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There's a very interesting thread on the current asking price of S939 CPUs here, and I find it quite amusing because, well, some people just simply don't get it. Club member TestECull does, though, when he says that S939 as a platform is about as close to being future-proof as anything that has ever come out. Think about the fact that S939 parts first came into being in June 2004. That was almost four and a half years ago, which is forever in the computer business. And yet the platform is still quite relevant and potent enough for today's needs. Sure, it's not quite as fast as the latest and the greatest that's out there (that's including Core 2 Duo/Quad and AM2/AM2+ X2 Athlon and Phenom Tri/Quad), but it's not dog-slow either.
I tell thlnk3r all the time, in our private conversations, that I don't foresee myself jettisoning my S939 gaming rig until maybe mid-2010 at the earliest. There simply isn't a need for me to cast my machine aside. It will run anything a new rig will, and do so reasonably quickly. It also proves the point that benchmarks are one thing, but when you play games, if you get a potent-enough video card matched with a reasonable resolution (1680 x 1050 for me is great), you're good to go.
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There's a very interesting thread on the current asking price of S939 CPUs here, and I find it quite amusing because, well, some people just simply don't get it. Club member TestECull does, though, when he says that S939 as a platform is about as close to being future-proof as anything that has ever come out. Think about the fact that S939 parts first came into being in June 2004. That was almost four and a half years ago, which is forever in the computer business. And yet the platform is still quite relevant and potent enough for today's needs. Sure, it's not quite as fast as the latest and the greatest that's out there (that's including Core 2 Duo/Quad and AM2/AM2+ X2 Athlon and Phenom Tri/Quad), but it's not dog-slow either.
I tell thlnk3r all the time, in our private conversations, that I don't foresee myself jettisoning my S939 gaming rig until maybe mid-2010 at the earliest. There simply isn't a need for me to cast my machine aside. It will run anything a new rig will, and do so reasonably quickly. It also proves the point that benchmarks are one thing, but when you play games, if you get a potent-enough video card matched with a reasonable resolution (1680 x 1050 for me is great), you're good to go.
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McLaren-Honda MP4/5
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. I've had my computer for 3 years now, and all I've done is spent a good $300 to keep it up w/ the current bit.
not to much ethics there. besides computer componants are marked up so much as it is I don't feel bad when I'm able to get a good componant at cost. Last reason for doing it this way is to get a copy of the receipt before I return it so I get a full warranty instead of do I even have a warranty???
