Via Processor

Nevakonaza · 09-20-2006, 09:14 PM

Hi,

Ive been seeing alot of computers for sale recently in a magazine over here in the uk and most of them have Via C3 Processors.

Ive never seen one of these and just wanted to know what there like?

Dont worry

Im not gonna buy one

Heres a pic of a older one...

http://www.infosatellite.com/images/...3mhz_twins.jpg

4W4K3 · 09-20-2006, 09:42 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_C3

C7 seems to be newer. But I don't think they ever hit the big time in personal computing. Used in cars...interesting.

SirKenin · 09-20-2006, 09:57 PM

Via bought out Cyrix for a meager $167M. Cyrix was junk. If that tells you anything.

Nevakonaza · 09-20-2006, 10:31 PM

Lol there charging like £450 for this desktop system in the magazine i saw today which has the C7 processor i think.

I would rather get a Intel Celeron

SirKenin · 09-20-2006, 10:57 PM

Via has one benefit. It runs extremely cool (ie efficient). It can be used in extremely tight places without a CPU fan, making an excellent choice for a completely silent multimedia system. The name of them escapes me at the moment, but they are available for sale really cheap. I had a client that had one.

palmmann · 09-21-2006, 01:08 AM

sirkenin- thinking mini itx?

SirKenin · 09-21-2006, 01:14 AM

mini itx is the form factor. Epia makes the motherboard... The name of the computer starts with S, and now it's driving me nuts.

Burgerbob · 09-21-2006, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by palmmann

sirkenin- thinking mini itx?

That and car computers.

StrangleHold · 09-21-2006, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirKenin

mini itx is the form factor. Epia makes the motherboard... The name of the computer starts with S, and now it's driving me nuts.

Think VIA had a processor with a core named (Samuel)

4W4K3 · 09-21-2006, 02:45 AM

Yup. They made all of these I think;

Joshua
Samuel
Samuel 2
Ezra / Ezra-T
Nehemiah
Eden-N
Antaur-M
1GigaPro
Esther
CoreFusion

09-20-2006, 09:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands,Uk Age: 20 Posts: 8,224	Via Processor Hi, Ive been seeing alot of computers for sale recently in a magazine over here in the uk and most of them have Via C3 Processors. Ive never seen one of these and just wanted to know what there like? Dont worry Im not gonna buy one Heres a pic of a older one... http://www.infosatellite.com/images/...3mhz_twins.jpg __________________ Core 2 Duo E6300 2.8Ghz -Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 800 Mhz (Dual channel) Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1\|Kaspersky IS 2009

09-20-2006, 09:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,875	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_C3 C7 seems to be newer. But I don't think they ever hit the big time in personal computing. Used in cars...interesting. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

09-20-2006, 10:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands,Uk Age: 20 Posts: 8,224	Lol there charging like £450 for this desktop system in the magazine i saw today which has the C7 processor i think. I would rather get a Intel Celeron __________________ Core 2 Duo E6300 2.8Ghz -Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 800 Mhz (Dual channel) Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1\|Kaspersky IS 2009

09-21-2006, 02:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,875	Yup. They made all of these I think; Joshua Samuel Samuel 2 Ezra / Ezra-T Nehemiah Eden-N Antaur-M 1GigaPro Esther CoreFusion __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Via bought out Cyrix for a meager $167M. Cyrix was junk. If that tells you anything.

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Via has one benefit. It runs extremely cool (ie efficient). It can be used in extremely tight places without a CPU fan, making an excellent choice for a completely silent multimedia system. The name of them escapes me at the moment, but they are available for sale really cheap. I had a client that had one.

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	mini itx is the form factor. Epia makes the motherboard... The name of the computer starts with S, and now it's driving me nuts.

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