New main system computer
I'm running SERIOUSLY low on disk space, and now that I have my HTPC up and running, I REALLY like the Intel P4 with hyper threading. It makes your computer seem like it has two processors and divides up the responsibilities, and I rarely get times where my desktop slows to a crawl. In most cases, one "thread" of the CPU will be railed, and the other one is still responsive and taking care of ME. I really like that. Anyway, I also like the idea of running GIGABIT ethernet transfers. So, rather than take time to reinstall my OS and swap out the old twin 40GB RAID IBM drives for new 200GB IDE ATA133 ones, I figured I'd get another Abit board with on of the new Prescott 1MB L2 cache P4 2.8GHz 2.8E processors on the 90nm process technology. Might as well go with RAID SATA-150 drives too. All running over the cool 1Gbps speed of an 8-port Linksys gigaswitch. The more I looked at what I should upgrade, the more I decided to just sell my old Abit KD7-Raid, AMD Athlon XP 2500+, ATI Radeon 9500 128MB DDR, twin 40GB IBM ATA133 hard drives, and throw in my old Sony CD/RW drive with the cyber mirror 350W power supply case for $450. Taking a pretty good loss on the deal, but should be able to get back in business for around $900.

- posted by Jeff @ 10:08 PM | 0 comments