2 posts tagged “cpu”

 So I've been meaning to get a new CPU for quite a while now. Like, since I got the computer. I've upgraded pretty much everything else since I got it over a year and a half ago. Pretty much everything except the motherboard has been replaced, but the last thing that I need to change was the CPU. I worked a little over March break and went out and bought an AMD X2 4200+. It's not all that much much faster then my old 3200+, but it is Dual Core, which should speed things up like "backing up" DVD's *wink, wink* and things of that nature. I also fried a stick of RAM a little over a month ago, so I have to replace that, but it's only going to be about $15. After that, I might upgrade the RAM after that, but that's it for this box. After that, it's not really worth it in my mind to upgrade to either Intel Core 2 or AMD Phenom. That would involve getting a new motherboard and processor and possibly new memory, which I might as well go and get a new computer. No, I think go for a Mac for my next computer. Probably a Macbook, get a nice 20" display and be done with it. I'll keep the PC around, but I really don't think that it's worth it for the amount of effort and money  that's required to play games and such. I've never really been that kind of a user anyway, I always prefered to work with Digital Media such as music and video's.

    Finally! These past few days have been amazing. Warm, sunny, almost July like. It was 19 (Celsius) yesterday and was 20. Much better than a few weeks ago when we had snow. It's bee absouletly beautiful and I'm enjoying every minute of it. It's times like these that I think I should have bought a laptop. Granted, I wouldn't have had the specs that I have in my destkop, but it would have been more convenient in terms of mobility. I also spent some time tonight laying out my long terms goals for the next 5 years. Mostly, it involves making sure that I make deadlines (scholarships and the like) as well putting in place a schedule for purchasing my Macbook and a upgrade cycle. The first phase will be next year with the replacement of the CPU and GPU and possibly some more RAM. This will be followed in late 2008 with the purchase of a Macbook. Finally, in 2009, I will invest in a completely new computer system, weather AMD or Intel, PC or Macintosh, I cannot tell yet. By that time, we should be moving to 6 cores per chip or whatever and software should have caught up. I do not intend to go more than 3 years without upgrading my system, since the technology changes so rapidly. And heck, I might even build my own system. I was a tad chicken this time. Anyway, other than that, my life has been pretty uneventful over the past few weeks, I hope all my friends and neighbours are doing well!