Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.


$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
....She works fine.

db

D-unit wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.


$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db




Learn something every day. I had no idea TigerDirect had retail store
outlets. What are the stores like? Are they *big* stores with lots'o'stuff?

The best computer stores I've ever been in are the MicroCenter
operations. Huge stores, at least the ones around here, with some depth
of inventory. I understand some of the left coast indy stores are pretty
big, but I've never shopped one in person.

I think XP SP III is out, or about to be out. I installed the beta on my
old laptop before I sent it to its new home.

My server has that same AMD Sempron chip as its CPU. No hiccups, and it
runs 24-7 as a backup device for several computers, and as an in-house
and off-site media server and web host.

On Apr 15, 11:47*am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

On Apr 15, 1:29*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I have been migrating my fleet over to the AMD 3800s too. They do seem
plenty fast but I am running about a half a gig less software than
most folks (W98). I do notice my audio and video edits go a lot
quicker tho.
When my wife wins her solitaire game the cards really fly out of the
stack * *;-)

I am using XP at the house desktop that has the AMD chip. It's got a
hot shot video card because I use FlightSim on it and don't like
choppy graphics when I'm flying a 737 in ILS conditions!

wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.


I have been migrating my fleet over to the AMD 3800s too. They do seem
plenty fast but I am running about a half a gig less software than
most folks (W98). I do notice my audio and video edits go a lot
quicker tho.
When my wife wins her solitaire game the cards really fly out of the
stack ;-)


For most users, the noticeable differences come with faster hard drives,
more powerful video cards, and more RAM. The benchmark differences
between competitive CPUs is, for the most part, minor.

"HK" wrote in message ...
D-unit wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.


$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db




Learn something every day. I had no idea TigerDirect had retail store
outlets. What are the stores like? Are they *big* stores with lots'o'stuff?

Yessir,

Its a regular geek-o-rama over there. This location in particular
has a relatively small footprint but manages to squeeze ALLOT of stuff in there.
Narrow aisles make browsing a little *tight* when crowded. They do have
some killer deals though, you just have to get in early before they
sell out of a particular item. They also sell flat screen HDTV's as well.
Come to think of it, who doesn't these days?

I've purchased refurb pc's there for our business at unheard of prices
and never had a problemo.

db





The best computer stores I've ever been in are the MicroCenter
operations. Huge stores, at least the ones around here, with some depth
of inventory. I understand some of the left coast indy stores are pretty
big, but I've never shopped one in person.

I think XP SP III is out, or about to be out. I installed the beta on my
old laptop before I sent it to its new home.

My server has that same AMD Sempron chip as its CPU. No hiccups, and it
runs 24-7 as a backup device for several computers, and as an in-house
and off-site media server and web host.

D-unit wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ...
D-unit wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.


$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db



Learn something every day. I had no idea TigerDirect had retail store
outlets. What are the stores like? Are they *big* stores with lots'o'stuff?

Yessir,

Its a regular geek-o-rama over there. This location in particular
has a relatively small footprint but manages to squeeze ALLOT of stuff in there.
Narrow aisles make browsing a little *tight* when crowded. They do have
some killer deals though, you just have to get in early before they
sell out of a particular item. They also sell flat screen HDTV's as well.
Come to think of it, who doesn't these days?

I've purchased refurb pc's there for our business at unheard of prices
and never had a problemo.

db



Thanks. After reading your post, I spent some time looking over TD's web
site. I never before noticed that it had a link that led to its stores.
None around here, though.

If you want a big time football field of geeks, check out a Microcenter
if you are ever in one's neighborhood. We have two in the DC 'burbs. I
frequent the Virginia store. It's as big as a football field inside, or
so it feels.

On Apr 15, 3:34*pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:





On Apr 15, 11:47*am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I haven't owned an Intel chip since my first experiences with AMD....

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguidehttp://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

At one time, several years ago, like 12 or so, there was a problem
with Autocad related to the AMD. I actually had the problem, or else
I'd find it hard to believe! No problems now with autocad, Revit,
STAAD, or any software that I know of.

wrote in message ...
On Apr 15, 3:34 pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:





On Apr 15, 11:47 am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db

After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.

I haven't owned an Intel chip since my first experiences with AMD....

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguidehttp://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats - Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

At one time, several years ago, like 12 or so, there was a problem
with Autocad related to the AMD. I actually had the problem, or else
I'd find it hard to believe! No problems now with autocad, Revit,
STAAD, or any software that I know of.

______


That is hard to believe, obviously something to do with the
math co-processor.

db

JimH wrote:
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
. com...
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0700 (PDT), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Apr 15, 11:47 am, "D-unit" wrote:
Actually we needed another workstation
here at work rather quickly ( for my new replacement)
Im keeping a desk and my pc here for the time being.
I went up to the TigerDirect store in North Raleigh
Sunday to see what they had.

I got:

Acer Veriton M410
Windoze Xp Pro SPII
1GB DDRII
AMD Sempron 3800+
160GB SATA
Built in video/LAN/sound

Brand new, not a refurb.

$379.00 plus tax.

After 2 hours of downloading/installing "updates"
...She works fine.

db
After studying and then the advice of a real, genuine person that is
degreed and works in the IT field (not plays one in rec.boats!), I
also went with the AMD chip. It consitently clocks faster than Intel
chips of the same variety. Never had a problem with it.
I haven't owned an Intel chip since my first experiences with AMD....

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats



They are indeed fast but tend to run hotter than Intel..........cooling is
always an issue especially if you overclock them.




Apparently the latest high-end AMD chipset is a distant second to the
latest high-end Intel chipset with which it competes.

For those to whom it matters.

One wonders how Loogydrip fitted that AMD chip into his Atari 100?