June 26, 2005
After six years of loyal service, from the first time it was powered on back in
1999 after I built it from widely-gathered parts, Titanic has
been retired as my primary machine. A Pentium III 500 with a nearly-maxed 640MB
of RAM, it was definitely beginning to show its age. It still runs fantastic,
and it will have a place elsewhere on my network, but it is no longer my primary
workstation.
Many of my off-hours over the past month have been spent reading, researching,
comparing, and purchasing parts. Those parts have finally been assembled. Ladies
and Gentlemen. I'm pleased to introduce the newest member of the internal
Accipiter.org network family...
Optimus
- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice CPU
- EPoX EP-9NPAJ Motherboard
- 1GB Corsair DDR400 RAM
- GeForce 6600 256MB
- 80GB 7200RPM
Seagate HD
- Pioneer DVR-109 DVD burner
- Slackware 10.1
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Comment #1 by ches
Our Athlon 64 totally has more blue lights than your Athlon 64.
(26-JUN-05 - 10:23 EST)
Comment #2 by karmaflux
What's this "our" shit? That computer is MINE.
Also, AHAHAHAHAHAH YOU BOUGHT AN AMD PRODUCT
(28-JUN-05 - 13:14 EST)
Comment #3 by Milkman
I can't believe it either... AMD = :(
(28-JUN-05 - 18:03 EST)
Comment #4 by wonkodsane
AMD++
Sadly, the computer I just built for my mother is more powerful than anything in our home.
It is an AMD as well, with only one blue light, but a far cooler one.
Bitchez.
(28-JUN-05 - 18:11 EST)
Comment #5 by Accipiter
Up until I built this machine, Titanic was the fastest machine I owned. (With the exception of my iBook, which is 800MHz.) I'm actually very happy with the performance of this machine and the AMD CPU. (AMD++ indeed. They've come light-years ahead since the last time I gave them a serious look.)
It was certainly time for an upgrade, and Optimus fits the bill quite well.
(28-JUN-05 - 20:23 EST)
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