RayvinAzn's forum posts
SB-E does in fact support PCI-e 3.0: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5264/sandy-bridge-e-x79-pcie-30-it-worksSB-E lacks pci-e 3.0 support it has 2.0. ionusX
It's not particularly useful for gaming or anything, but the CPU uses a PCI-e 3.0 controller and the slots on most (if not all) X79 boards are PCI-e 3.0.
I can agree with the security, but as for system performance, with the hardware available today Windows 7 is fine.The other things you mentioned:
Browse the Net: Linux is fine
Check Email: Linux is fine, but Oulook is such a powerful program.
Listen to Music: Does Linux support iTunes for example?
Document/Spreadsheet: Does Linux support MS Office? Because Word/Excel is the universal format.
FelipeInside
Thunderbird has good functionality, but if you really need a serious competitor for Outlook, SunBird sounds like it's shaping up to bring more serious competition on that front.
If you're listening to music on iTunes...well, I refuse to install that POS on any of my systems. There are much better media players out there like Foobar2000.
As for documents and spreadsheets, I know you can save OpenOffice files in both Word/Excel standard formats, and they can read them as well.
SuperBiiz (a highly rated store on ResellerRatings) still stocks a few older Phenom II X4 chips - problem is, they're all on the same price level as the Phenom II X4 960T. Here's something to think about for this processor upgrade though - this is probably the LAST chip this guy will ever be able to get for his platform. Six months from now you probably won't be able to find any AMD processors (new) that aren't either AM3+ or FM1. Spending more now on a processor upgrade that he might be completely unable to get when he really and truly needs it is the best way to go here. I saw too many 939 setup get trashed early because the user didn't upgrade when 939 was getting phased out - instead they just wanted to wait until you NEEDED the performance of a dual-core processor. Of course by then AMD had long moved on to AM2, and even those chips weren't particularly attractive performers next to Core 2. If they'd just spent $120-$150 when I told them to on a nice Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or even a bit more on a nice Opteron 170 they would have easily got another 2 years out of their systems. Upgrading by halves isn't the way to go in this case. Sure the Phenom II X4 960T is 50% more than a $80 Athlon II X3, but it's also just $40 more for an extra guaranteed core, unlocked multiplier, and a chip with L3 cache instead of just L2 (which is up to 30% additional clock-for-clock performance if I remember the old benchmarks correctly).no i wasnt what im saying is i have ddr2 and an am3 cpu.. but unless your getting the 960t which costs 50% more or a thuban the x3 rana's are the best you can get in am3/am2+ anymore unless you happen to know somewhere that still has a full stock we should be aware of?
ionusX
So you were wrong in your earlier post then? As for your signature, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to see. Purple text on a black/purple background doesn't particularly make things legible, and a blue-haired anime character isn't exactly rare.[QUOTE="RayvinAzn"] not sold anymore, what you tell me isnt news *points at sig* read it sucka!
ionusX
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