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"JAD" wrote:
(A CPU upgrade) would far better 'enhance the system' than a HD replacement of just about any magnitude I could think of. And you'd be wrong, usually. |
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"JAD" wrote:
What are you comparing? Using arbitrary words like OLD NEW, doesn't cut it. AND YOU SAID A HARDDRIVE upgrade will make more of a performance kick than upgrading the CPU. OK then lets talk what era's we are referring to. 1980's HD Vs 2002? Why would we be comparing this? Obviously there's many shades of gray. But let's not be stupid and talk about the 80's, okay? As an example, I recently updated my old Celery "450A" machine to give to my brother (a big upgrade, for him). To update it, I replaced the 10GB 7200RPM IBM 14GXP with a new Maxtor. This made a QUITE noticeable improvement in the system's overall performance, while my experience tells me that upgrading the CPU to, say, 1.2GHz (with a Powerleap) would have been essentially unnoticeable. |
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chrisv wrote:
"JAD" wrote: What are you comparing? Using arbitrary words like OLD NEW, doesn't cut it. AND YOU SAID A HARDDRIVE upgrade will make more of a performance kick than upgrading the CPU. OK then lets talk what era's we are referring to. 1980's HD Vs 2002? Why would we be comparing this? Obviously there's many shades of gray. But let's not be stupid and talk about the 80's, okay? As an example, I recently updated my old Celery "450A" machine to give to my brother (a big upgrade, for him). To update it, I replaced the 10GB 7200RPM IBM 14GXP with a new Maxtor. This made a QUITE noticeable improvement in the system's overall performance, while my experience tells me that upgrading the CPU to, say, 1.2GHz (with a Powerleap) would have been essentially unnoticeable. I agree on the hard drive but I beg to differ on the tualatin. Both my BH6s are running 1.3 gig tualerons (my own slotket mod) and I do 'notice' it Got another in an Asus P2B-VM (HTPC) and another in a Chaintech 6OIV2 (HTPC). |
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you replaced the drive, reinstalled the OS and did various other
things and your saying the overall performance fix was the HD? a celeron 450 to a celey 1.2 and there is no noticeable gain from this? OK whatever.............. "chrisv" wrote in message ... "JAD" wrote: What are you comparing? Using arbitrary words like OLD NEW, doesn't cut it. AND YOU SAID A HARDDRIVE upgrade will make more of a performance kick than upgrading the CPU. OK then lets talk what era's we are referring to. 1980's HD Vs 2002? Why would we be comparing this? Obviously there's many shades of gray. But let's not be stupid and talk about the 80's, okay? As an example, I recently updated my old Celery "450A" machine to give to my brother (a big upgrade, for him). To update it, I replaced the 10GB 7200RPM IBM 14GXP with a new Maxtor. This made a QUITE noticeable improvement in the system's overall performance, while my experience tells me that upgrading the CPU to, say, 1.2GHz (with a Powerleap) would have been essentially unnoticeable. |
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"chrisv" wrote in message news "JAD" wrote: (A CPU upgrade) would far better 'enhance the system' than a HD replacement of just about any magnitude I could think of. And you'd be wrong, usually. |
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"JAD" wrote in message you replaced the drive, reinstalled the OS and did various other things and your saying the overall performance fix was the HD? a celeron 450 to a celey 1.2 and there is no noticeable gain from this? Of course there is a difference: the percentage that it is idle. OK whatever.............. "chrisv" wrote in message ... "JAD" wrote: What are you comparing? Using arbitrary words like OLD NEW, doesn't cut it. AND YOU SAID A HARDDRIVE upgrade will make more of a performance kick than upgrading the CPU. OK then lets talk what era's we are referring to. 1980's HD Vs 2002? Why would we be comparing this? Obviously there's many shades of gray. But let's not be stupid and talk about the 80's, okay? As an example, I recently updated my old Celery "450A" machine to give to my brother (a big upgrade, for him). To update it, I replaced the 10GB 7200RPM IBM 14GXP with a new Maxtor. This made a QUITE noticeable improvement in the system's overall performance, while my experience tells me that upgrading the CPU to, say, 1.2GHz (with a Powerleap) would have been essentially unnoticeable. |
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