mhz.

[Joel Fagin]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Benoit</i><br>It adds up, though. <br></blockquote><p>But who cares about 100MHz when you've got 4000? It's always going to be a measly 0.24% speed difference.<p>However, the speed of the processor is misleading because the motherboard - which everything else goes through - is far, far slower. Chip speed is, in many cases, merely indicative of how long the computer spends twiddling its thumbs.<p> - Joel Fagin

[Lord Khyron]

You're right Joel..<p>Look at all the 2.8 Ghz processor pc's with Quantispeed architecture that actually goes at 2.4 ghz.<p>Right there you have a misleading processor.<p>Processors never go as fast as they claim anymore.<p>1.67 Ghz ones always did 1.59 with the architecture..<p>

[HuBBsDoctor]

The reason for that is because you don't have your bios set up properly then. Edit your bios and you 1.7ghz will start to run at 1.7ghz.<p>Just using my cpu as an example.<br><p>[size=small][Edit by HuBBsDoctor on [TIME]1091930953[/TIME]][/size]

[Lord Khyron]

Yes just bypass the Quantispeed architecture eh?<p>But I agree with Hubbs.

[Butoden]

My comp:<br>2.6+ Ghz AMD Athlon XP<br>Monitor: Samsung 710N 17"TFT 1280x1024, Silver, 12ms (whatever that means )<br>80 GB Hard Disk<br>XFX GeForce FX 5200 128MB, TV out<br>Sony 3,5" Diskdrive 1.44 MB Black<br>DVD: 16xDVD, 48x CD<br>CD: 52x CD , 32x RE-Write , 52x Write<br>Philips MMS 221 Speakerset<br>Logitech optical mouse + internet keyboard

[Benoit]

Nice PC. Close to what I'm planning to get.<p>Is your CPU 2.6 Ghz or is it just the 2600+ series? There's a difference.<p>You forgot to mention your RAM.

[Butoden]

2600+ series. That means it equals 2600 MhZ although it is less.

[Tekno-Crystal]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Butoden</i><p>Monitor: Samsung 710N 17"TFT 1280x1024, Silver, 12ms (whatever that means )<p></blockquote><p>The Samsung 710N as you probably know is just the model make and number, and the 17"TFT is just (again as you probably know) the size and type of monitor. The 1280x1024 is the maximum resolution supported by the monitor (max for any monitor I believe is 1600x1200). Silver is obviously colour, and 12ms is the pixel refresh rates, more specifically how long it takes for each pixel to get illuminated. Have fun with your new PC .<br>

[Benoit]

<blockquote>2600+ series. That means it equals 2600 MhZ although it is less.</blockquote><br>Actually, that equals about 2.2 Ghz when comparing with Pentium chips.