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[azekeil]

Well, I'm still thinking about a Mac mini, but I also notice that the Athlon64 Winchester (3500+) is decidedly power thrifty - which means really quiet very fast machines are possible! So, I'm very tempted to get a motherboard to support it, that has no fans on board, that will allow software control of the CPU fan, that will take my AGP Geforce 6800 GT and my 2x1GB PC3200 DDR.. and they're both quite cheap! Cheaper than the Mac, that's for sure. But I am tempted to leave it a while longer, as I don't actually need a faster PC than my current Athlon XP 2600+ Barton that's overclocked to 2800+...

Instead I should be good and use the money I've saved to sort out the spare room, finish my electronics project, sort out the master bedroom etc.

Opinions? I'm feeling quite impressionable.

Comments

[invisigoth51.livejournal.com]

Do the DIY first - by the time you've finished there's bound to be even more flangy comp ideas in your brain...

[samurite.livejournal.com]

I doubt you'd really notice the difference.
2800 to 3500 isn't a big jump, even if you are going up to A64.
Now, if you were to go up to an Athlon FX55 or similar then yes, that could be worth it, but good luck in finding one below £600.
If you use Windows a lot (can't remember if you're a Linux guy or not) then I'd wait till they release Windows XP x64 edition that actually takes advantage of the A64.

I think you should spend the money on ice-cream instead.
Or possibly white seedless grapes.
Mmmmm... yes

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

The house wins as far as I'm concerned. Mendi and have made that sort of decision a few times and we've yet to regret it.

[ev1ldonut.livejournal.com]

I've told him this repeatedly, nice to see people aggree with me!

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

You have to lead by example though ;@)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Penny sweets.

You *know* you could use several hundred thousand penny chews!

[gerald_duck]

Note that "penny" sweets are actually only £3.50 for 500, wholesale. Also, the best before date is at best 200 days away. Eating 242 of those a day might get a little grim after the first week or so…

SWEEEEETTTTTSSS

[earthwyrm.livejournal.com]

I agree.

Spend it all on beer, sweeties and porn.

You know it makes sense!

(Hello to Azekeil's friends btw - you don't know me but...)