Wait for AMD's Orleans chip

[RDN]

Earlier this month I was in the process of researching componet
parts for a new computer system to replace my old one.

Old system:
Abit Motherboard 266 bus
Amd Athlon XP 1700
1024Gb DDR Ram
19 in LCD
Ect....

The research componets for new system:
Amd Athlon 64 3500 (venice)
512Mb DDR2
Asus A8N5X Motherboart w/ PCI Express x16 x4 x1
nVidia nForce 4 chipset, SATA II , LAN, Audio.....
Hitachi 160Gb HD w/ 8Mb buffer
ATX 12V 400-450watt case
Ect.....

It would've been a quatum leap in performace.

But now I leared on some wed sites that a new AMD processor with
a new pin configuration M2 will come out in 2006.
This new chip will have a DDR2 memory controller built in.

I think I'll wait for the next AMD (Orleans) M2 chips.
Besides, my old Abit/ Athlon 1700+ sill going strong.

 

[Quintillionth Quaff]

Earlier this month I was in the process of researching componet
parts for a new computer system to replace my old one.

Old system:
Abit Motherboard 266 bus
Amd Athlon XP 1700
1024Gb DDR Ram
19 in LCD
Ect....

The research componets for new system:
Amd Athlon 64 3500 (venice)
512Mb DDR2
Asus A8N5X Motherboart w/ PCI Express x16 x4 x1
nVidia nForce 4 chipset, SATA II , LAN, Audio.....
Hitachi 160Gb HD w/ 8Mb buffer
ATX 12V 400-450watt case
Ect.....

It would've been a quatum leap in performace.

But now I leared on some wed sites that a new AMD processor with
a new pin configuration M2 will come out in 2006.
This new chip will have a DDR2 memory controller built in.

I think I'll wait for the next AMD (Orleans) M2 chips.
Besides, my old Abit/ Athlon 1700+ sill going strong.

I'm with you. My wife's 1700+ based computer is:

ECS- K7S5A Rev. 1 with the Honey X BIOS (Longest used MB I have ever built,
was originally mine. My AOpen AK77-600 Max is a close second)
AMD- Athlon XP 1700+ (not OC'd)
Kingmax- PC3200 512MB (256MB x 2)
AOpen- 64MB GF4 MX440 (Took off the HSF and replaced it with passive
heatsink. Still working strong)
Hercules- Muse XL Sound Card
Maxtor- 40GB IDE/100
TEAC- Floppy
TEAC- 12X/10X/32X CD-RW (Still going strong)
AOpen- 52X CD
PCTel- Modem AMR Slot
PPA- USB 2.0 x3 PCI Card
Enermax- Card Reader/USB 2.0 Ports, 1394 port, 2 fan controller with temp
readers
Super Flower- 4 Fan Controller w/temp. reader (What a sweet working/looking
fan controller)
Antec- Mid Towered windowed steel case.

Here is the kicker, all this has been powered the last 2 years with a Real
PC Power 450-watt ($17 US) PSU. One of those generic type PSU that has been
flawless.

This computer is still working strong and long. The AMD 1700+ is still up
to the task in all things except gaming, but then she isn't a gamer. My
wife is doing a lot of digital photo editing (simplistic stuff), burning
CDs, but mostly she is just using it to surf the net and email. Everything
my wife throws at the computer it handles it well. I am in no hurry to
upgrade her to 64-bit until the M2 has been out for a while and the price
falls.

I'd say wait. I am. I see no rush to get a 64-bit OS either. My scanner
and printer are old as hell but still working strong and long. So far the
K7S5A and the Athlon 1700+ are working like true champs.

QQ