For $250 I dropped an E6700 processor into my computer and wow! I can't believe it! All the problems I was having are fixed! Games are now back up to 60 or 70 FPS, my computer starts almost instantly and everything is just better!
This has to be the best single upgrade I have done since I upgraded from a P233mhz to a PII 350mhz! LOL, remember those days? Anyways, I thought I was going to have to format my HD but it turns out my last processor was the source of all my problems!
I am happy.
E6700 2.66Ghz Core2 Duo
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
(x4) PC-4200 1GB Kingston Ram
ATI 512MB X1900XTX
(x2) Maxtor MaxlineIII 7200rpm SATAII drives in a RAID1 config
I upgraded from a P4 3.0Ghz to an E6700, What a difference!!
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Lucky
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Lucky
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I'm definitely glad I did it, but I've also come to conclude that the reason I was having such poor performance was because some time ago I pulled the heatsink off and it never made good thermal contact when I put it back on. I should have cleaned it and used Thermal Grease. I guess I am a bit of an idiot for that, I forgot all about it.
Anyways, it is up for sale now. Starting price is $10:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... :LCA:CA:11
Anyways, it is up for sale now. Starting price is $10:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... :LCA:CA:11