Wrong processor?

bevan840

hehe had to google padawan

custardy

bevan840 wrote: »

hehe had to google padawan

this is the geek zone

bevan840

lol most definitely never was a star wars fan though :rolleyes:

ComplexP

Here's an interesting thing that I learned a little while back and is of no practical use at all, but I liked it:

When a class of processor is being built (like the i7 for example) there's normally the budget, standard and performance models with clock speeds going from something like 2.3GHz for the budget case to around 3.1GHz for the performance case. The cost between these can be several hundred pounds.

The amazing thing is that each of these processors is exactly the same except for the tolerance of voltage that they can handle. Intel don't know which chips will be budget or performance until AFTER they are made such is the complexity of the production. The chips that do best under testing are then clocked higher and sold as the performance models.

I'll probably get told that this is some urban myth now and that I shouldn't believe everything my brother tells me but I found that incredible.

bevan840

I have no idea about urban myths but is interesting, how they don't know what sort of chip they are producing till tested, clever

ComplexP

custardy wrote: »

this is the geek zone

I'm sure there's a warning sign as you come in...

bevan840

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Software/OperatingSystems/Microsoft/GFC-00025.html

:eek: it's gone up since yesterday, it was £79 something

I can afford it, do I get it now? Or leave it a few days and risk it going up again

JasX

bevan840 wrote: »

I am interested in what happens with the install, but I think I would have to buy the full package as I don't have the XP disc

shouldn't matter, -although I do have the other disks I'm going to lock them away and start with a brand new blank hard disk and prove it can be easily done with just the stuff that comes in the upgrade box

one very important thing when buying tho -> Do not touch any versions marked OEM version/edition/whatever

bevan840

so that one I found is a bad idea?

adouglasmhor

bevan840 wrote: »

so that one I found is a bad idea?

That's a full retail so not OEM