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New PC Rocks!
I just built a PC to use as a drafting workstation: Autocad 11 LT (2D)
AMD Phenom II X6 Processor 2.8GHz (6 cores!)
GIGABYTE 890XA-UD3 Mother Board
Sapphire Radeon 4650 Video Card (1GB SD2 Memory)
500 GB Sata Hard drive
8 GB SD3 1600 RAM
Rosehill ATX case & 400W power supply
Sony 4x DVD-RW
Windows 7 Pro
This thing SMOKES. The CPU ratings are about the same as the low end Intel i7 processors, for less than 1/2 the price. I was amazed at how the CPUMARK test in the 3D graphics mode (X-29 flying around) was so smooth and fast. My regular Lattitude E6500 (Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHZ) scored only better on the disk drive tests (not sure exactly why, except that maybe this is really an older SATA drive, one I had laying around).
I'm still tweeking the MB settings, but this thing is Smoking fast.
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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