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<0> oh, are they rebranded?
<1> acer licenses a load of stuff from lite-on
<0> they used to be something else, atleast, and it was HORRIBLE
<1> rukk: acer is the epitomie of rebranding
<0> no ****
<1> I mean my power brick even says lite on on it
<2> sup
<0> are you sure its a lite-on though?
<1> and the battery is made by some company called SMP Corporation
<1> rukk: it's something Chinese I'm sure of that
<0> heh :\
<0> goody
<3> mat****a
<0> dear lord
<1> hmm
<1> maybe I should invest in socket 939 instead
<1> that way I can leave a stick of 512 in this box and only buy 1gb of new ram instead of 2
<1> DDR400 is a hell of a lot cheaper than DDRII 800
<0> yep
<0> and the performance difference is zilch
<1> bah
<1> what kind of an IDIOT stuffs all the DDR ram into one big heading
<1> they did the same for DDRII
<0> why is it that modern platforms dont interest me in the least :\
<1> because they haven't advanced to the point where they can provide VR porn yet :P
<0> pff
<0> I dont even like 2d pr0n ;x
<1> yup, he's a mutant
<1> get him!
<1> you know what's sad though
<1> AMD wanted to eliminate socket 754 two years ago
<0> and they should have
<1> and it's still going strong
<1> ya but for the average e-machine a 2.4ghz processor with 512mb is enough these days
<0> its because you can get a good s754 board for $45~
<0> yeh
<0> but its usualy a celeron too ;)
<1> well with me it's a sempron
<0> or that
<1> I don't touch Intel offerings these days
<0> which is a perfectly viable little cpu
<1> but conroe is probably gonna change that
<0> I dont put intels in other peoples systems, or generally sell them
<0> they cause too many issues :|
<1> (and then AMD whacks Intel right back down after the christmas rush)
<0> well, we'll see about that
<0> some of intels newer stuff is looking interesting though
<1> it'll be at the earliest
<0> I'm just not so impressed with their chipsets now :(
<1> I'm betting that at this time next year amd will be back on top
<0> the whole 9xx series is meh
<1> but they're in for one hell of a winter
<0> amd is going to start dropping back again
<0> which is good, as far as I am concerned
<0> then they can lower prices and raise clockspeeds :)
<1> if Intel didn't change their sockets ever two fullmoons I might have more of their stuff around
<0> whereas intel comes out with a new bloody arch every 9-12 months
<0> yeah
<0> seriously
<0> I dont even bother
<0> nobody perfects the intel boards because they are obsolete so quickly
<0> so you have a whole bunch of defective **** :|
<0> I mean, look at the best chipset of all time - the 440bx
<0> the first gen of boards was CRAP
<0> unstable, unreliable junk
<1> the first generation is always crap
<0> and there was what, 5-6 generations of boards
<0> and by the end they were great, except for capacitor problems
<0> which really didnt involve the design of the boards
<1> I mean nforce5 should really be called nforce3 v 5
<0> for these new chipsets, they dont GET a second generation most of the time
<0> so its just buggy PoS product after buggy PoS product
<1> hey average joe still ****s up to Intel
<0> not if I dont let him ;x
<1> I still have people who refuse to consider amd offerings
<1> hey put it this way
<0> I dont.
<0> I tell them that I dont want the h***le of trying to support a intel offering.
<1> they buy a boiling hot intel from me, and then they come back to buy stuff to silent the box
<1> which means more cash for me
<0> yeah
<0> at the end of the day, I dont care that much.
<0> I'd rather just not **** with it
<1> heh
<1> oh well I guess socket 939 will be good enough
<0> 939 isnt going anywhere
<0> get bored a year down the road, or two for that matter
<1> no but it'll be around for a good three years by the looks of things
<0> stick in 4gbs of ram and a dual core opteron
<1> exactly
<1> I'm going with 4x512 to begin with
<0> it'll rip **** up
<1> mainly because I already have 3x512
<0> good investment.
<0> hah
<0> yeah
<0> that'll do it :D
<0> ;x
<1> so I'll get 2x512, and use two old sticks, and leave the final one in here
<1> and make this an ftp
<0> nice
<1> thankfully the gpu doesn't crash in 2d operation
<0> I've been thinking I need a imac-style box :\
<0> something small and close to silent with a nice screen that doenst use much space or power
<4> EH
<1> umm
<1> buy one of those cases with a window
<1> but instead of the window put an LCD there
<0> too big
<1> I've seen that mod a few timse
<1> times*
<0> yep, and I dont like them ;x
<1> rukk: not if you get one of those small antec boxes
<0> and I wouldnt be caught dead with a antec box :P
<1> they're microtowers
<0> so?
<1> if you stick a Pentium-M in there it can be cooled p***ively
<0> or I could get a decent 17" or 19" lcd, dissasemble it
<5> http://gorillamask.net/blazinhazen.shtml
<0> have a friend who has CNC connections make me a custom aluminum case for the whole shebang
<0> put a 1u psu in there
<0> along with a slot-loading dvdrw
<0> (laptop drive)
<0> and a dual core yonah
<1> or that
<0> not much bigger than a actual imac
<0> and dead ***y
<0> I'm perfectly capable of unsoldering connectors and moving them around to arrange the board the way I want
<1> I know how to do it, but don't have the time
<1> and I still can't figure out how I fried the nic on this board
<0> I dont have the time right now, but I may this winter
<0> depending what I do
<1> it just stopped working one day
<0> I may be nowhere to be found this winter though :)
<0> resolder it :x
<1> uhh
<0> its usualy something stupid on those.
<1> I already stuck a pci nic in there
<0> ahh
<0> I've never seen a nic controller actually go after working for awhile
<0> its either defective out of the box, or its some electrical ****.
<1> this board had a problem with the nic when I was dual booting
<0> :/
<0> persnoaly
<1> linux would initialize the nic just fine, but if I went back into linux it'd be like WTF
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