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texasboy:

--- Quote from: Quantum on November 27, 2007, 06:42:28 am ---
--- Quote from: texasboy on November 27, 2007, 06:16:11 am ---
--- Quote from: Synbios on November 27, 2007, 01:23:38 am ---So the one you have now is 100Mhz FSB and the one you ordered was 133Mhz?

I don't think that could make up for the fact that it's half the clock speed. (667 vs. 1300)

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 ;D feel like a proper plonker. But still, I can always resurrect the old Win98(somewhere in the attic) 4MB hd,lol.
Install a very cheap Mobo and PSU. Cut a bigger hole in the case for better ventilation and install the CPU.Might do for letter writing.
cheers

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If it was me, I'd look at installing an extremely light version of Linux, see if I can't put together something that has a pretty good response time for just e-mails / letter writing and stuff. But for me that'd be a really fun project ^_^.

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I know that sounds like fun for a rainy day. Even if I blow something up it will be cheap and exciting.lol
cheers

Quantum:
Yeah, I've just been browsing through wikipedia, these 2 distributions both seem good:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Small_Linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_Linux

Here's a larger over view of Linux distributions with the goals of running as being serious OS' running at tiny system requirements: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Linux

texasboy:
Many thanks Quantum,
Will let you know when the smoke detector starts beeping. Will drag it down tmw and view size of case,
cheers

texasboy:
 ;D Just received the CPU today. It`s so tiny that I wont need but one drop of thermal paste.lol
Still we all learn from mistakes,
cheers

Synbios:
I wouldn't feel bad, it wasn't really worth much, and now you have a spare processor if one dies if anything.

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