sure. I'll get one of them 275$ processors, if you want to buy it, and put it in for me :) Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com email: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Sutherland" <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: Re: ot: the best online computer parts store? >I wasted a LOT of time not even overclocking, but just trying > to get a 1GB DDR RAM running at the speed advertised as > supported by my motherboard. In the process, I learned what > happens when the clocks, either bus or cpu, are set too high. > The system becomes unstable. It will crash. I really don't > recommend overclocking, unless it's a small tweak, or just for > fun. So I would agree, if you need a faster machine, better to > get a faster processor. Don't buy a slower processor with > the expectation that you'll make it faster and save money. > It is really not worth the hassle. > > -- Doug > > Janina wrote: >> Or, just go get one of the new quad core processors, one of which Newegg >> is currently selling for $275. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup