New Gaming PC running...

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   As of yesterday, I'm now running the relatively new Athlon XP 3000 gaming PC. I built it up to retire the Tualatin Celron system that I was running.So far, it is doing quite well.
   Mind you, I'm not completely done with my upgrade yet. I still have to get a new/faster hard drive to replace the myriad of drives I usually throw my games onto. Plus, I then have to upgrade the video card to something along the lines of a Radeon 9600 or better.
   Also, I'm meaning to put a larger heatsink and fan combo on that damn Athlon. I've always heard they run rather hot but damn. It hits about 50 degrees C just sitting idle. I might just be overreacting becuase I've never had a computer that ran a chip this hot. So, I'll do something. All of my computers run hot in our barely 'air-conditioned' apartment, as a matter of fact. Damn uncooperative management.
   I did play some World of Warcraft today to give my new Gaming PC rig a try. It played better but that hard drive just isn't fast enough. In fact, framerates in relatively populated areas actually seemed to be higher than it was on the Tualatin.
   I kind of miss my old gaming PC now...

2 Comments

cappy said:

well, i'll be happy to take the 3000 if you don't want it. :p

Thomas Mc. said:

Ooooo, you can keep your meat-hooks of my computer.

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