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When the time comes...

et — 3/7/2006 11:15:46 PM (archived)

Lifehacker has a guide to help. Not that you probably need it, but that's what an AMD heatsink/mount looks like.

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Need a new CAD computer. Big question: 32 or 64 bit? - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 8:44:27 PM
- AMD all the way - azstrummer - 3/24/2006 10:15:09 PM
  - Sucks to be you.... Vista is getting mostly rewritten. - et - 3/25/2006 8:04:17 AM
    - re: Sucks to be you.... Vista is getting mostly rewritten. - azstrummer - 3/26/2006 5:15:04 PM
- just make sure it's not a 2-bit dud - Shmuckface - 3/15/2006 6:34:31 AM
- An ode for the era of pencil and paper. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/11/2006 12:58:02 AM
  - Technology isn't the problem - SDG - 3/13/2006 7:19:46 PM
  - Yes, by all means, let us return to using quills. - podrock - 3/12/2006 12:26:45 AM
    - I dont think most people realize what computers and the internet have done for the sciences and engineering - R.L. - 3/12/2006 7:10:00 PM
      - Agreed. What the internet has done for information access in general cannot be overstated. - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2006 2:17:14 AM
        
        re: i bet there is somebody still employed at NASA who double checks figures with a slide-rule... - Scott Evil - 3/13/2006 8:46:31 PM
        
        I have worked at national labs - R.L. - 3/14/2006 5:10:21 AM
  - re: the era of pencil and paper. You can have it. - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2006 7:31:35 PM
    - I used to think Kroy Type was the coolest thing ever. - podrock - 3/12/2006 1:16:59 AM
      - Aaargh. You said IT! - Tony - 3/13/2006 3:10:36 PM
        
        "Ah, I love the smell of ammonia in the morning" (n/t) - Robert - 3/16/2006 11:39:37 PM
        
        diazo! I used to work in a micrographics shop. - alcaray - 3/13/2006 11:08:45 PM
        
        re: diazo! - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 1:48:00 AM
        
        I never realized they still made these things. - Tony - 3/16/2006 4:20:35 AM
        
        re: I had an E-sized pen plotter once... - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 7:12:50 AM
        
        Nothing like reminiscing about bleeding edge technology. - Tony - 3/14/2006 5:22:17 PM
      - Still have all my old tools, too. Including the Leroy. - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2006 5:43:40 AM
- Problem solved.... - et - 3/10/2006 6:00:43 PM
  - re: I saw those charges... - Scott Evil - 3/11/2006 3:19:59 PM
- Just saw this on /. - et - 3/8/2006 5:47:49 PM
  - Gaaar! - et - 3/8/2006 6:35:21 PM
- CAD - SDG - 3/8/2006 4:09:46 PM
  - re: CAD - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2006 2:24:37 AM
    - ACAD 2007 - SDG - 3/10/2006 6:45:16 AM
- Tyan Thunder K8WE motherboard with a couple of Opteron dual-core 285s? - Tom Brosz - 3/8/2006 6:30:17 AM
  - Oh, this little ol' thng? - et - 3/8/2006 5:41:35 PM
- When the time comes... - et - 3/7/2006 11:15:46 PM
  - Heat sink - Tom Brosz - 3/8/2006 3:29:44 AM
    - I'm not going to read that. It's 4.5 yeasr OLD! - et - 3/8/2006 3:51:53 AM
- Just for kicks... - et - 3/6/2006 2:50:08 AM
  - re: Just for kicks... - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2006 8:06:26 AM
    - So you already know the beauty of dual-processors... - et - 3/6/2006 5:46:02 PM
      - What's wrong with Xeon? - Tom Brosz - 3/7/2006 3:25:27 AM
        
        I remember seeing some benchmarking.... - et - 3/7/2006 5:04:06 AM
- Wait just a little bit longer..... - et - 3/4/2006 9:24:47 PM
  - AMD Chips are evil - designed by the CIA to scan your brain - A. Leftleaner - 3/17/2006 3:05:42 PM
  - Edjumicate yourself... - et - 3/4/2006 10:26:21 PM
- 64 bit~! - RNE - 3/4/2006 9:11:06 PM
  - "Now, if I could just get Broadband." - Robert - 3/10/2006 11:08:56 PM
    - ROFL! - RNE - 3/13/2006 6:37:52 PM
      - re: ROFL! - Robert - 3/13/2006 10:18:28 PM

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