Axel
02-08-2003, 12:59 PM
My 423 P4 1.6 processor is up for grabs - I had replaced every part of the system I had with this processor having recently replaced the mobo for this chip - and it turns out to be the chip might have a problem - could never get the system stable -
Anyway - so I went down to the Dallas first Saturday computer swap meet in Deep Ellum and tried finding a good price on a 423 soctet P4 -
guess what - I bought a Asus socket 478 board, 2 sticks of DDR 256 Ram, and a Celery 2GB processor for less than it would have cost me to replace the 423 socket processor -
After walking around the site for 2 turns and making sure I didn't miss anything ( appx 40 or 50 vendors - appx 6 AM on a Saturday morning - everything from bona fide junk to wholesale to new retail ) I took out my wad of cash and made a deal and decided to totally part with Rambus and socket 423.... it is simply too expensive to keep it running and while it is the Betamax quality of tech, the VHS DDR and socket 478 won out..... time to bend to pressure and go with the rest of the general population.....
So I'm giving the RAM to a friend in need and parting with the P4 and the two socket 423 mobos at a resale shop..... probably for a case to build my "next" system ( why I need another system - I'll never know - I have 7 PC's here now.... why would I need 8 except to run another instance of Seti - hehehe )
Perhaps I'll pick up a DVD-Rom burner as my new summer toy to mess with - then I need a high end TV - in card so that I can port my Chainmail Armor video to DVD.
Anyway - so I went down to the Dallas first Saturday computer swap meet in Deep Ellum and tried finding a good price on a 423 soctet P4 -
guess what - I bought a Asus socket 478 board, 2 sticks of DDR 256 Ram, and a Celery 2GB processor for less than it would have cost me to replace the 423 socket processor -
After walking around the site for 2 turns and making sure I didn't miss anything ( appx 40 or 50 vendors - appx 6 AM on a Saturday morning - everything from bona fide junk to wholesale to new retail ) I took out my wad of cash and made a deal and decided to totally part with Rambus and socket 423.... it is simply too expensive to keep it running and while it is the Betamax quality of tech, the VHS DDR and socket 478 won out..... time to bend to pressure and go with the rest of the general population.....
So I'm giving the RAM to a friend in need and parting with the P4 and the two socket 423 mobos at a resale shop..... probably for a case to build my "next" system ( why I need another system - I'll never know - I have 7 PC's here now.... why would I need 8 except to run another instance of Seti - hehehe )
Perhaps I'll pick up a DVD-Rom burner as my new summer toy to mess with - then I need a high end TV - in card so that I can port my Chainmail Armor video to DVD.