What CPU do you have in your main PC?

What operating system are using on that? A 64-bit Linux kernal or WIN XP 32? There is a 64-bit beta version of XP out but because of the bugs (beta) people say you're better of sticking to the 32-bit OS until XP 64 comes out this year.

The A64 will be my next CPU, the Semperons are strip down Athlon Xps with higher clock speeds, so it would be a pointless move, the A64 is the only viable upgrade.

 

AMD 1Ghz Athlon (Dont even think it's a Thunderbird)/Asus A7V-E mobo/512Mb mem/Gainward GeForce2 Pro

XP Pro with 80% of the default services disabled.

It's a bit long in the tooth now but it doesn't feel slow. Doesn't feel quick either but it isn't slow. I'm not a big game player.

The only gripes I have with it are:

It occasionally, (like once every fortnight/month - it's used daily):

a) Doesn't sense the mouse on startup

b) Doesn't sense the old HDD I installed as a second drive on bootup.


I suspect both of these niggles are down to the VIA chipset. I doubt very much I'll be getting another board with a VIA chipset on it, just for this reason.

Other than those and the fact it's a little noisey. I've had no problems with it.


GTM

 

The noise is due to the CPU fan, I replaced my mums CPU fan yesterday and its so much quieter now, her machine is about the same age as yours and the bearings failed in the fan, causing it to over heat, luckily I spotted it in time otherwise she could have needed a new CPU.

I have a VIA chipset as well, the problem I have with (motherboard fault) is the BIOS likes to completly reset itself about once a week.

 

Athlon 2700+. 512Mb TwinMOS PC3200, 120Gb SATA Maxtor, 64Mb Geforce4MX440. As you can see, not much of a gamer, but I do quite a bit of GoLive and Photoshop work so the processor and RAM comes in handy then.

 

MSI K7N2 MoBo, AMD Athlon XP 2500 Barton, 1Gb Crucial Ram, 2 x 80Gb Seagate Barracuda HDD, GFX 5200FX, Widows XP pro, 1Mb Broadband ( soon to be 2Mb) window to the world...

Edit to add:
Antec Tru-power 480 watt PSU.

 

AMD XP2500, Abit NF7-S motherboard, 2x 36GB WD Raptor drives, 2x 200GB Seagate drives, a gig of DDR and a Radeon 9800 Pro. In truth, complete overkill!