Brexit, for once some facts.

tillson

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A little late, but still worth pointing out that there is no such thing as Black Friday. It’s a scam, a rip-off. Make sure you spend nothing today. Stay at home and count your money.
 
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this is 150 quid cheaper.


it runs at 95% tho just like a mac so get a 4090 and can heat a hole room or set it on fire because the power cable melts :p
 
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tillson

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this is 150 quid cheaper.


it runs at 95% tho just like a mac so get a 4090 and can heat a hole room or set it on fire because the power cable melts :p
My PC has an Intel 80386 and runs at 20 MHz. It’s super quick and Windows 3.11 loads in minutes.

Would I notice much difference if I upgraded to the AMD chip? Does it just plug into my existing computer? It has a serial and a parallel port, so all bases are covered. I was thinking of going for a 486 66MHz machine, but now you’ve made me wonder if there is something even better than that. How do the two compare please?
 

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soundwave

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Did you buy one?
no as to get the temps down you will need to de lid it and that voids the warranty and other cpus 5000 had there memory controllers burn out because of heat.

the ihs is 1.2mm to thick so it can use the older am4 coolers :rolleyes:
 
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It's well priced though.
 

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My PC has an Intel 80386 and runs at 20 MHz. It’s super quick and Windows 3.11 loads in minutes.

Would I notice much difference if I upgraded to the AMD chip? Does it just plug into my existing computer? It has a serial and a parallel port, so all bases are covered. I was thinking of going for a 486 66MHz machine, but now you’ve made me wonder if there is something even better than that. How do the two compare please?
 

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no as to get the temps down you will need to de lid it and that voids the warranty and other cpus 5000 had there memory controllers burn out because of heat.

the ihs is 1.2mm to thick so it can use the older am4 coolers :rolleyes:
Back in the day, we bought a lot of AMDs for their lower cost, and too often they burned out, whereas Intels oulived their motherboards several times - not a single burn-out. I've never bought AMD CPUs since, no matter how good they look on paper.
 
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i think i had about 5 abit nf7s mother boards back then fkn name is burned in to my brain those cpus had no ihs so had to clamp the heat sink on with that crappy clip you needed a screw driver to get the fkn thing on.

you fired that sucker up with no heat sink the cpu was toast in 2 seconds lol.
 

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Intels were harder to kill. If someone forgot to put the heatsink on for a few seconds, they'd likely still work fine long term. As underdogs, AMD used to risk hotter running CPUs to compete. Buy cheap, buy twice.
 

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i still have 2 that should work but good luck finding a working mobo and a 20 pin psu mobo connector ;)
 

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Motherboards stop being produced quite rapidly as new CPUs are introduced - it's why I have two brand new replacements mothballed in storage for all my PCs, so I'm not scrabbling about on eaby for half dead compatibles in a few years time. If they don't get used, I'll make a profit selling them on as "New, unopened, never used".
 

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and that's why i got a server motherboard tyan s7010 with 6 core cpus x2 fkn thing out lasted a 1200w be quiet psu :D
 
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we are all fooked yet there is no she man action figure yet :rolleyes:
 

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he man with massive tits when he says i have the power!
 

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